Solares Hill back issues from March 2008:
New Health Care Center Is a Unique Fusion
Mar 07, 2008; ... Key West is witness once again to a merger not often seen, if at all, anywhere else in the nation. Today, March 7, is the opening of a new comprehensive health care service that combines the Monroe County Health Department's clinic, previously housed at DePoo, with the Old Town Community ...
U. S. Government States Its Opposition
Mar 07, 2008; ... 510 Greene St. Both the government of the United States and the state of Florida expressed antipathy to the settlement agreement approved at Tuesday's city commission meeting that gives Truman Annex property owners the right to maintain a guard-house on Southard Street and restrict ...
Solares Hill 10 Years Ago
Mar 07, 2008; ... * Ten years ago this week, Solares Hill's big story covered foreign workers who were coming to Key West "at a rate rumored to be 30 arrivals a month," a subject that was "not something the Immigration and Naturalization service is prepared to discuss in detail." Our investigation ...
Auction Fever and Martini for Collectors
Mar 07, 2008; ... Art collectors, fans of contemporary culture and those who enjoy a lively evening may look forward to next week when the annual Sculpture Key West Sally Port Auction takes place. Set for Wednesday, March 12, the auction is the major fund-raising event for Sculpture Key West, whose two ...
Audubon Society Monthly Meeting
Mar 07, 2008; ... The Florida Keys Audubon Society will hold its monthly meeting, Monday, March 10, at Indigenous Park. The Speaker is Susan Nugent, author of "Women Conserving the Florida Keys." The book examines the roots of conservation in the lives of 11 women who have organized and energized others ...
SOUNDINGS
Mar 07, 2008; ... The highly Pythagorean tetrahedron erupting at Sculpture Key West at Fort Zach is "a dream of the future," said Jimmy Wray, a teacher at Home School 2 who has been working with some of the kids in our photo since fourth grade. The students will be creating electricity from nothing but ...
Art Behind Bars Celebrates Its 1,000th Class
Mar 07, 2008; ... Today, March 7, Art Behind Bars celebrates its 1,000th class with an Upper Duval Cell Block Gallery walk from 6 to 8 p.m. and party at Square One from 8 to 10 p.m. The gallery walk is a progressive cocktail party that will showcase highlights of Art Behind Bars' extensive inmate art collection, ...
Enter Your Plants in the Orchid Show
Mar 07, 2008; ... The Key West Orchid Society holds an AOS-judged orchid show Thursday through Saturday, March 7-9, at West Martello Tower from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Membership is not required to show your orchids. You only need to know the name of your plant(s) and make sure they are clean and clear of ...
Spring Palm Tree Sale and Camp Scholarship Fundraiser
Mar 07, 2008; ... Special Christmas Palms Adonida Merrilli multistem/3-gallon pot/3 feet tall will be on sale $6 each on Saturday, March 8, from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. at the Educational Coalition for Monroe Count (ECMC) fruit stand, MM 50 Gulf side, Marathon. This highly salt tolerant old Keys favorite is suitable ...
Island Arts Gallery Open House
Mar 07, 2008; ... Island Arts, 1128 Duval, is having an open house the evening of Thursday, March 13, from 6 to 9 p.m. One of the oldest co-ops in Key West, Island Arts provides a view of ...
Susan Rodgers and Phyllis Rose: A Modernist and a Romantic at Lucky Street Gallery
Mar 07, 2008; ... Susan Rodgers and Phyllis Rose: A Modernist and a Romantic at Lucky Street Gallery A study in contrasts awaits the viewer of the exhibit at Lucky Street Gallery, 1130 Duval, from March 13 to April 2, with a reception on Thursday, March 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. Susan Rodgers is known ...
Jazz Vocalist Libby York in Concert at Tennessee Williams
Mar 07, 2008; ... Jazz vocalist Libby York celebrates the release of her third CD, "Here With You," in concert on Sunday, March 9, at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Williams Cabaret Theatre. This concert previews York's March 14 Metropolitan Room appearance in New York City with guitarist Russell Malone. Joining ...
Hot Havana Nights at the Botanical Garden
Mar 07, 2008; ... On Saturday, March 8. the Botanical Garden holds Havana Nights, one of the hottest parties of the year. The evening features live entertainment with Havana Soul, a 10-piece Cuban band, and surprises throughout the evening. An original oil painting of ...
