Florida Keys Cultural Arts Calendar, May 21- 27

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Florida Keys Council of the Arts Cultural Calendar

Thursday, May 21 thru Wednesday, May 27

 

Key West Happenings

ARTISTS RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS

Thursday

Martha Hubbard, White Street Pier Photos Opening Reception, 6 PM

Harrison Gallery, 825 White St. 305-294-0609. harrison-gallery.com

Works by other artists on exhibit

 

Artists @ the Armory Second Floor Studios Walk on White, 6 PM

Historic Armory, 600 White St.

Artists Christie Sauer Fifer, Lauren P. McAloon, Gretchen Mills, Claire Perrault, Michael J. Phillips, Marky Pierson, Sherry Sweet Tewell, Andy Thurber, Maureen Tracy Venti and several new artists.

 

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.

 

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]

 

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

Thursday

American Dream Benefit Concert – Habitat for Humanity, 6 PM

Pier House Resort, One Duval St. 305-296-4600. pierhouse.com

Live music by Bill Blue and The Nervous Guys.

 

Wednesday

Fringe’s Shakespeare in School Public Performance, 7:30 PM

BottleCap Lounge, 1128 Simonton St. fringetheater.org

A free public performance, benefiting Fringe Theater Key West.

 

LECTURES

Thursday

KWBG Speaker Series: Five Simple Steps to Become a Wildlife Superhero, 12:30 PM

Key West Botanical Garden Society, 5210 College Rd. 305-296-1504. kwbgs.org

 

LITERARY

Saturday

Key West Writer’s Guild, 9 AM

Key West by the Sea, 2601 S. Roosevelt Blvd. (Community Room) keywestwritersguild.org

MUSIC

Thursdays

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

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

 

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]

 

Saturday

Waterfront’s 75 Years Celebration: Here’s to Us, 8 PM

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

The Grand Finale season celebration and tribute of past musicals that have appeared at the Waterfront with a huge case of talent.

 

Sunday

Melody Cooper and Jose Lezcano in Concert, 7 PM

Unity of the Keys Church, 1011 Virginia St. 305-296-4288.

Presenting a program of mostly Spanish and Latin American music.

 

The Sunday Ramble

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

Featuring Nick Norman Band and Key Lime Pirates and other various artists.

 

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 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 AUDITION DATE CHANGE

Dates for auditions: Saturday, June 6th, 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.

 

THEATER

Thursday-Saturday (thru May 23)

The Fox on the Fairway, 8 PM

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

 

Upper Keys Happenings

ARTIST RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS

Thursday

Morada Way Arts & Cultural District: Walkabout, 6 PM

MM 81.5, Islamorada. 305-664-9100. moradaway.org

 

FESTIVALS and FUNDRAISERS

Memorial Day Party

Morada Bay Beach Cafe, MM81.6, Bayside. 305-664-3225.

Live music, performers and fireworks.

 

LITERARY

Wednesday

Latitude 25 Writers Meeting, 7 PM

Key Largo Library, Tradewinds Shopping Center, MM 101.4. 305-451-4164.

 

ONGOING ARTIST EXHIBITS

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

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

Following the Fish, Ernest Hemingway in Key West Exhibit and The Civil War in Key West, A Sesquicentennial Salute Exhibition

The Custom House, 281 Front St. 305-295-6616. kwahs.org

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

 

 

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