Florida Keys Council of the Arts Cultural Calendar

Thursday, May 7 thru Wednesday, May 13

 

Key West Happenings

ARTISTS RECEPTIONS & EXHIBITIONS

Thursday

1st Thursdays at The Studios of Key West: Rona Chang, Corryn Leigh Young and Colin Goldberg Opening Reception, 6 PM

533 Eaton St. 305-296-0458. tskw.org

 

Key West High School Fashion Show: A Mid-Summer Nights Dream, 7 PM

2100 Flagler Avenue.

 

Friday

Art Swap, 4 PM

Key West Art Center, 301 Front St. 305-294-1241. keywestartcenter.com

Membership meeting at 3:30 p.m.

 

Saturday

Ralph De Palma Book Signing: The Soul of Key West: Volume 1., 6 PM

Grand Vin, 1107 Duval St. 305-394-7001. The book is about Key West’s music scene and tells the stories of favorite Key West musicians in photos and their own words. Entertainment by Bill Blue.

 

Tuesday

A Sense of Place – Richard Kemble 1932-2007, Opening Reception and Book Signing, 5:30 PM

Historic Gato Building, 1100 Simonton St. 305-292-1828. keysarts.com

Works include: Intaglio, Woodcuts, Sculptures, Ink on Paper, Collages, Oil Pastels.

 

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

Thursdays (May 7-28)

Acrylic Painting Basics with Maggie Ruley, 1 PM

Maggie Ruley, Island Inspirations, 933B Fleming St. 305-305-1014. maggieruley.com

A weekly series of fun and easy painting classes designed to build greater confidence and basic painting skills.

 

Thursdays

Life Drawing Workshops with Annamarie Giordano, 11 AM

Florida Keys Community College, 5224 College Rd. 609-884-3474 or [email protected]

 

The Studios of Key West – Classes and Workshops: Painting and drawing, writing and reading. 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, 906C Kennedy Dr. 305-304-8184. dancefactorykeywest.com

 

FESTIVALS and FUNDRAISERS

Thru Sunday

Key West Songwriters Festival 20th Annual

Various times and venues. kwswf.com

 

FILM

Tropic Cinema

Monday: Rivers to the Sea, 6:30 PM (In participation with The Custom House Museum exhibit: Following the Fish: Ernest Hemingway.) Tuesday: New York Film Critics Series: Every Secret Thing, 7:30 PM

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

 

Wednesday

Book Bites – Game of Thrones, Book 4, 5 PM

Key West Library, 700 Fleming St. 305-292-3595. keyslibraries.com

 

MUSEUMS, HISTORY & NATURE

Wednesday

Marathon Garden Club: Board Meeting, 9 AM

5270 Overseas Hwy, MM50, Bayside. 305-743-4971. marathongardenclub.org

 

MUSIC

Thursdays

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

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

 

Friday

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Iron, 8 PM

The Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton St. 305-296-0458. tskw.org

 

Love Lane Gang, 8:30 PM

McConnell’s Irish Pub And Grill, 900 Duval St. [email protected]

Sundays: Salute on the Beach, 1000 Atlantic Blvd. at 5:30 p.m.

 

Tuesday

Pro-Magnum Trio, 9 PM

Virgilio’s, 524 Duval St. 305-296-1075. With Ross Brown, Gary Rivenson and Skipper Kripitz.

 

Wednesday

Key West High School Spring Choir Concert, 7 PM

KWHS Auditorium, 2100 Flagler Ave.

 

The Concordia University of Nebraska Chamber Choir Concert, 7 PM

Grace Lutheran Church, 2713 Flagler Ave. Free.

 

Wednesdays-Sundays

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

The Gardens Hotel, 526 Angela St. 305-294-2661. gardenshotel.com

 

Nightly Entertainment – Tavern N’ Town, 5 PM

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

 

THEATER

Thursday

Fringe Theater Key West: Expect the Unexpected, 8 PM

Parish Hall at St. Paul’s, 411 Duval (rear). 305-407-6790. fringetheater.org

 

Tuesdays-Saturdays 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:

Fringe Theater Key West

Auditions will be held on Saturday, May 9th from 2 – 4pm at the Parish Hall of St Paul’s Church at 401 Duval Street, located behind the church.  These shows require – 3 women ages 25-40, 3 women ages 50-60, 2 men ages 19-25, 4 men ages 30-50, 2 men ages 50-60 and one teenaged female. Actors will be asked to read from sides. fringetheater.org

The Waterfront Playhouse – 2015/16 season productions

Dates for auditions: Monday, May 11th, 5 to 7 for Harvey Fierstein’s Casa Valentina; Tuesday, May 12th, 5 to 7:30 for Terrence McNally’s Mother’s and Sons; 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

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

 

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

Thursdays-Saturdays (thru May 23)

The Fox on the Fairway, 8 PM

Marathon Community Theater, 5101 Overseas Hwy., MM 49.5. 305-743-0994. marathontheater.org

 

Upper Keys Happenings

ARTISTS RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS

Mondays-Fridays thru June 30

Pasta Pantaleo, My Life in the Mangroves on Exhibit, 9 AM to 5 PM

The Gallery at Ocean Sotheby’s International Realty, Islamorada. 81.8, Bayside. 305-712-8188. oceansir.com

 

Daily thru May 31

Nadine Lahti, Audubon Aquanauts Exhibition, 9 AM to 5 PM

Lobster Trap Art Gift Shop & Gallery, MM 82, bayside, Islamorada. 305-664-3571. lobstertrapart.com

 

Daily thru June 6

Carlos Salgado, Rincones y Espacios (Corners and Spaces) Opening Reception, 6 PM

The Pink House Art Gallery, 264 Tavernier St. 305-304-0069. pinkhouseart.com

 

MUSEUMS, HISTORY & NATURE

Wednesday

Images of Cuba, 6 PM

Keys History & Discovery Center, Islander Resort, MM 82, Islamorada. 305-922-2237. keysdiscovery.com

Join Florida Keys Photographer Larry Benvenuti as he shares photos and tales from his many humanitarian treks to the island of Cuba. Reservations recommended.

 

MUSIC

Sunday

Jazz Concert – Marcus Strickland Trio, 7:30 PM

Nelson Gov’t. & Cultural Center, Key Largo, MM 102.5, bayside. fklcc.org

 

THEATER

Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays (thru May 16)

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

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

 

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