Seize the day

Compiled by SHARON KENNEDY WYNNE

© St. Petersburg Times, published August 13, 2000

Things to do

Bring drums, shakers, rattles and your dancing shoes to Swirl Fest 2000 with Buffalo Strange, Cause & Effects (formerly Feta), Drum Tree Percussion Ensemble, Global Goddess Dance Expressionists and Crystal Fire (fire-eating) at 7 p.m. at Skipper's Smokehouse, Skipper Road and Nebraska Avenue, Tampa. Tickets are $6. Call (813) 971-0666.

The kids have fun with the bard in the Shakespeare show Have Trunk -- Will Travel, presented by the children of Frog Prince Academy of Dramatic Art. The show is at 2 p.m. at the Frog Prince Puppetry Arts Center and Theater, 210 S Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs. Tickets are $3 for adults, $2 for ages 8-12. Reservations are suggested; call (727) 942-2222 or (727) 784-6392.

More than 20 dealers in records and compact discs will be on hand today for the Tampa Bay Vinyl Record and CD Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Express-Tampa Stadium, 4732 N Dale Mabry, Tampa. Tickets are $1. Dealers will be on hand to buy or sell albums, 45s and 78s. Call (727) 520-8766.

The New Jersey punk band Blanks 77 takes the stage tonight with Sixer, the Forgotten and the Krays at 8 p.m. at the State Theater, 687 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Tickets are $10. Call (727) 895-3045.

Gun collectors will be loading up at the Suncoast Gun Show and Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Florida State Fairgrounds, U.S. 301 off Interstate 4, Tampa. Gun experts will be on hand to appraise firearms, and gunsmiths will make repairs. Admission is $6 adults, children younger than 12 free. Parking is $4. Call (813) 621-7821.

Things to view

The new cable movie The Thin Blue Line on Showtime is based on the true story of an investigation of police corruption that won a 1978 Pulitzer Prize for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Stars Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid and Paul Sorvino. 8 p.m.

Tom Selleck stars in the TNT movie Running Mates, a new movie for the political season. He's a presidential candidate who faces a test in his choice of a vice president. 8 p.m.

- Compiled by Times staff writer Sharon Kennedy Wynne. She can be reached at wynne@sptimes.com.