palm trees line the sidewalk of a city street

CITY OFFICIALS TO FDOT: LEAVE THE TREES; SKIP THE RAILINGS ON N. ROOSEVELT PROMENADE

“Remove the guardrails and leave the trees.” Commissioner Billy Wardlow summed up the Key West city commission’s sentiments during the March 14 meeting.  State transportation officials...
a painting of a man in a suit and sunglasses

KEY WEST GALLERY WELCOME ARTIST PHILLIP ANTHONY, THEN CELEBRATES THE COLORFUL WORLD OF PETER...

Key West Gallery, 601 Duval St. will celebrate two different but equally impressive painters this month, one who’s still at the front end of...
a crowd of people standing around tables and tents

TASTE OF KEY WEST RETURNS TO TRUMAN WATERFRONT MARCH 25

The 29th ‘Taste of Key West’ will feature Key West and Lower Keys chefs specializing in seafood, Caribbean and Cuban flavors, European delicacies, Asian...
a sailboat in the ocean with a ship in the background

FLORIDA KEYS BRACE FOR POTENTIAL MASS MIGRATION FOLLOWING DISARRAY IN HAITI

Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered a wave of state officers and guardsmen to the Florida Keys in preparation for possibly more maritime voyages among migrants...
a man standing on top of a stage holding a microphone

FOREIGNER’S FAREWELL TOUR ROCKS KEY WEST AMPHITHEATER

If you sang along to the radio in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, you sang songs by Foreigner. You heard their hits in the...
a police car with its lights on in the dark

ARMED GIRL FATALLY SHOT BY MONROE COUNTY DEPUTY; SHERIFF CALLS IT SELF-DEFENSE

A Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputy fatally shot a girl who was armed with a stolen handgun early Monday morning on Stock Island. She was...
a red truck is parked next to a stop sign

MILES TO GO: FREE PARKING ISN’T JUST FOR MONOPOLY; A REVIEW OF LOCAL PARKING...

Note to self: Key West’s residential parking permits expire Oct. 31. All of them. Every year. No matter what month they were issued. Those...
a man and a woman standing in a room

SEE WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS DURING ARTIST STUDIO TOURS ON MARCH 16

On Saturday, March 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the annual Artist Studio Tours, presented by The Studios of Key West, will highlight...
a man sitting in a chair with a glass of wine

WHAT’S SO FUNNY ABOUT ERNEST HEMINGWAY? NEW COMEDY SHOW TAKES ON A LEGEND

What’s so funny about Ernest Hemingway?  James Scott Patterson, a writer and stand-up comedian currently in Key West, found plenty of material beneath the novelist’s...
a path in the woods leading to the beach

EFFORTS TO SAVE THE PINES AT FT. ZACH CONTINUE THIS SUNDAY

Like some sinister fairy tale, the Fort Zachary Taylor Australian pine trees have endured adverse conditions and outside threats. Slated for destruction by man...