5 things you need to know happening in Florida on Thursday, May 19

TAMPA BAY, Fla. - Here are five things you need to know happening in Florida on Thursday, May 19.

(1) Pasco County school cuts announced

Pasco County school principals will notify the district employees that are losing their jobs on Thursday.

Tuesday night county school board members voted to eliminate 513 positions, including 249 teachers, to help cover a $55 million budget shortfall.

The board had avoided layoffs for the past three years by trimming positions through attrition. However, with more than 80 percent of the district operating budget coming from employee salaries and benefits, pink slips were inevitable.

Some of employees slated to their jobs could be rehired if other workers retire or leave their position.

For more information, visit www.pasco.k12.fl.us .

(2) Mayor bikes to work

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is promoting National Bike to Work Day by bicycling to work on Thursday.

The bike ride begins at 7:30 a.m. at Majorie Park on Davis Islands and ends fifteen minutes later at the Tampa Police Department headquarters in downtown Tampa.

After the ride the Mayor and Tampa officers will announce the police department's "Share the Road" safety campaign.

For more information on the campaign, click here .

(3) Kimberly Wetherell

Award winning filmmaker and Clearwater native Kimberly Wetherell will be in St. Petersburg on Thursday to direct a staged reading of her new feature-length script, Lullaby.

The reading will give sneak peak into the development of a feature film. The multi-media event includes a staged screenplay reading, live musical performances and a short film.

Following the reading, attendees can enjoy an intimate conversation Wetherell.

Lullaby is the fictional story of Tess O'Keefe, a devout Polish Catholic immigrant living on Florida's lazy Gulf Coast, who is uprooted to a retirement home after her husband's death. Her granddaughter stumbles upon a mysterious box revealing Tess' secret past as one of the Poland's hidden children of the Holocaust.

Wetherell's award-winning short films Menage a trois and Why We Wax have screened in major film festivals around the world.

Tonight's reading takes place at the Florida Holocaust Museum at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (727) 820-0100 ext. 236 or visit www.flholocaustmuseum.org .

(4) Bruins vs. Lightning: game 3

The Tampa Bay Lightning are back at the St. Pete Times Forum on Thursday for game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Lightning split the first two games of the series against the Bruins in Boston. The Bolts won game one 5-2 but lost game two 6-5.

Tuesday's loss was the first time during the playoffs the Lightning lost after scoring first and leading after one period.

Tonight's game is sold out, but you may be able to find tickets on stubhub.com .

Faceoff is set for 8:00 p.m. The game will be televised on the Versus cable network.

(5) Pirates 4 Krewe movie screening

Ye Loyal Krewe of Samuel Bellamy is holding an exclusive Tampa premiere screening of the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides movie on Thursday.

A free "Where's the Rum Gone?" party begins at 5:00 p.m. at Splitsville in Channelside. There will be a raffle to win a bounty of prizes including a treasure chest of booze and a silent auction where you can bid on a trip to the Cayman Islands for Pirate Week.

Tampa's Favorite Pirate Magician, Mr. Bones, will be entertaining the crowd. You can also have your photo takes with "Notorious Captain Jack", Atlanta's premiere Jack Sparrow impersonator.

You need not attend the movie to go to the party! The movie begins at 8:00 p.m. at the Channelside Cinemas.

For more information on the Samuel Bellamy Krewe or to purchase movie tickets, visit www.samuelbellamy.com .