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By Times Staff
Published June 16, 2006

PERFORMING ARTS

NEIL SIMON'S COMEDY-DRAMA The Odd Couple continues through July 23 at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, and 1:15 p.m. some Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Doors open two hours before each show for dinner and full cash bar doors open at 11:30 a.m. for Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday matinees. Dinner and show, $41; show only, $29.95, plus tax and tip. Call for children's prices. Call (727) 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll-free elsewhere, 1-888-655-7469.

FRIDAY NIGHT FLING will be from 7 to 11 p.m. today in three areas of New Port Richey. From 7 to 11 p.m. in Cavalaire Square, there will be live New Orleans style jazz, fresh market vendors, hand-rolled cigars and an outdoor movie; from 7 to 9 p.m., there will be an art stroll on Grand Boulevard, live entertainment, poetry readings, and jazz at Richey Suncoast Theatre; also from 7 to 9 p.m., there will be a shuttle to the "Palm District" on Main Street west of the Cotee River bridge, with activities at most of the businesses in that area, including a fashion show, photo show, wine tasting, ice cream, live entertainment and art. Food will be available from area restaurants and food vendors.

THE JAZZ GROUP 'SOUTHERN EXPOSURE' will perform hits made famous by Count Basie, Duke Ellington and others at Hernando Beach Club Inc.'s outdoor concert Saturday. The club is at the end of Flamingo Boulevard off Shoal Line Boulevard in Spring Hill. Those who attend are asked to take a lawn chair or blanket for seating. No coolers will be allowed. Snacks and beverages will be sold. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $12 for nonmembers, $10 for members.

'DON'T EAT THE PICTURES: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art' will be shown for free at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs (a half mile west of U.S. 19). The one-hour movie follows the Sesame Street gang's adventures when they are accidentally locked in the museum overnight. This is the first of three museum-related movies to be shown this summer at LRMA. The others are Home for the Holidays on July 16 and The Thomas Crown Affair on Aug. 20.

FLORIDA LYRIC OPERA will perform highlights from Rossini's The Barber of Seville, sung in the original Italian, at 3 p.m. Sunday at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs. The cast includes Constantine Grame as Count Almaviva, Kevin Nickorick as Figaro, Mary Ann Edwards as Rosina, Todd Donovan as Don Basilio, Jeff Clark as Don Bartolo and Patricia Agnew as Berta. Pianist Rena Massey will accompany. Rosalia Maresca is director.

VISUAL ARTS

MODERN MASTERS: OIL PAINTERS ON DISPLAY, a show by six area artists, continues through July 29 at Progress Energy Art Gallery, 6231 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. The show features award-winning artist Kevin Glass, who is a St. Petersburg College assistant professor of art. Call (727) 842-8066 for gallery hours.

'TARPON SPRINGS ETERNAL: GRECO-AMERICAN FUSION,' an exhibit of Greek art, continues through June 30 at Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 S Pinellas Ave.

HUDSON ARTIST BARBARA J. SMITH is exhibiting her Chinese brush paintings of flowers, landscapes, human figures and other objects in watercolors on rice paper through June 24 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tarpon Springs, 230 Grand Ave. Hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

'RICHARD FLORSHEIM: AN ART LEGACY DRAWN FROM LIFE': Works on paper from the August L. and L. Tommie Freundlick Trust continues through June 25 at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs.

AUDITIONS, WORKshops, ETC.

APPLICATIONS FOR ART STROLL BOOTHS are being accepted by Greater New Port Richey Main Street and Progress Energy Art Gallery for the July 21 Friday Night Fling art and music events in downtown New Port Richey. Spaces are $10 for outdoor, $20 for indoor. Applications are at www.nprmainstreet.com/gallery or at the gallery, 6231 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Call Lia Gallegos at (727) 842-8066.

PASCO ARTS COUNCIL will accept entries for Art Annual 2006 Exhibition for high school students and adults from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Saturday at the art center, 5744 Moog Road, Holiday. The exhibit is July 8-Sept. 1. The entry fee is $20 professional, $15 amateur and $10 high school. Call (727) 845-7322.

AVENUE PLAYERS THEATRE will hold theater camp for ages 6-13 on Monday through June 23 at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The session on designing and creating sets and props and acting will be taught by Vanessa Lewis and Linda Tantimonoco of Westchase Elementary. Tuition is $100 a week for museum members; $150 a week for nonmembers. Call the museum at (727) 712-5226 to register.

STAGE WEST COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE will have registration for an acting camp for ages 11-14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 24 at the theater, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. The camp itself will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays July 11-29. The sessions will be on basic acting skills, stage makeup, props and audition techniques. The instructors will be actors, directors and backstage personnel. Students will give a production in the theater's Forum at the end of the sessions. Tuition is $50 per child or $35 for multiple children from the same family. Call Bryan Baldwin at (352) 686-9239.

SEVEN BROADWAY, VIDEO AND MOVIE dancers will be guest instructors at John Leggio's Progression program for trained dancers ages 7 through adult. Classes are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 26-28. The sessions will be at Leggio's Center for the Performing Arts, 10451 County Line Road, Spring Hill. Instructors are Terry Beeman (danced on Emmy, Grammy and Academy Awards shows); Michael Clowers (on Broadway in 42nd Street and Beauty & the Beast); Ava Bernstine (choreographer for Chaka Khan); Andy Blankenbuehler (Broadway in Fosse, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier and Guys and Dolls); Joey Dowling (Broadway's Sweet Charity); Shotyme (dancer in You Got Served); and Ray Hesselink (instructor at Broadway Dance Center in New York City). Tuition is $125 for one day, $225 for two days, and $300 for three days. Call (352) 683-8395 or go to www.LeggioDance.com for entry forms.

RICHEY SUNCOAST THEATRE is holding additional auditions for Fiddler on the Roof. Needed are one adult to play Lazar Wolf and additional male chorus dancers and singers for the bottle dance. Auditions will be at 7 p.m. Monday at the theater, 6237 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Call Jeanne Botz, stage manager, at (727) 457-9749.

Information about upcoming performing and visual arts events can be e-mailed to Barbara Fredricksen at fredricksen@sptimes.com or mailed to her at St. Petersburg Times, 11321 U.S. 19, Port Richey, FL 34668. The items must be in the office no later than one week before publication.

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