Carrying Freedom of Speech to Extremes Is Counterintuitive
Mar 07, 2008; ... Carrying Freedom of Speech to Extremes Is Counterintuitive "Freedom for the Thought That We Hate" Anthony Lewis Basic Books, $25 reviewed by John French Pulitzer Prize winning author Anthony Lewis has written a "Biography of the First Amendment" titled "Freedom for the Thought ...
Book Sale at the Key West Library
Mar 07, 2008; ... The monthly Friends of the Key West Library book sale takes place today, March 7, from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the Palm Garden at the Key West branch of the Monroe County library, 700 Fleming St. Traditionally held on the first Saturday of the month, the popular book sale was forced ...
Comedy, Heartache and Hollywood at the Tropic
Mar 07, 2008; ... Opens Today: "The Savages" See Shirrel Rhoades' review on page 17. Oscar Nominations for Best Actress and Best Screenplay. Independent Spirit Award Winner for Best Actor and Best Screenplay. Rated R. Runtime 1 hour 55 minutes. Showtimes (in ...
'The Savages' Tackles the Grim Reality of an Aging Parent
Mar 07, 2008; ... Front Row at the Movies 'The Savages' Tackles the Grim Reality of an Aging Parent reviewed by Shirrel Rhoades I used to publish a group of newsletters, one of them called The Eldercare Letter. Its purpose was to help grown-up sons and daughters deal with parents who are ...
Jon McIntosh at Gingerbread Square Gallery
Mar 07, 2008; ... Jon McIntosh's one-man exhibition of paintings opens on Monday, March 10, at Gingerbread Square Gallery with a reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. This exhibition of works by the Key West artist is his sixth show at the gallery and will continue through March 16. This year's show is a leap ...
C.J. Groth's Photography at Gallery 007
Mar 07, 2008; ... Gallery 007 presents recent photographs by C.J. Groth. The show, titled Through Other Eyes, is a collection of striking new images from Key West and the Florida ...
Jo Cooper at Art @ 830
Mar 07, 2008; ... Long-time local artist Tony Gregory and partner Christine Scarsella of Art @ 830, located next to Harpoon Harry's at 830 Caroline St., recently renovated their gallery and invite the public to a show of local artist Jo Cooper's paintings on Wednesday, March 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. Cooper ...
Jewelry Fundraiser for the FKSPCA
Mar 07, 2008; ... For the past two years, Ellen and Steven Cohen, owners of June and David, a company that sells upscale costume jewelry from Europe, Asia and around the world, have held a fundraiser to benefit the FKSPCA. This popular annual event was placed in jeopardy following Steve Cohen's recent untimely ...
Overseas Railroad and Freight Car Ferries
Mar 07, 2008; ... The Key West Maritime Historical Society of the Florida Keys invites the public to the Key West Library for a free public lecture and multi-media presentation on the construction of the Overseas Railroad and the large steam ferries used to transport freight cars between Key West and Havana, ...
How Green is Our Town?
Mar 14, 2008; ... At the commission meeting on March 4, the City of Key West resolved to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by the year 2015. In presenting the resolution to the commissioners, the city's eco-consultant, Jodi Smith Williams, gave an overview of Key West's carbon footprint in ...
Oh, Those Incredible Tug Boats
Mar 14, 2008; ... For years, if you looked out on the boats in the Key West Bight you would have seen two tugboats, red and black, with an F painted on the stacks. They belonged to Jimmy Felton, whose family owned the Â&B marina since 1945, and they were the sole local tup to help ships arriving and departing ...
Have You Met Michelangelo?
Mar 14, 2008; ... No, no, not Michelangelo the ceiling guy. The other Michelangelo. Michelangelo Peluso from West Philadelphia, a friend of mine. Today he is 86 years old and lives in his van. He has been doing this in Key West every winter for the past 36 years. Each day at 4 p.m. I bring him his ...
SOUNDINGS
Mar 14, 2008; ... The North Pacific Gyre is a clockwise vertex of ocean currents that has accumulated so much waste debris that it is now known colloquially as the Pacific Trash Vortex. Today it is estimated the swirl contains 3,340,000 pieces of plastic per square kilometer. (Trawls at depths of 30 feet ...
