03 Britain's revered, Grammy-award winning roots reggae group, Steel Pulse, perform their trademark brand of message-laden melodies at Jannus Landing tonight. 8 p.m., St. Petersburg.
04 A princess-turned-swan looks for love to break the curse in the classic Tchaikovsky-scored ballet, Swan Lake. Orlando Ballet stages three separate performances at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center beginning this evening. 7:30 p.m., Ferguson Hall.
05 Dine on fresh organic pesto pasta, dance under the stars to worldly beats by the Urban Gypsies, and support one of the community's most valuable assets, Sweetwater Organic Farm, during its 15th Annual Pesto Festo fundraiser. 6 p.m., Sweetwater Organic Farm, Tampa.
06 Experience Tampa Bay Hotel's two most prosperous eras — the 1890s and the 1920s — during the Henry B. Plant Museum's latest exhibit, Goodbye Victoria … Hello Flapper. On display through Dec. 31; open Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
07 Creative Loafing cohosts its inaugural show with aestheticized presents: The Album Leaf, Jimmy LaValle's minimalist, melancholy post-rock outfit. For more info on the show, check out this week's Music Week, p. 60. 9 p.m., Crowbar, Ybor City.
08 Palladium Theater's last concert of its Encore 2007 season includes performances of Bach's Sonata in G-Minor, Mozart's Quartet in C-Major, Villa Lobos' Bachinas Brazilerias No. 6 and the world premiere of Hilton Jones' Palladium Brandenburg No. 6. 7:30 p.m., St. Petersburg.
09 African physicist Dr. Aisha Fields gives a multimedia presentation on sustainable energy and clean water projects in Africa as part of the "All Diamonds Are Blood Diamonds" tour with Burning Spear Media director Omavi Bailey and Overturning the Culture of Violence author Penny Hess. 7 p.m., The Studio@620.
May 10-27, Stageworks presents The Sisters Rosensweig, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, tbpac.org.
May 12, WMNF Tropical Heatwave, Ybor City, wmnf.org/heatwave.
May 14-15, Steely Dan, Ruth Eckerd Hall, rutheckerdhall.com.
This article appears in May 2-8, 2007.
