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Published: February 8, 2009

FAIRS & FESTS

Florida State Fair: features shows, music, midway rides, food and shopping for 12 consecutive days; new entertainment includes a Live Shark Encounter Show, La Plaza Hispanic Village Cultural Expo, Florida Ranch Rodeo and Jack Russell terrier races; now through Feb. 16; $4 to $8; children 5 and younger get in free; Florida State Fairgrounds, 4800 U.S. 301 N., Tampa; (813) 621-7821

PERFORMING ARTS

"Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy": features a international cast of 25 soaring aerialists, spine-bending contortionists, acrobats, jugglers and musicians; 2 p.m. today; $30 to $69; Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. South, St Petersburg; (727) 892-5798

Enchanted Evening of Stars Benefit Performance: includes more than 30 singers, dancers and instrumentalists performing songs from "South Pacific," "The King and I," "Oklahoma!" and "Forever Plaid"; 7 p.m. today; $15 to $30; Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs; (727) 942-5605

"Hairspray": Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad is transformed from social outcast to star by dancing on the Corny Collins Show; 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; $47 to $57; Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater; (727) 791-7400

"Hula Hoop Sha-Boop": musical vignettes and comedic stories recount the days of poodle skirts and soda fountains, featuring songs "Peggy Sue" and "Yakety Yak"; today through March 21; $26; Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota; (941) 366-9000

"Jack and the Beanstalk": Play'n Around Traveling Children's Theatre presents a musical comedy that tells the fairytale of how a boy named Jack trades his cow for magic beans; 3 p.m. today; $5 to $10; Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa; (813) 269-1310

VISUAL ARTS

"Behold the Beauty of Florida Reef Life": consists of 30 photographs framing the co-existence of the animals living on our reefs; exhibit runs through March 30; free; Weedon Island Preserve, 1800 Weedon Drive N.E., St. Petersburg; (727) 453-6500

"My Neighborhood": features photographs taken by the students of Van Buren Middle School and tells the story of the neighborhoods in which they live; exhibit runs through Saturday; Gallery C, Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts, 200 N. Tampa St., Tampa; (813) 221-2222

OTHER

Auto Show: 350Z Club of Florida and other clubs present autos to the public, with trophies awarded; noon today; free ($15 fee for participants); Peabody's Billiards, 15333 Amberly Drive, Tampa; (813) 383-7065

C.F.A. Championship Cat Show and Competition: Mardi Gras celebration for cat lovers and owners, featuring vendors and breeders from Central Florida; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today; $5 to $7; The Lakeland Center, 701 W. Lime St., Lakeland; (863) 834-8115

Sara Minton

The deadline for submitting Events listings is a week before publication. Mail listings to Events, Friday Extra, P.O. Box 191, Tampa, 33601 or e-mail friextra@tampatrib.com.Some of these events are sponsored by The Tampa Tribune.

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