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    <title>Special Events: An Evening with Martin and Langston</title>
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        By Franki Weddington
      
      
      As part of its 22nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration, USF welcomes Felix Justice and Danny Glover for &quot;An Evening with Martin and Langston.&quot; Justice portrays one of history&rsquo;s most eloquent leaders via readings of Dr. King&rsquo;s speeches, and Glover recites from the works of the poignant poet and novelist who helped to define the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes. For info about other MLK events, click here. Thurs., Jan. 15, 7 p.m., USF Sun Dome, Tampa, $10
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    <title>Theater/Classical Music: The Merry Widow</title>
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        By Wayne Garcia
      
      
      So you say you don&rsquo;t like opera? It&rsquo;s sung in a foreign language by 3XL performers and seems inaccessible or unrelated to modernity? Have we got an operetta for you. Franz Lehar&rsquo;s melodic The Merry Widow is a story about excess and great wealth, full of bright tunes sung by sensuous women and hunky men &mdash; in English! You know, just like America in the 1990s. Soprano Rochelle Bard in the title role should be especially interesting, as she&rsquo;s garnered
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    <title>Literature: Writers in Paradise Evening Reading Series</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      Word lovers who can&rsquo;t afford the Writers in Paradise Conference fees can still enjoy the free Evening Reading Series that&#39;s held in conjunction. Author instructors read aloud in an intimate setting, and linger for a signing and reception afterwards. Stewart O&#39;Nan (Songs for the Missing) kicks off the event Saturday; Les Standiford (The Man Who Invented Christmas) and Peter Meinke (The Shape of Poetry) round things out on Sunday. Readings occur through next week (Sterling Watson and Ann Hood on
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    <title>Dance: Ballet Hispanico</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      Ballet Hispanico melds traditional Latino dance and rhythms &ndash; rumba, mambo, conga, cha cha and the like &ndash; with classical ballet and modern techniques, the result passionate, graceful, precise and theatric in a classy sort of way. Founded by award-winning dancer/choreographer Tina Ramirez (whose dance school counts Jennifer Lopez among its notable alumni), the troupe has commissioned more than 70 works for its repertory, and acquired 11 others working with choreographers from around the world. Sat., Jan. 17, 8 p.m.,
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    <title>Art: Peter Max</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      Celebrated psychedelic/inspirational/pop art painter Peter Max hits town for a two-day appearance and showing of recent works available for perusal and purchase. Among the featured works is a new portrait of Barack Obama swathed in Max&rsquo;s usual brilliant hues. A portion of proceeds from sales benefit Beth Ann Morean Arts Center&#39;s educational programs. The works are on display Jan. 17-18, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sat. (reception with Max 6-9 p.m.) and noon-5 p.m. Sun. (reception with Max noon-3 p.m.), The Arts
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    <title>Theater: American Stage presents King Hedley II</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      The next installment in American Stage&rsquo;s &quot;August Wilson Cycle&quot; &ndash; a series of plays by Wilson that chronicle the lives of African-American families living in Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Hill District &ndash; is King Hedley II. The tragic drama is set in the 1980s and focuses on King Hedley, a recently released ex-con who desperately wants to put his violent past behind him so he can build a better life for himself, his wife and his mother. His immediate goal? To raise $10,000
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    <title>Art: Drawing in Space: The Peninsula Project and Florida Collects</title>
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        By Megan Voeller
      
