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  1. Review: 'The Bling Ring,' about shallow teens, feels like a ripoff

    06/19/13 MoviesBy Steve Persall, Times Movie Critic

    The Bling Ring (R) (90 min.) — Our celebrity obsessions get a frisky poke but not the skewering they deserve in Sofia Coppola's movie, based on a true story. In 2008, a clique of Los Angeles teenagers feeling entitled to lives they envied started casing and burglarizing the homes of stars like Lindsay Lohan …

    The cast of The Bling Ring, from left, Taissa Farmiga, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Katie Chang and Claire Julien.

  2. Review: Joss Whedon mixes old, new in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

    06/19/13 MoviesBy Steve Persall, Times Movie Critic

    Much Ado About Nothing (PG-13) (107 min.) — Hey, Joss Whedon, you just unleashed upon the world The Avengers, the third-highest grossing movie of all time. What're you going to do now, go to Disney World?

    Amy Acker, left, and Jillian Morgese co-star in Joss Whedon’s inventive Much Ado About Nothing.

  3. Ringling Museum shows World War II photos through Oct. 27

    06/19/13 Visual Arts By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic

    War is never a pretty picture, yet pictures of it are important both as historical documentation and emotional witness. "Witness to War: World War II Photographs From the Collections of Veterans" at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is a group of about 80 photographs, some simple snapshots, that put us with the …

    B-17 Flying Fortress of the 486th Bombardment Group, 1944-45, gelatin silver print.

  4. Review: All signs point to 'The East' for thrilling mystery

    06/19/13 MoviesBy Steve Persall, Times Movie Critic

    The East (PG-13) (116 min.) — Debate sparked by recent National Security Agency leaks — is Edward Snowden a traitor or hero? — is coincidentally echoed in The East, the second collaboration between director Zal Batmanglij and his co-writer-star Brit Marling.

    Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgard co-star in The East, co-written by Brit Marling.

  5. 'West Side Story' among top stage picks

    06/19/13 StageBy John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic

    'West Side Story'

    The Sharks and Jets battle it out in the revival of West Side Story that playwright Arthur Laurents revised and directed before he died in 2011. The big news was that Laurents — part of the 1957 musical's legendary creative team with Leonard Bernstein (music), Stephen Sondheim …

    Core Performance Company’s Claire Molla, Anna Bracewell, Stefanie Boettle, Rose Shields and Joshua Rackliffe perform in SHIFT.

  6. SoundCheck: Kool & the Gang among top live music picks

    06/19/13 Music & Concerts By Ray Roa, Times Correspondent

    Kool & the Gang

    With the Ohio Players

    Details: Friday 8 p.m. Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S, St. Petersburg. $39-$75. (727) 892-5767.

    Earth, Wind and Fire will transform Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall into a boogie wonderland.

  7. Time running out to see Chihuly display

    06/19/13 Visual Arts By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic

    Now that we have entered the season of clouds and rain, the perfect color fix on a gray day can be found in the Chihuly Collection, 400 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg. It's a small jewel on the downtown waterfront, packed with vibrant installations by world-famous glass artist Dale Chihuly. This is an especially …

    Intricate glass shapes and detail can be seen atop one of the pieces in the Sealife Stoppers exhibition at the Chihuly Collection.

  8. Easy seared scallops for romantic meal or company

    06/18/13 CookingBy Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald

    In Botticelli's famed painting, The Birth of Venus, the goddess of love can be seen emerging from a giant scallop shell. Scallops, a feast for the eyes, also are a feast for seafood lovers.

    Use a heavy skillet heated until very hot to sear lightly floured sea scallops in olive oil, giving them an appealing brown crust and keeping the inside tender and moist.

  9. Last chance to see Pearlstein exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts

    06/14/13 Visual Arts By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic

    If you haven't seen "Philip Pearlstein's People, Places, Things" at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, go very soon. Sunday is the last call for the show. Pearlstein has led the revival, beginning in the 1960s, of realism and his famous paintings of nudes have influenced generations of younger artists. The museum …

  10. Ticket sales pushed back for E.A.T. St. Pete food and wine festival

    06/13/13 EventsBy Janet K. Keeler, Times Food and Travel Editor

    Tickets sales for E.A.T. St. Pete, a November three-day food, wine and arts festival, have been pushed back to July from the originally announced date of June 24.