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Social scene

By Mary Jane Park, Times Staff Writer
Published February 10, 2008


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St. Petersburg

Valentine's Day program offers lunch, fashion

The Beth Dillinger Foundation's Valentine's Day luncheon and fashion show features gowns from Ambria's Gallery and entertainment from Alan Darcy at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, 950 Lake Carillon Drive. It benefits Beth's Closet at PACE Center for Girls and the foundation's scholarship fund. Tickets: $50. Information: 347-5600.

St. Pete Beach

Operation PAR gala has Caribbean flair

Cruise to the Caribbean, the Poetic Justice gala for Operation PAR, is 6:30 p.m. Friday at Sirata Beach Resort, 5300 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach. Tickets: $150. Information: 545-7564.

St. Petersburg

Trivia contest will benefit free clinic

The Battle of the Minds trivia event benefits the St. Petersburg Free Clinic at 6 p.m. Saturday at Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, 950 Lake Carillon Drive. Tickets: $125. Information: www.stpetersburgfreeclinic.org; 821-1200, ext. 114.

Seminole

Performance is for canal museum

Actor Michael O. Smith will perform at "Lunch with Theodore Roosevelt," a benefit for the Panama Canal Museum, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Seminole Community Library, St. Petersburg College, Seminole Campus, 9200 113th St. N. Tickets: $30. Information: 394-9338 or on the Web at www.panamacanalmuseum.org.

[Last modified February 9, 2008, 23:56:07]


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