12Formerly massive, now merely large funnyman Ralphie May — the almost-winner of Last Comic Standing's first season — performs his raunchy, hip-hop style of stand-up tonight through Sunday at Side Splitters Comedy Club. 8:30 p.m., Tampa.
13See 10 bouts of mixed martial arts — a combat sport that encompasses a range of fighting techniques, including striking and grappling — during the championship WFC IV: CAGE WARS competition. 5 p.m., Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, mmawfc.com.
14A worthy lineup of musicians play on four separate stages at tonight's Disturbing the Peace Fest 10. Other enticements include art displays, indie film screenings, a fashion show, spoken word battles and a network village. 7 p.m.-3 a.m., The Cuban Club, Ybor City.
15Eight O' Clock Theatre produces A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's light-hearted romantic comedy where star-crossed lovers, an amateur theatre troupe and a pair of feuding fairies cross paths in an enchanted moonlit forest. 2 p.m. Sun., Largo Cultural Center, Largo.
16In Twenty-Four Cents: An In-depth Experiment in Mail Art, Caitlin Riggleman explores the dwindling cultural value of paper mail via a collection of modern mail art she's collected and created over the course of a year. Through Aug. 3, Centre Gallery, USF-Tampa.
17In addition to its new production, Stageworks presents a staged reading of Peter Neil Nason's new original play, King Moonracer, which is based on his experiences working with autistic students in Los Angeles. 7 p.m., Shimberg Playhouse-Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.
18Call it gimmicky, but at least the music of skinny white Hollywood, Calif., rapper Mickey "Do the Jane Fonda" Avalon is amusingly memorable. He performs at Orpheum tonight. 7:30 p.m., Ybor City.
July 20-Sept. 11, Herb Snitzer: Celebrating Fifty Years in Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, fine-arts.org.
July 21-22, 19th Annual Cool Art Show, The Coliseum, St. Petersburg, pava-artists.org.
July 25, Faith Hill/Tim McGraw, St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, sptimesforum.com.
This article appears in Jul 11-17, 2007.
