Florida Keys Council of the Arts Cultural Calendar
Small paintings of Old Town Houses and Royal Poincianas. Exhibit thru August 6th.
Thursday, July 23 thru Wednesday, July 29
Visit keysarts.com, Cultural Calendar for more listings and events throughout the Keys.
Key West Happenings
ARTISTS RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS
Friday July 24
Richard Matson, 8×11: Views of Key West Opening Reception, 5 PM
The Key West Art Center, 301 Front St. 305-294-1241. keywestartcenter.com
Small paintings of Old Town Houses and Royal Poincianas. Exhibit thru August 6th.
Daily thru July 31
Key West Art Garden 2015
Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden, 5210 College Rd. kwbgs.org
For the 5th year artists exhibit 25 pieces of sculptures created for outdoors using recycled and natural materials, nature friendly. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
CLASSES and WORKSHOPS
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
DANCE
Fridays and Wednesdays
Salsa and Salsa Rueda too Dance Class, 7 PM
Wednesdays at 8 PM: Cha Cha Dance Class. All levels, drop in class, no partner needed. Paradise Health and Fitness Dance Studio, 1706 N Roosevelt Blvd. 305-296-6348. [email protected]
Key West Country Western Dancers, 7:30 PM
Texas 2-step, swing, waltz, cha cha. Free line dance lessons. Bourbon Street Pub, 724 Duval St. 724-333-4137.
FESTIVALS and FUNDRAISERS
Thru Sunday
Hemingway Days 35th Annual Festival
Various events and locations in Key West. 305-292-8445. hemingwaydays.net
Saturday
ReMARCable Mattheessen’s Ice Cream and Fresh Fruit Social, 12 PM
West Martello Tower, 1100 Atlantic Blvd. 305-294-9526. marchouse.org
Marc House Benefit. Make your own Sundae’s, Warm Mango Cobbler and other ice cream treats.
FILM
Tropic Cinema:
Saturday – Summer Kid’s Movies: Penguins of Madagascar (2014), 10:30 AM
Creature Feature: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1959), 11 AM
Sunday – Rocky Horror Picture Show, 8 PM
Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton St. 877-761-3456. tropiccinema.com
LITERARY
Saturday
Key West Writer’s Guild, 9 AM
Key West by the Sea, 2601 S. Roosevelt Blvd. (Community Room) keywestwritersguild.org
LECTURE
Tuesdays in July
Native Artists of Key West, 2 PM
Gallery on Greene, 606 Greene St. 305-294-1669. galleryongreene.com
MUSEUMS, HISTORY and NATURE
Tuesdays-Saturdays
Key West Firehouse Museum, 10 AM
1026 Grinnell St. 305-849-0678. keywestfirehousemuseum.com
Daily
Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center, 9 AM
35 East Quay Rd., (End of Southard St.) floridakeys.noaa.gov
Key West Wildlife Center, 9 AM
Indigenous Park, 1801 White St. 305-293-7013. keywestwildlifecenter.org
Mel Fisher Maritime Museum Exhibits – Celebrating 30 Years of Treasure and Adventure, 9:30 AM
200 Greene St. 305-294-2633. [email protected]
Tennessee Williams Key West Exhibit, 10 AM
513 Truman Ave, behind the Key West Visitor Center294-3121. [email protected]
Daily Thru September 1
Blue Star Museums Program – Free Admission for Active Military Personnel/Family
Participating museums: The Custom House, The Key West Lighthouse & Museum, Fort East Martello, KW Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum.
MUSIC
Wednesdays-Sundays
In the Cabaret in the Gardens, 5 PM
The Gardens Hotel, 526 Angela St. 294-2661. gardenshotel.com
Nightly Jazz – Tavern N’ Town
Marriot Beachside, 3841 N. Roosevelt Blvd. 305-296-8100.
Thurs: Carmen Rodriguez and Michael Thomas, Fri: Mike Emerson, Sat: Bobby Nesbitt, Sun/Wed: Rob DiStasi, Mon: Michael Thomas, Tues: Carmen Rodriguez.
THEATER
Monday and Fridays, July 20-August 21
Acting Classes: Scene Study, 7 PM
Wednesdays, July 22-August 21,
Acting Classes: Monologue, 7 PM
Red Barn Theatre, 319 Duval St. (rear)305-296-5587. keywestsummerstage.com
Thru Saturday
Theatre XP – Key West Radio Theatre, 8 PM
Red Barn Theatre, 319 Duval Street (rear). 305-296-9911. keywestsummerstage.com
Bringing to life some of the classic serials and programs of the golden age of radio live on stage. Top Keys actors will lend voice to Boston Blackie, The Bickersons, Our Miss Brooks, and Orson Welles’ remarkable War of the Worlds.
Middle Keys Happenings
ARTISTS RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS
Daily
Celebrating Lobster Season Exhibit – Over 30 local artists, many mediums in acrylic and water color paintings and Art from Ms. Thompson’s 5th Grade Class, 10 AM
Artists in Paradise Gallery, Winn-Dixie Shopping Center, MM 30, Big Pine Key. 305-872-1828. artistsinparadise.com
CLASSES and WORKSHOPS
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
American and International styles, wedding dance, swing, salsa. Beginner’s welcome, no partner required. Ballroom and Latin Dance Instruction. Marathon. 305-766-3428. keysdancecenter.com
THEATER
Saturday
The Big Fish A Whale of a Tale Show, 3 PM
St. Columba Episcopal Church, 451 W. 52nd St., Gulfside, Marathon. 305-743-6412. stcolumbamarathon.org
This show is from the Music and Drama Summer Camp.
Upper Keys Happenings
LECTURES
Monday
Matecumbe Historical Trust Monthly Lecture: Indian Key, 6:30 PM
Island Christian Church, MM 83.2, bay. 305-393-0940.
MUSEUMS, HISTORY and NATURE
Daily
History of Diving Museum, 10 AM
MM 83, bay, Islamorada. 305-664-9737. divingmuseum.org
Thursdays-Sundays
Keys History and Discovery Center, 10 AM
at the Islander Resort, MM 82, Islamorada. 305-922-2237. keysdiscovery.com
ONGOING ARTIST EXHIBITS
The Civil War in Key West, A Sesquicentennial Salute Exhibition and Arthur Rothstein, Assignment Key West 1938 Photography Exhibit. The Custom House, 281 Front St. 305-295-6616. kwahs.org
Marie Carney Exhibit. Ocean Sotheby’s, 81888 Overseas Hwy, Islamorads, bay. 305-712-8888. oceansir.com
Anja Marais, Being Shore to Ocean Exhibit. The Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton St. 305-296-0458. tskw.org
Inspired ZEN by Karen Moore, Backcountry Bliss Exhibit. Island Arts Gallery, 1128 Duval St. 305-292-7800. islandstylegalleries.com
Nadine Lahti, Crustacean Celebration Exhibit, Lobster Trap Art Gift Shop & Gallery, Islamorada, MM 82, bay. 305-664-3571. lobstertrapart.com
Florida Keys Community College – Student Art Show. Library Gallery, 5224 College Rd., Stock Island. 305-809-3194.
Celebrating 30 Years of Treasure & Adventure Exhibit. Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Key West. 305-294-2633. melfishermuseum.org
Sense of Place – Richard Kemble 1932-2007, Exhibit. Historic Gato Building, Key West. 305-292-1828. keysarts.com