Five Things to Do Today
July 2nd, 2008 by Leilani Polk in See & Do, Urban Explorations
1. Ringo Starr (pictured at right) brings his All-Starr Band to Ruth Eckerd Hall tonight.
2. Ritz Theater presents Bathhouse: The Musical, an all-male musical revue about four archetypal gay men and their misadventures in a bathhouse. The show runs at the Ritz through July 6 – 8 p.m. Wed.-Thurs., and 9:30 p.m. Sat., with special dinner theater performances at Streetcar Charlie’s (1811 N. 15th St., Tampa) at 8 and 10 p.m. Fri., July 4.
3. Comedian Chris Rock kicks off a two-night run at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.
4. Indy Film Café – a screening series of socially-conscious documentary films – continues at St. 
Petersburg’s Studio at 620. This month’s selections are Granny D Goes to Washington, a film about Doris Haddock (pictured at left), an 89-year-old woman who marches 3,200 miles across America to draw attention to campaign finance reform; and Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, a political underdog story that focuses on fearless young candidate Jeff Smith and his 2004 Missouri Democratic primary run for the Congressional seat of retiring House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt.
5. Another film screening, Vietnam – America’s Holocaust, is hosted by St. Pete for Peace at Café Bohemia.
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