Mary O'Shea Donates Art to AIDS Help Art Auction
Mar 14, 2008; ... In acknowledgement of the work that AIDS Help has done in our town, Mary O'Shea has donated one of her most outstanding glass fishes, "Barracuda Bubba." This fish will be part of their Art Auction taking place March 16 in the Grand Ballroom at the Casa Marina. "Barracuda" is a tall drink of ...
Irma Quigley Exhibit at Joy Gallery
Mar 14, 2008; ... Forty years ago a young navy family arrived in Key West. With temporary quarters at the Banana Bay Resort on Roosevelt Boulevard, Irma and Joe Quigley were waiting for the construction to end on their new home in Key Haven. Like many other women of her time, she was juggling a family, a home and ...
Katharine Doughty Exhibit at Coffee Plantation
Mar 14, 2008; ... The bright rooms of Coffee Plantation at 713 Caroline St. continue to provide a welcome venue for local art. Featured in the center room exhibit are figure paintings by artist Katharine Doughty. Bold, colorful figures walking solo and in groups are the subject of several works, others show a ...
Closing Reception for Cricket Desmarais' Exhibition
Mar 14, 2008; ... The Studios of Key West is currently exhibiting bold new images and text gathered by writer Cricket Desmarais on journalistic visits to Cuba in 2007. The body of mixed-media works, "Poetic Just Is," is on view at the Key West Armory until March 27. The pictures reveal Desmarais' investigation ...
Canine Comedy 'Sylvia' Back at the Red Barn
Mar 14, 2008; ... Red Barn Theatre goes back to the dogs with the revival of playwright A.R. Gurney's romantic comedy "Sylvia" opening on Tuesday, March 18. The smash Broadway hit, first staged at the Barn in 1997, returns with all its biting wit directed by Joy Hawkins and starring original cast members Marjorie ...
Auction Fever II
Mar 14, 2008; ... Hot on the heels of the Art Behind Bars benefit sale and the Sculpture Key West auction, the annual AIDS Help Art Auction makes its appearance this weekend on Sunday, March 16. Current art events around town include a show of Marilyn Palley's totemic body sculpture opening tonight at Kent ...
Coote/Bailey Exhibit: Hidden Roots
Mar 14, 2008; ... Titled "Hidden Roots," Priscilla Coote and Conch sculptor Ronnie Bailey combine talents to present a taste of the real Keys to those who know and remember, as well as those who would like to experience what it is that makes this place so special to so many. The public is invited to view their ...
Skraeling at Schooner Wharf Bar
Mar 14, 2008; ... Fusing catchy originals with modern versions of traditional Celtic and Maritime folk, fiddle tunes and fresh takes on rock and country favorites, Skraeling's sound is spirited and new. The band features ...
Everyone's Irish on March 17 at Schooner Wharf Bar
Mar 14, 2008; ... Join the rest of the leprechauns for green beer, green schnapps and the luck of the Irish ... whiskey, that is. Celebrate by wearing green, getting pinched and sipping drink specials. Enjoy your traditional corned beef and cabbage prepared by the Schooner galley. It is much ...
Opera Stars Coming to Key West
Mar 14, 2008; ... Island Opera Theatre and the FKCC Keys Chorale present OperaFest on Sunday, March 16, at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Williams Theatre. The best operatic voices of the Keys will join forces with world-renowned artists Boston bass-baritone David Gushing, New York City Opera tenor Bruce Reed, ...
How the Search for Nutrition Made Us Fat and Sick, and How to Get Better
Mar 14, 2008; ... How the Search for Nutrition Made Us Fat and Sick, and How to Get Better In Defense of Food Michael Pollan Penguin, $21.95 reviewed by Nancy Klingener A few years ago when my husband lost some weight, he had this great idea for how we could get rich. He could write a book sharing ...
Carey Winfrey at Friends of Library Lecture Series
Mar 14, 2008; ... The Friends of the Library Lecture Series continues on Monday, March 17, with a slide presentation by Carey Winfrey, editor of Smithsonian Magazine. The program begins at 6 p.m. and will be held at the home of the lecture series, The Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton St. Admission to the lecture is free ...
Family and Friendships - Faraway and at Home - at the Tropic
Mar 14, 2008; ... "Persepolis" Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature. Golden Globe and European Film Awards nominations for Best Film. Winner of "Most Popular" film award at festivals around the world. With amazing wit and heart, this award-winning animated feature tells the ...
