Seize the day

By WILMA NORTON

© St. Petersburg Times,
published July 7, 2001

Things to do

Clearwater Coin Club Show, coins bought, sold and appraised. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Harborview Center, 300 Cleveland St., Clearwater. (727) 733-3577. Free.

Actor/comic D.L. Hughley, 7 (non-smoking show), 9:30 and 11:30 p.m., Tampa Improv, 1600 E Eighth Ave. $26-$28, $2 more at the door. (813) 864-4000.

Sandra Bernhard, comic, 8 p.m., Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa. $25.50-$55.50. (813) 229-7827.

"East Meets West, A Japanese and Exotic Fruit Festival," 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $2-$6. Sunken Gardens, 1825 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg. (727) 551-3100 Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed.-Sun.

SPCA Pet Adopt-a-thon, summer adoption fees of $25 for dogs and cats, rabbits $5. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 9099 130th Ave. N, Largo. (727) 586-3591. National Gravity Games Airwalk Amateur Challenge, skateboard and BMX bike series. Also demonstrations, autographs, music, food. 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Central Skatepark, 6140 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater. Spectators free; participants $30. (727) 523-0785.

Cheers for Beer, celebration of American beer brewing with Dunedin and other beers, plus root beer, brewery tours and music. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Dunedin Brewery, 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. (727) 736-0606. Free.

Bird Walks: Boyd Hill Nature Park, enter at gate #4. 8 a.m., 1101 Country Club Way S, St. Petersburg. (727) 893-7326. Free. . . . Moccasin Lake Nature Park, 8 a.m., 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater. $2.50 adults, $1.50 for ages 3-12. (727) 462-6024.

PrideFest Tampa Bay, rally and commitment ceremony, 10 a.m., Lykes Gas Light Park; parade with grand marshal Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, 11 a.m., from park to Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center; Pride Expo with entertainment, films, seminars and more, noon-6 p.m., at the arts center; Wild Party, 8 p.m.-3 a.m. Holiday Inn City Centre; Wet Party, 9:30 p.m.-3 a.m., Florida Aquarium. All in downtown Tampa. Fees vary. (813) 854-8160.

Things to view

Wimbledon women's singles final. 9 a.m., WFLA-Ch. 8.

The Green Mile, starring Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan. 8 p.m., Showtime.

Janet Jackson's Opening Night Live. 10 p.m., VH1.

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