I went to multiple frozen dessert shops around Sarasota and these were the top 7 on my list. Pop Craft Pop Craft puts a fun spin on the traditional popsicle with their unique and delicious flavors. The owner, Donna Tortorice, gets her popsicle ideas from seeing fresh fruit and different ingredients in food magazines. Pop … MORE>>

In case of an alien invasion, natural disaster, or civil unrest, Survive Anything has you prepared. Survive Anything offers hard to find supplies all in one place. The products in the store include books on camping, nuclear radiation, and food preservation, weapons, backpacks, and first aid to name a few. With presidential elections, more people … MORE>>

If you’re looking for a unique art exhibit then Art Center Sarasota may be the place to visit this month. Goodwill Manasota has partnered with Art Center Sarasota to present their third annual MASHterpieces art exhibition. The exhibit features art donated from Goodwill that has been transformed by local artists into expressive pieces that still … MORE>>

The 24th Annual Shark’s Tooth Festival will be held this weekend, April 8th-April 10th, at the Venice Airport Festival Grounds in Venice, Florida. This annual event is an interesting and inexpensive experience the whole family can enjoy. I have visited the festival years prior and there are definitely enough shark teeth to observe with large, … MORE>>

Kevin Smith, better known for making Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy, talked to students at Ringling College of Art and Design as part of the school’s Digital Filmmaking Studio Lab. The Studio Lab program allows film students the opportunity to work with industry professionals and gain real life experience through collaborative projects. Each year top film artists are invited on campus … MORE>>

Owners of the Sarasota Honey Company, Alma Johnson and Glenn Johnson, will be bringing an exciting perspective to honey bees with Sarasota’s 1st Annual Honey Bee Festival on March 12th from 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. at Sweetgrass Farms. This event is partnered by the Suncoast Beekeepers Association with proceeds going towards the future University of Florida … MORE>>

Bradenton’s ArtSlam is back this year with more teams of students and artists demonstrating temporary public art for the community. ArtSlam 2016 will be held in Bradenton on March 5th from 9 A.M.-4 P.M. and will be partnered by Bradenton Famer’s Market. The cost is free to anyone attending the event. There will be live … MORE>>

On Thursday March 3, at 8:00-11:00 P.M. The Ringling Museum of Art will host the next installment of Ringling Underground. The musical lineup features BABYL, a local Sarasota alternative band, who will be playing from 8:00-8:45 P.M. followed by The Pauses from Orlando and Mothers from Atlanta, Georgia. I was able to sit down and talk … MORE>>

The PostSecret Show will be coming to Tampa this Saturday, February 13 at 7:30 P.M. at Ferguson Hall at The Straz Center. Millions of people send their secrets on postcards to the curator and artist, Frank Warren. Through on-screen visuals, select postcards are chosen to showcase people’s fears, secrets, and confessions to an audience as … MORE>>