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Out and about

By Times Staff Writer
Published March 4, 2005

WRITING CONTEST: Ever wanted to see your own play performed on stage? Write one and submit it to the Carrollwood Players' eighth annual One Act Weekend play writing contest. Submissions should be a one act play, not an adaptation, that has not been previously staged locally. It may include free-standing parts of full-length plays, monologues or dialogues, but should use only minimal sets, props and costumes. Entries are due by May 1. Send entries to the playhouse, 4333 Gunn Highway, including mailing, phone and e-mail addresses for notification. Call (813) 265-4000.

WINE FESTIVAL: The Florida Estates Winery wine festival will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. In addition to wine samples, the event will feature fresh produce, sauces, sandwiches, plants, homemade arts and crafts, and live music. The winery is open daily from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at 25241 State Road 52, 4 miles west of I-75. Call 813-996-2113.

USF THEATRE: Ancient Rome comes to the stage today through Sunday at the USF Theatre Centre, Studio 120, with the production of Peter Oswald's comedy The Golden Ass. The play is an adaptation of the Roman author Apulius' Second Century novel of the same name. It is the story of a man who, in attempting to magically transform himself into a bird, becomes a donkey instead and is stolen by thieves. His story continues with his search to become a man again and features the first known telling of the love story of Cupid and Psyche. Show times are 8 p.m. today and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. Call (813) 974-2323. UU DOME: The Unitarian Universalist Dome, 11400 Morris Bridge Road, will feature a double bill this Monday. Lissa Schneckenburger and Corey DiMario will play both traditional and contemporary folk music. Schneckenburger is a fiddler, ukulele player, singer, songwriter and teacher who is a former Maine fiddle champion and a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She has played in Russia, Holland, Belgium, Canada and the United States. DiMario backs her up on the double bass, influencing the music with his classical and jazz training. They will be playing together with Acoustic Eidolon, a Colorado-based husband and wife duo consisting of Joe Scott and Hannah Alkire. Scott plays the guitjo, a two-neck instrument invented by Scott in order to give their music a distinctive, recognizable sound. Eidolon plays the upright cello. The show will be at 8 p.m., and tickets are $10 at the door. Call (813) 988-8188.

Contact Jeremy Hayes with information regarding upcoming events. Call 813 269-5302, fax at (813) 269-5310 or e-mail jchayes@sptimes.com

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