The planner (things to do)

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Offbeat Stomp makes stop

Sixteen years after its U.S. debut, Stomp is still all about rhythm, but from the musical stylings of a junk closet. The rambunctious show pulls a bunch of items that belong in a tool shed and wields them as percussion: matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hub caps. There are two new routines that use props like tractor-tire inner tubes and paint cans. Shows are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Mahaffey Theater in St. Pete. $24-$54. (727) 892-5767; mahaffeytheater.com.

FRIDAY

Parole for jail's plants

A couple of times a year, the inmates at the Falkenberg Road Jail in Tampa offer the fruits of their labor from the jail's horticultural program, one that's part job training, part cost-cutter, putting inmates to work in a greenhouse. They grow a variety of ornamental flowers, shrubs and trees and even hot peppers that the inmates have turned into their own hot sauce. The Plant Sale at the Jail is from 8 a.m. to noon Friday. Arrive early for best selection, at 520 Falkenberg Road in Tampa.

SATURDAY

Dads make the pros

On Saturday, Tony Dungy's All Pro Dads get bonding time with the kids at a hands-on football-themed event sponsored by the Shriner's Hospital for Children and Family First, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium, 4201 N Dale Mabry Highway. Registration is $15 per family. To register, visit allprodad.com.

Stars are the star here

The Sci-Fi and Sky Night at the Science Center of Pinellas County and the Astronomy Day Celebration at the Tampa Museum of Science and Industry will have us looking up with wonder. Sci-Fi night includes planetarium shows from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, a screening of the film Planet 51 in the courtyard at 8 p.m. (bring lawn chairs and blankets), a documentary presentation of 400 Years of the Telescope from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and telescope viewings from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Register to have your name sent to Mars. Pizza and beverages available for purchase at 7701 22nd Ave. N, St. Pete. $5 per person donation requested, children free. RSVP for planetarium show at (727) 384-0027. See sciencecenterofpinellas.com. MOSI will celebrate Astronomy Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, with the grand opening of the IMAX film Hubble. You can make your own telescope to take home. It's included with admission, which is $25.95 adults (13-59), $19.95 child (2-12), and $22.45 seniors (60+) at the science museum at 4801 E Fowler Ave. in Tampa. (813) 987-6000, mosi.org.

SUNDAY

Earth Day gets a do-over

Ironically, nature's wicked rainstorm last weekend canceled the Earth Day celebration at Lowry Park in Tampa. So the rescheduled celebration of the 40th annual Earth Day Tampa Bay features exhibitors, demonstrations, arts and crafts, music, and children's activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lowry Park Band Shell, 7350 N Boulevard. Pet-friendly. Free parking and admission. Visit online at florida.sierraclub.org/ tampabay.

Look at our earliest artist

As part of its Florida Conversations series, the Tampa Bay History Center features author Miles Harvey, who wrote Painter in a Savage Land: The Strange Saga of Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, the First European Artist in North America. The artist lived from 1533 to 1588, and his depictions of Native American and colonial life are of extraordinary historical importance. Here Harvey talk at 3 p.m. Sunday at Tampa Bay History Center, 801 Old Water St., Tampa. Free. (813) 228-0097. tampabayhistorycenter.org.

TUESDAY

Advice from A-listers

Legendary motivator Zig Ziglar, Gen. Colin Powell and former mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani are among the bigwigs scheduled to speak at Tuesday's Get Motivated Seminar of A-list motivational speakers at the St. Pete Times Forum. Also on the bill: former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz, Tony Dungy, eight-time Olympic medalist Apolo Anton Ohno and Robert Schuller, the positive-thinking televangelist. The one-day seminar is 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., so expect some rush-hour traffic in Tampa. Advance tickets are $4.95, $79 for an entire office ($19 for closed-circuit TV viewing at the Tampa Convention Center West Hall) only at getmotivated.com. Admission at the door is $225 per person.