Seize The Day

By KATHLEEN LANG

© St. Petersburg Times, published May 16, 2000

THINGS TO DO

Mikhail Baryshnikov leaps on stage at 8 p.m. today and Wednesday with his White Oak Dance Project at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. Tickets are $34 to $64. Call (727) 791-7400. Discover Your Dharma when Harriet D'Costa leads a mind-exploring workshop to find your special and unique purpose in the world at 7 tonight at Barnes & Noble, 23654 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater. Part of the body, mind and spirit series. The Wonders of Nature group meets after the workshop. Call (727) 669-1688.

Take the In Route to Broadway when the musical revue comes to Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus, Palm Avenue and 15th Street, at 6:30 p.m. today. Students from Philip Shore Elementary arts magnet school will present a musical theater sampler with short scenes from The Wizard of Oz, Annie, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, How to Eat Like a Child, Into the Woods, A Chorus Line and Peter Pan. Tickets are $2. Call (813) 276-5712.

Learn the basics of growing orchids when Ed Golden teaches a hands-on program from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S Palm Ave., Sarasota. Golden's class includes information on repotting, diagnosing orchid problems, mounting and making divisions. Bring two orchids for diagnosing. The cost is $50, $40 for gardens members. RSVP at (941) 366-5731, ext. 52.

THINGS TO VIEW

Find out what it was like "growing up Brady" when Fox airs Unauthorized: The Brady Bunch, The Final Days at 8 p.m. This "mini-movie" looks back on a series that seems to live on in the hearts and minds of countless people. Followed at 9 p.m. with After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped. Host Ron Reagan Jr. shows us the front lines of Tinsel Town on American Movie Classics' Hollywood Commandos. During World War II, actors and directors were often involved in helping build support for the U.S. war effort. 8 p.m.

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