The week ahead

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published January 14, 2001

TODAY

MUSIC IN THE MARLY ROOM: Violinist Ayako Yoshida and pianist Andrew Armstrong perform at 2 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg. $15, $7 students 22 years and younger. Call 896-2667.

FESTIVAL OF BANDS: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference presents the 2001 16th Annual National Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Festival of Bands at 5 p.m. in Florida Power Park, 230 First St. S, St. Petersburg. Eighteen bands from around the nation perform high-stepping halftime drills in a special salute to Dr. King. $5, $3 ages 12 and under. Tickets available at the box office, which opens at 3 p.m. Call 327-0085.

MONDAY

"IN ONE ACT AND OUT THE OTHER': The St. Petersburg Little Theater and the Palladium present a Playreading Festival at 7:30 p.m. at the Palladium, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Featured are four local playwrights -- Bob Armbruster, Brick, A. Paul Johnson and Caryl Ann Johnson -- covering such topics as Greek Easter, the nature of theater, aging and spectral visitation. Talk-back session follows performance. Seating limited, reservations recommended. $5. Call 822-3590.

PIANO CONCERT: George Winston performs at 8 p.m. in Bayfront Center's Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S, St. Petersburg. $20-$35. Call 892-5767. Or check the Web site at www.stpete.org/mahaffey.htm.

PARADE: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference presents the 2001 16th Annual National Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Parade, 1:15 p.m. in downtown St. Petersburg. The largest MLK commemorative celebration in the nation features 30 marching bands with more than 100 units. Parade begins at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort on Fifth Avenue N and Bayshore Drive, south to Central Avenue, west to Dr. M.L. King (Ninth) Street and south to Tropicana Field parking lot. Call 327-0085.

WEDNESDAY

NUCLEAR DRAMA: The Association of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College present a drama, "America's Global Challenges, Choices and Dilemmas: Revisiting a Nuclear Dilemma: Shatterer of Worlds," at 7 p.m. in Lewis House on campus. Free. Call 864-8297.

BASKETBALL REVIVAL: The Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs of the American Basketball Association 2000 play the Kansas City Knights, 7:30 p.m. in the Bayfront Center, 400 First St. S, St. Petersburg. Tomorrow, the opponent is the San Diego Wildfire. Tickets are $6-$50. Call Bayfront box office at 892-5767 or the ThunderDawgs at 823-4667.

THURSDAY

"DUCK SOUP': The Salvador Dali Museum, 1000 Third St. S, St. Petersburg, presents the Marx Brothers classic film at 6 p.m. In this biting satire of fascist politics, the small country of Freedonia gives dictator Groucho complete power to restore order and the result is mayhem. Free with museum admission (half-price after 5 p.m.). Call 823-3767 or check the Web site at www.salvadordalimuseum.org.

SUPER BOWL OF BOAT SHOWS: The 23rd Annual Tampa Bay Boat and Sports Expo is held 10 a.m.-7 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. tomorrow, and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Tropicana Field, One Tropicana Drive, and in the Vinoy Yacht Basin, Bayshore Drive and Fifth Avenue N. Several hundred marine accessory vendors on site. Free continuous shuttle between locations. $7, $3 ages 12 and under. Discount tickets at most marine dealers and all Wendy's locations. Parking $3 at Tropicana Field. Call 344-2628.

FRIDAY

DALI AND THE FUTURE OF STATUES: Charles Stuckey, specialist on both surrealism and impressionism, speaks at 6 p.m. in the Salvador Dali Museum. Stuckey presents a slide discussion on Dali's construction of such unusual works as Rainy Taxi and Venus with Drawers in relation to 20th-century sculpture. $10. Call 823-3767.

JUBILANT SYKES: In celebration of American music, Sykes performs Gershwin, Copeland and American spirituals at 8 p.m. in the Bayfront Center's Mahaffey Theater. $27-$33. Call 892-5767.

SAMPLER DAY: Eckerd College Senior College presents a day of mini-lessons from the upcoming winter term to familiarize potential students from 1-4 p.m. Refreshments, door prizes and registration for classes and trips. Campus tour included. Call for information or winter term catalog. Call 864-7155.

ON VAN GOGH: "In Remembrance of Van Gogh," a lecture by docent Karen Wood, 10 a.m. in the the Museum of Fine Arts' Marly Room. Refreshments served. Free with museum admission. Call 896-2667.

SATURDAY

BIG BAND BALLROOM SERIES: Come swing at the Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, St. Petersburg, as the Charly Raymond Orchestra presents a tribute to Harry James and the Andrew sisters at 8 p.m. BYOB, smoke-free. $12 advance, $14 door. Call 892-5202 or check website for information on Coliseum events, www.stpete.org/coliseum.htm.

"LA BOHEME': The Sunstate Opera presents the classic Puccini opera at 8 p.m. today and 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Palladium. $10, $7 students and seniors. Call 822-3590.

MASTERWORKS SERIES: The Florida Orchestra, with guest conductor Nicholas McGegan and guest violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, present Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Eroica, at 8 p.m. in the Bayfront Center's Mahaffey Theater. Program includes works by Handel and Mozart. $20-$38. Call 892-5767.

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