by Adele Woodyard
What are you doing/getting/planning with or for Mom on Mother’s Day? Need some ideas? Here’s just a few from FREE to the upper registers in cost. More important, is a choice based on what she likes best, be it wildlife, dance, drama, music, flowers—or YOU?
May 12-13.Mom has a FREE day at Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, with her son or daughter who has a full admission paid ticket. You’ll get in Free too, if the day happens to fall on your birthday. May 30: Memorial Day is FREE for active and retired Military with ID. Even a freebie for up to three dependents 813-935-8552. http://www.lowryparkzoo.com .
Another FREEBIE is in Ocala where the College of Central Florida presents its 30th Annual Spring Ballet in the Dassance Fine Arts Auditorium. 1 p.m. Sat. May 12, 7 p.m. Sun. May 13. 3001 SW College Rd. 352-873-5800.
May 13 is the last chance to see The Rocky Horror Show, American Stage in the Park, at Demon’s Landing, St. Pete. 8 p.m. $11 advance, $13 at gate Sun., $14, $16 Fri. and Sat. 727-823-7529. http://www.americanstage.org
It’s Music on Mother’s Day in South Florida where classic oldies will be sung by the Blue Magic, Delfonces and Stylistics at the BankUnited Center, University of Miami, 1245 Dauer Dr. Coral Gables. Tickets start at $35. Call 954-791-4175. http://starlineent.com/events
If gardening is Mom’s passion, she’ll love the annual Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival that will continue to May 20, 2012. Fri.-Sun. there is a Flower Power Concert Series , 5:15, 6:30 and 7:45 p.m. 1200 Epcot Resort Blvd. Lake Buena Vista. 407-824-4321. If she’s a Florida resident, she can spend a three-day weekend and see all Walt Disney World Resort theme parks for $99. Purchase through May 21. http://disneyworld.disney.go.com
Mom up for a little macabre? Mummies of the World will be at MOSI, Tampa now through Labor Day. This only Florida stop is nothing like the mummies she may have seen in the Egyptian section of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Or the golden death’s head mask of King Tut at Busch Gardens. Where they remain wrapped as originally interred, these dried out, shrunken bodies are in full view, and the state of preservation is unbelievable. One child’s remains is said to be nearly 6.500 years old, a hyena less than 50. Unlike those from ancient Egypt, several of the mummies in the exhibit were naturally mummified by their environment. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat. Sun. $18.95, $16. 95 seniors, $12.95 ages 2-12) for Exhibit only. 813-987-6000.
Thurs. May 31, Memorial Day, 6-9 p.m. brings a Red, White And Blue Celebration—Heroes Reunion in the Harbor, at Harbor Walk Village, Destin.. 850-424-0600.
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