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  1. Review: 'The Hangover Part III' more action than comedy

    05/22/13 MoviesBy Steve Persall, Times Movie Critic

    After softening the shock of The Hangover by simply repeating its vulgar jokes in Part II, The Hangover Part III returns surprise to the franchise. Some folks won't be happy about that.

  2. Plan your weekend May 24-27

    05/22/13 EventsBy Sharon Kennedy Wynne, Times Staff Writer

    Memorial Day

    97X Backyard BBQ Sometimes sand, surf and cover charges aren't exactly on the agenda for a holiday weekend. Enter 97X, which hosts its annual Backyard BBQ within the confines of Vinoy Park. Modern prog-rock kings Coheed and Cambria hold top billing, but the rest of the ticket — alt …

  3. Review: Just roll with 'Fast & Furious 6'

    05/22/13 MoviesBy Steve Persall, Times Movie Critic

    By Steve Persall

    At some point during Fast & Furious 6, it's wiser to toss your hands in the air and let the dumbness wash over you. Don't ask how this or that could possibly happen or wonder if anyone in the audience is actually gullible enough to believe it could.

  4. Florida Orchestra's big finale: 'Rite of Spring'

    05/22/13 Music & Concerts By John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic

    In the symphonic repertoire, it doesn't get much more exciting than the Rite of Spring, Stravinsky's ballet music that started a riot when it was first heard (and seen in Nijinsky's scandalous choreography for the Ballets Russes) on May 29, 1913, in Paris.

  5. PHCC faculty, staff shine at summer art show

    05/22/13 Visual Arts By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic

    Faculty and the staff in the arts at colleges and universities are behind-the-scenes nurturers and mentors for aspiring artists, sublimating their own aesthetic impulses in service to those of their students. So it's great that most institutions feature the work of the workers at least once a year. Right now, check out …

  6. SoundCheck: Shock G among top live music picks

    05/22/13 Music & Concerts By Ray Roa, Special to the Times

    Shock G

    With DJ Fuze

    Details: Friday 10 p.m., Hard Rock Cafe, 5223 Orient Road, Tampa. $10 and up. (813) 627-7757.

  7. Review: Quaid, Efron make 'At Any Price' worth it

    05/22/13 MoviesBy Steve Persall, Times Movie Critic

    At Any Price (R) (105 min.) — Saving the family farm is the furthest thing from Dean Whipple's mind, distracted as he is by dreams of becoming a NASCAR champion and having silo sex with the town slut. Meanwhile, Dean's father, Henry, is obsessed with saving the farm, going to illegal and unethical lengths …

  8. 'Pulse' features tap dance in Sarasota

    05/22/13 StageBy John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic

    Song and dance — and especially tap dance — supply the material for Pulse, which is receiving its premiere at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Conceived and choreographed by Noah Racey, whose Broadway credits range from dance roles in numerous shows to associate choreographer for Thoroughly Modern …

  9. Burlesque with a circus twist coming to Honey Pot in Ybor City

    05/20/13 StageBy Krystal Blais, Special to the Times

    Pink feathers, gloves, sequins and lace. Women in dangerously high heels, live music and comedy. Strip teases, trapeze stunts and lots of drama.

  10. Review: Prints at Leepa-Rattner a glimpse into Picasso's world

    05/18/13 Visual Arts By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic

    TARPON SPRINGS

    Few of his peers can stand up to a comparison to Pablo Picasso. He competes only with Henri Matisse as the greatest artist of the 20th century. So we shouldn't take in the large collection of prints by Francoise Gilot with an eye to comparisons between them and a smaller group of Picasso prints, …