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Weekend best bets

Cool ideas for your time off

By WILMA NORTON
Published July 7, 2006

Dessert for your ears

The concert scene this weekend includes Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band, 8 p.m. today, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. $57.50-$125. (727) 791-7400.

The Black Crowes with Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Drive-By Truckers, 7 p.m. today, Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa. $22-$49.50. (813) 740-2446.

Les Claypool, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg. $22-$25. (727) 896-2276. Hot Tuna, 8 p.m. Saturday, Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa. $25-$30. (813) 977-6474.

KC's Boogie Blast with KC and the Sunshine Band, Gloria Gaynor, Tavares and Sister Sledge, 7 p.m. Saturday, Ford Amphitheatre. $25-$49.50. (813) 740-2446.

A staggeringly good movie

Johnny Depp is back as Capt. Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and though Sparrow is a bit less boozy in this installment, Times film critic Steve Persall still gives Part Two an A-.

Summer on the stage

New summer offerings onstage, opening this weekend and running through July 23: The Miser, a comedy by 17th century French playwright Moliere, 8 p.m. today-Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, Shimberg Playhouse at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa. $16.50-$22.50. (813) 229-7827 or www.tbpac.org.

Six Guns and Sasparilla, a new original musical comedy about the Wild West, 8 p.m. today-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Largo Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Drive. $22, $11 student. www.largoarts.com. (727) 587-6793.

The Wizard of Oz, the original 1902 stage version, suitable for all ages. 8 p.m. today-Saturday., 2 p.m. Sunday, Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St. $16, $14 students. (727) 942-5605.

- WILMA NORTON, Times staff writer

[Last modified July 6, 2006, 16:10:29]