THIS WEEK: KEY WEST GETS LOUD & PROUD DURING PRIDE
The rainbow crosswalks are freshly painted at Duval and Petronia streets and rainbow flags flutter in the warm breeze everywhere.
Key West is stepping out...
SPCA NEEDS HURRICANE FOSTERS FOR 2022 SEASON
When hurricanes come knocking in the Florida Keys, animals waiting for forever homes in shelters need a hand getting out of Dodge, too.
The Florida...
2022 FANTASY FEST KING & QUEEN CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAST FOR A.H. MONROE
“Thanks for the memories.”
That’s the sentiment, and the theme, behind the upcoming 2022 Royal Campaign of Fantasy Fest, which will be the last to...
KEYS HISTORY: THE STORY OF SPANISH MARIE RUM RUNNER
By every account, Marie was quite a woman. Born in 1903 to a Swedish father and Mexican mother, she grew up to be 6...
KEY WEST THEATER PRESENTS JASON LAMSON BAND JUNE 18
How does a kid who grew up on an ostrich farm in Georgia end up singing, playing guitar and writing songs in Key West?
His...
HELP KEEP KEY WEST BEAUTIFUL
By Dorian Patton
One hour a week makes a huge difference, and volunteers are always welcome every Friday morning, when teams clean up a designated...
HURRICANE GROTTO AT KEY WEST’S CATHOLIC CHURCH TURNS 100
The scent of sulfur from struck matches fills the small, stone space inside the Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, known locally as “the hurricane...
WILD THINGS: MY KINGDOM FOR MY SHRIMPER BOOTS
My Nikes were holding me back, keeping me from getting a good look at the bird.
In high school, running cross country and track, a...
LETTER TO EDITOR: SINGLE-DISTRICT VOTING WOULD LIMIT VOTERS’ IMPACT
Dear Editor,
There is a petition circulating that proposes to eliminate our right to vote for four of the five county commissioners, in exchange for...
KEY WEST THEATER PRESENTS COMEDIAN KEVIN FLYNN
You know that famous black-and-white photo from 1932, “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,” of 11 ironworkers having lunch on a steel beam 850 feet above...
