Celebrate fall at Dunedin's annual festival, featuring artists from around the nation. [Illustration: "Kokopeli" by Hugh Armstrong]

November 2, 2000

Cover Story
A bountiful Art Harvest
In lands to the north, people note fall's arrival by chill winds and leaves to rake. Here in the bay area, we note the coming of cooler weather by the arrival of Dunedin's Art Harvest.

Art
Art: Best bets
Art critic Mary Ann Marger's recommendations for this weekend.

Develop a critical artistic eye
A few tips can make the difference between a serious collector of art and someone who just wants to cover the walls.

Art by the numbers adds up to good things
GULFPORT -- The "100 in 2000" show gets its name from its numbers: it features the works of 100 local artists, and each work will be sold for $100. Half goes to the artist; half goes to Positive Expressions, a non-profit gallery that aims to empower HIV-positive people by developing and supporting their self-expression and educating the public through the arts.

Art: Hot Ticket
Sometimes, badness makes you smile

Film

[Dreamworks photo] Caddie Bagger Vance (Will Smith), left, helps golfer Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon) decide his next move with the help of his young protege, Hardy (J. Michael Moncrief) in "The Legend of Bagger Vance." Review.

Direction in the rough for 'Bagger Vance'
Robert Redford's effort ignores the realities of the time, the people and the place. And the movie suffers for it.

Movie drives allegory afield
Robert Redford has successfully directed several movies based on fictional works, including Norman Maclean's lyrical short story A River Runs Through It and Bernard Malamud's allegorical novel The Natural. At times, Redford changed the author's plot dramatically, but he still managed to retain the spirit of the original material. In the case of The Horse Whisperer, he even improved on it, giving Nicholas Evans' bestselling novel a totally different (and more logical) ending.

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. Only films rated G, PG or PG-13 are included in this weekly listing, along with occasional R-rated films that may have entertainment or educational value for older children with parental guidance. Films are categorized as "recommended" for family viewing, "recommended with reservations" and "not recommended" for family viewing, with a description of content that led to that categorization. Compiled by St. Petersburg Times film critic Steve Persall.

Persall's Top Five
Recent releases recommended by Times film critic Steve Persall

One of life's guilty pleasures
Charlie's Angels just want to have fun, and they don't care how low they stoop.

Got an urge for a dirge?
It's no Singing in the Rain, but Dancer in the Dark will surely grab you. You might not like it, but there it is.

Film: Also in Theaters
The wide world of cinema

Video
'Road to El Dorado' is best forgotten
NEW RELEASES

Dine
New restaurant marks a rite of passage
With Big City Tavern bringing sophistication and style to Ybor City, Tampa reaches urban status in more than just its size.

Side dish
Show goes on

Get Away
An enduring corner of Old Florida
"I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to," wrote Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.

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

Share the flavor of India's culture
Dance, snack and shop in India without traveling farther than USF's Sun Dome when local folks of Indian heritage present their largest annual cultural celebration.

Get Away: Hot Ticket
Indian cuisine and culture

Stage
The style's the thing
The director of The Illusion hopes to work "a little bit of magic" this modern adaptation of a 17th century play.

Avenue Players offer studied 'Amadeus'
The company has gone to great effort to get to know the period and make the characters real and believable.

Stage: On the horizon
Holiday -- The Master Chorale and Empire Brass perform a holiday program Nov. 25 at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and Nov. 26 at Ruth Eckerd Hall. $14-$26.

[Times files] Elena Martinson and Andrei Ustinov, former members of Russia's Kirov Ballet, perform with their students in the Chamber Ballet's fall program. Story.

Stage: Hot Ticket
Russian ensemble draws on two heritages

Pop
How do you like the Jam now?
Toby Keith, the featured act Sunday night at Rock Crusher Canyon, likes a little rock with his country. And that's led to seven chart-topping hits since his debut album in 1993.

It's all in the boogie
Mississippi Allstars get you moving with a sound both urgent and ancient.

Pop: Hot Tickets
Frampton and Allman come alive

Pop: On the horizon
Steve Howe -- Nov. 10, State Theater: $17.50.

Pop: Ticket window
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sat. for Dio with Yngwie Malmsteen and Doro Pesch, 8 p.m. Dec. 15 at Jannus Landing, downtown St. Petersburg. Tickets are $20 advance, $23 day of show.

Team Pop Trivia
This week's winner: Sharon Shawley of Bradenton knew that Leonard Peltier is the imprisoned American Indian Movement leader for whom political rockers Rage Against the Machine have campaigned to win an appeal.

Night Life
Sometimes comedy isn't funny
TAMPA -- Rick Tempesta describes his humor as straightforward observation that can run toward the X-rated.

Nite Life: Hot Ticket
Way out comedy

Shop
Show your colors
Tuesday is make-it-or-break-it day throughout the United States, when voters will choose a new president and lots of other national, state and local office holders. The next week, we honor veterans of military service. It's an excellent time to show our nation's colors: red, white and blue.

Happening
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines
The Tampa Bay International Auto Show rolls into town today for four days of exhibits, events and (oh, yes) cars, cars, cars.