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Brooks & Dunn headline the Neon Circus and Wild West Show, an extravagant tour that brings some of country’s top male talent to the Ice Palace on Saturday. |
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Cowboys with attitude
Brooks & Dunn headline the Neon Circus and Wild West Show, an extravagant tour that brings some of country's top male talent to the Ice Palace Saturday.
Film
Disney catch of the day
Gone are the hummable tunes and comic sidekicks. Atlantis succeeds instead with sophisticated animation and an action-filled plot.
Also in theaters
Game for anything
Indie Flix
The Golden Bowl (R) (130 min.) -- An Italian prince named Amerigo (Jeremy Northam) loves Charlotte (Uma Thurman) but marries Maggie (Kate Beckinsale) because she's rich.
Movies: Top 5
1. Atlantis: The Lost Empire -- Mild-mannered museum worker (voice of Michael J. Fox) seeks the mythical city to prove his grandfather's theories. Mature animation from Disney's own empire.
At the box office
The top movies at North American theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and ACNielsen EDI Inc.:
Video
Video: New releases
Catch Clooney on the lam with the Coens
DVD releases
The New Stanley Kubrick Collection
Rewind
Mancini's magic touch
Stage
Stage: On the horizon
Opera -- Soprano Marianna Rigaki and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Chigas perform Greek songs and opera arias June 27 at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center. $10 and $12
Stage: hot ticket
Back to Wonderland at USF.
Pop
Music from pop center
Edwin McCain got his start opening for Hootie & the Blowfish. But wait, before you hold that against him, consider these anecdotes: 1. The South Carolina singer churns out his own anthemic, rootsy "heartland rock." 2. McCain's tune I'll Be was a big deal on Dawson's Creek for a spell. 3. On his last album, he sang I Could Not Ask For More, a tune penned by schlocky hitmaker Diane Warren, the same lady who wrote Unbreak My Heart.
Team Pop Trivia
THIS WEEK'S WINNER: Eve Encina of Palm Harbor knew that entertainer Frances Ethel Gumm, who would have turned 79 last week, was better known to the world as Judy Garland. (Team Pop response last week was the biggest ever, thanks to Judy's fans.)
New face, same Journey in concert
Journey has sold more than 50-million albums since it began making melodic arena rock in the 1970s. Back then, Steve Perry's pretty falsetto stood out in a glut of rock singers who merely went from whisper to scream and back again. That boy could sing.
Ticket window
Janet Jackson, 7:30 p.m., Sept. 11, Ice Palace, Tampa. Tickets ($35.25-$77.75) on sale at 10 a.m. Sat. at the box office (813) 223-1000 or at Ticketmaster at (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100.
Get Away
Getaway: hot ticket
WWF mayhem in Tampa
Get away: Down the road
Events to watch for; details in future editions of Weekend.
Dine
Oysters find an uptown place downtown
ST. PETERSBURG -- Consider the oyster: A food so beloved that it inspires an entire category of restaurant.
Side dish
Papayas (229 62nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg; (727) 528-6165), opens this week aiming at a new niche -- $5 meals -- in the former Brown Dog Cafe. Greg Hilbert, who formerly fed Aegon office workers in Carillon, will serve breakfast through dinner and takeout of "gourmet fast food." Pizza, pasta, salad and sandwiches are all $5 or less except salmon or steak. With papaya salsa.
Art
Towles courts the artistic soul
At downtown Sarasota's Towles C
Art: Best bets
Art critic Mary Ann Marger's recommendations for this weekend. Please refer to the Art Calendar for details.
Art: Hot ticket
Mastering the art of quilts
Shop
Good news for duffer dads
If your dad is a golfer, you have lots of gift options. Even if you can't spring for tickets to the U.S. Open or a fancy new driver, golf lessons usually are affordable. Or try a new gadget to whet Dad's appetite for the game. Happy Father's Day to all you fine fellows.
In the market
A garden Dad doesn't have to weedourt art colony, a cluster of studios, galleries and artists residences provides a haven for creativity and a one-stop spot in which art lovers may browse.
Tampa Timeout
Police go for gold
Officers from around Florida will converge on Tampa to test themselves against one another in competition beginning Saturday.
Getting an early start on good health
A hands-on exhibit at MOSI encourages middle-schoolers to be more aware of their well-being.
Night spot targets those too young for Ybor
Club Busch Gardens aims for 12- to 16-year-olds with live DJs, local and national artists, games, a rock-climbing wall and food.
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