Meet Twitterland friends IRL (that's "in real life" for those of you new to the world wide webz) at the dent businesses in Tampa Bay, hosts the event in conjunction with SaintPeteTweets. They even pick up the tab for tasty eats — so the whole shebang is totally free. Visit localshops1.com for more info. 6:30 p.m. Thurs., June 18, Savannah's Cafe, St. Petersburg.
Labor Day is still a few months off, so take the invitation to wear all white at the Heart Show (just beware the red wine). This “white-tie affair” is a ritzy evening of art, music, fashion, and hair design at Mise en Place. Hosted by the owner of Tribeca Color Salon, Brandon Wagner, the event benefits the James Sadler scholarship fund, an endowment created to fulfill local high school students’ dreams of going to cosmetology school. The star of the night is an outdoor sculpture garden in adjacent Snow Park—the alabaster inspiration for the event’s color theme. Frank Strunk III, Doug Taylor and the Ybor Art Studios provide sculptural art, and Jedd Lancaster presents a gallery of work inside the venue. Designer Paul Raymond delivers feisty “fashion statues,” followed by a silent auction. VIP ticket holders are treated to wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres. (Pictured: A Paul Raymond "fashion statue." Photo by Stian Roenning) Thurs., June 18, 6-8 p.m. VIP admission, 8 p.m.-midnight main event, Mise en Place, 442 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, $50 VIP tickets, $10 general admission, miseonline.com.—Franki Weddington
Local author George Zeller discusses his latest work, Beyond My Father's Farm, a memoir about life on his family farm in the late 1940s — and the toll of his father's harsh rule on the rest of the family. Visit hcplc.org for more info. 2 p.m. Thurs., June 18, Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library, Tampa, 813-272-6000.
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2009.