Florida Keys Council of the Arts Cultural Calendar

council of the arts musicThursday, May 14 thru Wednesday, May 20

 

Key West Happenings

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

Thursdays

Life Drawing Workshops with Annamarie Giordano, 11 AM

Florida Keys Community College. 609-884-3474 or [email protected]

 

Thursdays (thru May 28)

Acrylic Painting Basics with Maggie Ruley, 1 PM

Maggie Ruley, Island Inspirations. 305-305-1014. maggieruley.com

 

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. 305-296-0458. tskw.org

 

DANCE

Fridays – Salsa (maybe a little Rueda too) Dance Class, 7 PM

Paradise Health & Fitness Dance Studio. 305-296-6348. [email protected]

 

Saturday and Sunday

Dance Works 13 Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7:30 PM (Sunday at 2 PM)

Tennessee Williams Theatre. 305-295-7676. keystix.com

 

Tuesdays

Key West Country Western Dancers, 6:30 PM

Bourbon Street Pub, 724 Duval St. 724-333-4137.

 

Bachata Dance Classes, 7:30 PM

Dance Factory. 305-304-8184. dancefactorykeywest.com

 

FESTIVALS & FUNDRAISERS

Sunday

One Particular Harbour Fundraiser: Benefiting Boys and Girls Club of the Keys, 5 PM

Margaritaville. 305-295-7676. keystix.com

 

FILM

Friday

Key West Outdoor Movies (free):Cars, 8:30 PM

Bayview Park, Corner of Jose Marti and Truman Ave. keywestoutdoormovies.com

 

Tuesday

Performance on Screen Series: Caesar and Cleopatra, 6:30 PM

Tropic Cinema. 877-761-3456. tropiccinema.com

 

KIDS CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Saturday

Discovery Saturday — Nesting Ninja Turtles (ages 5-10), 10 AM

Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center, Truman Waterfront. 305-809-4750. floridakeys.noaa.gov

 

MUSEUMS, HISTORY & NATURE

Friday and Saturday

Harry S. Truman Symposium 13th Annual: America’s Great National Healthcare Debate: The Legacy of Harry Truman and National Health Care. Friday: Truman Little White House at 6 PM; Saturday: Marriott Beachside Hotel at 8:30 AM. 305-295-7676. keystix.com

 

Saturday

Plant Sale at the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden, 10 AM

305-296-1504. kwbgs.org

 

MUSIC

Thursdays

Bobby Nesbitt & Skippo: Showtunes on the Beach, 4:30 PM

Salute! 1000 Atlantic Blvd. 305-292-1117.

 

Friday

Denis Hyland Presents: From Sondheim to Sinatra, 8 PM

The Studios of Key West. 305-296-0458. tskw.org

 

Love Lane Gang

Fridays: McConnell’s Irish Pub And Grill, 8:30 p.m. 900 Duval St; Saturdays: Rum Row, 4 p.m. 3824 N. Roosevelt Blvd; Sundays: Salute on the Beach, 5:30 p.m. 1000 Atlantic Blvd. at 5:30 p.m. [email protected]

 

Tuesdays

League of Crafty Musicians with Pat ‘n Deb Quartet, 9 PM

Virgilio’s, 524 Duval St. 305-296-1075.

 

Wednesdays-Sundays

In the Cabaret and Jazz in the Gardens, 5:30 PM

The Gardens Hotel. 305-294-2661. gardenshotel.com

 

Nightly Jazz Entertainment – Tavern N’ Town, 5 PM

Marriot Beachside, 3841 N. Roosevelt Blvd. 305-296-8100.

