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TICKETS ARE ONLY NECESSARY FOR THE HISTORY PRESENTATION. THE ART EXHIBIT AND GYOTAKU ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT TICKETS. Florida Humanities, the Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center, and Key West Art & Historical Society invite you to explore the history and natural beauty of the Dry Tortugas archipelago through Ian Wilson-Navarro’s new book Dry Tortugas: […]

January 13, 2025 – (KEY WEST, FL). Take a trip back to the 1970s Disco Era during this season’s “Back in Time” fundraiser hosted by the Key West Art & Historical Society. Themed “Let’s Disco: A Night of Glitter, Glam, and Groove!” the party takes place Friday, February 21, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. […]

January 7, 2025 – (KEY WEST, FL). As the Tennessee Williams Key West Festival draws near, the Key West Art & Historical Society invites poets and writers to submit original works for its 2025 Poetry and Short Story writing contests – components of the annual celebration held each March in honor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning […]

January 6, 2025 – (KEY WEST, FL). Key West youth of all backgrounds and experience levels are invited to participate in a free poetry workshop as part of the Seawall Society of Young Poets, a series organized by Key West Poet Laureate Emily Schulten Weekley. These two-hour workshops will begin by reading examples of poems, […]

December 30, 2024 – (KEY WEST, FL). On Thursday, January 16, join prominent South Florida architect, designer, and author Mario Cartaya as he explores the largely untouched buildings, streets, and artifacts in Cuba that serve as a time capsule into the past during his talk entitled, “Across the Florida Straits to Cuba: A Living History […]

Final Call to Female Artists: Florida Keys Women’s Art Exhibition Returns to the Key West Museum of Art & History December 30, 2024 – (KEY WEST, FL). The Key West Art & Historical Society is reviving its popular juried art exhibition, “From a Woman’s Hand,” and invites Florida Keys women to apply before the January […]

Rounding out Waterfront Playhouse’s Spotlight Series with a show critics described as: “Lively, evocative, poetic, enlightening, hilarious, raunchy, and quite wonderful” as well as an “Unplugged and intimate look at the making of an artist”. This one man show evokes, through extraordinary written correspondence with family, friends, lovers, and other writers, the 25 years from […]

Tennessee Williams turns 114 this March! Join us at the Tennessee Williams Museum (513 Truman Avenue) for champagne and cake on March 26. The birthday party is FREE and everyone is welcome. First and second place winners of the short story and poetry contests will also be revealed at the party and the poetry winners […]

SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (1962) 2 hour 0 minute run time After unsuccessfully trying his luck in Hollywood, charming gigolo Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) wanders back to his hometown, accompanied by Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page), a movie star on the wane. Chance quickly falls back into his old rut — he’s still smitten with […]

Join the Key West Art & Historical Society, Tennessee Williams Museum, Fringe Theater and Williams Hall as they present, The Men of Tennessee Williams: A Staged Reading. Williams, one of the leading American playwrights of the 20th century and a resident of Key West for more than thirty years, he often portrayed strong male characters […]