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Paging through fall's movies
Summer's just about over, and it's time for Hollywood to hit the books again, seeking a classy final chapter to a dismal 2001 movie year. Theater marquees may convert to the Dewey Decimal System to let moviegoers know what's playing.
Film
Othello for an MTV audience
O transports the blood, lies and romance of Othello to a modern prep school basketball court.
We're not in Kansas anymore
In Hedwig and the Angry Inch, writer-director-star John Cameron Mitchell teaches the movie musical to get up on its spike heels and dance to a new tune.
Family Movie Guide
The Family Movie Guide should be used along with the Motion Picture Association of America rating system for selecting movies suitable for children.
Top Five Movies and Upcoming Releases
Current movies recommended by the Times
Indie Flix
Also opening:
Movies: Also playing
Scared silly
Video
Not even dogs like 'em
In case you missed them (right!) in the theater, Joe Dirt and See Spot Run are hitting video stores. Eat dirt and die -- or rent these disgusting equivalents.
The Oompa-Loompas return
Warner releases Willa Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in DVD form, but fans get shortchanged.
Pop
Cracker stands alone
With choreographed pop, hip-hop and electronica ruling the airwaves, the witty lyrics and guitar rock of Cracker guard a lonely niche.
Pop: Ticket Window
Snoop Dogg performs at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at the USF Sun Dome. Tickets ($25-$30) on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at box office (813) 974-3002 and Ticketmaster (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100.
Pop: Hot Ticket
High-tech twist
Team Pop Trivia
This week's winner: Krissi Middlebrook of Palm Harbor knew that Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson of Fuse went on to score big success in Cheap Trick.
Get Away
Get Away: Hot Ticket
Pioneers for a weekend
Art
Creating a dream theme
An artist known as Bask collaborates with seven other artists to create "Belligerent Dreams," a show in which each artist finishes another's work.
Art: Best bets
Art critic Mary Ann Marger's recommendations for this weekend. Please refer to the Art Calendar for details.
Art: Hot Ticket
No, it's not a Chinese ginger jar. At 61/2 feet and 350 pounds, it's a single piece of glass-fiber-reinforced concrete covered with Moor-Glo paint straight from the can. The Ringling Museum of Art purchased it when artist Allan McCollum exhibited it with 15 others, all identical except for the color, in 1988. It is on view temporarily in the West Wing Galleries as part of a show called "Conceptual Diversity."
Dine
First Bite
Quite the catch
Side dish
CHANGING RECIPES
Nite Out
Nite Out: Road Trip
Comic Margaret Cho, 8 p.m. Friday, Hard Rock Live, 6100 Old Park Lane, Orlando. $25-$27.50. (407) 445-7625.
Nite Out: Hot Ticket
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Stage
Stage: Hot Ticket
Summertime treat
Stage: Down the road
New -- Dog & Pony Productions makes its debut Sept. 7-23 with The Sea Horse by Edward J. Moore in Shimberg Playhouse at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. $15.50.
Shop
Summer's swan song
School and community activities rev up for good after the long Labor Day weekend; take time for one last end-of-summer bash. See you in September.
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