FAIRS & FESTS Saturday Gulfport Gecko Fest: Family festival and walking parade celebrates the end of summer with live music, street performers, sidewalk chalk art, face painting, drum circle, food vendors and street dance; noon to 10 p.m. (parade at 6 p.m., street dance at 8 p.m.); free; Beach Boulevard, Gulfport; (727) 322-5217 ...more

August 29, 2008 |

Highlands Little Theatre Inc. (HLT), a not-for-profit organization, is seeking community-minded businesses/organizations to sponsor productions during the upcoming 2008 - 2009 season featuring "Beauty and the Beast," "Don't Drink the Water," "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Shakespeare in Hollywood" and "Smokey Joe's Cafe." ...more

August 18, 2008 |

THEATER Today-Saturday "Once Upon a Mattress"; New Tampa Players perform the musical comedy based on the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea"; 8 p.m. today and Saturday (runs through Aug. 9); $14 adults, $12 seniors and children; University Area Community Complex, 14013 N. 22nd St., Tampa; (813) 386-6687 ...more

August 1, 2008 |

Beloved oldies are set to walk listeners down memory lane when "Smokey Joe's Cafe" opens Friday at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre in Hudson. ...more

July 30, 2008 |