This weekly column features arts and entertainment events presented by St. Petersburg College and its partners. NEW items are noted for your convenience.
Continuing through Aug. 3
Exhibition: “California Dreaming: California Fibers at Convergence 2008” and “Tapestries of Abraham Rattner: Created at the Mambush Artists’ Village in Israel,” Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art. Tarpon Springs Campus, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; extended hours 5- 9 p.m. Thursdays; and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. $5 adults, $4 seniors, free to students and SPC staff. Free admission Sundays.
Wednesday, July 9
On the Easel: David McCarthy, “Ko-Hoto-to,” c. 1995. Noon. Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art. Members free, included in admission for others.
Sunday, July 13
Opera Video: “Rigoletto,” Giuseppe Verdi, 1:30 p.m. Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art auditorium. Free.
Wednesday, July 16
Summer Chorus Concert, 7:30 p.m. Music Center, St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus. "A CENTURY OF AMERICAN POPULAR SONG" is this summer's theme, and you can count on a fun and entertaning evening featuring great hits beginning a century ago with 1908! "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was introduced that year, as was "Till We Meet Again." Other songs, from other decades, include: "K-K-K Katie" (1918), "Puttin' On the Ritz" (1928), "Heart and Soul" (1938), and all the wonderful songs from "SOUTH PACIFIC" (1948). Free.
July 16-Aug. 10
“Souvenir: A Fantasia On The Life Of Florence Foster Jenkins,” 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. American Stage. $22-$35. Student rush tickets, sold 30 minutes before curtain, are $10.
Sunday, July 27
Summer Film: “L.A. Story,” 1991, 3 p.m. Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art auditorium. Free.
Sunday, Aug. 10
Opera Video: “Dinorah,” Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1:30 p.m. Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art auditorium. Free.
Saturday, Aug. 16
Members Opening Reception: “Mel Finkelstein: Playing a Hunch,” 7 p.m. Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art. Members free; guests $10.
Sunday, Aug. 17
Exhibition: “Mel Finkelstein: Playing a Hunch,” Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art. Tarpon Springs Campus. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, extended hours 5- 9 p.m. Thursdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays. $5 adults, $4 seniors, free to students and SPC staff. Free admission Sundays.
Sunday, Aug. 17
Gallery Talk: “Mel Finkelstein,” Jonathan Tilove, journalist and guest essayist, 3 p.m. Changing Exhibition Gallery, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art. Members $3 members, $5 nonmembers.
Sunday, Aug. 24
Summer Film: “Riding Giants” (2004), 3 p.m. Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art auditorium. Free.
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