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By Times Wires
Published November 28, 2007

To do

GOP debate viewingparties: With the CNN/YouTube debate being held at St. Petersburg's Mahaffey Theater, Republicans will gather all over town. The Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee holds a rally from 2 to 10 p.m. at Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg; $20 gets you a band, food and a straw poll, and a giant TV screen will be set up for the 8 p.m. debate; (727) 539-6009. Ron Paul fans will gather from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg; tickets are $10.

Wynonna: The artist formerly known as Ms. Judd presents "A Classic Christmas," a country-infused pop show of her holiday favorites and her hits. 8 p.m., Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. $39.50-$49.50. (727) 791-7400; www.rutheckerdhall.com.

To watch

Shrek the Halls, 8, WFTS-Ch. 28: What's not to love about a Christmas special starring a family of green ogres? Shrek (voice of Mike Myers) isn't a Christmas kind of guy, but Fiona (Cameron Diaz) loves the holiday, so he goes along, with a little help from Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and the rest of the fairy-tale gang.

Christmas in Rockefeller Center, 8 p.m., WFLA-Ch. 8: It's the 75th annual tree-lighting gala at the New York City landmark. Al Roker is our host for the evening, which features performances by Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Taylor Swift, Ashley Tisdale and Carrie Underwood.

Opposing sidesin strike to meet again

Striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers will try again today to work out a deal to end their labor dispute that has darkened theaters for more than two weeks. The sides will meet at 10 a.m., Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the League of American Theatres and Producers, said Tuesday. Local 1, the stagehands union, and the league have been through two marathon negotiating sessions in the past two days, the most recent ending Tuesday morning after an all-night meeting. Progress reportedly has been slow, though some headway apparently has been made. "Talks ended (Tuesday) at 7:30 a.m. without a deal after 13 hours of hard bargaining in what I can only describe as a 'rain delay' in the ninth inning of the seventh game of the World Series," union spokesman Bruce Cohen said. "The rainy weather should clear up when talks resume Wednesday."

Associated Press

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