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By Times Staff Writer
Published January 8, 2006

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS: 1 and 5 p.m. Behind-the-scenes preshow begins one hour before main event. St. Pete Times Forum, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa. $15-$70. Tickets through Ticketmaster. Information: 813 301-6900 or www.ringling.com

FLORIDA ORCHESTRA: "Mahler's Symphony No. 9." 7:30 p.m., Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. $15.50-$50.50. (813) 286-2403 or toll-free 1-800-662-7286.

COUNTRY FOLK ART CRAFT SHOW: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Florida State Fairgrounds, U.S. 301 off Interstate 4, Tampa. $6. $5-$10 parking; enter via Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. (813) 621-7821 or (248) 634-4151.

THE "KING'S" BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: With Elvis tribute artists. 2 p.m. Largo Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Drive. $14. (727) 587-6793.

BOAR'S HEAD AND YULE LOG FESTIVAL: Prelude 3:30 p.m., festival 4 p.m. Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 701 Orange Ave., Clearwater. Free. Early arrival suggested. (727) 447-3469.

GEM, JEWELRY AND BEAD SHOW AND SALE: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., the Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. $4; under age 16 free. (727) 892-5202.

DAMON FOWLER BENEFIT: Featuring Sean Chambers, Freight Train Annie, Four on the Floor and Sawgrass Flats. 2-10 p.m. Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. $10. Benefits Fowler, an area musician seriously injured in an automobile accident. (813) 977-6474.

WINTER CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES: Holiday (1938, NR, 115 min.), comedy starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. 3 p.m. Tampa Theatre, 711 Franklin St. $7. (813) 274-8981.

LOWRY PARK ZOO CONSERVATION DAY: $3 admission special today at 24-acre, natural habitat zoological park. 1101 W Sligh Ave., Tampa. 813 935-8552 or www.lowryparkzoo.com Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE '60S: Talk by Daniel Belgrad, associate professor of Humanities and American Studies at USF Tampa, in conjunction with St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts exhibit, "Art, Love and Life in the Village: Weegee's Wild New York." 3 p.m. 255 Beach Drive NE. $8, $7 seniors, $4 students. (727) 896-2667.

TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART: Final day. "Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Time: Modern Masters from the Lane Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." 600 N Ashley Drive. (813) 274-8130. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $8, $6 seniors, $3 students, free for ages 6 and younger.

FORD AND MUSTANG ROUNDUP: Silver Springs theme park hosts show with 1,000 antique, classic and late-model Mustangs and other Ford cars and trucks. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 1 mile east of Ocala on SR 40, Silver Springs. Show included with park admission: $32.99, $23.99 ages 3-10. $6 parking. 352 236-2121 or www.silversprings.com

PINELLAS PARK CIVIC ORCHESTRA: 7:30 p.m. Pinellas Park Auditorium, 7690 59th St. N, Pinellas Park. Free. (727) 397-3832.

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