Digest

Diversions: Coming attractions

By BARBARA L. FREDRICKSEN
Published July 12, 2007

THROUGH JULY 28

Not Just Another Pretty Picture, an art exhibit featuring social commentary, continues through July 28 at Progress Energy Art Gallery, 6231 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Call 727 848-6500 for hours.

Through AUG. 2

American Lighthouses, an exhibit of photographs of lighthouses across the U.S. by members of the Chasco Camera Club, will be in the lobby of the West Pasco Government Center through Aug. 2. The center is at 7530 Little Rd., New Port Richey. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Closed holidays. Free.

THROUGH AUG. 3

Work by Pasco County Artists will be at the Pasco Arts Council's art center, 5744 Moog Road, Holiday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Free.

THROUGH JULY 26

Drawings by students at Pasco-Hernando Community College will be exhibited in the PHCC Art Gallery July 10-26. The gallery is in the library building on the PHCC campus at 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey. A reception for the students will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on July 26. Call (727) 816-3229 about the gallery hours.

THURSDAY AND JULY 13-29

The Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opens Thursday and continues weekends through July 29 at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs. Shows are at 8 p.m., except 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $16; $14 for members and students. Call (727) 942-5605 or online at www.tarponarts.org.

FRIDAY-AUG. 26

The rollicking musical 'Ain't Misbehavin,' a tribute to Thomas "Fats" Waller, will be presented in matinees and evenings Friday through Aug. 26 at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Dinner and show, $42.50; show only, $31.45; ages 12 and younger, $24.95 and $19.95, all plus tax and tip. Call (727) 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll free elsewhere at 1-888-655-7469.

SATURDAY

The De Lei'ed Parrots, a Jimmy Buffet tribute band, will perform from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Hernando County Fine Arts Council's July Bandshell Bash in the Hernando Park band shell a block north of the historic courthouse in downtown Brooksville. The concert is free and will also feature an antique car and hot rod show, sidewalk vendors, and other activities. Call (352) 754-4788 for information.

SATURDAY

Singer Scott Ailing and pianist Charles Lindberg will perform Broadway tunes at a dinner show at 7:30 p.m. SaturdayJuly 14 at Le Belle Donne Ristorante, 9418 U.S. 19, Port Richey. Ailing has performed at several churches in the U.S. and Europe and at piano bars in New York City, sang on the CD Troika and now sings at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Tampa. Dinner and show, $45 in advance, $65 at the door (if available). Call (727) 848-6780.

JULY 20

Centennial Opera Group will show a video of Giuseppe Verdi's I Lombardi at 12:30 p.m. July 20 at Centennial Park Library, 5740 Moog Rd., Holiday. The video is part on the ongoing series "Viva Guiseppe," being presented by the group. Free.

JULY 27-AUG. 3

Intermezzo Opera Festival of New York will present four full operas performed by students in training to become professionals at the Black Box Theatre on the Nature Coast Technical High School campus, 4057 California St., Brooksville. The operas are Falstaff (7:30 p.m. July 28 and 31 and 3 p.m. Aug. 3); The Magic Flute (3 p.m. July 29 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1 and 3); Albert Herring (7:30 p.m. July 27, 29 and Aug. 2); and Suor Angelica (3 p.m. July 28 and 7:30 p.m. July 30). Tickets are $15 adults, $10 students. Box office in the lobby of the theater will be open 2 to 4 p.m. July 2 and 3 and Mondays through Saturdays July 9-July 26 and one hour before each performance. Discounted multiple show packages are available. Call (352) 797-7088, ext. 296 or (727) 534-5742 for reservations and information.

JULY 30-31

Auditions for Disney's High School Musical will be held by appointment on July 30 and 31 by Showcase Community Theatre, 8431 Corporate Way, New Port Richey. Roles are for males and females ages 8 through 18. Production dates are Oct. 18-21. Participation fee is $50. Audition forms and instructions are at www.showcaseyouth.com or at the audition. Call (727) 647-4249 or (813) 679-0051 for an audition time.

Send entertainment items for Diversions: Coming Attractions to Barbara L. Fredricksen, St. Petersburg Times, 11321 U.S. 19, Port Richey 34667 or e-mail to fredricksen@sptimes.com.

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