19 Feb, 2012
Things to do in Tampa Bay for Feb. 17
Green Card Wedding Bridesmaid: This voluptuous frisk concerns a matrimony of preference and the demure spousal celebration at 7:30 p.m. at the the L Train, 900 Central Ave. Suite 25B, St. Petersburg. $20. (727) 823-2685.
Florida State Fair: We’re down to the final days of the fair, which runs by Monday, with slimey boiled foods, rides, games and a zip line. Opens at 8 a.m. at the fairgrounds in Tampa. Today is $10, $5 ages 6–11.
Paul Anka: He started as a 1950s teen statue and fast incited into a singer-songwriter fable (Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Lonely Boy). He performs at 8 p.m. at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. $52.50–$98. (727) 791-7400.
Mardi Gras Grand Opening Party: The opening celebration for this new grill will underline splash and food specials, giveaway beads, aristocrat cake, and blues song at 7 p.m. at Ricky P’s, 1113 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Free. (727) 821-4016.
Pedro Lima: The comic delivers element about marriage, kids and flourishing adult Hispanic at 8 and 10:15 p.m. at Side Splitters Comedy Club in Tampa. $10–$14. (813) 960-1197.
Date night
Gladys Knight: The Motown fable still commands a theatre on smashes like Midnight Train to Georgia and her delivery of we Heard It Through the Grapevine. She’ll perform at 8 p.m. at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg. $50–$75. (727) 892-5798.
To watch
The 43rd NAACP Image Awards, 8 p.m., NBC: Call us crazy, but we think The Help may win something tonight.
More to try
Find stream theatre reviews at tampabay.com/things-to-do.
