10-Tonight, Gulfport Community Players open Scapino, Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale's adaptation of the classic comedy about a fast-talking servant's efforts to help two young men defy disapproving fathers and marry the women they love. 8 p.m., Catherine Hickman Theater, Gulfport.
11-Susan Haig conducts The Florida Orchestra through another Free Pops in the Park program, which includes plenty of classical favorites as well as music from films like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. 7:30 p.m. Al Lopez Park, Tampa.
12-The fourth annual Historic Central Avenue Festival — hosted by the City of Tampa Black History Committee — features live music, a twist contest, a basketball tournament, a community fashion show and much more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Perry Harvey Park, downtown Tampa.
13-Celebrate your mom's life-giving womb with a Mother's Day Brunch. Partake from a menu of omelets, crepes, desserts and mimosas, then enjoy a program of Gershwin and Duke Ellington numbers by pianist Stan Hunter. 11 a.m., The Studio@620, St. Petersburg.
14-California psychedelic folk rockers The Willowz — whose music has been featured in such films as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep — stop in Tampa to perform in support of their third album, Chautauqua. 8 p.m., New World Brewery.
15-Florida-based fiction writer and teacher Susan Hubbard appears for a signing of her new book, In the Society of S, a supernatural coming-of-age tale about a child of mixed heritage. 6 p.m., Inwood Books, Tampa.
16-Tampa's Council on American-Islamic Relations and Friends for Human Rights host the Bay area premiere of USA vs. Al-Arian, a documentary chronicling the effects of the government's terrorism charges on Al-Arian's American-Muslim family. 7:30 p.m., Tampa Theatre, downtown Tampa.
May 17-19, Tampa Bay Wine and Food Festival, Don CeSar Beach Resort, tampabaywineandfoodfestival.com.
May 19, Roger Waters, Ford Amphitheatre, tampabayamp.com.
May 23, Othello, American Stage, americanstage.org.
This article appears in May 9-15, 2007.