Solares Hill back issues from November 2007:
The Real Kings of Fantasy Fest
Nov 02, 2007; ... It is hereby declared that the winner of the Solares Hill Award for Best Entry (Not To Mention Shafted By The Official Judges) in the Captain Morgan(TM) Fantasy Fest(TM) Big Whoop De Do Parade Saturday night on Duval Street(TM) is King Kock. This entry was brilliantly conceived, ...
Unburdening the Workforce
Nov 02, 2007; ... Mayor Says 252 Houses in Key West Are in Foreclosure, Is Looking for Ways to Purchase Them as Affordable Housing 'I have a place to live but I can't afford to eat." "Health insurance is bad everywhere but here it's worse." "Make the alienation go away." These are ...
Digging Up Sunken Egypt In Search of Cleopatra's Palace
Nov 02, 2007; ... In the end, a city is what you leave behind. In the beginning it can welcome you. In the beginning, with its people and its warmth and its style, or it can reject you with the same. But either way, in the end, you leave it. Cleopatra's parents inherited Alexandria. She ruled there for ...
Auditions for 'Reefer Madness, the Musical'
Nov 02, 2007; ... "The Key West Players, Inc. is holding auditions at the Waterfront Playhouse for its upcoming production of "Reefer Madness, the Musical," with music and lyrics by Dan Studney and Kevin Murphy. The Waterfront production is the South Florida premiere and will feature the same creative team behind ...
SOUNDINGS
Nov 02, 2007; ... Who are these people? 1) Her mother's middle names were Dorothy Emma Howell, making her a direct though distant relative of Soundings. She volunteered for Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign in 1964, but after the assassination of Martin Luther King, whom she'd met in 1962, ...
Clean Bill of Health at Convalescent Center
Nov 02, 2007; ... The Key West Convalescent Center on College Road, operating under a six-month probationary period imposed by the Agency for Health Care Administration, has been given a green light to stay in business. "This is wonderful news," wrote Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in a letter to Mayor ...
Dinner at Antonia's Benefits AIDS Help
Nov 02, 2007; ... Dinner at Antonia's - a traditional AIDS Help fundraiser now in its 23rd year - is on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 5:30 p.m. "The significance of the continued support community effort in supporting AIDS Help is something that we can't take for ...
Evening With the Stars at Crane Point
Nov 02, 2007; ... Crane Point's Evening with the Stars program begind Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. All attendees meet at the main museum entrance and can either take a trolley ride to the observation point or walk with a guide. Evening with the Stars is facilitated by Dr. David Heeschen who holds a PhD in ...
Old Island Reappears in New Book
Nov 02, 2007; ... If Key Westers are obsessed with the changes that wash across the island like northerly breezes, Tom Corcoran might have produced the perfect book for us. "Key West in Black and White" is the first book of photographs from the writer best known for his mystery series starring Alex ...
Howard Livingston and the Mile Marker 24 Band Entertain at the Parrot Heads' Meeting of the Minds
Nov 02, 2007; ... Tropical rockers Howard Livingston and the Mile Marker 24 Band are just back from their latest tour and perform two concerts as part of the 16th annual Meeting of the Minds Parrot Head convention from 2:30 until 4 p.m. today Nov. 2, at the Margaritaville Street Fest on Duval and Fleming streets ....
Paradise Big Band Gives Its First Concert of the Season
Nov 02, 2007; ... The excellent music scene in Key West is back with us. On Sunday, Nov. 4, the Paradise Big Band, the area's only large jazz ensemble, gives its first concert of the season, titled "Under an Orange Colored Sky," at the Key West High School Auditorium, at 8 p.m. As is traditional with this ...
A Bit Crazy But Wickedly Funny Book
Nov 02, 2007; ... A Bit Crazy But Wickedly Funny Book Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis William Morrow/Harper Collins, $21.95 reviewed by Jennifer O'Lear Detective Mike McGill has $3.41 left to his name, and shares his Manhattan office (which, of late, also happens to be his living space) with a ...
Write a Novel in November With Voltaire Books
Nov 02, 2007; ... Voltaire Books invites Key Westers to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWnMo) during the month of November. From the official NaNoWri Mo Web site: National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seatof-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing Nov. 1. The ...
