Florida Keys Council of the Arts Cultural Calendar

Zoe Lewis in Concert, 8 PM @The Studios of Key West.  A one-woman “band in a body” with a brilliant sense of humor, she combines gypsy jazz,jump jive, latin grooves, swing, international folk and funk originals.
Zoe Lewis in Concert, Friday January 22 @ 8 PM, The Studios of Key West. A one-woman “band in a body” with a brilliant sense of humor, she combines gypsy jazz,jump jive, latin grooves, swing, international folk and funk originals.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 thru WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27
Visit keysarts.com, Cultural Calendar for more listings and events throughout the Keys.

Key West Happenings
ARTISTS RECEPTIONS/EXHIBITIONS
Thursday
Walk on White Gallery Walk, 6 PM
Exhibitions and receptions at galleries and shops along White St, including Artists @ the Armory, Harrison Gallery, Stone Soup Gallery and hIPSO facto at the Coffee Mill Dance Studio

Call of the Wild, 6 PM
Helen Harrison sculptural works and Philip Ross Munro latest series The Crystal Wave, photographs.
Harrison Gallery, 825 White St. harrison-gallery.com

Walk on White with 4 Artists: Ted Haykal, Simone Lasswell, Carrie Disrud and Svea Seredin, 6 PM
1122 Virginia St. 978-609-5956.

Friday
Maratha dePoo Featured Artist – New Works, 5 PM
Exhibition thru February 3. Key West Art Center, 301 Front St. keywestartcenter.com

Friday/Saturday
Collections, Key West: Local private art and antique collections available, 6 PM
Karen and Jimmy Wray, along with works by Mario Sanchez, Paul Soldner, Jay Gogin. Visitng artists: Elizabeth Devries, Kate Peachey, Wes Hunting, jeweler Tom Mann. 6810 Front St, Stock Island (down the dock from the Hog Fish Bar).

Friday-Sunday
Will Fernandez: 2016 Sculpture Show, 10 AM
Come meet the artist as he unveils his newest creations. Reception Friday, 1/22. Refreshments served 6-9pm. Rockhouse Masterpieces, 330 Julia St. rockhouseart.com

Monday
Gingerbread Square Gallery – John Whitney and Jane Washburn Opening Reception, 5:30 PM
Latest collection of paintings on canvas. Exhibition continues through Jan 31. 1207 Duval St. 305-296-8900. gingerbreadsquaregallery.com

FESTIVALS and FUNDRAISERS

Wednesday-Sunday, January 27-31
Key West Food and Wine Festival
Various times and venues in Key West. kwfwf.com

FILM
Tropic Cinema:
Monday: Classic Movie Series: Sullivan’s Travels (1941), 6:30 PM
Tuesday: Broadcast Live from the Garrick Theatre in London: The Winter’s Tale, 6:30 PM
416 Eaton St. tropiccinema.com

LECTURES
Monday
Friends of the Key West Library Lecture Series: Judy Blume, 6 PM
Blume will discuss her last novel In the Unlikely Event, set in the 1950s and written for adults. Free admission. Key West Theater, 512 Eaton St. friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org

LITERARY
Saturday
Key West Writer’s Guild, 9 AM
Key West by the Sea, 2601 S. Roosevelt Blvd. (Community Room) keywestwritersguild.org

Tuesdays/Thursdays
Cafe con Libros, 9:30 AM
Key West Library, 700 Fleming St.

MUSIC
Thursday
South Florida Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven’s 9th Symphony “The Choral”, 7:30 PM
Program Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major Linz Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor. The 120 Member Master Chorale of South Florida joins the SFSO. Pre-concert chat with Ed Pitts at 6:45 p.m. Tennessee Williams Theatre, 5901 College Rd. 305-295-7676. keystix.com

Friday
Zoe Lewis in Concert, 8 PM
The Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton St. 305-296-0458. tskw.org

Sunday
The Living Room Series – Concert – “Stand by Me”, 8 PM
An intimate evening with Rusty Lemmon. The Truman Little White House, 111 Front St. 305-294-9911. trumanlittlewhitehouse.com

Monday
Moon Over Bourbon Street, 7 PM
Rocky Valentine – a chapter of his incredible story is being told in song by jazz vocalist Rock Solomon, pianist James King, with Joe Dallas on bass and trombone. Truman’s Little White House, 111 Front St., Key West.

THEATER
Jan 21-23,
Fringe Theater Key West: Blithe Spirit, 8 PM
“Women, can’t live without them, can’t escape them after they die” says Charles Condomine, a popular novelist who invites the eccentric clairvoyant Madame Arcati, to his home to conduct a séance. Written by Noel Coward. St. Paul’s Parish Hall, 401 Duval located behind the church. fringetheater.org

Jan 15-31
Red Barn Theatre – Scott and Hem, 8 PM
by Mark St. Germain. In this fictional but probable meeting between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, the two legends literally and figuratively come to blows. Scott is holed up in a Hollywood hotel where he is hopefully writing more than he is drinking when Hem walks in for a visit. 319 Duval St. redbarntheatre.com Mondays dark.

