A celebration of the richness and beauty of Brazilian music, the WMNF 88.5-sponsored Festa Brasil offers the bouncy rhythms of Chico Cesar, a colorful accordion player on the contemporary Brazilian scene.

Singer Rita Ribeiro dishes out sultry reggae, samba and songs in traditional Brazilian regional styles.

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MOVIES THAT MOVE: 8 p.m. Sunday, State Theater, 687 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. (727) 895-3045. Admission is $5.

If you attended last month's screening of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari featuring live music by Jacksonville band Jon Todd, you know Margaret Murray's series Movies That Move has grown into a force to be reckoned with, attracting a hip crowd of film geeks, music lovers and others who wear interesting eyeglasses.

This month the series offers another music-related gem, The Target Shoots First, an award-winning documentary directed by then-22-year-old NYU grad Chris Wilcha. The film details Wilcha's hilarious experiences working in the music marketing biz, rising to the top of the Columbia House CD and Tape Club ladder because of his keen insights into "alternative music." Basically he knows who Nirvana is.

In one creepy scene, Columbia honchos encourage Wilcha to "cash in" on Kurt Cobain's suicide. Wilcha filmed his every day on the job with a hand-held camera, and, though the film makes some Columbia folks look silly, amazingly the auteur still holds his job there. In fact, Wilcha told Spin magazine, his co-workers, even Columbia's president, dig the flick.

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DARRYL PURPOSE: 8 p.m. Tuesday. Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Rd., Tampa. (813) 977-6474. Tickets are $8.

Darryl Purpose sings in a commanding baritone stories of loss and loneliness that call to mind Harry Chapin and a young Mr. Dylan. Purpose's elegant finger-picking guitar style nabbed him an endorsement with Taylor guitars. Indeed, the man is good with his hands; Purpose was once the world's top blackjack player.

Opening act Rosewood Station features three women from Pinellas county who share lead vocals and make beautiful music with percussion, violin and dulcimer.

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JET SET SIX and the URBANE COWBOYS: 9 p.m. Tuesday . The Orpheum, 1902 East Republica de Cuba, Ybor City, Tampa. (813) 248-9500 Tickets are $5, $8 at the door.

National swing act Jet Set Six joins rockabilly rockers Urbane Cowboys for a punchy double bill, part of Orpheum lady Kim Dicce's Raunch 'N' Roll Tuesday night series showcasing "sleazy not cheesey" rock 'n' roll for greasers, swingers and rockabilly boys and girls.

DJ Paul Mallett gets things started.

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TEAM POP TRIVIA: The winner is John Whitmer of Clearwater. Whitmer knew that Pearl Jam's original band name was Mookie Blaylock, after the NBA player whose jersey number was 10, the inspiration for Pearl Jam's Ten album.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: Today is the birthday of British pop star Declan McManus. By what name is he better known?

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