Distinguished Speaker Series Changing of the Guard: A Music-Centric Conversation with Ralph DePalma December 12, 2023 | 6:00pm-7:00pm DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES TICKETS Key West’s musical soul is an outpost of humanity, in a sea of swirling, turbulent, incivility. Music permeates Key West right down to the coral rock. The Soul of Key West is a […]

Distinguished Speaker Series Oh, Florida!  How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country with Craig Pittman January 10, 2024 | 5:00pm-6:00pm DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES TICKETS Some people regard Florida as nothing but the Punchline State because so many weird things happen here. Craig Pittman argues that is also the greatest state with the […]

Distinguished Speaker Series The History of Indian Key with Barbara Edgars February 8, 2024 | 6:00pm-7:00pm DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES TICKETS Native Americans began visiting and living on Indian Key around A.D. 800, and were likely a submissive tribe to either the Tequesta or Calusa chiefdoms, however, the exact nature of the relationship between the Keys […]

Distinguished Speaker Series Building the Over-Sea Railroad with John Blades March 8, 2024 | 6:00pm-7:00pm DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES TICKETS The story of the building of the Over-Sea Railroad is a much more complicated story than is generally known and involved decades of planning and strategic thinking. Ironically, the tremendous time span needed to accomplish the […]