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Weekend best bets
Cool things to do on your time off.
By WILMA NORTON
Published December 15, 2006
LIGHT DISPLAYS TURN EVENINGS MERRY, BRIGHT This weekend is a good time to take a break from all the holiday rush and enjoy the Christmas lights. Here are a few of the public displays of note. Seasonal Sensations, lights and a holiday garden railway, Florida Botanical Gardens, 12175 125th St. N, Largo, until 10 p.m. nightly through Jan. 3. Free. Angels on High, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today and Saturday, on the grounds of the Spring Hill Community Association, 1202 Kenlake Ave., Spring Hill. Free. (352) 666-4746. Lights in Bloom, 6 to 9 p.m. nightly through Dec. 23 and Dec. 26-30, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S Palm Ave., Sarasota. $12, $6 ages 6-11. (941) 366-5731, www.selby.org. Lights of Lake Park, 6:30 to 11 p.m. Fridays through Sundays, 6:30 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, through Dec. 31, Lake Park Estates subdivision, 97th Street and 109th Avenue, Largo. Donations benefit Hospice of the Florida Suncoast. (727) 586-4432; map at www.thehospice.org. Spritz on some fun The Broadway tour of Hairspray, through Sunday at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa. Performances are at 8 tonight; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. $30.50-$65.50. (813) 229-7827; www.tbpac.org. Joyful symphony The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay joins the Florida Orchestra for three special performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at 8 tonight, Idlewild Baptist Church, 18371 N Dale Mabry Highway, Lutz; 8 p.m. Saturday, Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S, St. Petersburg; and 8 p.m. Monday, Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. $17-$52. (813) 286-2403 or toll-free 1-800-662-7286. Let there be music Other diverse musical offerings: Coolio, Young MC and Digital Underground, 8 tonight, Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg. $18. (727) 896-1244. Tony Bennett, 8 tonight, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. Sold out. Michael W. Smith, 8 tonight and 7 p.m. Saturday, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. $39-$80.(727) 791-7400. BT with Thomas Dolby, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, State Theatre, St. Petersburg. $18. (727) 895-3045. Exene Cervenka and the Original Sinners, 7 p.m. Sunday, the Orpheum, 1902 Avenida Republica de Cuba, Tampa. $12. (813) 248-9500. Wilma Norton, Times staff writer .
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