      
      Just in time for the Super Bowl, downtown Tampa has temporarily acquired a monumental scale public sculpture to brighten its waterfront (or serve as yet another eyesore, depending on your perspective). If you haven&rsquo;t glimpsed Chattanooga-based artist John Henry&rsquo;s giant, red steel sculpture &mdash; dubbed &ldquo;Big Max&rdquo; and reminiscent of three chopsticks precariously balanced atop MacDill Park &mdash; take a walk down Ashley Drive behind the Convention Center or over the Platt Street Bridge. Before you make up your mind
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    <title>Art: It&amp;#146;s a Dog&amp;#146;s Life: Photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Collection and Sanctuary: Anna Tomczak Photography</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      You know those portraits of Weimaraners in various awkward poses, wearing dresses or overcoats or seaweed or backwards boots, watching the camera with long-suffering stares, trusting and obedient throughout what must be a rather long and tedious process for a breed of dog that enjoys running and jumping and chasing things? You can credit artist/photographer William Wegman, who&rsquo;s made a more than 25-year career of capturing his adorable family of Weimaraners on film, his first and most famous subject, Man
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    <title>Holiday: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Events</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      A flurry of MLK Day events are held in Tampa and St. Petersburg throughout the next few days. On Monday, Hillsborough County&rsquo;s 20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade is held in support of a MLK Memorial Scholarship Fund for graduating high school seniors. The parade begins at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 15th Street, heads east to 22nd Street, and heads north on 22nd towards Middleton High School, where it disperses. Across the Bay, MLK holiday highlights
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      A one-time child prodigy who managed to cultivate a successful career as an adult, Grammy Award-winning violinist, Joshua Bell is as much of a star as classical music can export &ndash; good looking, single and a spirited performer. (He&rsquo;s also happens to be the guy who played in a D.C. subway station during rush hour a few years back to see how many people would actually stop. Read the Washington Post article about Bell&#39;s intriguing experiment here.) For his current
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    <title>Music: Two Man Gentlemen Band</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      Americana/neo-vaudevillian duo Two Man Gentlemen Band &ndash; featuring Long Islanders Fuller Condon on upright bass and Andy Bean on banjo, both on vocals and kazoo &ndash; play old-timey music that sounds like it came straight out of a bouncing barroom in rural Dixieland. Dressed in smart throwback wear, the gentlemen sing clever, tongue-in-cheek ditties about pre-1940s history and culture &ndash; &quot;The Hindenberg Disaster,&quot; &quot;Croquet Playing Girl&quot; &quot;William Howard Taft&quot; (&quot;Got himself stuck in a bath / Took the secret service
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    <title>Music: Los Campesinos!</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      Cardiff, Wales-based indie pop septet Los Campesinos! is the sort of band that arouses much adoration, its members adopting the same enthusiastic surname &ndash; Campesinos! &ndash; and sharing vocal duties in addition to the occasional all-in-unison shouts and choruses. They produce quality guitar-driven pop hooks that fall against rich arrangements of boisterous sound marked by violin solos, the bell-like notes of a glockenspiel (like a xylophone but with metal bars), and the pleasant reediness of a melodica; offer a healthy
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    <title>Art: Evidence, Not Proof</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      HCC Ybor Art Gallery kicks off its &#39;09 art season with Evidence, Not Proof. This collaborative exhibit features film and photo artist David Audet, who displays photos essays that trace his relationship with his camera via images of his travels in Europe in the &lsquo;70s through recent expeditions to Cuba, Maine and the American Southwest; and Miami Beach artist Judith Robertson, whose remixed media artworks and sculpture examine materialism and the consumerist&rsquo;s psyche. Jan. 8-Feb. 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.
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    <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Dance: An Evening of Contemporary Dance</title>
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        By Leilani Polk
      
      
      Moving Current Dance Collective presents An Evening of Contemporary Dance. Artistic directors Cynthia Hennessy and Erin Cardinal debut new and re-staged works alongside those of invited guests artists: Kristin O&rsquo;Neal, whose program about the power of imagination is driven by the 1930 and &lsquo;40s radio news flashes and iconic musical voices; and Jeanne Travers, who offers a high energy, Hurricane Katrina-inspired man-versus-nature presentation. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., Jan. 9-11, USF College of Visual and Performing Arts Theatre II,
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    <title>Theater: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</title>
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        By Franki Weddington
      
      
      Crossword geeks, Scrabble nerds and wordsmiths of every ilk unite for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony-winning musical comedy where six awkward &ldquo;adolescents&rdquo; take to the stage for the ultimate spelldown. The show is lauded for its inspired use of audience participation, which creates an intimate and unique performance each night and allows the actors to improvise much of the dialogue to blithely witty effect. Sat., Jan. 10, 2 and 8 p.m., Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N.
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