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This week

By Times Staff
Published June 23, 2006

THIS WEEK

JUST FOR LAUGHS: Comedian Carl Lee will headline at 8:30 tonight at Giggles Comedy Club at the Best Western Resort Weeki Wachee at U.S. 19 and State Road 50, Weeki Wachee. The featured act will be Hatton Jordan. Tickets are $7. Doors open for dinner at 7:30. Call 596-2007 for information.

FISH AND PICKIN': The Istachatta General Store, 8198 Magnon Drive, Istachatta, will have an all-you-can-eat fish fry and concert beginning at 4 p.m. today. The dinner menu includes fish or chicken, baked beans, grits, coleslaw, hush puppies and tea or coffee. The cost is $6.50 if reserved in advance; $7.50 at the door. Bluegrass and gospel music will be provided by the Istachatta Back Porch Pickers. Call 544-1017 for information and reservations.

FAMILY FEST: St. Anthony Catholic Church will host its "Boot Scootin' Sunday Family Fun Fest" from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Heffernan Hall, 20428 Cortez Blvd. The event will feature the band Daydreams. There will be dancing, raffles, food, games and activities for children, a silent auction and prizes. The cost is $7.50 for adults and $5 for children younger than 10; the cost includes a barbecue lunch and beverages. For information, call 796-2096.

VOCAL SHOWCASE: Country-pop singer Vic Thompkins and VTO will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. Tickets are $10 and are available at the box office. Call 683-5113 for information.

COMEDY SHOW: The Hallcrest Eagles, 246 Hallcrest Ave., Spring Hill, will present variety entertainer Homer Noodleman at 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. Call 666-0742 or 686-9667 for information.

HIGHWAYMEN ART: The Brooksville City Hall Art Gallery's exhibit of 14 landscape paintings by Florida's famed "Highwaymen'' artists continues at the gallery at 201 Howell Ave. in downtown Brooksville. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Admission is free. Call 544-5407 for information.

QUICK TRIPS

KEEP LAUGHING: Comedian Carl Lee will headline at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Giggles Comedy Club at the Park Inn Hotel, 4076 S Suncoast Blvd., in Homosassa Springs. The featured act will be Hatton Jordan. Tickets are $7. Doors open for dinner at 7:30. Call 352 628-4311 for information.

SIMON CLASSIC: The Show Palace Dinner Theatre production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple continues through July 23 at 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 toll-free, 1-888-655-7469.

A GRAPE TIME: Florida Estates Winery will host a wine festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m Saturday at its location at 25241 State Road 52 (4 miles west of I-75 near Land O'Lakes.) The event will include vendors of fresh food and sandwiches, arts and crafts, plus live music and wine product samplings. Admission is free. Call (813) 996-2113 or visit www.floridaestateswines.com for information.

LOOK AHEAD

NOSTALGIA NIGHT: The Hernando Beach Club will present a dinner and dance with singer Don Pinto starting at 6:30 p.m. June 30 at the clubhouse, 3145 Flamingo Road, Hernando Beach. The cost is $12 for members and $14 for nonmembers and includes a meal of chicken parmigiano and pasta, plus dessert. Doors open at 5:30. Reservations must be made by June 22. Call Bunni at 688-4976.

RAT-A-TAT: The Hernando Sportsman's Club will have its annual Fourth of July Machine Gun Shoot starting at 9:30 a.m. July 4 at its range on U.S. 19, 9 miles north of State Road 50. Spectator admission is $2 for adults. Children 12 and under are free. Hearing protection is recommended. Call 597-9931 for information.

BARBECUE BASH: The Hernando Beach Club, 3174 Flamingo Blvd., Hernando Beach, will have a Fourth of July barbecue and dance at 7 p.m. July 4. Music will be provided by the Southern Delight Band. Tickets are $8 for nonmembers. Reservations are required. For information, call 688-4976.

DANCING FOURTH: The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10209, 15166 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill, will have a Fourth of July dance featuring Rusty and Nick from 1 to 6 p.m. July 4. Tickets are $5. Call 796-0398 for information.

CURTAIN CALLS

AUDITIONS: Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill, will have auditions for the Ray Cooney comedy It Runs in the Family at 7 p.m. June 30 and at 1 p.m July 1. Roles to be cast include seven men and five women, ages 18 to mid 40s and 60s. Reading will be from the script. English accents are preferred. The production runs Sept. 7 to 24. For information, call director Danny Brijbag at 346-8150.

Information about upcoming performing and visual arts events can be e-mailed to Logan Neill at lneill@sptimes.com or mailed to him at St. Petersburg Times, 15365 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville FL 34613. The items must be in the office no later than five days before publication.

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