Hernando entertainment calendar

This week

Celebrating Founders Week: The following events are planned next week in celebration of Brooksville's Founders Week:

• Great Brooksvillian of the Year ceremony, 10:30 a.m. today, Weeks Hardware, 115 N Main St. Call (352) 540-3810.

• Victorian tea, noon to 3 p.m. today, Brooksville Woman's Club, 131 S Main St. Includes sandwiches, scones and petit fours. Arts and crafts available. $7 at the door. Call (352) 799-3801 or (352) 848-7988.

• "Meet and Greet" for businesses and organizations, 5 p.m. today, Brooksville City Hall. Entertainment by Lifetime Entertainment. Call (352) 540-3810.

• Fall Art Exhibit reception, 6 p.m. today, Brooksville City Hall Art Gallery. Includes storytelling and book signing with author Jerry Cowling and entertainment by Olsen Strings. Call (352) 540-3810.

• Historic Downtown Walking Tour with author Jerry Cowling, 10 a.m. Saturday, starting at Easy Street Home Decor, 100 N Brooksville Ave.

Dance party: Vic Thompkins and VTO perform Sunday at VFW Post 10209, 14736 Edward R. Noll Drive, Spring Hill. Doors open at 4 p.m.; show time is 5 p.m. Tickets are $10. Cash bar and food available. Call (352) 597-5155 for advance tickets.

Fun under the Big Top: The Loomis Brothers Circus will host shows at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Hernando County Fairgrounds, 6436 S Broad St., Brooksville. Doors open an hour before showtime, with elephant rides, pony rides, face painting and treats. The three-ring circus features performing elephants, tigers, clowns, acrobats, aerialists, trained dogs, horses, jugglers and magic. Tickets are $15 for adults; children 12 and younger are admitted free with a paid adult. Call toll-free, 1-888-628-9992.

Celebrating ethnicity: The 18th annual Ethnic Festival runs 5 to 10 p.m. Thursday and continues through Oct. 25 at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 13485 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill. The festival includes midway rides, entertainment and food. 5 to 10 p.m. Free parking and admission. Reduced midway tickets are available at the church office. Call Tony Del Vecchio at (352) 666-3063 or the church at (352) 688-0663.

Quick trips

As Yogi tells it: EDPAC Stage Co. will bring back Nobody Don't Like Yogi, with performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday at the Eleanor Dempsey Performing Arts Center at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School, 13651 Hays Road, off State Road 52. Reserved seats are $9 at ed-pac.org or by phone at (727) 857-2604. General admission is $5 at the door.

Look ahead

Glimpse of Broadway: Springstead High School will present Broadway Spectacular at 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at Springstead Theater, 3300 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill. Tickets are $6 at springsteadtheatre.com or at the door. Call Mark Pennington at the school at (352) 797-7010.

Variety show: Auditions for the sixth annual Golden Revue — Gala Holiday Cruise are 1 p.m. Oct. 24-25 at Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. All acts are invited, such as dancers, singers, musicians, magicians, ventriloquists and jugglers. For information, call (352) 397-0259 or e-mail lillikyle@aol.com.