Seize the day

By WILMA NORTON

© St. Petersburg Times, published February 4, 2001

Things to do

The Ebony Fashion Fair brings its elegant show to the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa. $30. (813) 229-8117.

"A Family Reunion: The Black Family Thriving in Faith and Unity," is a Black History month performance of song, dance, music and spoken word by youths ages 10-21. 4 p.m., Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg. (727) 327-9869 or (727) 822-7674. Free.

Award-winning violinist Dmitri Berlinsky plays works by Brahms, Paganini, Tchaikovsky and Ravel, accompanied by pianist Elena Baksht. 2 p.m., Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg. $15, $7 for students 22 and younger. (727) 896-2667.

The USF faculty/guest recital series features a tribute to the music of Johnny Mercer with Valerie Gillespie, saxophone, Robert Winslow, piano, and Robert McCormick, percussion. 2 p.m., Music Recital Hall (FAH 101), 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. $4-$6. (813) 974-2323.

Suzanne and Jim perform old time music, 5 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church of Tampa, 11400 Morris Bridge Road, Tampa. $6 or more suggested donation. (813) 625-2688.

The Shifting Sands Concert Series presents Joy Katzen-Guthrie and LJ D'Alessandro. 6:30 p.m. Woodlawn Presbyterian Church, 2612 12th St. N, St. Petersburg. $5-$8. (727) 895-2316.

The Kuumba Dancers and Drummers of Tampa Bay give an African folk dance performance with Lady V's Step Team. 4 p.m., University Area Community Center Complex, 14013 N 22nd St., Tampa. Free. (813) 558-5212.

Things to view

The NHL All-Star Game from Denver spotlights hockey's best. 2:30 p.m., WFTS-Ch. 28.

Gregory Hines plays legendary dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in Bojangles, a new cable movie. 8 p.m., Showtime.

The Odyssey Channel begins airing Roots in its entirety at 9 p.m. each night through Friday.

William Hurt and Elizabeth McGovern star in the new Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation The Flamingo Rising. 9 p.m., WTSP-Ch. 10.

- Compiled by Times calendar editor Wilma Norton. Information can be sent to weekend@sptimes.com. E-mail should not include attachments.

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