Weekend Things: Ringling Underground

This article has been updated to correct the Linda Eder and Tom Wopat date.

1. is inviting the community out for Ringling Underground: Art After 5 on Thursday, featuring live music, art exhibits, interactive art, cash bar and more. It's free for students from Florida State University, , ,  and ; $5 ages 6-17 and college students with ID; and $10 adults.

2. An Evening with Linda Eder and Tom Wopat  will be staged at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Friday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.. The two will performshow tunes and standards, with two of the best. Ticket prices range from $10-$60. For more information and to buy tickets, contact the Van Wezel Box office at(941)953-3368 or log onto www.vanwezel.org

3. Check out Bello Mania this weekend after you see circus performer Bello Nock do some tricks at 11:30 a.m. today on a flying trapeze beneath a chopper above the Big Top and Ed Smith Stadium off of 12th Street and Tuttle Avenue. . Bello's show Bello Mania starts Friday, Feb. 10 at the Big Top and tickets are on sale now. There's a special on opening weekend tickets now for certain seats priced $10 and $20.

4. Take a hike. February is Florida Hiking Trails Month and you can be really adventurous by doing the Florida National Scenic Trail, which is a path that will ultimately extend 1,400 miles from the Gulf Islands National Seashore in the Panhandle all the way to the Florida Keys. Might take up more than your weekend for that. 

For ideas in planning your own hiking trips, visit www.FloridaStateParks.org,http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/ and, for additional travel-related information, explore Visit Florida’s trails website http://www.visitflorida.com/trails/. For more informationabout the Florida National Scenic Trail and a wide range of activities planned to celebrate Florida Hiking Trails Month, look for the FTA chapter nearest you at www.floridatrail.org.

5. Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art gallery presents "Two Doors Down," an exhibition featuring mixed-media paintings and drawings by Jennifer Basile and Bianca Pratorius through Feb. 26. The opening reception, with artists in attendance, is Friday, 6-8 p.m. The gallery is at 1288 N. Palm Ave., in Sarasota. For more information about this exhibit, call 941-366-2454 or visit www.allyngallup.com.