Key West’s “One Human Family” ethos is more than just a slogan: it’s a philosophy that we locals live by. Renowned as one of the most harmonious and welcoming communities in America, our little piece of paradise is also a famous gay mecca that attracts thousands of...
Known for its raucous bars, wild parades and people watching, Duval Street is the most recognized street in the Florida Keys and is also a prime destination point for anyone heading down to Key West. Nicknamed “the longest street in the world” because it runs from the...
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...
The Conch Republic (AKA Key West and the Florida Keys) like many nations was born from trouble. The trouble started back in the dark days of March 1982, when the US Federal Government placed a Border Patrol Roadblock at the Last Chance Saloon in Florida City.A...
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...
It was in November 1984 when Paul and Evalena Worthington quietly sailed into the Key West Bight on their classic 1926 Alden Schooner Defiance. Anchored by sea battered shrimp boats and buffered by wooden shanties selling nautical wares, the rough and ramshackle...
