JOHN BARTUS: WHEN SONGWRITERS WIN IN COURT
Unless you’ve been under a rock or completely out of range of any media, you’ve probably heard that international pop star Ed Sheeran was victorious in the...
JOHN BARTUS: LOCAL SINGER-SONGWRITERS CREATE THEIR OWN MUSIC
One of the best parts about living in or visiting the Florida Keys is the ubiquity of live music. Our islands feature a plethora of great local...
JOHN BARTUS: THE BIRD IS THE WORD (IN MUSIC)
Florida Keys Audubon Society executive director (and fellow Keys Weekly columnist) Mark Hedden spoke at a recent Marathon Rotary Club meeting. The topic? Peregrine falcons, their recovery...
JOHN BARTUS: THE BIRD IS THE WORD (IN MUSIC)
Florida Keys Audubon Society executive director (and fellow Keys Weekly columnist) Mark Hedden spoke at a recent Marathon Rotary Club meeting. The topic? Peregrine falcons, their recovery...
LOSE SOME CASH ON SUPER BOWL PROP BETS
At an Arlo Guthrie concert in Key West years ago, Arlo made a comment onstage about the Super Bowl; Philadelphia and New England played that year. Needless...
JOHN BARTUS: KCBCA IS MORE THAN JUST AN ACRONYM
Many people do not know that the city of Key Colony Beach, established as a city in 1957, used to have its own Chamber of Commerce. As...
LOSE SOME CASH ON SUPER BOWL PROP BETS
At an Arlo Guthrie concert in Key West years ago, Arlo made a comment onstage about the Super Bowl; Philadelphia and New England played that year. Needless...
JOHN BARTUS: JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT GIVE A MASTERCLASS IN MUSICAL SYNERGY
Last weekend, I had the privilege of attending my third Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit concert. I mentioned Isbell and his band in a previous column...
JOHN BARTUS: WHAT WILL 2023 BRING?
Now and again, especially this time of year, our prognosticators and sayers of sooth gather to make some New Year predictions. Our accuracy rate has never been...
JOHN BARTUS: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
Merry Christmas to all of you from all of us here at the Weekly Newspapers. To help keep you in that holiday spirit, I’ll present some festive...