21 My Name Is Earl season premiere. 8 p.m., NBC.
22 Fire and Ice Ballroom Spectacular at the Grand Hyatt, Tampa. Free admission for spectators, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
23 The Lee Boys bring their sacred pedal steel gospel to Skipper's Smokehouse. 8 p.m., 813-977-6474.
24 Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. Check with Ticketmaster or catch it on Fox at 1 p.m.
25Van Cliburn plays Tchaikovsky in the Florida Orchestra's unofficial first concert of the season. 8 p.m.; see The List, p. 109, for more information.
26Two major releases: Janet Jackson's 20 Y.O. (Virgin) and The Lemonheads' Lemonheads (Vagrant), the band's first album in10 years.
27 $1 sushi night at Hook's
(1210 Martin Luther King Jr. St N., St Petersburg)
SEPT. 29 SANTANA W/ LOS LONELY BOYS, Ford Amphitheatre. www.fordamp.com.
SEPT. 30-JAN. 7, LUIS MONTOYA AND LESLIE ORTIZ: REVISIONS OF NATURE at Tampa Museum of Art. www.tampamuseum.com.
OCT. 1 THE FRONT PORCH: REMEMBERING ST. PETE opens, the first major exhibit at the new Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum. 2240 Ninth Avenue South, St. Petersburg, 727-323-1104.
OCT. 3-8: LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, Tony-winning musical at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. tbpac.org.
—Leilani Polk
This article appears in Sep 20-26, 2006.