Recently added articles from Solares Hill:
Lessons From Key West's Hurricane History
Aug 15, 2008; Strahan, Matt ... Long-time Key West residents frequently assure me that Key West has weathered many hurricanes, and that this has proven that it is safe to stay here during a storm. I desperately want to believe it but years of research into the actual history tell another yarn. The true story of Key West ...
The Psychology of the Con Man
Aug 15, 2008; Rhoades, Shirrel ... Anthony Delcorio - better known to Key West Citizen readers as a fraudulent Roman Catholic priest called "Father Tony" - is quite a character. I should know, for he has described me as being a close friend of his wife, even though I've only met her three times in passing. With many con ...
Satin and Vacant: Hart Crane's 'Key West"
Aug 15, 2008; Howell, Mark ... This is not going to be easy. Before he fell from the stern of the U.S.S. Orizaba several miles off Key West, never to be seen again, the great American poet Hart Crane planned to produce a third collection of poetry he called "Key West: An Island Sheaf." The thing is, Crane never did ...
Monroe County Government Enters a Contest
Aug 15, 2008; Anonymous ... Monroe County is asking residents and employees to "change the world" and "drive smarter" as part of the National Association of Counties (NACo) national competitions Change the World, Start With Energy Star Campaign and the Drive $marter Challenge. Monroe County Mayor Mario Di Gennaro ...
SOUNDINGS
Aug 15, 2008; Howell, Mark ... One of the sharpest statements by a writer in our time is "The White Whale" by E.L. Doctorow, a keynote address by the author of "Ragtime, "The Waterworks" and "City of God" that was given to members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society in April ...
Hemingway/Evans Exhibit Half-Price Admission
Aug 15, 2008; Anonymous ... The friendship of novelist Ernest Hemingway and photographer Walker Evans blossomed during the frantic revolutionary days in Cuba in the '30s, and just in time to celebrate Hemingway's 109th birthday the Key West Art and Historical Society's exhibit of photographs and other memorabilia of the ...
Key West Pops' 2008 - 2009
Aug 15, 2008; Anonymous ... The Key West Pops' 10th Anniversary Season and subscription campaign is underway. The celebration of the anniversary year begins with a complimentary holiday party as a thank-you for season ticket holders and major donors, to be held at Square One Restaurant on Dec. 10. The first ...
The Key West Art Center Is Accepting Applications For Its Juried Shows
Aug 15, 2008; Anonymous ... The 24th Annual Key West Craft Show will be held on Jan. 24 and 25 on Whitehead and Caroline streets. The Old Island Days Art Festival, in its 44th year, will be Feb. 21 and 22 in the same location. The January juried craft show has been a favorite since its first year in 1985. The show ...
Monkey Bingo at the Green Parrot
Aug 15, 2008; Anonymous ... For many, bingo still conjures up images of blue-haired seniors huddled around rickety card tables in a drafty church basement or an Elk's Club on a Tuesday afternoon. If that's you, think again, because this and every Monday for the next few months, the Green Parrot holds, as a benefit ...
A Nonstory With a Nonhero Bent on Nonaction
Aug 15, 2008; O'Lear, Jennifer ... A Nonstory With a Nonhero Bent on Nonaction "Blind Speed" ByJoshBarkan Northwestern University Press, $21.95 reviewed by Jennifer O'Lear Josh Barkan's novel "Blind Speed" details the rambling exploits of Paul Berger, a chubby underachiever who has been given a dire set of ...
'Tropic Thunder' Rumbles Like a Belly Laugh
Aug 15, 2008; Rhoades, Shirrel ... Front Row at the Movies 'Tropic Thunder' Rumbles Like a Belly Laugh reviewed by Shirrel Rhoades A few weeks ago, Whoopi Goldberg and Elizabeth Hasselbeck got into it on Barbara Wawa's TV gabfest, "The View." The subject of disagreement being black people's right to use ...
A Special Home Needed For a Special Dog
Aug 15, 2008; Anonymous ... To look at Teddy, a young, boisterous boxer mix just ten months old, you'd never know there was anything wrong. You would never know that this happy boy, playful and eager to please, probably has about a year to live. Teddy came to the Florida Keys SPCA shelter a couple of months ago, ...
One Night Stand Returns to The Studios of Key West
Aug 15, 2008; Anonymous ... Key West's highly collaborative 24-hour theater project returns to The Studios of Key West in late August. Tickets, which are $10, are currently on sale at the Armory for the public performance that will begin at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23. One Night Stand is an event produced by The ...
Playing With the Family Jewels
Aug 08, 2008; Howell, Mark ... view from the hill A city commission meeting, hurricanes, foreclosures - who could wish for anything more? We start with the city commission. At the stroke of 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening, Mayor Morgan McPherson arrived just in time for the beginning of the meeting at Old City Hall ...
Vote For Obama? Not on Your Life
Aug 08, 2008; Roberts, Diana ... Letter From Tallahassee Oh, you think he's so great, all tall and smart and young and handsome and inspiring and well-dressed and articulate and smart, and did I already say young? Anyway. Just don't go and vote for him. No, no, no, no, no, no. And here's why: Ten totally objective, ...
Plant a Tree for Education
Aug 08, 2008; Anonymous ... The Educational Coalition for Monroe County's Incredible Fruit Stand hosts a native tree give-away and tree sale fundraiser. The community will have the opportunity to meet and greet local educators, Saturday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. at the Incredible Fruit Stand, MM 50 ...
Sheila Rowan's Legacy
Aug 08, 2008; Klingener, Nancy ... Sheila Rowan brought a lot to Key West. To our public life she brought herself- an intelligent, public-spirited, open-minded citizen who attended city meetings with a devotion the rest of us found awe-inspiring if occasionally inexplicable. She wasn't attending to get something, ...
Cabaret and Bonbons in a Barn
Aug 08, 2008; Lindquist, Carol ... Of fond memory in Key West are the musical cabarets featuring Vicky Rosenblatt at the Wooden Head Gallery, long gone from Caroline Street. The memory was recently rekindled in a barn in the Loire Valley of France. On a recent trip to New York we visited Vicky and Sherman in their loft ...
SOUNDINGS
Aug 08, 2008; Howell, Mark ... The net worth of the mayor of Monroe County, Mario Di Gennaro, on Dec. 31, 2007, according to financial disclosure forms on file with the state ethics commission, was $18.24 million. His house in Key Colony Beach is worth $9 million. Mario, born and raised in Westchester County, ...
A Forever Home Well Worth the Long Wait
Aug 08, 2008; Anonymous ... Jenna Frederick, an 18-year-old student at Coastal Georgia Community College, always knew, even as a little girl, that she wanted to be a veterinarian. She loves animals and wants to help them, which is why she has interned at the Florida Keys SPCA shelter on College Road for the past two ...