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Happenings

By TIMES WIRES
Published January 12, 2007

Gems, minerals and rocks show: The Pinellas Geological Society presents its 31st Annual Gem, Jewelry and Mineral Show and Sale today, Saturday and Sunday at the Largo Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Drive. The show will include cut gems, silver and gold jewelry, beading, inlay work, ornamental mineral eggs and collections of rocks and minerals. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free. Call 894-2440.

Printmakers exhibits: The 15th Florida Printmakers National Competition and Printmakers of the Dunedin Fine Art Center open with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the center, 1143 Michigan Blvd. Competition judge Joe Sanders, chair of Florida State University's art department, will lecture at 6 p.m. The art center show features the work of Dunedin Fine Art Center faculty and students. Free for art center members, $5 for nonmembers. Through Feb. 25. Call the center at 298-3322. www.dfac.org.

'Wizard of Oz' on stage: The production is based on the original 1902 stage version of The Wizard of Oz. The show, quite different from the 1939 movie, was a huge hit and toured the country for more than a decade. 7:30 p.m. today at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., inside City Hall. $16 and $14. Call 942-5605.

Yiddish folk and Gypsy jazz music in concert: The Yiddish songs, Gypsy jazz and Eastern European folk music of Nikitov have been popular throughout Europe and the United States since the quartet formed six years ago in the Netherlands. The group features Yiddish chanteuse Niki Jacobs, Gypsy jazz violin virtuoso Jelle van Tongeren, Eastern European music specialist Adam Good on acoustic guitar and Jason Sypher on double bass. 8 p.m. Saturday at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., inside City Hall. $18 and $16. Call 942-5605.

Jazz and concert band performance: The Clearwater Community Concert and Jazz bands will give a concert Saturday in the Arts Auditorium at the Clearwater campus of St. Petersburg College, 2465 Drew St. The programs include the music of Gershwin, Dvorak, Strauss, Count Basie, Victor Young and Bobby Haggard. The jazz band performs at 2:15 p.m. and the concert band at 3. Doors open at 1 p.m. Free. Call 799-4437.

Meet the Artist: Brenda Hofreiter, who uses nature as the studio for her landscape paintings, will talk about her work from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs. An exhibit of her work is on display through Feb. 25. Free. Call 453-6800.

Movie of Mozart opera: A free showing of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the video center at Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road on the Tarpon Springs campus of St. Petersburg College. The two-act opera is based on the legend of Don Juan. The program is a project of the Pinellas Opera League and the museum. Call the opera league at 784-9512 or the museum at 712-5210.

Miniature art show: The 32nd Annual International Miniature Art Show opens Sunday at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art. The show, presented by the Miniature Art Society of Florida, features more than 800 paintings and sculptures by artists from the United States and many foreign countries. More than 100 pieces from the society's permanent collection also will be on display. Through Feb. 4. Open 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday (10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday). Nonmember admission is $5 adults and $4 seniors. Sunday is free to all. Other days free to museum and art society members, children and students with ID. The museum is at 600 Klosterman Road on the Tarpon Springs campus of St. Petersburg College. Call 712-5210.

Jazz concert: Frank Greenstreet and the Clam Bayou Jazz Band will present "Just Jazz" in a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the community room at Palm Harbor Library, 2330 Nebraska Ave. Call the library at 784-3332 or Greenstreet at 784-8908.

Free film series: The Tarpon Springs Cultural Center Film Series is presenting Z at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the center, 101 S Pinellas Ave. The movie is based on the novel by Vassilis Vassilikos that depicts the events surrounding the assassination of a Greek politician and subsequent investigation. English subtitles. Call 942-5605.

Continuing

Clyde Butcher exhibit: "The American Wilderness," an exhibit of black-and-white environmental photos ranging from Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park to Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, through Jan. 28 at the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday. $8 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children 7 to 18 and students with ID, museum members and children 6 and younger get in free. Call 518-6833. www.gulfcoastmuseum.org.

Honeymoon Island Guided Walks: The Florida Park Service offers ranger-guided walks of Honeymoon Island at 11 a.m. on Saturdays through March. The island is home to such wildlife as ospreys, great horned owls and gopher tortoises. Walkers can bring binoculars and a field guide. Meet the ranger at the head of the nature trail. The guided hike is free, though park visitors have to pay the regular park entrance fee of $5 per carload (two to eight people), $3 for one person in a car and $1 per person for walkers or cyclists. For information, contact Honeymoon Island State Park at 469-5942. Take Dunedin Causeway to the park. www.floridastateparks.org.

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