 

THEATER

Thursday-Saturday (thru May 16)

Me and Jezebel, 8 PM

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

 

Wednesdays-Saturdays thru May 23

Venus in Fur, 8 PM

Red Barn Theatre, 319 Duval St. 305-296-9911. redbarntheatre.com

 

Call to Actors:

 

The Waterfront Playhouse – 2015/16 season productions

Dates for auditions: Sunday, May 17th, 3 to 5 for Matthew Barber’s Enchanted April; Wednesday, May 20th, 5 to 7 for Mel Brooks’ The Producers; Wednesday, May 27th, 5 to 7 for Charles Busch’s Die! Mommy! Die! All auditions will take place at the Waterfront Playhouse. Details of the shows and specifics for the auditions on the website: waterfrontplayhouse.org

 

Middle Keys Happenings

 

ARTIST RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS

Daily thru May

Grades Pre K to 5th, Big Pine Academy Exhibit, 10 AM

Artists in Paradise Gallery. 305-872-1828. artistsinparadise.com

 

Craig Kerns, Transcendent Light Photography Exhibit

The photographs will be on display throughout the running of “The Fox on the Fairway,” Thursdays-Saturdays (thru May 23).

Marathon Community Theater, MM 49.5.

 

CLASSES and WORKSHOPS

Thursdays

Plein Air Painting Classes in Sugarloaf, 9:30 AM

Jim Salem. 305-744-9880.

 

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

12535 Overseas Hwy, Oceanside. 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.

 

FESTIVALS and FUNDRAISERS

Saturday

Battle in the Bay Dragon Boat Festival 7th Annual, 8:30 AM

Sombrero Beach, Marathon. battleinthebaydragonboat.com

 

LITERARY

Wednesday

Keys Writers Meeting, 1 PM

Big Pine Library, Key Deer Plaza. keyslibraries.org

 

THEATER

Thursdays-Saturdays (thru May 23)

The Fox on the Fairway, 8 PM

Marathon Community Theater, MM 49.5. 305-743-0994. marathontheater.org

 

Upper Keys Happenings

 

FESTIVALS and FUNDRAISERS

Thursday-Saturday

Mac Arnold’s Cornbread & Collard Greens 9th Annual Festival, 7 PM

Key Largo, Bayside Grille, MM 99.5.

 

Thursday-Sunday

Key Largo Original Music Festival

Multiple venues & stages. 305-394-3736. keylargooriginalmusicfest.com

 

LECTURES

Friday

Ocean Life Lecture Series: To Live and Work Beneath the Sea: Aquarius, 7 PM

Friends of the Key Largo Cultural Center, Murray Nelson Gov’t & Cultural Ctr, MM 102. 305-396-7000. fklcc.org

 

Monday

Immerse Yourself! Seminar Series: Diving for a Living with Kerry Dillon, 7 PM

The History of Diving Museum, Islamorada. 305-664-9737. divingmuseum.org

 

MUSEUMS, HISTORY & NATURE

Saturday

History of Diving Museum: Meet Bob Croft, 3 PM

Lecture and Film, 7 PM

Islamorada. 305-664-9737. divingmuseum.org

 

THEATER

Thursday-Saturday (thru May 16)

Red, White and Tuna (A Comedy), 8 PM

Key Largo Lions Club, MM 99.6, Oceanside. 305-509-0027. thekeyplayers.org

 

ONGOING ARTIST EXHIBITS

Colin Goldberg, Rona Chang and Corryn Leigh Young, The Studios of Key West. 305-296-0458. tskw.org

A Sense of Place – Richard Kemble 1932-2007, Exhibit. Historic Gato Building, Key West. 305-292-1828. keysarts.com

Key West Art Garden Exhibit 6th Annual, Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden Society. 305-296-1504. kwbgs.org

Carlos Salgado, Rincones y Espacios (Corners and Spaces) Exhibit. The Pink House Art Gallery, Tavernier. 305-304-0069. pinkhouseart.com

Nadine Lahti, Audubon Aquanauts Exhibition, Lobster Trap Art Gift Shop & Gallery, Islamorada. 305-664-3571. lobstertrapart.com

Pasta Pantaleo, My Life in the Mangroves Exhibit, The Gallery at Ocean Sotheby’s Int’l. Islamorada. 305-712-8188. oceansir.com

 

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

 

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