Jan 26/27: Preview Nights
Waterfront Playhouse – Mothers and Sons, 8 PM
A funny and powerful portrayal of a mother who pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son’s partner, who is now married to another man and has a young son or their own. Jan 28-Feb 13. 310 Wall St. 305-294-5015. waterfrontplayhouse.org

Middle Keys Happenings
ARTISTS RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS
Thru January 25
Peggy Taylor’s Costume Jewelry, 10 AM
Artists in Paradise Gallery, Winn-Dixie Shopping Center, Big Pine Key. artistsinparadise.com

FESTIVALS and FUNDRAISERS
Saturday
Marathon Garden Club Jamboree, 8:30 AM
Featuring a rummage sale, plant sale and plant experts, local vendors and more. 5270 Overseas Highway, MM 50 bayside. marathongardenclub.org

LECTURES
Thursdays
Friends of the Marathon Library Books and Coffee Lecture Series, 2 PM
St. Columba Episcopal Church, 451 52nd St. keyslibraries.com

MUSIC
Monday
Florida Keys Concert Association – Trio Solisti, 7:30 PM
Marathon High School, 350 Sombrero Rd. floridakeysconcerts.com

Thursdays-Saturdays, thru February 6
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, 8 PM
Marathon Community Theatre, Overseas Hwy., MM 47.5, oceanside (behind Plaza Grill). 305-743-0994. marathontheater.org

Upper Keys Happenings
ARTISTS RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS
Thursday
Morada Way Arts and Cultural District Art Walk, 6 PM
Featuring art, food, drink and music. Galleries include: Redbone Gallery, Gallery Morada, Pasta Pantaleo Signature Gallery and Morada Way Clay. MM 81.5, Islamorada. moradaway.org

LECTURES
Thursday
United States Coast Guard Secretary Class: 80 Years of History and Service, 6 PM
Celebrate the 80th anniversary of the launching of the “Secretary” class U.S. Coast Guard cutters and learn about their role in history and in the Florida Keys. Of the seven cutters, three now call the Florida Keys home. Speaker: Dr. Charles Beeker. Murray Nelson Gov’t Ctr, 102050 Overseas Hwy., Key Largo. 305-852-7717.

LITERARY
Wednesday
Latitude 25 Writers Meeting, 7 PM
Key Largo Library, Tradewinds Shopping Center, MM 101.4. 305-451-4164. [email protected]

MUSIC
Saturday
Pops in the Park: Around the World in 60 Minutes, 4 PM
Free family concert band. Bring blankets/lawnchairs. Florida Keys Community Concert Band, Founders Park MM 87 bayside, Islamorada. keyscommunityconcertband.org

Tuesday
Florida Keys Concert Association – Trio Solisti, 7:30 PM
Island Community Church, MM 83, bayside. floridakeysconcerts.com

ONGOING
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. 5800 Overseas Hwy., Suite 40, Marathon. 305-766-3428. keysdancecenter.com
-On Your Toes Dance Studio. Focused on teaching ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary and acrobatics to students aged 3-18.
92451 Overseas Highway, Tavernier. 305-852-3818. oytdancestudio.com
-Salsa and Salsa Rueda too Dance Class, FRIDAYs/WEDNESDAYs, 7 PM/8 PM. All levels, drop in class, no partner needed. Paradise Health and Fitness Dance Studio, 1706 N Roosevelt Blvd. 305-296-6348. [email protected]
-CoffeeMill Dance Studio – Fall Adult Classes check website for full schedule. 916 Pohalski St. 305-296-9982. coffeemilldance.com
-Dance Factory – Social Dancing: Ballroom and Latin, SUNDAYs, 7 PM. No partner needed/singles welcome. 906C Kennedy Dr. 305-304-8184. dancefactorykeywest.com
-Key West Country Western Dancers, TUESDAYs, 7:45 PM. Texas 2-step, swing, waltz, cha cha. Free line dance lessons. Blue Room at BottleCap, 1128 Simonton St. 724-333-4137.

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
– Life Drawing Workshops with Annamarie Giordano, THURSDAYs at 11 AM. Weekly 3-hour long class. Models wanted. Florida Keys Community College, 5901 College Rd. 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.

MUSIC
-Libby York, WEDNESDAYs at 8 p.m., Little Room Jazz Club, 821 Duval St. libbyyork.com
-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.
-Showtunes on the Beach with Bobby Nesbitt and Skipper Kripitz, Thursdays, 4:30 p.m., Salute, 1000 Atlantic Blvd. 305-292-1117.
-Larry Smith’s Afternoon Delights, Mon-Fri 4 p.m. Chicago’s, 610 Greene St. larrysmithkeywest.com
-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.
-Southernmost Magnolia, THURSDAYs 6 p.m. B.O.’s Fish Wagon, 801 Caroline St.
-Rock Solomon and Tim McAlpine, FRIDAYs, 3 p.m. Patio Bar, 525 United St. 305-292-1450.
-Steve Gibson on the Mandolin, FRIDAYs 6 p.m. Salute, 1000 Atlantic Blvd.

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