Seize the Day

By KATHLEEN LANG

© St. Petersburg Times, published August 1, 2000

Things to do...

Rainer Maria, Mike Kinsella and '65 Filmshow hit the stage at 8 tonight at the Orpheum, 1902 Avenida Republica de Cuba, corner of Eighth Avenue and 14th Street, Ybor City. Tickets are $6. Call (813) 248-9500.

Find out if they practice what they teach when an exhibit by 30 members of the Hillsborough Art Educators Association is unveiled today at TECO Plaza Public Art Gallery, 702 N Franklin St., Tampa. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Free. Runs through Aug. 30. (813) 831-8330.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays start a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians at 7:15 p.m. today at Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg. Tickets available at the Trop's box office, Devil Rays Dugout stores or Ticketmaster. Call toll free (888) 326-7297.

Join Radio Disney-AM 1380 and its Funsquad when they celebrate National Night Out from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Clymer Park, at Gulfport and Beach boulevards, Gulfport. Radio Disney will emcee the event, play music and play interactive games with the audience. Free. Call (727) 577-4500.

Dust off your tutu and toe shoes and head to the Center for the Arts Ballet School, 4801 W Hillsborough Ave., where ballet classes for people ages 3 to adult are offered Tuesdays and Thursdays. Or register for the center's September session of classical ballet lessons. Free trial class offered. Call (813) 887-1979.

"Independence and Freedom: Life, Liberty and Justice for All," artwork by kids with disabilities, is on display through Sept. 1 at Creative Clay Cultural Arts Center, 333 First St. NE, St. Petersburg. Free. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call (727) 825-0515.

Things to view...

Actors Barbra Streisand, Shirley MacLaine, Susan Sarandon, Minnie Driver and Hilary Swank host a look at the role of women in the early film industry in Reel Models: The First Women of Film, at 8 tonight on American Movie Classics. Followed at 9 p.m. by Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Jon Stewart is in Philadelphia to give his take on the GOP convention on tonight's installment of The Daily Show on the Comedy Channel. "Being in Philadelphia will give the illusion we're actually a news organization," Stewart says. 11 p.m.

- Compiled by Times staff writer Kathleen Lang. She can be reached at lang@sptimes.com. For a complete roundup of activities around the Tampa Bay area, log on to the Web at http://www.tampabay.com.