CL's must-do list for the week of
Thurs., Sept. 28-Wed., Oct. 4
28 Salerno Theater Co. opens its 2006-07 season with Don't Hug Me!, a musical comedy that's been described as Fargo meets The Music Man (without the blood or the trombones). 8 p.m., Catherine Hickman Theater.
29 Dance in the street and marvel over priceless baubles (gem-encrusted cell phone anyone?) at the Florida International Museum's Perfect Block Party fundraiser. 6-10 p.m., along Second Avenue at Second Street, downtown St. Petersburg.
30 Supporters of Project Return can bid on more than 400 works by local, national, international and student artists at the Art For Life fundraiser. 7 p.m., Higgins Hall, Tampa.
1 The USF Faculty Brass Quintet performs a concert of light works as part of the Resident Artists' Series. 4 p.m., USF-Tampa, 813-974-2323.
2 The Bachelor: Rome series premiere has the latest batch of single ladies vying for the romantic attention of Prince Lorenzo Borghese in a city that makes producing love way easy. 9 p.m., ABC.
3 Three highly anticipated albums are released today: Beck's The Information, Trey Anastasio's Bar 17 and The Decemberists' The Crane Wife.
4 A new educational, three-part classical music series, "Orchestra Overview by Susan Haig," is launched at the Studio@620. 7 p.m., downtown St. Petersburg.
Oct. 5-15, Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Tampa Theatre, pridefilmfest.com.
Oct. 6, Asher Dance Eclectic, Ruth Eckerd Hall, www.rutheckerdhall.com.
Oct. 7, Artists & Writers Reunion Ball, The Cuban Club, www.artistsandwritersball.com.
This article appears in Sep 27 – Oct 4, 2006.