Film
Movies: Top Five and upcoming releases
Top Five

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.

Indie flix
Neurotic urbanite meets time traveler

Video
Upcoming video and DVD release and rankings
Sept. 25: Heartbreakers, Along Came a Spider, A Knight's Tale, One Night at McCool's, Kingdom Come, The Forsaken

All in the (spy) family
Spy Kids (PG)

Pop
Wide-open grooves
Medeski Martin and Wood apply their own powerful chemistry to everything from avant-garde to hip-hop to create a musical style all their own.

Team Pop Trivia
This week's winner: Richard E. Schaffer of Seminole knew that David Bowie originally recorded This Is Not America in 1985 with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny.

Pop: Hot Ticket
Sophistication becomes the Donnas

Get Away
Circus comes to town
The animals and acrobats bring excitement to Tampa this weekend as the Royal Hanneford Circus arrives.

Get Away: Down the road
Events to watch for; details in future editions of Weekend.

Art
The creative zone
Artists in North Pinellas open their studio doors to visitors for a peek into their world.

Art: Hot Ticket
Jacob Lawrence at MFA

Art: Best bets
Art critic Mary Ann Marger's recommendations for this weekend. Please refer to the Art Calendar for details.

Dine
Modest but mouthwatering
Mario's Ristorante, a.k.a. Cocina Toscana, serves up simple fare in a casual atmosphere, and that's something to brag about.

Side Dish
Dim sum on the run

Nite Out
Keeping it friendly down on The Pharm
The homey Dunedin club caters to live music, especially bands with an improvisational style. Patrons love the sounds and maybe a chance to catch a band jamming toward stardom.

Stage
Candidates put to the test
Music director prospects for the Florida Orchestra take on difficult works for the new season.

Benefit concert
Resident conductor Thomas Wilkins will lead the Florida Orchestra and other Tampa Bay area musical groups in a concert of patriotic and inspirational selections to benefit victims of the terrorist attacks at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Ice Palace.

Stage: Down the road
India -- The Indian Classical Music Society presents Rakesh Chaurasia, flute, Rahul Sharma, santoor, and Shaafat Ahmed Khan, tabla, at the University of South Florida in Tampa on Sept. 28. $10.

Stage: Hot Ticket
American Stage opens with "Spunk'

Shop
Big news in style
Big girls -- and women and men and boys -- don't cry when they find current fashions in their sizes. Most major department stores, even discount chains, offer clothes for generous builds; here are some specialty venues.