Louisiana alt-country songstress Mary Gauthier (pictured) plays a show in the intimate Jaeb Theater at Tampa Bay Performing Art Center. 7:30 p.m., $25.50. Read more about here in Upcoming Concerts.
Feminism is alive and kicking, and USF Women’s Studies Department stages a series of talks that celebrate the ever-evolving movement. Several of the country's foremost feminist scholars are scheduled to appear. The first is Jennifer Baumgardner, a writer for rags ranging from Allure to The Nation, co-author of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future and Grassroots, A Field Guide for Feminist Activism, and producer/creator of the award-winning documentary, I Had an Abortion. Her talk is on "Aborton and Life." 3 p.m., USF TECO Room., free admission.
The top 11 dancers from the fourth season of FOX's So You Think You Can Dance perform at the St. Pete Times Forum when the show's national live tour lands in Tampa tonight. 7:30 p.m., $35-$54.50.
Interested in taking part in a lively conversation about diversity? A new local networking and forum group, Community Members for Diversity, holds its monthly meeting tonight and invites the public to come out and get involved. This month's featured organization is NFL Youth Education Towns, with special guest rep Stephanie Owens sharing info about the organization’s goals and mission. 6:30 p.m., Shimberg Playhouse-Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, free admission.
The latest installment of the Gorilla Reading Series spotlights William Leavengood's new play, Charley and Emma, about the turbulent relationship between Charles Darwin and his devoutly Christian wife and first cousin, Emma Wedgewood. The staged reading is directed by James Rayfield and the cast includes Mike Norton, Meg Heimstead, Jim Wicker, Chris Jackson and Justin Duggan, among a few others. 7 p.m., Gorilla Theatre, Tampa, $5.
The final guest appearing as part of the Sustain it(!) – Strategies + Tactics for Sustainability in Architecture and Urbanism series is Miami-based sustainable architect Chad Oppenheim, who talks about development in his presentation, "In Search of Essence." 6 p.m., C.W. Bill Young Joint Military/ROTC Building, Tampa, free admission.
This article appears in Nov 12-18, 2008.