The Great Rubber Ducky Race at Karl Reef is race is both a fundraiser for the two Honorary Governor of West Pasco candidates and the Healthy Families Pasco-Hernando Program. Buy a $20 duck, take part in the race, and enjoy an after party with food and drink. The first place winner get $1,000 in cash; second and third place winners receive $500 and $250, respectively. 5:30 p.m., The Karl Reef, New Port Richey, 727-967-7509.
Rachel Getting Married, that indie drama that's getting Anne Hathaway mucho props for her turn as an on-again, off-again drug addict, continues its run at Tampa Theatre. Through Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m, Tampa Theatre, downtown Tampa, $9 adults/$8 students/$7 seniors and military.
Sankofa: African-American Museum on Wheels makes its rounds at colleges across the country in honor of Black History Month; the traveling museum offers facts and info about African-American history from 1860 through the present. Feb. 2-3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, USF-St. Petersburg Campus Activities Center, St. Petersburg.
O'Death fuses elements of roots music — fiddle playing, ukulele strumming, banjo picking — with anything from high-speed metal to swingtime jazz to Gothic gypsy-punk. 8 p.m., Orpheum, Ybor City, $10.
This article appears in Jan 28 – Feb 3, 2009.