Follow the yellow brick road to the theater, where you can see The Wizard of Oz in hi-def on the big screen. It's the story of a girl from Kansas who's magically transported over the rainbow to the land of Oz, where she meets a cowardly lion, a tin man and a scarecrow who help her ward off the Wicked Witch of the West and return home — all to the tune of fantastic musical numbers like "Ding, Dong the Witch Is Dead," "If I Only Had a Brain," "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" and, of course, "Over the Rainbow." Visit fathomevents.com for full list of locations. Wed., Sept. 23, 7 p.m., Citrus Park Stadium 20, 7999 Citrus Park Town Center Mall, Tampa, $10.
The Florida Hate Crimes Awareness Summit is a day of recognition and remembrance of the still-startling statistics of national and local hate crimes, and an attempt to stem the ignorant acts in our own communities through education and open dialogue. USF President Judy Genshaft introduces a panel of guest speakers including William Daniels, a community resource specialist in the U. S. Attorney’s Office; Thomas Battles, regional director, U. S. Department of Justice; Danille Carroll, director for civil rights, Florida Office of the Attorney General; Christopher Davis, FBI assistant special agent in charge; Mark Potok, staff director of the Intelligence Project, Southern Poverty Law Center and more. Weds., Sept. 23, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., University of South Florida Marshall Student Center, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, lib.usf.edu.
This article appears in Sep 2-8, 2009.