by Pamela Childs | May 11, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Explore, What's Up
Although the historic 1935 Labor Day hurricane practically annihilated Islamorada (pronounced “I-La-Mor-Ada”) in the Upper Keys, this “Village of Islands” went on to become the Sport Fishing Capital of the World and still attracts professional and amateur anglers from...
by Pamela Childs | May 11, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Explore, What's Up
It’s a farce. A total farce. And that’s what makes it one of Key West’s hottest shows of the year. Welcome to Pride Follies, an old-fashioned vaudeville-type show that preludes Key West’s annual Pride celebration and strikes a chord with anyone who has a sense of...
by Pamela Childs | Apr 28, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Explore
Artist Andy Thurber at Key West’s highly acclaimed Gallery On Greene Key West has long been a creative haven for some of our country’s biggest literary giants. Among them, Key West denizen Tennessee Williams, one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth...
by Pamela Childs | Mar 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Explore
Even in the darkest times, art lights the way. And so it did in 1934 when our entire country was in the depths of the Great Depression. Like the rest of the US, Key West, too, had fallen on hard times. Despite having been the wealthiest US city per capita in the...
by Pamela Childs | Mar 2, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Explore
Have you ever seen a Key deer? If you have never seen this diminutive creature, which is exclusive to the Florida Keys, you’re missing out on one of life’s simple pleasures. Key deer may be tiny in size, but this endangered species is big on the list of well-loved...
by Pamela Childs | Mar 2, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Explore, What's Up
Light the candles and blow up the balloons! Because now through the end of March, Key West celebrates the birthday of internationally acclaimed playwright, Tennessee Williams.Born in 1911, Williams bought a modest Key West cottage in the late forties which he called...
