Sports to do or view
I Love Mother's Day 5K on Sunday (5/14), also has a kids half-mile run. The 5K starts 7 a.m., half-mile 7:30 at Honeymoon Island; take Curlew Road to Dunedin Causeway. $20 advance, $25 race day for 5K; $5 for kids run. (727) 736-8232.
Tampa Bay Terminators It's the first home game on Saturday (5/13) for Tampa Bay women's professional full-tackle football team, vs. Baton Rouge Wildcats. Pep rally with live music and barbecue is 5-6:30 p.m., game starts 7 p.m. Jefferson High School field, 4401 W Cypress St., Tampa. $10, $5 seniors and students; free for ages 10 and younger; (727) 744-4350, www.tampabayterminators.net.
In concert this week
.38 Special Fri. (5/12): 8 p.m. Jannus Landing, 16 Second St. N, St. Petersburg. $16.50 advance, $20 day of show. (727) 896-2276.
Friday Extra Concert Series Fri. (5/12): Featuring Shawn Brown, the Willie Lomax Blues Revue and Damon Fowler Band. 7-9 p.m. Lowry Park Bandshell, 7525 N Blvd., Tampa. Free. (813) 274-8615.
Kansas Sat. (5/13): 4 p.m. Gwazi Park, Busch Gardens. Free with Park admission.
The Business Sat. (5/13): With Roger Miret and the Disasters and Brain Failure. 7 p.m. State Theatre, 687 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. $12. (727) 895-3045.
Rosie Ledet Sat. (5/13): 8 p.m. Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. $10 advance, $13 day of show. (813) 977-6474.
Garrison Keillor Wed. (5/17): 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa. $19.50-$35.50. (813) 229-7827.
Mother's Day events
- So maybe this doesn't make up for going to work with spit-up on your shoulder, but on Sunday (5/14) moms get in free with a paid child admission at the Florida Aquarium; 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 701 Channelside Drive; $12.95-$17.95. Call (813) 273-4000.
- Get mom to sniff and sip at a Mother's Day Tasting on Friday (5/12) at Pic Pac Fine Wine, 6609 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. It's $10 - free to mothers - 6-8 p.m.; (727) 347-0743.
- Or you can taste wine Made by Moms on Friday at Uncorked Fine Wines and Accessories, 2706 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg. This $5 tasting is 6:30-8:30 p.m. To register, call (727) 892-9463.
- Or do your mother proud and help Head Start at a wine tasting on Thursday (5/18) sponsored by Fine Wine & Spirits Warehouse. There will be appetizers and more than 60 wines to benefit the Hillsborough Head Start Community Foundation. 6 to 8 p.m.; home of Mike Kwasin, 3613 S Beach Drive, Tampa; suggested donations are $30 per person, $50 per couple. Call (813) 837-8941.
No mo pencils, no mo books. Pinellas bands Broken Authority,a punk-metal band from Palm Harbor, and Christian ska-core act Exodus 20:17 shake off the school year with a celebratory rockout at The Junction in Clearwater. On Tuesday (5/16), the all-ages coffeehouse and live music pub presents No Mo School, featuring two of the county's youngest and most promising acts. The Junction is at 705 Franklin St., Clearwater; (727) 799-1100.
The St. Petersburg Festival of States continues through Sunday (5/14) with the Illuminated Night Parade at 8 p.m. Friday, followed by fireworks. The Verizon FunFest on Saturday features a car, truck and motorcycle show, kids activities and a teen and music stage, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Vinoy and N Straub Parks. A Pets Parade and Festival of Pets is 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at N Straub Park and North Shore Dog Park; free. And the Beach Boys play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Vinoy Park; $10 advance (Ticketmaster), $15 day of show.
The Lowry Park Zoo's annual Summer Safari Nights kicks off Friday (5/12) with live entertainment, free rides and special animal encounters; 5-8:30 p.m., 1101 W Sligh Ave., Tampa. Admission: $14.95, $10.50 ages 3-11; ages 2 and younger free. (813) 935-8552.
Just like the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm that it benefits, the Pesto Festo event is healthy and funky. Music by the Urban Gypsies plays as a wine tasting, silent auction and pesto dinner prepared from organic ingredients is served under the stars. It starts 6 p.m. Saturday (5/13) at the farm, 6942 W Commanche Ave. (off Hanley Road), Tampa. $17 advance, $20 at door; ages 7-12 $4 advance, $5 at door. Under age 6 free. (813) 887-4066, www.sweetwater-organic.org.
