The Island Players

10009 Gulf Drive
(941) 778-5755

With comedies as their main staple, The Island Players offer up thespian delights throughout the fall-to-spring theatre season, with a special presentation of classic Shakespeare each summer.

www.home.earthlink.net/~islandplayers   

Mote Aquarium

600 Ken Thompson Parkway
(941) 388-4441

Mote Aquarium’s informative exhibits portray underwater life in grass flats, rivers and artificial reefs. The popular “touch tank” allows little visitors to get up close and personal with a variety of marine life while three working laboratories give budding scientists insight into the world of Mote’s research projects.

www.Mote.org

John and Mable Ringling Museum

5401 Bay Shore Road
(941) 359-5700

Circus magnate John Ringling helped transform Sarasota into a cultural capital in the 1920s. Today his influence is still evident in the John and Mable Ringling museum complex. Stunning architecture and an expansive collection of works by baroque masters and American artists delight serious art aficionados.

www.Ringling.org