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By Times Staff
Published March 31, 2006

ANNA CHRISTIE PERFORMANCES: The Avenue Players Theatre and the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art present Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna Christie. Performances will be in the museum's auditorium on the Tarpon Springs campus of St. Petersburg College, 600 Klosterman Road. Evening performances at 7 are tonight, April 6 and April 7. Matinee performances at 2 p.m. will be Saturday, Sunday, April 8 and April 9. Admission is $7 for museum members and students and $10 for nonmembers. For information and tickets, call the museum at 712-5762.

ART IN THE PARK: The 42nd annual Crystal Beach spring show of fine art will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Live Oak Park. The show will include original paintings, sculpture and pottery. Call 734-4377.

WILDLIFE ARTISTS EXHIBIT: "Creme de la Creme,'' an exhibit of works by award-winning wildlife artists Ernest Simmons, Charles Rowe, Grant Hacking and Matthew Hillier and bronzes by noted western artists Oreland Joe and Dave McGary, is from April 6-22 at Plainsmen Gallery, 2450 Sunset Point Road, Clearwater. Gallery hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Call 726-5100 or visit the Web site at www.plainsmen.com.

IMAGO ART GROUP RECEPTION: The Imago Art Group at Trailside will have its monthly First Friday reception from 6:30 to 9 p.m. April 7 at the studio at 464 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. The co-op features the working studio of 16 professional artists. The main gallery will display the works of Dorothy Briccetti, Donata Marino and Therese Bacharz. Call 733-5607 or 736-6172.

SOUNDS OF THE BIG BAND CONCERT: Frank Greenstreet and the Endangered Species Swing Band will perform the sound of the big bands at 6 p.m. April 7 in the community room of the Palm Harbor Library, 2330 Nebraska Ave. Free. Call the library at 784-3332 or Greenstreet at 784-8908.

TARPON SPRINGS FINE ARTS FESTIVAL: The 32nd annual Tarpon Springs Fine Arts Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 8 and 9 at Craig Park on Spring Bayou. The show features the work of top artists from Florida and around the country, live entertainment and food and beverages. The show is sponsored by the Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce. Call 937-6109.

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HIGHWAYMEN ART EXHIBIT: The seventh annual Highwaymen Art Exhibit is on display through today at the Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History, 329 S Bayshore Blvd. The Highwaymen are African-American artists from the Fort Pierce area who sold paintings along the highways of South Florida in the 1950s. In March 2004, they were inducted into the Florida Hall of Fame by Gov. Jeb Bush. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and teens. Children age 12 and younger are free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call 726-1668.

JD MILLER EXHIBIT: An exhibit of Dallas artist JD Miller's work continues through April 13 at the Syd Entel Galleries, 247 Main St., Safety Harbor. Miller works primarily with a palette knife, creating a powerful and distinctive oil sculpting technique. His works range from impressionistic landscapes to abstract expressions of the human spirit. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call 725-1808.

AMERICAN ARTS & CRAFTS HOME, 1900-1915: The exhibit is a sampling of the American arts and crafts movement from 1900 to 1915 and features furniture, metal works and pottery. Works by Gustav Stickley, Newcomb College students and Grueby Pottery are on display through April 16 at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art. The exhibit is from the Two Red Roses Foundation Collection. A catalog is available. The museum is on the Tarpon Springs campus of St. Petersburg College, 600 Klosterman Road. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, until 9 p.m. on Thursday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and free to children and students with identification. Admission is free to all on Sunday with docent tours at 2 p.m. Call the museum at 712-5762.

QUILTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBIT: An exhibit of crafts and 18 quilts with patterns representing the earth and the elements through May 26 at the Clearwater Main Library, 100 N Osceola Ave. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call 562-4970, ext. 5284.

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