Seize the day

By KATHLEEN LANG

© St. Petersburg Times, published May 15, 2000

Things to do...

It's open mike lues/rock jam today from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Bernie's Sports Bar, 10637 117th St. N (Walsingham and Seminole boulevards), Largo. Hosted by Partners in Crime, the evening features Mike Cee. All performers welcome. Free. Call (727) 394-2868.

Experience Sarasota's Myakka River State Park during a Myakka Canopy Picnic Tour at noon today with Meg Lowman of Selby Gardens. Take Clark Road (State Road 72) exit off Interstate 75, go 8 miles east. Bring lunch, park fees apply. Call (941) 361-6511 or (941) 366-5731.

Check out today's opening of the multimedia installation "Sanctuary for Satellites" by Shane M. Richardson and "Reality Thief" at Centre Gallery, University of South Florida, Marshall Center, 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. A reception is planned for 7 to 9 p.m. May 25. Summer hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Call (813) 974-5464.

Hear Brent Douglas tickle the ivories during a piano recital at 7:30 p.m. today in the Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Douglas' performance includes works by Beethoven, Schumann and Debussy. Donations appreciated. Call (727) 822-3590.

Things to view...

The moment we've all been waiting for: Whitney Houston's much-discussed performance on Artista Records Anniversary Celebration tonight on NBC. The 25th anniversary event honors the label and Clive Davis, who was recently forced to resign from the company he founded. 8 p.m.

High-tech investigators explore four real-life mysteries on Secrets of the Dead, a three-part series beginning tonight on WEDU. Today's episode, "Catastrophe," theorizes that the early Dark Ages may have been triggered by a natural event about 535 A.D. Tuesday's feature, "The Lost Vikings," explores the Vikings of Greenland, who left no clues to their sudden, mysterious disappearance. The series continues Wednesday with "What Happened to the Hindenburg," followed by "Cannibalism in the Canyon." 9 p.m.

-- Compiled by Times staff writer Kathleen Lang. She can be reached at lang@sptimes.com.