Seize the day

By Compiled by SHARON KENNEDY WYNNE

© St. Petersburg Times, published May 31, 2000

Things to do

With the heat already starting to bear down on us, Fancy's Specialty Market, 1003 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg, hosts a tasting of summer wines from 3 to 6:30 p.m. today. Sample light, refreshing and fruity wines, perfect for summer, along with hors d'oeuvres. Free. Call: (727) 894-5300.

Oldsmar native and fighter pilot J.D. Wetterling, author of Son of Thunder, will be at the Largo Public Library, 351 East Bay Drive, Largo, at 7 p.m. today. With more than 200 combat missions over Vietnam, this Top Gun has plenty of stories to tell. Call (727) 587-6715.

Hank Hine, director of the University of South Florida's acclaimed Graphpicstudio, will discuss poet Robert Creeley's 40 years worth of collaborations with influential visual artists, including George Baselitz, Francesco Clemente, Jim Dine, R.B. Kitaj, Susan Rothenberg and many others. Held in conjunction with the Contemporary Art Museum's current exhibit, In Company: Robert Creeley's Collaborations, running through July 15. The gallery talk is at 7 p.m. at USF's Contemporary Art Museum and is free. Call (813) 974-4133.

The Old Hyde Park Village Concert Series continues today with Patty Sanphy (of Women's Blues Revue) from 6 to 9 p.m., in the village, S Dakota Avenue near Bayshore Boulevard, Tampa: free. Call (813) 251-3500. Beverage proceeds benefit Epilepsy Services Foundation.

Things to view

ABC sets up shop with its new series Clerks, based on the 1994 movie from director Kevin Smith that became almost an instant cult classic. But that was live action and this is animation, so we'll see how well the idea will travel. 9:30 p.m.