Kiss me Blarney Stone! Tuesday is St. Patrick's Day. ...more

March 17, 2009

FAIRS & FESTS Cajun/Zydeco Crawfish Festival: annual festival featuring seafood and crawfish races, dance lessons and contests, live music, including Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Don Fontenot & Les Amis De La Louisiane, Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie and T-Broussard & The Zydeco Steppers; noon today; children 10 and younger are free, $12 to $15; Vinoy Park, N.E. 501 Fifth Ave., St. Petersburg; (727) 893-7111 ...more

March 15, 2009

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker is getting ready to rock. ...more

January 6, 2009

FAIRS & FESTS Today-Sunday Florida State Fair; features live music, animals, Cracker Country, cheer and dance competitions, activities, rides, food, entertainment, contests, shopping and more; gates open at 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday; $10 adults, $5 children ages 6-11, free for kids five and younger; Florida State Fairgrounds, 4800 U.S. 301 N., Tampa; (800) 345-3247 ...more

February 13, 2008

THEATER Today-Sunday "Eleemosynary"; an alternately funny and poignant celebration of the beautiful, mysterious and painful bonds between mothers and daughters; 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays (runs through Jan. 20); $25; Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N. MacInnes Place, Tampa; (813) 229-7827 ...more

January 9, 2008

•Take a step back in time at the Henry B. Plant Museum's Victorian Christmas Stroll, featuring a tour of 19th-century rooms adorned with Victorian-style trees, lush greenery, antique toys and fanciful ornaments. Call (813) 258-7302. ...more

December 17, 2007