Thursday, June 23 thru Wednesday, June 29
Visit keysarts.com, Cultural Calendar for more listings and events throughout the Keys.

Key West
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
Saturday/Sunday
Aztec Calendar Design, 12 PM
Learn the history of the Aztec calendar from Rene Trevino, the significance of the design and how to create an individual interpretation of it. The Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton St. 305-296-0458. tskw.org

FESTIVALS/FUNDRAISERS
Saturday
Tropical Fruit Fiesta, 9 AM
Family friendly event: tropical fruit trees for sale, fruit to sample, fruit auctions, information on planting, tending and harvesting your fruit trees, kid’s activities like Mango ice cream making and pineapple planting. Grimal Grove, 258 Cunningham Lane, Big Pine Key. thegrimalgrove.org

LECTURES
Saturday
Adult Environmental Education – Speaker Series: Medicinal Uses of Native Plants, 1:30 PM
Speaker Constance N. Miller. The Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden, 5210 College Rd., Stock Island. 305-296-1504. kwbgs.org

LITERARY
Saturday
Key West Writer’s Guild, 9 AM
Writers of essays, poetry, fiction and nonfiction, published and unpublished, are welcome. Key West by the Sea, 2601 S. Roosevelt Blvd. (Community Room) keywestwritersguild.org

Wednesday
Latitude 25 Writers Meeting, 7 PM
Open to all interested. Key Largo Library, Tradewinds Shopping Center MM101.4. 305-451-4164. [email protected]

MUSEUMS, HISTORY and NATURE
Thru Labor Day
Blue Star Museums Program – Free Admission for Active Military Personnel/Family
Thru Labor Day. Museums include: The Custom House, The Key West Lighthouse and Museum, Fort East Martello, Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden, Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, The History of Diving Museum. arts.gov/national/blue-star-museums

THEATER
Wednesday
Key West Summer Stage – Bad Jews, 8 PM
After a beloved grandfather dies in New York, leaving a treasured piece of religious jewelry that he succeeded in hiding even from the Nazis during the Holocaust, cousins fight over not only the family heirloom, but their “religious faith, cultural assimilation, and even the validity of each other’s romances.” Red Barn Theatre, 319 Duval St. redbarntheater.com/tickets

ONGOING
ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS
-Mango Madness and Member Salon, The Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton St. tskw.org

-Innocent Souls: Vietnam 1968 and Yesterday’s Kids: Reflection by 1st Lieutenant Glenn Hoover. Gato Building, 1100 Simonton St. InnocentSoulsVietnam.org

-Key West Art Garden at The Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden, 5210 College Rd. kwbgs.org

-Stanley Papio: Junkyard Rebel New Permanent Exhibit at Fort East Martello, 3501 S. Roosevelt Blvd.

-In Deep With Diatoms Exhibit, Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center, 35 East Quay Rd. tropicalbotanicartists.com

-Celebrating the National Park Service Centennial: A Photography Exhibit by Clyde Butcher, Keys History and Discovery Center, MM 82, on the property of the Islander Resort. keysdiscovery.com

-Displacement, Jill Caldwell Exhibition, Salt Gallery, 830 Fleming St. jillcaldwell.com

-Bart and Diane Vinsh, Artists in Paradise Gallery, Winn-Dixie Shopping Center, Big Pine Key, atistsinparadise.com

-BJ Royster Creating New Works, Mondays, BJ Royster Ocean Gallery, 81650 Overseas Hwy., Islamorada. bjroyster.com

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
– Life Drawing Workshops with Annamarie Giordano, Thursdays, 11 AM. Weekly 3-hour long class. Models wanted. Private Home – 325 Catharine St, Key West. RSVP 609-884-3474.

-Plein Air Painting Classes in Sugarloaf, Thursdays at 9:30 AM. Call Jim Salem for more information. 305-394-5555. [email protected]

-The Studios of Key West – Classes and Workshops: Painting and drawing, writing and reading, Photo and Mixed Media, Culinary Arts, Kids and Teens, Music Performance and movement. 533 Eaton St. 305-296-0458. tskw.org

-The Art Studio in Marathon – Classes and workshops: Pottery, Clay, Glass, Painting, Sculpture and more. 12535 Overseas Hwy, Oceanside. 305-289-9013. keysartstudio.com

-Morada Way Arts and Cultural District – Classes and workshops: Playing with Abstraction, Beer 101, Plein Air to the Next Level, Creating with Clay, Underwater Realism, Palm Frond Boats, Write Your Story, Exploring Paint with Taylor, Keeping Images Alive. 151 Morada Way, MM 81.5, 305-900-9023.

DANCE
-Tuesdays: Learn to Dance the Waltz, 7:30 PM, Dance Factory, 906-C Kennedy Dr. 305-304-8184. dancefactorykeywest.com

-Tuesdays: Key West Country Western Dancers, 7:45 PM
Dancers get together for dancing Texas 2-step, swing, waltz, cha cha NC2 & more. Free line dance lessons with Marvin. Blue Room at BottleCap, 1128 Simonton St. 724-333-4137.

-Wednesdays/Fridays: Salsa Dance Lessons with Lucy and Charlie, 7 PM and 8 PM, Beginner/refresher class. No partner needed and we love newbies. Paradise Health and Fitness Dance Studio, 1706 N. Roosevelt Blvd. 305-296-6348. [email protected]

-Theo and Ganine’s Dance Center: World-class instructors-Ballroom and Latin Dance Lessons, American and International styles, wedding dance, swing, salsa. Beginner’s welcome, no partner required. 5800 Overseas Hwy, Suite 40, Marathon. 305-766-3428. KeysDanceCenter.com

-Coffee Mill Dance and Yoga Studio Classes: Ballet, modern, jazz, tap, hip-hop, latin, belly dance and African dance. 605-A Simonton St. 305-296-9982. coffeemilldance.com

-Dance Factory Classes: Ballroom and Latin Dance classes, Ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop and creative movement for children and adults. 906 Kennedy Dr. 305-296-5015. dancefactorykeywest.com

MUSIC
-Tuesday League of Crafty Musicians, 9 PM, Virgillio’s, 524 Duval St., Key West. 305-296-1075.

-Nightly Entertainment at Tavern N’ Town, featuring Michael Thomas, Carmen Rodriguez, Mike Emerson, Bobby Nesbitt and
Rob DiStasi. Call for weekly line-up 305-296-8100. Marriot Beachside, 3841 N. Roosevelt Blvd.

-In the Cabaret and Jazz in the Gardens, Wed-Sun 5 p.m. The Gardens Hotel, 526 Angela St.

-Dave Feder, Thursdays, 9 p.m. oo-tray Restaurant, 80939 Overseas Hwy., Islamorada. 305-922-2027.