George Clooney and the Bible Plus the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Nov 02, 2007; ... George Clooney and the Bible Plus the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Opens Today: "Michael Clayton" See Shirrel Rhoades' review on page 17. Rated R. Runtime 1 hour 59 minutes. Showtimes (in Taylor): Daily at (3:30) and 6 p.m. "For the Bible Tells Me ...
'Michael Clayton' Helps Peg Actor George Clooney
Nov 02, 2007; ... Front Row at the Movies 'Michael Clayton' Helps Peg Actor George Clooney I've often thought that George Clooney could become the next Cary Grant. He's handsome, with his wavy hair and chiseled chin. And he can be suave and distinguished, with a twinkle in his eye. But ...
Valerie Fecher Is Showcased at Artists in Paradise
Nov 02, 2007; ... This month's showcase artist is photographer Valerie Fecher. Photographs taken from her collection of portraits will be on display in the gallery window for the month of November. Today Nov. 2, is the kick-off of the "Walk on Winn Dixie." This event is held ...
The Studios of Key West Wants You to Bring a Friend
Nov 02, 2007; ... To help inspire the creative spark in the local community, November is "Bring a Friend for Free" month at The Studios of Key West. Any two Monroe county residents who enroll together for the same November workshop at TSKW will pay the tuition for only one student. "Because all November ...
David Scott Meier at 7 Artists Gallery
Nov 02, 2007; ... David Scott Meier signs his prints and originals at 7 Artists Gallery Saturday, Nov. 3, from 5 to 9 p.m. In addition to original creations, Meier offers limited edition prints of some of his paintings. He calls them "Prints with Shimmer" because of hand-applied 23-carat gold leaf ...
Counting Votes, No Big Boats and a Word on WRDA
Nov 09, 2007; ... view from the hill Question: On what planet is turnout in a runoff with fewer candidates and fewer races than the general election higher than it was in the general election? Answer. This one. Tuesday's election established one thing definitively. Key West, by a very ...
Keys Kids Presents Disney's Musical '101 Dalmatians
Nov 09, 2007; ... Keys Kids opens its 2007-2008 season with a production of the Disney musical classic, "101 Dalmatians." A cast of 101 (or a few more hut who's counting?) will bark, beg, situp and rollover so adorably that you will want to adopt them all. The show is directed by Cameron Murray, musical direction ...
Thank You, Thank You Very Much
Nov 09, 2007; ... Election Central Rarely will a newspaper story begin in a television studio, but that is where the thrills started for Solares Hill this week. At stake on Tuesday night were three run-off races, for the mayoral seat, the District 4 City Commission seat and a Utility Board seat ....
SOUNDINGS
Nov 09, 2007; ... The most enduring myth in tinseltown history should have been dispelled by now. It has long been told that, during movie star Jean Harlow's honeymoon following the wedding to her agent Paul Bern in 1932, Bern shot himself in the head because he was unable to consummate the ...
Sheriff's Animal Farm Is Open this Sunday
Nov 09, 2007; ... The Sheriff's Office Animal Farm is open to the public this Sunday, Nov. 11, between 1 and 3 p.m. Everyone is welcome to visit, free of charge, and see the wide variety of animals at the park, including tropical birds, snakes, ferrets, rabbits, horses, ponies, a llama, goats, sheep, pigs, ...
Cooking Classes With a Cause
Nov 09, 2007; ... The Bahama Village Music Program is continuing its series of weekend cooking classes in cooperation with the Restaurant Store in Key West. All proceeds from the classes benefit the children enrolled in the Bahama Village Music Program, which provides free music education classes to local ...
A New Look at Shark Behavior: 17 Years of Research in the Dry Tortugas
Nov 09, 2007; ... The Florida Keys Audubon Society holds its monthly meeting this Monday, Nov. 12, at Indigenous Park on White Street. The speaker is Wes Pratt. Pratt will discuss research on muse sharks in the Dry Tortugas. Sharks are an enigmatic, important and unappreciated part of Florida Keys marine ...
WomanKind Holds Its Annual Fundraiser at Blue Heaven
Nov 09, 2007; ... The Sixth Annual Survivors Reunion fundraiser for WomanKind, Inc., Saturday, Nov. 10, from 6:30 to 10 p.m., at Blue Heaven, 729 Thomas St., is a Key West party in its truest form. Saturday night's Caribbean feast will be prepared by Blue Heaven's Richard Hatch, from food donated by ...
