This Week in Key West Arts

arts council catfishFlorida Keys Council of the Arts Cultural Calendar

Thursday, March 26th thru Wednesday, April 1st

 Key West Happenings

ARTISTS RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS

FRIDAY

Christine Black, Featured Artist Show and Reception, 5 PM

Key West Art Center, 301 Front St. 305-294-1241. keywestartcenter.com

WEDNESDAY

Tell it to My Face Closing Reception, 6 PM

FKCC Library Gallery, 5901 College Rd. 305-809-3501.

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

SATURDAY

Women, Money & Power: Design & Finance A Life You Love – Workshop, 1 PM

Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden, 5210 College Rd. 347-871-3591. tinyurl.com/WMP15-03

SATURDAY and SUNDAY

Figure Drawing with Lothar Speer, 10 AM

Key West Art Center, 301 Front St. Call to register 305-294-1241.

The Studios of Key West – Classes and Workshops: Painting and drawing, writing and reading, Music, Performance, Sculpture, Photo, Culinary Arts, Kids and Teens and more. 305-296-0458. tskw.org

DANCE

FRIDAY

Special Contemporary Jazz Master Dance Class with Erica Misenti, 10:30 AM

Coffee Mill Dance Studio, 916 Pohalski Ln. coffeemilldance.com

FESTIVALS and FUNDRAISERS

THURSDAY

Tennessee Williams Birthday Celebration and Contests Award Presentations, 6 PM

Reception for winning poets and painters. 513 Truman Ave. 305-294-3121. twkw.org

FILM

SUNDAY

Tennessee Williams Film Forum, 2 PM

Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton St. Tickets at tropiccinema.com

Discussion led by Shirrel Rhoades. Topic: Everything in his life is in his plays and everything In his plays is in his life, Elia Kazan.

Champagne Reception, 1:30 p.m.

MONDAY

Tennessee Williams Classic Film Series: This Property is Condemned, 6 PM

TWKW / The Tropic Cinema. 877-761-3456. tropiccinema.com

LECTURES

MONDAY

Sentinels of the Coast: A legacy of Lighthouses in the Sunshine State with Brendan Burke, 6:30 PM

Key West Ferry Terminal, Grinnell St. kwhmt.org 

LITERARY

SATURDAY

Key West Writer’s Guild, 9 AM

Key West by the Sea, 2601 S. Roosevelt Blvd. keywestwritersguild.org

MUSEUMS, HISTORY and NATURE

Tennessee Williams Month Long Birthday Celebration

305-294-3121. twkw.org Various venues and times.

MUSIC

THURSDAY

South Florida Symphony Orchestra – Master Concerts: Fate of a Hero, 7:30 PM

Program: Faure – Masques et Bergamasques; Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Natasha Paremski, piano; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Tennessee Williams Theatre, 5901 College Rd. 305-295-7676. keystix.com

FRIDAY and SATURDAY

Key West Burlesque presents Magic of Spring, 8 PM

Key West Theater, 512 Eaton St. 305-295-7676. keystix.com

SATURDAY

The Original Wailers in Concert, 6 PM

Higgs Beach, 1000 Atlantic Blvd. 305-296-6253. keystix.com

Encore Series: Hotel California – A Salute to the Eagles, 8 PM

Tennessee Williams Theatre, 5901 College Rd. 305-295-7676. keystix.com

 

MONDAY

US Air Force: Band of the West – Mission Winds Clarinet Quartet, 2 PM

Key West Oldest House Museum, 322 Duval St. usafbandofthewest.eventbrite.com

THEATER

THURSDAY-SATURDAY (thru March 28)

Orson’s Shadow, 8 PM

Fringe Theater Key West at The Studios of Key West. 305-296-0458. keywestfringe.org

SUNDAYS, MONDAYS and TUESDAYS (thru April 14)

Outside Mullingar, 8 PM

Red Barn Theatre, 319 Duval St. 296-9911. redbarntheatre.com

TUESDAYS-SATURDAYS (thru April 11)

Monty Python’s Spamalot, 8 PM

Waterfront Playhouse, 310 Wall St. 305-294-5015. waterfrontplayhouse.org

WEDNESDAYS-SATURDAYS (thru April 18)

Let’s Get Lost, 8 PM

Red Barn Theatre. 305-296-9911. redbarntheatre.com

Middle Keys Happenings

ARTIST RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS

DAILY

Anne Schroeder Featured Artist of the Month, Thomas Avery Exhibit and The Connections Project III: Mosaic Exhibition, 10 AM

Artists in Paradise Gallery, Big Pine Key. 872-1828. artistsinparadise.com

FRIDAYS-SUNDAYS (thru April 4)

Florida Keys Watercolor Society’s 33rd Annual Exhibition, 11 AM to 3 PM

Marathon Community Theater. 609-231-7045. fkwcs.com

CLASSES and WORKSHOPS

THURSDAYS

Plein Air Painting Classes in Sugarloaf, 9:30 AM

Jim Salem. 744-9880.

TUESDAYS at Crane Point Paint Outs, 10 AM

Florida Keys Watercolor Society at Crane Point, Marathon. 609-231-7045. fkwcs.com

The Art Studio in Marathon – Classes and workshops: Pottery, Clay, Glass, Painting, Sculpture and more

305-289-9013. keysartstudio.com

DANCE

Theo and Ganine’s Dance Center

Ballroom and Latin Dance Instruction. Marathon. 305-766-3428. keysdancecenter.com

American and International styles, wedding dance, swing, salsa. Beginner’s welcome, no partner required.

LITERARY

WEDNESDAY

Keys Writers Meeting, 1 PM

Big Pine Library, 213 Key Deer Blvd. keyslibraries.org

MUSIC

SATURDAY

US Air Force: Band of the West – Mission Winds Clarinet Quartet, 7 PM

Marathon Community Park, MM 49, Bayside. usafbandofthewest.eventbrite.com

THEATER

THURSDAYS-SUNDAYS (thru April 4)

The Producers, 8 PM

Marathon Community Theater, 5101 Overseas Hwy, Oceanside. 305-743-0994. marathontheater.org

Upper Keys Happenings

FESTIVALS AND FUNDRAISERS

Saturday and Sunday

Florida Keys Island Fest 24th Annual, 10 AM

Art show, nearly 100 artists and crafters, music and a Taste of the Islands competition.

Founders Park, MM 87, Plantation Key. 305-664-4503.

THEATER

FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS

Noises Off, 8 PM (thru April 5)

Ginsber Productions at Nelson Gov’t and Cultural Center, MM 102, Bayside, Key Largo. 212-541-4684. ginpro.me

Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

Visit keysarts.com, Cultural Calendar for more listings and events throughout the Keys.

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