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Morning Has Broken
Nov 07, 2008; Howell, Mark ... The whole world feels different. And apparently we've saved our hide all over the planet. The election of Barack Obama as president is huge news, not just because he is the first black president of a nation of mostly white people, nor because he's the first American president whose ...
Side by Side on Simonton
Nov 07, 2008; Anonymous ... The Florida Keys Council of the Arts presents "Side by Side on Simonton" today, Nov. 7, from 4 to 8 p.m. at two locations just a (free) parking lot apart. The celebrations feature visual art and performing arts as well as food and libations. In the Gato Building, 1100 Simonton, the opening ...
SOUNDINGS
Nov 07, 2008; Howell, Mark ... 'The captain has left the ship but the ship sails on," proclaimed Sir Peter Anderson, a Capt. Tony Tarracino appointee as Secretary General of the Conch Republic. "We feel his arm reaching down and touching the tip of the mast." "He will live forever aboard," enjoined Finbar Gittleman, ...
'Inspired by the Depression,' Heritage House Features Season of Recollection
Nov 07, 2008; Anonymous ... This season the Key West Heritage House presents a series of cultural offerings that bring to light the memorable years of the Great Depression through art, lectures, walking tours and the premiere of an oral history film documentary. The series opens with "WPA Artists: Inspired by the ...
Creativity Sparked by the Great Depression
Nov 07, 2008; Anonymous ... The Florida Keys were hit hard by the economic woes of the Great Depression, and some say even more so than the rest of the country. But there were advantages to being in the Florida Keys, too. With 85 percent of the population on government relief, it was grits and grunts on most dinner ...
Second Sundays at The Studios of Key West
Nov 07, 2008; Anonymous ... On the evening of Nov. 9, The Studios of Key West launches a new series aptly called Second Sundays. Once a month, coordinator and producer Juliet Gray will call on fresh local talent and the island's most interesting creative people, assemble them in the Armory main hall and present an evening ...
New in Science: Ancient Footprints
Nov 07, 2008; Symroski, Ty ... In the ash of the extinct volcano Roccamonfina in southern Italy is a series of human footprints known as the "devil's footsteps." These have recently been determined by argon dating to be approximately 345,000 years old, the oldest of any human tracks ever dated. Tracks such as these ...
Solares Hill 10 Years Ago
Nov 07, 2008; Anonymous ... In the first week of November, 1998, Solares Hill took a memorylane trip to Roatan, the island off Honduras that had just been battered by Hurricane Mitch. We also spent time with Louie's Backyard owner Phil Tmney at his new office located atop the debris of the After Deck bar, destroyed ...
Lucky Street Group Show of First-Rate Key West Artists
Nov 07, 2008; Blair, Joel ... Lucky Street Group Show of First-Rate Key West Artists Lucky Street Gallery exhibits works of its fine local artists through Nov. 19. Parts of this group show will continue after November 19, when the gallery will feature the works of Giovanni Novara. Novara's work in the current ...
Paradise Big Band's First Concert of the Season
Nov 07, 2008; Schroeder, Harry ... The Paradise Big Band, the Keys' only full sized jazz orchestra, gives its first concert of the season at the auditorium of the Key West High School this Sunday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m. The band, now 10 years in operation, is made up of local professional, semiprofessional and accomplished amateur ...
'When in Rome' Concert and Festa Italiana
Nov 07, 2008; Anonymous ... Marjorie Paul Shook has organized an Italianthemed concert that will be held at the KWHS Auditorium on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. The event features many of Key West's finest musicians including Bruce Moore, Bobby Nesbitt, Vicki Rousch, Peter Diamond, Carmen Rodriguez, Rob Distasi, Joe Dallas, ...
Interactive Children's Theater at the Waterfront
Nov 07, 2008; Anonymous ... "The Red Head Dilem- ma," an interactive children's musical for ages 6 to 12 that has been created by the Key West Children's Theatre Company, plays at the Waterfront Playhouse Saturday mornings at 11 a.m., Nov. 8, 15, 22 and 29. Tickets are $1 for children and $5 for adults. There are no ...
And You Thought the OED Was a Big Yawn ... Hah!
Nov 07, 2008; French, John ... And You Thought the OED Was a Big Yawn ... Hah! "Reading the OED" Ammon Shea A Perigree Book, $21.95 Reviewed by John French My modest library contains a good single-volume dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. Ammon Shea's vast library also contains a dictionary ...
Opera Returns to the Tropic
Nov 07, 2008; Anonymous ... Held Over: "Religulous" Bill Maher at his irreverent best. "Religulous" follows the political humorist and author ("Real Time With Bill Maher," "Politically Incorrect") as he travels around the globe interviewing people about God and religion. Known for his astute analytical skills, ...
Kevin Smith Makes a Funny Porno with 'Zack and Miri'
Nov 07, 2008; Rhoades, Shirrel ... Front Row at the Movies Kevin Smith Makes a Funny Porno with 'Zack and Miri' reviewed by Shirrel Rhoades Back in 1998 I hired director Kevin Smith to write the first eight issues of a new Daredevil comic book series for Marvel. It was a big hit, creating enough buzz to ...