Return to John Dewey's Key West
Nov 09, 2007; ... Late-life love letters. Intimate exchanges with family members. Occasional gossip about neighbors such as Ernest Hemingway. And letters revealing personal thoughts on matters of national and international significance. The letters and life of John Dewey in Key West, the esteemed American ...
Sound the Fifth Trompette
Nov 09, 2007; ... A recital of 18th century English organ music honoring the late Marion L. Stevens takes place on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 4 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The recital features the French trompette that she donated to St. Paul's for the Mutt organ. The recital includes a variety of music ...
Dave Burns Is a World-Class Musician
Nov 09, 2007; ... I was told 10 years ago by a visiting star that the foremost jazz pianist in the U.S. was Dave Burns. I heartily agreed, having been a fan of jazz piano and of Burns' for years. He has something few pianists have, a total understanding of the music, a marvelous technique and an emotional ...
Reaching for a Lost Novelist, Recreating a Lost Story
Nov 09, 2007; ... Reaching for a Lost Novelist, Recreating a Lost Story "Hotel de Dream" Edmund White Harper Collins, $23.95 reviewed by Joel Blair Edmund White's "Hotel de Dream" tells the story of Steven Crane's final days as he endures the ravages of tuberculosis. Within that story are Crape's ...
South Pointe Gallery: New Dash and Variety in the Key West Art Scene
Nov 09, 2007; ... In October, a new gallery opened in upper Duval the South Pointe Gallery, 1201 Duval St. - that specializes in what Betsy Greene, its owner, calls authentic vintage posters. These posters are primarily French, although there are some American, German and Italian images. The famous Russian and ...
'Bee Movie' Is Another Honeypot for Seinfeld
Nov 09, 2007; ... Front Row at the Movies 'Bee Movie' Is Another Honeypot for Seinfeld reviewed by Shirrel Rhoades Jerry Seinfeld - that lovable Peter Pan who refuses to grow up - is the highest paid comedian in the world, some $60 million a year. Mostly residuals from a TV show about ...
From Grim Reality to Lyrical Fantasy, Find it at the Tropic
Nov 09, 2007; ... Opens Today: "Into the Wild" See Shirrel Rhoades' review on page 17. Rated R. Runtime 2 hours 29 minutes. Showtimes (in Carper): Daily at (2), 5 and 8 p.m. "The Devil Came on Horseback" A searing documentary that exposes the tragedy taking place in Darfur ...
Open Doors at the Historic Armory for Thursday Night's Walk on White
Nov 09, 2007; ... The Studios of Key West opens its main and studio doors for the next Walk on White on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 6 to 19 p.m. The public is invited and those dropping by will be treated to live music by Matthew "Phatback" Watson, new art from the 12 TSKW studio artists, food and refreshments. And ...
Playing With the Big Boys
Nov 09, 2007; ... Always a pleasure when covering City Commission meetings are the bits of business at the beginning, for they set a mood both civic and civil. Following the invocation and the pledge of allegiance to the flag are presentations and proclamations that get the cameras flashing and hands ...
Art for Africa at the White Street Deli Cafe
Nov 09, 2007; ... Carrie Fecca, "the tile chick" local artist and tile setter, shows her recent mosaic art at the White Street Deli Cafe on Thursday, Nov. 15. Fecca's art sales will provide funds to return to Zambia, Africa, where she will teach her trade. Fecca's embellished clay pots and mirrors will be on ...
Key West: The Old and The Adaptable
Nov 16, 2007; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes obscured text omitted.) There are benefits to living in a place with high population turnover and constant change. Interesting new people show up in your life, and interesting new places offer new experiences. Then there are the downsides, the ones we ...
Cutting Off Our Library Hours to Spite Our Brains
Nov 16, 2007; ... view from the hill "I don't expect any reductions, " [County Administrator Tom] Willi said of Community Services. - Key West Citizen, Oct. 30, 2007 'This isn't something that just came out of the woodwork," County Administrator Tom Willi said. "This is the public ...
Riding in on a High Note
Nov 16, 2007; ... The Key West Symphony The 10th anniversary of the Key West Symphony is upon us. Only eight months ago, tremendous trouble and turbulence hit the Symphony. On March 12, the orchestra's founding conductor, Sebrina Alfonso, told Solares Hill: "I want to do what is best for the ...
