Seize the day

By Compiled by KATHLEEN LANG

© St. Petersburg Times, published May 17, 2000

Things to do

Kids and adults can watch The Reluctant Dragon's adventures on stage at 7 p.m. today and Thursday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Clearwater Central Catholic High School, 2750 Haines Bayshore Road, Clearwater. Tickets for the play are $5 adults, $2 children. Call (727) 531-1449, ext. 419.

Learn to whip up beautiful beets from 7 to 8 p.m. today or 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday when Chef Debby DeGraaff teaches a free vegetarian class at Nature's Harvest Market, 1021 N MacDill Ave., Tampa. Free. Call (813) 873-7428.

Join the discussion about two haunted men and their families who are engulfed by emotions after the death of a 10-year-old boy when the A.M. Book Discussion Group looks at John Burnham Schwartz's Reservation Road at 11 a.m. today at Barnes & Noble, 122 Brandon Town Center Drive, Brandon. Call (813) 661-9883.

Enter the center ring for a Show Biz Circus Talk by Jeanette Williams, international circus talent agent, in the Wagon Room, Museum of the Circus at the Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Blvd., Sarasota, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. Free with museum admission of $9 adults, $8 seniors 55 and older, and free for children 12 and younger accompanied by an adult. Call (941) 359-5700.

Have a laid-back evening during Skippers Smokehouse's traditional reggae night when the Brothers Intent from Dominica perform at 8 p.m. today at 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. Tickets are $4. Call (813) 971-0666.

Things to view

Find out The Awful Truth when Michael Moore's series airs on Bravo, where it begins a new season of 12 episodes tonight as part of Bravo's Counter Culture Wednesdays. Moore, best known for his feature-length documentary Roger & Me about General Motors plant closings, said his mission is "to remain the only show on television that's never given away $1-million." 10 p.m.

The mother-daughter duo are back on tonight's CBS special The Judds Reunion: Power to Change. Naomi and Wynonna Judd offer highlights of their musical career and are joined by actor Ashley Judd for Love Can Build a Bridge. Singer Jo Dee Messina also performs. 8 p.m.

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