SHE SPIES: EXCITING & ELUSIVE CHARACTERS
Our American FriendBy Anna Pitoniak
For the past four years Sofie Morse has been the newspaper’s White House correspondent. Tired of traveling frequently between DC and New York,...
HIP TO THE SCENE: WHAT IS A LOCAL MUSIC SCENE?
By Ray West
What is a music scene? What makes Key West’s special?
Let’s start with the music store. Sure there’s the internet for music supply orders, but that...
FANTASY FEST: FLOATS & PARADE PATROL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Fantasy Fest is Oct. 21-30, 2022, just two months away.
As the clock counts down to Key West’s biggest annual party, Fantasy Fest organizers are discounting the entry...
ISLAND ASTROLOGER: BIG LOVE FROM THE BENEFICS
This week, we all get to participate in one of the most beautiful relationships in the planetary pantheon - a 120-degree trine between graceful Venus and bountiful...
WATER EXHIBIT FEATURES WORK OF LOCAL ARTISTS
The Florida Keys History & Discovery Center recently opened its latest rotating exhibit in the upstairs gallery called “The Study of Water.”
Water is the most important of...
MEET JIM FOSSUM: GREEN PARROT CELEB TAKES HIS BEST SHOT
How does a kid from Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in graphic arts and illustration become manager at one of the most popular Key West bars? If...
BOOKS ABOUT SHOW BUSINESS, FROM TODAY & THE GOLDEN AGE
The Girls in the PictureBy Melanie Benjamin
Known as the “Queen of Movies,” Mary Pickford was the first actual movie star in Hollywood. She won the first Academy...
CUBAN BOAT & FLAGLER PAINTINGS DISPLAYED AT FLORIDA KEYS HISTORY & DISCOVERY CENTER
The Florida Keys History & Discovery Foundation is opening two new displays.
The Cuban boat exhibit talks about the many modes of transport that immigrants from Cuba and...
FANTASY FEST: ARTISTS WANTED FOR KEY WEST’S BIGGEST PARTY POSTER CONTEST
The Florida Keys Council of the Arts and organizers of Fantasy Fest 2022 are encouraging artists to submit their vision of this year’s theme, “Cult Classics &...
MIKE STACK: KEY WEST’S HOMETOWN RAPPER & 2022 BUBBA WINNER
By Cricket Desmarais
Unless you’ve been living under this rock instead of on it for the last month or so, you’ve heard the up-tempo rap song, “I’m from...
