1. Clip Film Series — a program offered by the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival presents its July selections: the Chad Allen drama, Save Me, followed by two episodes of the new LOGO series Sordid Lives, which is based on the indie film by Del Shores. (Pictured at right: Allen and co-star Robert Gant.)
2. It's another Wednesday evening fundraiser for the nonprofit Abilities Foundation, this one a six-course Spanish Wine Dinner hosted by La Fogata Churrascaria and featuring Montecillo and Osborne wine pairings by Osborne U.S. Associate Pablo Pelaez.
3. American Stage kicks off a four-night run of An Evening Wasted with the Songs of Tom Lehrer, which is produced by Julie Rowe and T. Scott Wooten, aka, Economic Stimulus Productions.
4. The Zappa Plays Zappa tour featuring Dweezil Zappa, a lineup of talented musicians and special guest Ray White plays in Orlando. Definitely worth the drive if youre a Zappa fan.
5. Side Splitters Comedy Club welcomes Got Jokes?, a new local improv troupe that claims it has a fresh, hip and innovative approach to improv comedy.
This article appears in Jul 23-29, 2008.