'The Kite Runner' Soars at the Tropic
Mar 14, 2008; ... 'The Kite Runner' Soars at the Tropic reviewed by Shirrel Rhoades On CNN we watched our troops invade Afghanistan, yet had little insight into the lives of the Afghani people. Turns out, they are much more like you and me than you might think as you look at your television ...
John Martini's Lighthearted Monoprints
Mar 14, 2008; ... John Martini's Lighthearted Monoprints John Martini's latest exhibition at Lucky Street Gallery presented a lively group of new monoprints shimmering with bright energy. The monoprints explore color and shape with fresh and breezy gestures, and seem to have clearly delighted their ...
A Hippie Grandpa's Critical New Do
Mar 21, 2008; ... I had three goals to accomplish last year in anticipation of my 40th birthday. 1) Clean out the closet and buy clothes more age-appropriate. 2) Renovate the house and paint the walls. 3) Cut my hair. The Glad Tidings mission got several bags of shirts and pants I ...
My Very Own Survey Team
Mar 21, 2008; ... After many years of having people criticize me, make negative comments to me and in some cases just be rude, I take this opportunity to brag openly about my large family of 11 children. Years ago, in the late 1950s, the government frowned on large families. People decided to cut back on ...
Linda Egan Mounts Debut Solo Show at East Martello
Mar 21, 2008; ... Artists of all ilks come to Key West for a congenial place to ply their arts. But occasionally seemingly ordinary folks come here - and Key West creates artists out of carpenters, medical techs, kindergarten teachers and Navy lifers. Such is the case of native New Englander and medical ...
WomanKind offers HPV Vaccine
Mar 21, 2008; ... WomanKind offers the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) to qualified uninsured patients through funding from the Zonta Club of Key West. The vaccine protects against four types of HPV, which are responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancers. WomanKind's mission is to provide ...
Sandy Mezinis' Painting Is the Selected Raffle Entry
Mar 21, 2008; ... Marathon artist Sandy Mezinis presents her original watercolor "Coconut Palms," for the Florida Keys Watercolor Society's 26th annual exhibition. The event is now showing in the main gallery of the Marathon Community Theatre (MM 49.5 ocean). Viewers can see the raffle painting and ...
SOUNDINGS
Mar 21, 2008; ... A moment in last Sunday OperaFest may be one of the most exquisite we have ever experienced in opera. Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers," once voted the single piece of opera music that Australians could not live without (they love two guys crooning at each other Down Under), is a male duet ...
'Sylvia' Puts on the Dog at the Red Barn
Mar 21, 2008; ... 'Sylvia' Puts on the Dog at the Red Barn Ostensibly, A.R. Gurney's "Sylvia" is about a middle-aged couple living on New York's Upper West Side, struggling with the, some might say, inevitable problem of reinventing a marriage after your children have left home. Their efforts are ...
Mind-Boggling ROGOS, Barack Obama and More
Mar 21, 2008; ... view from the hill Key West gets two assistant city managers to replace the retiring (actually very unretiring) John Jones. Starting on April 21 as the assistant city manager for administration is Mark Finigan, currently employed by the Cortex Companies. The assistant city manager for ...
Waterfront Playhouse Hosts Charity Bridge Tournament
Mar 21, 2008; ... The Key West Players at the Waterfront Playhouse are hosting an evening of party bridge at the Yacht Club on Tuesday, April 1, beginning at 6 p.m. Check-in is 5:45 p.m. Entry fee is $50 per person and proceeds will benefit the theater. All skill levels are welcome. Top scorers will ...
'Fit For a King' KWSO's Master Concert No. 3
Mar 21, 2008; ... 'Fit For a King' KWSO's Master Concert No. 3 The Key West Symphony Orchestra closes ite 10th Anniversary Master Concert season with "Fit for a King" on April 4 and 5 at the Tennessee Williams Theatre, 5901 College Road. Under the skillful leadership of music director and ...
Pamela Kostmayer and Perry Arnold at Harrison Gallery
Mar 21, 2008; ... Pamela Kostmayer and Perry Arnold at Harrison Gallery Perry Arnold, whose burnt wood sculpture may be seen in the Sculpture Key West exhibition at West Martello Tower, has been paired with Pamela Kostmayer, a painter, in a new show at Harrison Gallery. The two artists, who are neighbors ...
