Palpable tension: Robert Stutman and Steven Hager debate the legalization of marijuana tonight.

1. Do the pros of marijuana legalization outweigh the cons? Find out during a special forum, “The Great Debate: Heads vs. Feds,” at Eckerd College.

2. The Studio at 620 hosts a benefit performance of A. R. Gurney's Love Letters.

3. As part of its Indie Film Fest and Indie Mondays, Beach Theatre presents screenings of three documentaries: Taxi to the Dark Side, about U.S. torture practices in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay with a focus on an innocent Afghani taxi driver who was tortured and killed in 2002; Note by Note, which follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand piano from forest floor to concert hall; and Praying with Lior, about a little boy with Down syndrome who may or may not be a spiritual genius. 

4. Trombone playing professor Tom Brantley performs with the USF Jazz Faculty Group as part of the university’s Monday Night Jazz Series.

5. Discovery Channel premieres a new show, Verminators, about the men who combat creepy crawly home invaders. 

This article appears in Apr 16-22, 2008.