The Galleries At Northgate offers the discerning shopper a variety of custom mirrors and framing. Open six days for shopping convenience, The Galleries At Northgate have a unique selection of frames to choose along with one of a kind art from local artisans. Visit The Galleries At Northgate and browse the selections.
The G. WIZ Science Museum has been entertaining and amusing kids and their parents since 1991. G. WIZ, short for Gulfcoast Wonder & Imagination Zone, is a "hands-on" science museum that offers visitors the unique opportunity to explore the world of science in fun and interesting ways. The 33,000 square foot facility houses multiple different "zones," each housing many different learning stations. G. WIZ also offers event and birthday party hosting.
In spring 2011, G. WIZ will open its own "Fab Lab," where, with the help of knowledgeable staff and volunteers, museum visitors will be able to create their own inventions by utilizing state-of-the-art machines and materials. For more information, check the G. WIZ website.
Wyland Galleries is located on the southwest corner of St. Armand's Circle. Wyland is an internationally celebrated marine life artist and an environmentalist. He has other galleries in Key West and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Periodically, he unveils his latest images and offers enthusiasts and art aficionado's demonstrations on his painting techniques. He features marine life as educational and awareness tools to preserve wildlife using majestic whales, playful dolphins, serene manatees and vibrant reef life. Go to Wyland's Web site for events and much more of his wildlife awareness art.
You can win big at Nick's Game Room and it offers free lunch and dinner while you play. Taco Tuesdays start November 9th and chicken dinners are served Friday nights at 6pm. The extremely bright green exterior ensures that you won't miss Nick's Game Room.
The Arts and Cultural Alliance Building houses the offices for various arts organizations including Key Chorale. The Alliance is a non-profit organization that provides support for arts and culture.
Bay and Gulf Adventures offers guided kayaking tours of the best bays, bayous, clear saltwater and freshwater river locations in Sarasota. Experienced guides lead eco-friendly tours that allow kayakers to see and photograph local wildlife including dolphins, manatees, ospreys, night herons, pelicans, urchins, sea stars and welchs. The tours are educational and interactive, with several tour options available. The company also provides kayak rentals for people to explore locations independently, with free local pick-up and delivery of kayaks available.
Hodgell Gallery on Palm Avenue is the perfect location for this spectacular art gallery of brilliant glass-works. Bright colors jump out of the showroom windows with creative, sexy shapes and unique designs. If you are looking for that special piece of artwork to showcase your home, you may find it here at Hodgell Gallery.
Florida Ever-Glides Inc. has been offering Segway tours in Sarasota for over five years. Located in the artistic Rosemary District of Sarasota, it offers scenic tours of historical downtown Sarasota, the bay front, as well as cultural points of interest throughout the downtown area. With more than six tours per day there's no better way to experience the rich history, beautiful architecture and phenomenal climate of downtown Sarasota.
Can't figure out what to do with the kids? Need a venue for a birthday party? With a jungle gym and arcade, the kids can run amok in a safe, family oriented environment. For birthday parties, you can get a dedicated host/hostess to look after the gang and special treats and arcade tokens. Choose from the Funky Monkey or Totally Bananas party plans. Walk-ins are welcome. Always available is fun food too. So moms, if you want to meet with your girlfriends for a couple of hours and make sure the kids have a good time, bring them to Coconuts.
Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center is part of Peace Education and Action Center, serving as a facility to help fulfill its mission. It provides aid in four ways: providing a place for community groups to gather and converse about issues, cultivating the creation and the distribution of art and media that emphasize voices and perspectives that are softspoken, advocating expression and empowerment through the use of media and arts education and performance and making the Peace Education and Action Center's library and its resources more accessible to the public.
Oddity On Main Tattoo Studio & Gallery is a tattoo shop and an art gallery. The main tattoo artist also shows his original paintings around the shop. Oddity On Main Tattoo Studio & Gallery has been serving the Sarasota area since 2003.
Established in 1988, McCurdy's is located in a 4,000 sq. ft. showroom, surrounded by a gated courtyard. The theatre has no obstructed views for stand-up and improvisation performances. Even the farthest seats are no more than 40 feet away from the stage. The space features a powerful sound system and a state-of-the-art, digital projectionsystem. Comedians who have performed at McCurdy's read like a Who's Who list of comedy: Jeff Foxworthy, Chris Rock, Darrell Hammond, Larry Miller, Tommy Chong, Soupy Sales, Judy Tenuta, Pat Paulsen, Jeff Dunham, Richard Lewis, Larry "The Cable Guy," Kevin Pollack, Ron White and Bobcat Goldthwait. McCurdy's features a full-service bar, with signature drinks such as Bermuda Maverick and the Brandy Alexander frozen cocktail. The space is located off North Tamiami Trail, right by the airport.
A downtown Sarasota mainstay, the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre pioneered the live dinner theatre concept nearly 40 years ago. Today, it is the longest running theatre of its kind in the United States. Running six to eight shows a year for an average of eight-week runs, the modest-sized auditorium/dining room manages to seat over 260 guests while providing everyone a view of the action on stage. On Friday nights it offers free "drag queen bingo," which has proven so popular that sometimes customers have had to be turned away, so be sure to come early.