Quick Picks For the Week
For students who may not be interested in traditional Homecoming festivities, here are a few activities that are easy on your wallet and require little or no green and gold body paint.
Friday
Stone Temple Pilots Concert
The Grammy Award-winning band Stone Temple Pilots will be performing at Channelside to kick off the Lightning Launch Weekend with a ’90s grunge bang.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Channelside, St. Pete Times Forum
Price: $37-57
Webite: ticketmaster.com
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Do the “time warp” with a local rendition of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” performed by members of the acting troupe The Cheap Little Punks. The show will run at the Tampa Pitcher Show on Friday and Saturday and provides food and drinks for purchase while viewing the cult classic.
Time: 11:30 p.m.
Location: The Tampa Pitcher Show Lounge and Bar
Price: $7
Website: tampapitchershow.net
Saturday
Lightning Home Opener
In part-two of the Lightning Weekend Bash doubleheader, catch the Tampa Bay Lightning as they take on their division rivals the Atlanta Thrashers for the season opener.
Time: puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
Location: St. Pete Times Forum
Price: Tickets start at $10
Website: lightning.nhl.com
Ghost Tours around Tampa
Fall is here and the ghouls are out. Check out the Ghost Tours of Tampa to search for answers about the afterlife or ideas for your Halloween costume.
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Indigo Caf, Tampa
Price: $15 per person
Website: ghosttour.net/tampa.html
Sunday
Indian Rocks Beach
Hit the waves one last time before Old Man Winter makes his way to the sunshine state. Indian Rocks is a great place to catch waves and get a last minute tan before donning wool one-piece pajamas.
Time: sunset is around 7:30 p.m.
Location: Indian Rocks Beach
Price: Parking is 25 cents for each half-hour
“The War of the Worlds Musical”
This isn’t Tom Cruise’s alien film. Head over to the Friday Morning Musicale & Federated Clubs Building to see “The War of the Worlds,” a musical inspired by the classic Orson Wells radio show. The production questions the manipulative role of media in society and explores the effects of mass hysteria.
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Friday Morning Musicale & Federated Clubs Building
Price: $10 rush for students, $24.50 for normal admission
Website: tampa.broadwayworld.com
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