'Beowulf' Slashes Its Way Onto the Screen
Nov 16, 2007; ... Front Row at the Movies 'Beowulf Slashes Its Way Onto the Screen Reviewed by Shiirel Rhoades Wow! Graphic novels and video games are merging with movies. The classic Greek drama "300" paved the way - as did the film-noirish "Sin City." But now, we see the trend in ...
'A Lot of Night Music' Sondheim Showstoppers
Nov 16, 2007; ... The Waterfront Playhouse open its 2007/08 season with a gala concert titled "A Lot Of Night Music" featuring the music of the legendary theater composer/lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. This will also be the first chance for the public to see the beautifully renovated Ross and Anne McKee Lobby at the ...
Red Barn Is 'Puttin' On the Dog' For Its New Season
Nov 16, 2007; ... The management of Red Barn Theatre celebrates our Year of the Dog in drama, music and biting comedy. The historic nonprofit playhouse at 319 Duval St. continues the tradition of presenting "big things in a small space." The new subscription season kicks off with the South Florida ...
World-Class Music: Bo Fodor
Nov 16, 2007; ... Make no mistake, Bo Fodor is a major rocker. His guitar and vocals are as good as any you'll hear on your radio or TV. His band Hitchhiker opened for all the greats in the '80s from Poison to Foghat, Kansas, Nazareth, Black Oak Arkansas, Blue Oyster Cult, Alice Cooper, Pat Travers, Molly Hatchet ...
A Forgotten Woman Emerges, A History is Revealed
Nov 16, 2007; ... A Forgotten Woman Emerges, A History is Revealed "The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox" Maggie O'Farrell Harcourt, $23 reviewed by Nancy Klingener Iris Lockhart thinks of herself as a singleton from a line of singletons: only children, going back at least three ...
In Memoriam: Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007)
Nov 16, 2007; ... Norman Mailer died last Saturday at the age of 84. His death ended what was, if not entirely successful, certainly the most productive and the most interesting, literary career of the last century. Mailer was a major novelist. Along with Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson, he was one ...
New Work by Cindy Kulp at Harrison Gallery
Nov 16, 2007; ... Harrison Gallery, 825 White St., features new works by the avian painter Cindy Kulp for the next three weeks. In the collection of nine oils are hens "Gilda and Madeleine," "Wyndotte" (pronounced "wine-dot"), Snow White and Lucy and little green parrotlets called "Celestial ...
The Joy of Cooking ... Whether Paint or Edibles Are on Hobb's Palette
Nov 16, 2007; ... Pam Hobbs has worked in all the restaurants in Key West to support her art habit. She has cooked with some great chefs and learned some wonderful recipes along the way. One of her favorite pastimes is looking at and painting food. Shapes, colors and textures take on new ...
Steve Tracy's Work on Display at A Boy and His Dog
Nov 16, 2007; ... Steve Tracy, one of America's foremost contemporary artists, was born in Colorado in the early '50s and landed on his feet in New York City as a highly celebrated commission artist in the '70s and '80s. And now he calls Key West his home. At a boy and his dog Fine Art Gallery, 619 Duval St., ...
$54,000 in Nine Minutes!
Nov 23, 2007; ... Salvation for Samuel's House It was an amazing outpouring of giving, a joyous floodtide of spontaneous generosity reminiscent of old-time revivalism. Last week, Key Westers attending an honors dinner held by Samuel's House succeeded in raising $54,000 in just nine minutes. The ...
No Harvest, But a Time to Count Blessings Anyway
Nov 23, 2007; ... view from the hill If you are originally from northern climes, it takes awhile to get used to holidays around here. It feels funny, if not outright wrong, to roast turkeys and bake pies when the weather still allows outdoor swimming. Not to mention the weirdness of lit-up palm ...
DEC Dinner Meeting
Nov 23, 2007; ... There will be a dinner meeting of the Monroe County Democratic Executive Committee (DEC) Monday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Key Colony Beach Inn (you can just order off the menu), 700 W Ocean Dr. (Marathon-area Democrats are asked to arrive at 6 p.m. for a discussion of local issues before the ...
City Commission Is a Total Love Fest
Nov 23, 2007; ... 510 Greene Street Tuesday's city commission meeting was a pre-Thanksgiving love fest, despite the main topic of discussion tending deeply toward pornography and obscenity. Sitting in the sparse audience was the county's vice mayor, Mario Di Gennaro, cheerfully introduced by Mayor ...
