In recognition of the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdown in the Florida Keys, a panel of local photographers, journalists and filmmakers will discuss and recall the “COVID spring” of 2020, when a pandemic changed the world.
The free panel discussion and photographic reflection takes place Thursday, March 27 at 6 p.m. at the Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton St. The COVID lockdown is defined as the period in 2020 from March 1, when Florida’s first COVID-19 cases were announced, to June 1, the day after the quarantine checkpoint in the Upper Keys was dismantled.
“Five Years Later: Looking Back at Key West’s COVID Lockdown,” is sponsored by the Monroe County Public Library. Panelists include Chris Sloan, producer of the short-film documentary, “Key West: 66 Days of Paradise Interrupted,” as well as the photographers and writers who created and contributed to the book, “Isolated Island – The Key West COVID-19 Spring of 2020,” including Roberta DePiero, Corey Malcom, Rob O’Neal, Andy Newman and Carol Tedesco. Key West Weekly editor Mandy Miles will moderate. Admission is free; seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis in the Carper Theater at Tropic Cinema. More information is available from Michael Nelson, Monroe County assistant director of libraries, at nelson-michael@monroecounty-fl.gov.
