Spend an Evening Eating and Drinking To Assist The Pier Aquarium

By Emily Stehle 

St. Petersburg, FL - Join us for a sustainable evening to benefit The Pier Aquarium at The Glass House, home of Robert Glaser and Rob Bowen.

The event, A Sustainable Collaboration at The Glass House, is scheduled 6:30-9:30pm Saturday, May 9. The Glass House is a penthouse apartment located at 475 Second St. N, St. Petersburg.

The sustainable collaboration is an inaugural event for The Pier Aquarium and will feature a "green" environmentally-friendly menu prepared by four noted Tampa Bay chefs. They include: James Canter, Sangria's Tampa; Tyson Grant, Parkshore Grill, St. Petersburg; Mark Heimann, Marchand's Bar and Grill, Renaissance Vinoy Resort, St. Petersburg and Eric Neri, Maritana Grill, The Don CeSar, A Loews Hotel, St. Pete Beach. Fromager Jon Carron, Datz Deli, Tampa, will present an after dinner cheese board.
 
Wine pairings will be suggested by Sommelier Brad Dixon, Bern's Steak House, Tampa.
 
Emphasis on appetizer-sized dishes will be sustainable seafood and locally grown and harvested produce.
 
In collaboration with the Arts Center, we will, at The Glass House, display and sell glass art by four artisans: Chuck Boux, Susan Gott, Duncan McClellan and Marlene Rose. The sale of glass art will benefit both the Arts Center and The Pier Aquarium.
 
Suggested dress is "urban chic." Ticket price is $125. Reservations should be made by May 1 to
Cynthia Fox, (727) 803-9799, ext. 206 or email cfox@pieraquarium.org.

The Pier Aquarium, established in 1988, is a private, non-profit aquarium and marine education center located in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida at The Pier.  Its mission is to enhance the public’s understanding of the value and fragility of the local and global marine environment through research, education and personal experiences
 
More than 93,000 visitors and an additional 25,000 who participate in our scheduled educational programs, come to The Pier Aquarium annually. Volunteers contribute more than 4,600 hours each year.
The Pier Aquarium showcases 17 tanks of live fish and other marine life and educational exhibits on the first and second floors and an outdoor marine laboratory and teaching unit, the Roy G. Harrell, Jr. Education Station, located on the Pier approach.
Children’s events include: “FISH-ful Saturday,” scheduled the first and third Saturday of the month; Spa Beach Splash; an annual Kids’ Fishing Tournament; Boy Scout and Girl Scout programs and Summer Marine Adventures summer camp.

The Pier Aquarium
800 Second Ave. NE, Suite 2001
St. Petersburg, FL 33701-3503
Phone: (727) 895-7437
www.pieraquarium.org

2008 Tampa Bay Business Journal Non-Profit of the Year Finalist- Education

2007 WEDU Be More Award Nominee, Marketing

Winner of the 2006 WEDU Be More Award for Innovation - The Big Fish Move

The mission of The Pier Aquarium is to enhance the public's understanding of the value and fragility of the local and global marine environment through research, education and personal experiences.

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