Openings Available For Travel Writing Workshop
Nov 23, 2007; ... Have you ever wanted to be able to chronicle your travels but were not quite sure how to start? The annual Travel Writing Workshop held at the Key West Heritage House Museum & Robert Frost Cottage has openings in the Jan. 25-27 and Feb. 1-3 workshops. The workshops are presented by Robert ...
SOUNDINGS
Nov 23, 2007; ... The city is searching for a photo of the Navarro monument in the Key West Cemetery that was taken before it was vandalized. The cemetery's archivist, Jane Newhagen, says the damaged sculptures "cannot be restored until we know what they looked like in their original condition." A grant ...
Sign Language Opens at Lucky Street
Nov 23, 2007; ... Sign Language, new paintings by Alan Peckolick, opens today, Nov. 23, with an artist's reception at Lucky Street Gallery, 1130 Duval St., from 6 to 8 p.m. For several years, Peckolick has been working from his own photo images of signs and lettering on decrepit or abandoned buildings. Transposed ...
Artist Wanted in Marathon
Nov 23, 2007; ... The Bougainvillea House Gallery of Marathon has an opening for a new artist who is at least a part-time resident of the Keys. This co-op gallery is home to 17 local artists representing the entire chain of islands from Key Largo to Key West. Work presently shown are watercolors, ...
College Divers Clean and Inspect the Western Union
Nov 23, 2007; ... Ten divers from the diving technology program at Florida Keys Community College (FKCC) will be on a mission Dec. 1. The mission they have chosen to undertake is to preserve a piece of Key West history. Together with the Schooner Western Union Preservation Society, college divers will perform a ...
Key West Art Center Member Show on Exhibit
Nov 23, 2007; ... The Key West Art Center hosted members and guests at the opening reception for the annual members show on Sunday. Members submitted their newest and best works to this exhibit, which has a long time tradition of opening the winter season. Art Center president, Andy Thurber, welcomed the crowd ...
'Laughing Matters' Brings Island's Comedy Stars to the Red Barn
Nov 23, 2007; ... Red Barn Theatre kicks off the holiday season with a special benefit show to raise start-up funds for its 200708 theatrical season with "Laughing Matters" Nov. 28, 29 and 30 at 8 p.m. Laughter is always the best medicine and Red Barn has filled the prescription with all of your favorite local ...
A Seriously Funny Peter Schickele Expounds on P.D.Q. Bach
Nov 23, 2007; ... The murmur from the audience is lively and expectant. Then there is the voice: "Well ... hello there," in a tone full of depression and apology. The speaker is Peter Schickele, informing us that he is a musicologist on the faculty of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople, whose ...
What We Can Learn From Our Four-Legged Friends
Nov 23, 2007; ... What We Can Learn From Our Four-Legged Friends "Good Dog, Stay." Anna Quindlen Random House, $14.95 reviewed by Jennifer O'Lear If asked, it's a pretty good bet that those who know me will say that I'm a "dog person." Always have been. But what they probably won't say is that ...
Pirates in Paradise Festival's Literature and the Sea Retreat
Nov 23, 2007; ... Mark your calendar for Thursday, Nov. 29, for the annual Literature and the Sea Retreat and join the Pirates in Paradise scurvy crew and visiting authors and historians in town for the 8th annual Pirates in Paradise Festival, which features a host of maritime arts, cultural and literary ...
Cafe Con Libros Is Back
Nov 23, 2007; ... The Monroe County Public Library in Key West begins its annual "Cafe Con Libros" Thursday morning book talk on Nov. 29 at 9:30 a.m. with coffee before the program begins at 10. John Kachuba will visit the library to discuss his book "Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit ...
2008 Library Calendar Available
Nov 23, 2007; ... Back by popular demand - the 2008 Friends of the Library calendar is now available at the May Hill Russell branch of the Monroe County Library, 700 Fleming St. This is the third edition of the Vintage Key West Calendar, this year called Lost Keys. Last year's calendars sold out early in ...
The Custom House Partners With ShopforMuseums.com
Nov 23, 2007; ... Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House has partnered with the national online fundraising program ShopforMuseums.com to promote the holiday season. A portion of each purchase will benefit the exhibition and educational programs of Key West Museum of Art & History at ...