AIRBRUSH MURAL AT PAWSITIVE BEGINNINGS IS A TRUE MASTERPIECE
Hi friends! Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” Boy oh boy did we have an amazing thing happen last week.
My good friend Alyssa Courant,...
REEL RECS: PELÉ, SYLVESTER STALLONE & MICHAEL CAINE STAR IN THIS ‘GLORIOUSLY DUMB’ FILM
WHY: Imagine a movie directed by two-time Oscar winner John Huston, the man behind classics like “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” “Key Largo” and “The African...
OPINION: KEY WEST RESTAURANTS NEED TAX RELIEF
By Bill Lay
"Close to perfect, far from normal" is the long-time motto of our small island paradise. It also closely mirrors my experience as a Key West...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: RESTORE THE $32 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR THE ARTS
To the editor:
The 32 million dollars in budgetary cuts to the Cultural Arts Programs in the state of Florida by Governor Ron DeSantis will cause children to...
NEW MURALS IN KEY WEST TRANSFORM HISTORIC CIGAR FACTORY
Boxy and bland in all-over beige, the hulking historic building at 2010 Staples Ave. wasn’t much of a headturner.
Built around 1912, the 7,000-square-foot building housed the Martinez...
KEYS HISTORY: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE BITTEN
The year was 1975. I had just turned 10 when the Steven Spielberg classic “Jaws” came out. On a hot summer day, I sat in a dark,...
WILD THINGS: KEY WEST WILDLIFE COLUMN
Science cannot always explain what a bird is up to.
This came to mind the other day when I walked down the nature trail next to the 1800...
JOHN BARTUS: DRIVING TO THE AIRPORT IN 1980, WITH A SENATOR IN THE BACK...
Way back when, in the halcyon days of youth (if that isn’t a literary cliché), there I was: an almost-19-year-old college student at the University of South...
2024 BUBBA AWARDS MARK ANOTHER BANNER YEAR
That’s a wrap.
The 2024 Bubbas: Key West People’s Choice Awards celebrated its 11th year on July 20, honoring 91 local businesses, people and nonprofits for their commitment...
ISLAND ASTROLOGY: THE WEEK’S HOROSCOPES
HAPPY HERMES, THE ISLAND ASTROLOGER: Check In, Turn Out
The sun entered Leo in the wee hours of the morning July 22, and we’ve officially left the “protect-your-feelings”...
