It's a great weekend to be in Tampa Bay: David Sedaris, a Hitchcock festival, Record Day deals, a raft of pre-Green Day events. And there's a veritable explosion of art. Check out Megan Voeller's Artsqueeze weekend roundup for details; among the highlights are the ARTpool anniversary party and an opening reception at St. Pete's Interior Motives gallery for Linda Newcomb, an artist exiled from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina who has, luckily for us, landed in St. Pete. And there's also (see below) the 34th edition of one of the region's biggest outdoor art shows, Mainsail in Vinoy Park.
An Evening with David Sedaris. He may talk pretty some day, but we hope not. The blessedly acerbic, occasionally misanthropic and almost always hilarious American humorist comes to town, no doubt with material from his latest book, When You Are Engulfed In Flames, but with dips (we hope) into his past musings on family dysfunction and homicidal elves. 8 p.m. Sat., April 18, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa, 813-229-7827, tbpac.org.
This article appears in Apr 15-21, 2009.