Thursday, 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.