Seize The Day

By KATHLEEN LANG

© St. Petersburg Times, published June 14, 2000

THINGS TO DO

Drink in native sounds when Big Mountain Family of the Mohawk and Comanche tribes performs a variety of American Indian music at 6 p.m. today at the University of South Florida's St. Petersburg campus, 140 Seventh Ave. S, Davis Hall 130. The group's members, who play flute, water drum, hand drum and pow-wow drum, will explain the origin and significance of their instruments and musical styles. The free event is part of a North American Indians course offered this summer at USF-St. Petersburg. Call (727) 553-1556. Also today on campus, Tampa poet The San Man brings his muse to the Tavern at 121 Seventh Ave. S at 7 p.m. Free. Call (727) 821-1418.

The Charlotte Girls' Choir brings the sounds of North Carolina to downtown Tampa today for a free concert at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew's Church, 509 E Twiggs St. Call (813) 221-2035.

Spend a few hours sampling wine paired with tasty appetizers at Blackstone's Tapas Cafe Tasting from 6 to 8 p.m. today at 301 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach. Free. Call (727) 517-7778.

THINGS TO VIEW

Country music artists step up to the plate today for the Wrangler/City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge 2000 on TNN. Celebrities scheduled to play include Vince Gil, Billy Ray Cyrus, Neal McCoy and more. 8 p.m. Find out just how Addicted to Love Sam (Matthew Broderick) and Maggie (Meg Ryan) are when they conspire to figure out the best ways of dealing with lovers who jilted them in the 1997 dark comedy tonight on CBS. 9 p.m. Make your day by watching Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry Callahan in Magnum Force, the 1973 sequel to Dirty Harry, at 8 tonight on TNT. Callahan's investigation leads him to believe a series of killings are connected to the police department. Followed at 10:30 p.m. by The Gauntlet (1977), starring Eastwood and his ex-significant other, Sondra Locke.

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