Good Friday Service Features Cantata by Dubois
Mar 21, 2008; ... The Key West United Methodist Church Chancel Choir performs the sacred cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ" by Theodore Dubois, during the Good Friday Service, March 21, at 7 p.m. "We have quite a few members of the FKCC Keys Chorale that will be assisting us in this performance," ...
Though You May Be a Parent, You Are Still a Human
Mar 21, 2008; ... Though You May Be a Parent, You Are Still a Human "The Gay Uncle's Guide to Parenting" Brett Berk Three Rivers Press $13.95 reviewed by Jennifer O'Lear The Uncles - biological and otherwise - I recall from childhood could have come straight from Central Casting. And though they ...
GLEE Expo Has Limited Openings for Exhibitors
Mar 21, 2008; ... It's not too late for exhibitors who would like to show off their wares at the annual Green Living Energy & Education (GLEE) Expo planned for May 9-11 at Marathon High School. According to Expo coordinator Melanie Elder, space for businesses that wish to display their green products ...
Michael Mewshaw at the Friends of Library Monday Night Lecture Series
Mar 21, 2008; ... The Friends of the Library Lecture Series continues on Monday, March 24, when well-known novelist and world traveler Michael Mewshaw discusses the many exotic places he has visited and reflects on how they have influenced his writing. The program begins at 6 p.m. and will be held at the Tropic ...
Mystery Writer Michael Haskins at Books & Coffee
Mar 21, 2008; ... Key West mystery writer Michael Haskins is the March guest speaker at Marathon's Friends of the Library's Books & Coffee meeting, from 1 till 2:30 p.m., Thursday, March 27, at the Presbyterian Kirk of the Keys Church at 8877 Overseas Highway, between 88th and 89th streets. Haskins' ...
CAMP and Careers 2008 Now Accepting Applications
Mar 21, 2008; ... The Educational Coalition for Monroe County (ECMC), in collaboration with Monroe County School District and Florida Keys Community College, presents the Cultural American Music Program (CAMP) and Careers 2008. Applications are currently being accepted for the sixth annual program from 7th-12th ...
Intrigue, Comedy, an Award-Winner and Opera at the Tropic
Mar 21, 2008; ... Opens Today: "The Other Boleyn Girl" Against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history, beautiful sisters Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn are driven by their family's blind ambition to compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry ...
Who Wants to Hear About 'Horton'?
Mar 21, 2008; ... Front Row at the Movies Who Wants to Hear About 'Horton'? reviewed by Shirrel Rhoades I'm sitting here reading a book about an elephant who decides to help out a microscopic city located on a speck of dust. Sounds like a sci-fi tale, doesn't it? You know, like "Fantastic ...
Coral Reefs Brochure Now Available
Mar 21, 2008; ... An updated version of Reef Reliefs educational brochure, Coral Reefs, is now available for visitors and residents throughout the Florida Keys. "This is Reef Reliefs key printed educational piece on why and how to protect coral reefs, with tips for divers, snorkelers, boaters and ...
Key West Phantasmagoria
Mar 28, 2008; ... Two new novels put the spotlight on Key West 'Cayo Hueso/Cuba Libre" is a political thriller by former Key West reporter and associate editor Michael Ritchie. "Chasin' the Wind" is a mystery novel by former Key West business editor and publicist Michael Haskins. Both ...
Wrecker's Cup Race Series Continues
Mar 28, 2008; ... The third of four races in the 2008 Schooner Wharf Bar Wrecker's Cup Race Series is set for Sunday, , March 30. This is an allin-fun 7-mile drag race to Sand Key. Racers will compete in five different classes: Classic, Schooner, Monohull over 30 feet, Monohull under 30 feet and ...
'Shutter' Develops Into a Scary Picture
Mar 28, 2008; ... Front Row at the Movies 'Shutter' Develops Into a Scary Picture Yesterday I was just re-reading a Sherlock Holmes novel (I like to do this every few years) and I was reminded that Arthur Conan Doyle, the turn-of the-century author of these classic detective stories about a man of ...
Watercolor Society's Judged Exhibition
Mar 28, 2008; ... The Florida Keys Watercolor Society continues its 26th annual judged exhibition in the Main Gallery of the Marathon Community Theater (MM 49.5 Oceanside). The show is open daily with no admission charge from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m through April 6. More than 60 original watercolors are on ...