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As part of the opening reception for Electronics Alive V — University of Tampa’s biennial exhibit of experimental computer animations, interactive 2D and 3D digital art, and multimedia computer graphics and installations — UT art professor Lew Harris and retired UT music professor Terry Mohn present an original, “mind-expanding” performance piece featuring live and pre-recorded visual images and a soundtrack created by Harris and Mohn. Fri., Feb. 20, 7-9 p.m., works on display through March 24, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery located in the R. K. Bailey Art Studios, Tampa, free admission. Pictured below: From the short animated film, “Tarboy,” by James Lee & Hania of Australia, on display at the gallery.

You’ve heard Johann Strauss Jr.’s On the Beautiful Blue Danube in anything from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Airplane II to countless commercials with clean, triumphant finishes. Danube is a quality waltz and it’s performed along with other Strauss waltzes during The Florida Orchestra’s Austrian-German night program. For Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17, German pianist Markus Groh and German conductor Klauspeter Seibel sit in as guests. 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 20, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa; 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 21, Progress Energy Center for the Arts – Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg; and 7:30 p.m. Sun., Feb. 22, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, $19-$65.

Kevin Nealon brings his stand-up to town for a two-night run of shows at Tampa Improv. Feb. 20-21, 8 and 10:30 p.m. Fri., 7:30 and 10 p.m. Sat., Tampa Improv, Ybor City, $25.

WMNF presents The War Comes Home: An Evening with Aaron Glantz, a screening of the documentary When I Came Home followed by a discussion with journalist and author Aaron Glantz. Fri., Feb. 20, 7 p.m., The Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S., St. Petersburg, $10 in advance/$12 day of show, 727-895-6620.

Tampa Bay vintners and restaurants offer wine tastings, along with food, music and a silent auction during Einstein on Wine, a fundraiser in support of MOSI’s educational programs. Sat., Feb. 21, 6-9 p.m. Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), Tampa, $60 MOSI members, $70 general, $120 VIP, $80 day of the event, 813-987-6300. mosi.org.

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