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MEET MICHAEL ROSS: ARTIST FINDS NEW START AT THE STUDIOS OF KEY WEST

While some of us in the Keys are fumbling our way through a few New Year’s resolutions,others are experiencing everything as new. Just ask...
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‘AN INSPECTOR CALLS’ STARTS 2023 WITH A MYSTERY AT WATERFRONT PLAYHOUSE

After the success of last season’s “Clue,” the Waterfront Playhouse on Mallory Square will again produce a mystery. This season it is one of...
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LOVE LETTERS COME TO LIFE AT RED BARN THEATRE

By Amy Patton Let’s fall in love again: this time, with Jack and Louise. The romantic tale of a slow-burning friendship that ripens through correspondence during...
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JANUARY BRINGS BIG MUSIC FESTS TO KEY WEST

RokIsland Fest — Jan. 17-21 In Key West Performers include Styx, Tesla, Loverboy, Vince Neil, 38 Special, Queensrÿche, Extreme, Quiet Riot and more. The second annual...
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KEYS WEEKLY INTERVIEWED SOME BIG NAMES IN 2022

The Keys Weekly scored some great interviews with some big names in 2022.  From sports heroes, Olympians and a celebrity stuntman to music legends, rock...
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LOCAL MUSICIANS SAY THEY WEREN’T PAID FOR GIGS

Live music is as much a part of Key West as flip flops and frozen drinks.  But a group of 10 or so local musicians...
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MEET MATTHEW RAWLS: IN THE LIMELIGHT AT TENNESSEE WILLIAMS THEATRE

By Cricket Desmarais Matthew Rawls scans the Tennessee Williams lobby,  attending to last-minute details before the theater’s newly acquired production of “Nutcracker, Key West” opens....
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‘NUTCRACKER KEY WEST’ BLENDS CONCH LIFE WITH CHRISTMAS

By Amy Patton It’s difficult to imagine a more iconic storytelling of the magic of Christmas than George Balanchine’s classic ballet fantasy, “The Nutcracker.” But there’s no...
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ISLAND REVIVAL BRINGS NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS THIS WEEKEND

A new music festival arrives in Key West this weekend, featuring some of the biggest songwriters from Music City, USA — Nashville, Tennessee.  Island Revival...
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WATERFRONT PLAYHOUSE ROCKS THE ‘80s

By Amy Patton Some might say the music of the 1980s is best viewed as a gauzy reflection in the rearview mirror.  But then we wouldn't...