Five Things You Should Know This Weekend

1.     The National Weather Service is forecasting afternoon thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday and temperatures in the low 90s across the Tampa Bay and possibly the high 80s near the coast. In New Port Richey, it will feel like 98 due to the heat index. Read more details .

2.     If weather permits, we’re in for some fireworks over Sims Park tonight. They’ll end the second day of KiaFest Main Street Blast. For a schedule of music acts at the festival and at other venues, read Tim Cronin's recent blog post here.

3.     Two employees of the will attempt to make a Guinness World Record for longest game of pickleball. They start tonight at 7 :30 p.m. and end around 8 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Sunday.

4.     You an opera fan? Might want to take a drive down to Tarpon Springs to see the New Century Orchestra perform Mozart’s "Abduction from the Seraglio” at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center (324 Pine St, Tarpon Springs). It starts at 7:30 p.m. today. See the center’s website for ticket prices. Find it at http://tarponarts.org/.

5.     Join a unified stand to protect Florida shoreline from oil and pollution and promote clean energy at Saturday’s “Hands Across the Sand” event. Locations close to New Port Richey include: Hudson Beach, 6345 Clark St., Hudson, and Dunedin Causeway, off Alternate U.S. 19 in Dunedin. Read more about it here.