STATE LAWMAKERS WANT ‘JIMMY BUFFETT MEMORIAL HIGHWAY,’ MARGARITAVILLE PLATE
Florida lawmakers want to honor the late singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett by christening State Road A1A the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway.
The bill reads: “All of those portions (of...
CUSTOM HOUSE GETS MUY CALIENTE FOR GALA
Take a trip back to 1950s Cuba for this season’s “Back in Time” fundraiser hosted by the Key West Art & Historical Society. “Caliente Cayo Hueso” takes...
FLORIDA KEYS CONCERT SERIES OPENS 54TH SEASON WITH AN ORCHESTRA
By Asta Kraskouskas
Florida Keys Concert Association (FLKCA) opened its 54th season with a performance by Delirium Musicum on Jan. 16-17 inside the Coral Shores High School Performing...
STUDIOS’ NEW PEAR HOUSE WILL BEAR CREATIVE FRUIT
Key West doesn’t appear on any “budget travel” lists. The island is no bargain — for visitors or residents. Painters, writers, musicians and sculptors decades ago discovered...
TROPIC CINEMA TO REOPEN FEB. 14 AFTER POPCORN MISHAP
The beloved Tropic Cinema was forced to temporarily shut its doors after a burnt popcorn mishap set off the sprinkler system above the concession stand over the...
YOUNG CELLIST & PIANIST TAKE STAGE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
By Asta Kraskouskas
Florida Keys Concert Association presented its second concert of the season at Coral Shores and Marathon high schools with Zlatomir Fung on Jan. 22-23. He’s...
CHARLES SCHULZ’S ‘PEANUTS’ SUCCESSOR TOM EVERHART VISITS OCEAN BLUE GALLERIES
With football foibles, five-cent psychiatry and a famously flippant beagle, Charles Schulz gave the world a 50-year friendship with the Peanuts gang, drawing Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy...
RENOWNED ARTIST RETURNS TO THE KEYS; EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY AT HALE GALLERY
After a brief absence, marine life artist BJ Royster is returning to her roots in the Florida Keys to showcase her artwork at the Hale Gallery in...
RED BARN PLAY TACKLES ‘WOKE’ HISTORY
We hear a lot about “wokeness” in the world of national politics these days. It’s usually pretty serious stuff, with each side slamming the other for either...
ANNE McKEE ARTIST GRANT APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 31
For decades, the Anne McKee Artists Fund has offered grant opportunities to individual visual, performing and literary artists who live in Key West and the Florida Keys....
