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Out & about

By Times Staff Writer
Published December 4, 2007


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Today

Nature's finery: Enjoy Florida's natural beauty at the Florida Botanical Gardens, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo, with hundreds of blooming flowers and plants and native and non-native ornamentals. Free; open daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Call (727) 582-2581 or visit www.flbg.org.

Dinner dance: Indulge your continental tastes with a pasta dinner and dance from 5 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Italian American Club of Greater Clearwater, 200 McMullen Booth Road. Cost is $7 for members, $9 for nonmembers. Call (727) 791-8698.

Select your tree: Scotch pines, douglas firs and fraser firs are available at the Knights of Columbus Christmas tree sale, open every day until 9 p.m. at the west end of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 2281 State Road 580, Clearwater. Call (727) 733-9441.

Wednesday

Holiday open house: Unique hand-created ornaments on display and for sale at a holiday open house from 3-5 p.m. at the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo. Gallery admission is free during this event. Call (727) 518-6833.

Classical holiday: Celebrate the season with "Christmas at the Plaza," a musical event featuring The Bayside String Quartet and pianist Scott Behler, as well as an art show and refreshments from 6-8 p.m. at 100 Indian Rocks Road N, Belleair Bluffs.Call (727) 446-1360 or visit www.FrancisWilsonPlayhouse.org.

[Last modified December 3, 2007, 20:55:07]


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