Reda Wigle

At the dawn of the new millennium, the city of Key West adopted the inclusive, equitable slogan “One Human Family” as its official philosophy. Now, Janiece Rodriguez and Chris McNulty are putting that philosophy into much-needed practice with the formation of their LGBTQIA+ youth group, Queer Keys.  The team maintains...

Key West residents and visitors showed their support for women and their reproductive rights by taking to Duval Street on Oct. 2 with fists raised in defiance, chanting a chorus of “My body, my choice.” The event was held in solidarity with other marches throughout the country and comes on...

Big Pine had itself a fine time on Sept. 18, when Grimal Grove welcomed visitors to its first-ever gala. Owner Patrick Garvey, who purchased and restored the grove in 2013 only to see his efforts washed away by Hurricane Irma, has spent several years rebuilding the property and replanting...

Aries  March 21 – April 19  Next week’s full moon sheds lunar light on your twelfth house of conclusions and the unconscious mind. Closure for you is often marked by cauterization but this phase asks for a slower, more mindful approach to healing. Ritualize your release by lighting a candle for...

The back of Patrick Garvey’s Grimal Grove t-shirt advocates fearlessness: “Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb; that’s where the fruit is.” Garvey, who has owned the Big Pine property since 2013, is no stranger to limb-seeking. Having weathered hurricanes and dire financial straits, the grove is...

Bleach your bathtubs, my babies, Virgo season hath arrived. The modality of Virgo is advancement through ritual purification, it is decisive, exacting and at times ruthless in the pursuit of perfection. Virgo is ever operating from a place of intention rather than impulse; words are measured, actions weighed. It...

While the first half of August has been, astrologically speaking, a trying sort of dumpster fire, the remaining weeks are bound for glory. Five celestial bodies —the sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Neptune — are giving us a much-needed dose of power and possibilities. Adding to this planetary good,...

Good news: We have the lion’s share of Leo season ahead of us. Troubling update: We need the promised distraction of pageantry, Polaroid nudes and one-night stands to weather the storm now that Chiron has stationed itself retrograde.  Chiron, named for the mythical centaur healer who suffered from an incurable...

Leo season is upon us, with an energy akin to Texas: big, brazen and boldly belt-buckled, shining relentlessly on those who have to squint and bear it. While Leo is the sign voted most likely to masturbate to their own sex tape, they're also most likely to give to charity...

Tennessee Williams famously claimed, “New Orleans is the best place to write. I can’t think of anywhere else with such characters.” Dennis Beaver, curator of the recently reopened Tennessee Williams Museum, is quick to note the legendary playwright made that proclamation two years before he came to Key West...

We remain in the soft saltwater belly of Cancer season, and all thoughts are on feelings, what rises to the surface and what has kept us from it. Emotions are heightened during this cycle and we should allow them their elevation and honor them through creative expression.  Cancer season invites...

A proverb declares “to drink is human, to drink coffee is divine.”  Local barista Kaia Hartsfield is distilling divinity on Higgs Beach. From her turquoise Kaia’s Coffee cart, Hartsfield hand-grinds beans she sources from Death Wish Coffee Co. “The blend is higher in caffeine and everything's fair trade and organic....