12Two fundraising fashion shows occur simultaneously today: a Vintage Fashion Show at Ybor's Don Vicente to benefit A Brighter Community nonprofit preschool; and the fourth annual Wear-A-Wish Fashion Show at Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
13The 2007 YellowJacket Press Chapbook Contest for Florida Poets winner Michael Hettich reads selections from and sign copies of his work during Blake High School's National Poetry Month Reading. 6:30 p.m., Don Thompson Theatre, Blake High School.
14The Boost Mobile Night Shift motor sports tour stops in St. Petersburg with a display of more than 500 custom show cars. Other scheduled diversions include drift racing exhibitions, rally races, motor bike and motocross demos, and a concert by Pitbull. 4-11 p.m., Tropicana Field.
15Peruse the varied greenery and gardening goods offered by more than 70 plant and plant-related vendors during day two of the 18th annual USF Spring Plant Festival. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., USF-Tampa Botanical Gardens.
16Centre Gallery opens Art Breaking the Silence, a collaborative exhibition that features (according to the press release) "Queer works by Queer artists depicting Queer subject matter." Marshall Center, USF-Tampa, 813-974-5464.
17Everybody Loves Raymond's Ray Romano and Brad Garrett bring their stand-up comedy tour to Ruth Eckerd Hall. If you can stomach the inflated ticket prices ($59.75 and $95 each), you may actually want to check it out. 8 p.m., 727-791-7400.
18St. Pete College Opera Workshop produces Cinderella, an hour-long musical comedy version of the classic fairy tale complete with special effects and audience participation. 7 p.m., Clearwater Arts Auditorium, 727-341-4679.
April 19-22, Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, Ybor City, yborfilmfestival.com.
April 22, Taste of South Tampa, Hyde Park Village, tasteofsouthtampa.com.
April 24-29, Doubt, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, tbpac.org.
This article appears in Apr 11-17, 2007.