1. Sunscreen Film Festival continues its Movie Night series with a screening of the Scorsese classic, Goodfellas, at The Garage Bar tonight. 8 p.m., 662 Central Ave., downtown St. Petersburg, free.
2. Mamma Mia!’s opening night at TBPAC was cancelled yesterday due to the threat of Fay, but the show goes on tonight as scheduled. Pictured from the Mamma Mia! Tour (from left): Rebecca Covington, Rose Sezniak, and Nicole Laurenzi; photo by Joan Marcus. 7:30 p.m., 1010 N. MacInnes Place, downtown Tampa. Tickets start at $26.
3. Smashing Pumpkins play Ruth Eckerd Hall. 8 p.m., 1111 N. McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater, $39.50 and $49.50.
4. Tampa Bay Green Drinks and The Urban Charrette invite sustainability-minded locals to take part in “An Evening of Building Community.” The evening kicks off with a screening of The Next Industrial Revolution, a film about the advantages and importance of developing a sustainable economy and community. Afterwards, the groups hold an "open mic discussion" on a transportation presentation by Tampa Bay Regional Transit Authority. 6 p.m., Tre Amici at The Bunker, 1907 19th St. N., Tampa, free admission.
5. Wide Awoke Wednesdays – a monthly series of live interactive talk shows about new methods for rebuilding the African-American community – continues tonight with the topic, “Why don’t black men go to church?” Among the expert panelists are writer/poet Spoken X, Apostle J. Gaynard Hicks, founder and Senior Pastor of Greater Love World Ministries, Visionary of Frontline Ministries/Entertainment Chad Bagley, and Brother Ali Muhammad, Student Coordinator of the Tampa Study Group, NOI. 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. show, USF Alumni Center-Traditions Hall, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, $5 (free to students with ID).
This article appears in Aug 20-26, 2008.