News of the Weird
Crappy job: Among issues in the months-long labor-management strife at the Taronga Zoo (Sydney, Australia): Workers have resisted managers' alleged solution for getting Kibabu the gorilla to mate (following his rejection of all females for six years now), which was to have the keepers sedate him, stimulate him manually, and collect his sperm in a…
Planet Picks
THURSDAY 11.21 Ahoy, Polloi At the all sailboat Sail Expo, novices can take introductory demo sails on any boat in a small fleet as part of a Discover Sailing program. Organized by Sail America, the show is as geared toward drawing newcomers to the leisure sport as it is showing new boats to regular sailors.…
Outtakes
ABANDON (PG-13) Abandon spends a good portion of its running time pulling the rug out from under our feet and keeping us guessing. The plot elements here are standard — a pretty grad student (Katie Holmes), a vanished ex-boyfriend who might be stalking her, and a handsome cop on the case (Benjamin Bratt) — but…
Li’l Charmer
Greet St. Pete at the cute Urban Ciao
Orbitals
News, events and weird stuff happening around Tampa Bay
Books
The author of the classic Holocaust memoir Night, Elie Wiesel continues to probe the conscience of his readers with The Judges, a novel that examines how we interpret, rationalize and justify our lives — a relevant subject post-Sept. 11. Wiesel's own great cause for reflection — his survival of the concentration camps at Auschwitz, Buna,…
Culinary Events
PROVENCE OLIVE OIL TASTING Taste organic, unfiltered extra virgin olive oil from Provence, France, with Chef Gui. Free. 6 p.m., Wed., Nov. 20. West Palm Wines, 2009 N. 22nd St., Tampa. Reservations requested; call 813-241-8587. www.chefgui.com. HOMECOOKED THANKSGIVING Chef Debby DeGraaff discusses holiday fare. Free. 7-8 p.m.,Wed., Nov. 20, and 10-11 a.m., Thu., Nov. 21,…
Candy-Colored Darkness
1950s melodrama meets the 21st century in Far From Heaven
Dis The Season!
Celebrate compassionately and responsibly by observing Buy Nothing Day
Freebie
River Cleanup Deep within the Green Swamp, the Hillsborough River begins to trickle toward its salty end at the mouth of Tampa Bay. All along its wending waters carry rain-swept litter and junk dumped by degenerates. The debris mars the river, habitat to countless species of wildlife and the backdrop of the city's downtown. And…
Straight Dope
What exactly is fire? I know it's combustion of fuel, blah, blah … but what is it exactly? Is it purely energy? What state of matter is it? I suspect it's highly energetic gases whose energy state is so high that they emit light, and thus we see flame, with the hotter flames being higher…
Back on the Floor
A hard-driving band thrives despite obstacles.
A Complicated Courtship
Jeffrey offers clever musings on the complexities of love and HIV.
Fifth Avenue Freezeout
Neighbors find courts won’t stop downtown St. Pete condo
Complements To The Bird
Tips on what wines to drink and when on Thanksgiving Day
DVD Pick
THE BLOOD COLLECTION OK, so you've seen every Hong Kong movie ever made, know your Eurocult films back and forth, and have even dipped your toes into the endless currents of Bollywood. Feel like you've seen it all? Think again. It sounds like you're just about ready for a visit to Blood Island. A mythical…
Meet Market on Speed
HurryDate looks Tampa up and down
Spins
Reviews of the latest releases from Sleater-Kinney, Aimee Mann, Bon Voyage and Charles Lloyd
Trivial Pursuit
An early Shaw play proves mildly pleasant at Asolo
Letters
Send a letter attention Editor, 1310 E. Ninth Ave., Tampa 33605, or to letters@weeklyplanet.com. We reserve the right to edit letters for length and grammar. Letters must be signed and include phone number. RHONDA FETISH Thankfully, for the Planet's faithful readers, RhondaK's interests are varied to say the least, and hopefully will go on ad…
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