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Forward Thinking
Court order
An entirely subjective look at the week ahead
By COLETTE BANCROFT
Published September 26, 2005
It's tough to think about anything other than hurricane relief, but there will be other news this week. The full Senate will probably vote Thursday to confirm John Roberts, making him the youngest chief justice of the Supreme Court in more than 200 years. He's likely to get more confirmation votes than Clarence Thomas (52-48) but not as many as Sandra Day O'Connor (99-0). President Bush may well announce his next nominee for O'Connor's seat this week, too.
PRIZE POETRY
Because it's published by the University of Tampa Press, you might think Tampa Review is all about local writers, but its scope is national. At 6 p.m. Thursday, the 29th issue debuts with a reading by Utah poet Lance Larsen, winner of this year's Tampa Review poetry prize ($1,000 and publication of a book of his poems). His Widows I Have Known opens with this line: "The first was a violinist, youngish and unshaved, who kept her husband in a carved box beside her toaster." Poets Enid Shomer and Bettie Perez will read, too. The event is at Scarfone/Hartley Gallery on the University of Tampa campus.
MORE FUN THAN A COMMISSION MEETING
Sassing back at Ronda Storms on Sunday is Ban This!, a six-hour concert and performance at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa. Hosted by Just Say Know, a collective of artists and activists organized in response to the Hillsborough County Commission's ban on gay pride displays in county libraries, the event begins at 2 p.m. and includes rock, ska and Latin jazz bands, the Irritable Tribe of Poets, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence performance troupe and a fire-breathing erotic dancer. Admission is $6 to $10.
POLITICS AND STAR POWER
Star-studded hurricane benefits and antiwar protests aren't the only intersections of entertainment and politics around. Last week we were bemused by an e-mail alerting us to Amnesty International's glowing endorsement of Nic Cage's new action movie, Lord of War (www.amnestyusa.org/lordofwar/) Today, you can celebrate last night's return of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm by entering the sweepstakes to win star Larry David's hybrid car when you sign up for the Stop Global Warming Virtual March on Washington (Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and actor Leonardo DiCaprio already have) at www.stopglobalwarming.org
THE "HB' IS FOR HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Speaking of HBO, three current and former stars of its shows celebrate birthdays this week. Janeane Garofalo, Air America talker and a veteran of The Larry Sanders Show, turns 41 on Wednesday. Ian McShane, the magnificently evil Al Swearengen on Deadwood, is 63 on Thursday. Lorraine Bracco, the sexy shrink on The Sopranos, is 50 on Sunday.
By COLETTE BANCROFT, Times staff writer, 727 893-8435 or bancroft@sptimes.com
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