Goofy, Southern-fried comedian Jon Reep (pictured), the fifth season winner of Last Comic Standing, brings his stand-up to Side Splitters Comedy Club. Nov. 21-22, 8 and 10:15 p.m. Fri., 6, 8 and 10:15 p.m. Sat., $22 and $27.
St. Petersburg's Florida Craftsmen Gallery holds its biggest event of the year, CraftArt 2008, a craft fair featuring 140 artists from around the country and this year, held right outside the doors of the gallery, which means you can drop in and peruse the affordable pieces in the current holiday show, Buy Florida, Give Florida. Nov. 21-22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, free admission.
Break away from the big box retailers and corporate chains this Saturday and make your money count in "American Unchained," a national campaign urging communities around the continent to "unchain" and shop at locally-owned independent businesses for the day, which means choosing Tre Amici and Sacred Grounds over Starbucks, or Mojo Books and Music over Borders, or Backfin Blue Cafe over Bonefish Grill, or … you get the idea. Sat., Nov. 22.
Speaking of spending locally, Interior Motives, an independently-owned gallery, interior design and framing shop, offers hundreds of picture frames for $1 to $50 as well as 50 to 60 percent discounts on furniture, accessories, reproductions and mirrors, and up to 90 percent off on other select items. Nov. 21-22, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily, St. Petersburg.
The sixth annual Rock & Roll Swap Meet features more than 20 vendors hawking music, art, t-shirts, instruments and memorabilia against the sounds of live music by seven local acts — The Beauvilles, Doll Parts, November Foxtrot Whiskey, Rebekah Pulley and DJs Sam the Pickle and Sugarbear. Sun., Nov. 23, 1-5 p.m., Jannus Landing Courtyard and Tamiami Bar, St. petersburg, $5.
This article appears in Nov 19-25, 2008.