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January 2019: Florida Keys Events

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  • Jan 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2019 Key West Fishing
  • Key West Fishing Tournament
  • Doris Harris 305-923-5934 E-mail Website
  • Anglers of all ages and abilities can target more than 40 species of fish in the Key West Fishing Tournament, a free-entry multidivision challenge that takes place Jan. 1 to Aug. 31, 2019. The tournament features divisions for men, women, junior anglers ages 10 to 15 and Pee Wees under 10 years old — making it ideal for extended families and multigenerational groups who want to share the angling experience.
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  • Jan 3, 2019 Key Largo
  • Orange Bowl Swimming Classic
  • 305- 453-7946 E-mail Website
  • Some of the best college swimmers - and perhaps future Olympians - in the country compete at Jacobs Aquatic Center, mile marker (MM) 99.6 oceanside, in a competition that is part of the celebration surrounding the annual Orange Bowl college football game in Miami. Spectators are invited to attend this free event, meet the swimmers and coaches. Racing is set to begin at 10 a.m.
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  • Jan 3, 2019 - Jan 31, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Studios of Key West presents Four New Exhibitions
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  • Four new exhibitions open in January: O’Miami Poetry Retrospective, West African Portraiture, Portraits by Annie Dillard and Painted Photographs by Larry Blackburn. The public is invited to the opening reception Jan. 3, at The Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton Street for the First Thursday event from 6-8 p.m. Exhibitions by O, Miami, Rhonda Bristol, Annie Dillard, and Larry Blackburn fill all three floors of The Studios’ landmark building in Old Town. The shows remains on view through January 31. Gallery hours are 10am-4pm, Tuesday through Saturday.
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  • Jan 5, 2019 Key West
  • Pole Vault in Paradise presents: Pole Vaulting Champions
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  • Pole Vault in Paradise is a one-day competitive event open to pole vaulters of all ages and abilities. Spectators can watch as top athletes from around the United States join high school, college, and Masters pole vaulters. Admission is free, begins at 9 a.m. and continues throughout the day, at Truman Waterfront Park.
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  • Jan 10, 2019 - Feb 2, 2019 Marathon Arts & Culture
  • Marathon Community Theater presents: Drinking Habits
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  • Drinking Habits takes place during the early 1960s in the impoverished Oregon convent of the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing. Two nuns at the ‘Sisters of Perpetual Sewing’ have been secretly making wine in order to keep their poverty stricken convent afloat - behind the back of their alcohol-detesting Mother Superior. Unbeknownst to them, a local wine (theirs) has won a $500,000 award, and Paul and Sally, two newspaper reporters, who are ex-fiancés, are trying to discover the winning winery and break the story. The reporters go undercover as a nun and a priest, but their presence, combined with the arrival of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves. Show times 8 p.m.
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  • Jan 10, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Key West Theater presents: The Wailers
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  • The legendary Wailers band is carrying its revolutionary sound and message to faithful fans around the world. Steered by famed bassist and founder Aston “Familyman” Barrett, and joined in solidarity with original Wailers Junior Marvin and Donald Kinsey, The Wailers are making musical history! The Wailers promise to not only deliver music and talent perfected over more than 40 years, but thankfully introduces fans to new-generation talent who have ties to the Bob Marley & The Wailers family and legacy. Doors open 7 p.m., show starts 8 p.m., Key West Theater, 512 Eaton St.
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  • Jan 10, 2019 - Jan 20, 2019 Key Largo Arts & Culture
  • Uncorked ... the Key Largo and Islamorada Food & Wine Festival
  • 305-522-1300 E-mail Website
  • The 10-day food, wine and spirits showcase features 30-plus savory events to please virtually every palate and budget, spread among numerous Upper Keys venues with fresh, locally sourced seafood and international-style dishes. The festival's outdoor 'A Grand Tasting,' is set for Jan. 19. What better reason to 'Uncork' and unwind in the Florida Keys. For a complete events schedule, visit website.
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  • Jan 10, 2019 - Jan 20, 2019 Islamorada
  • Uncorked ... the Key Largo and Islamorada Food & Wine Festival
  • 305-522-1300 E-mail Website
  • The 10-day food, wine and spirits showcase features 30-plus savory events to please virtually every palate and budget, spread among numerous Upper Keys venues with fresh, locally sourced seafood and international-style dishes. The festival's outdoor 'A Grand Tasting,' is set for Jan. 19. What better reason to 'Uncork' and unwind in the Florida Keys. For a complete events schedule, visit website.
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  • Jan 11, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Key West Theater presents: Gary Puckett
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  • Gary Puckett and the Union Gap was one of the most successful musical groups of the sixties. Gary's unmistakable signature voice garnered six consecutive gold records and top ten Billboard hits, he has performed on more than thirty network television shows and prime time specials during his career, even adding a command performance for the President and Prince Charles at the White House. Doors open 7 p.m., show starts 8 p.m., Key West Theater, 512 Eaton St.
  • Jan 11, 2019 Marathon
  • Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride
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  • Servicemen and women — many wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan -- are to cycle across the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. The event is staged to provide inspiration and raise funds for their injured comrades recovering in American military hospitals. The ride across the Seven Mile Bridge is part of two days of cycling events in the Keys for the soldiers. The Keys cycling events are organized by the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit, apolitical group whose mission is to raise public awareness and support for the needs of severely injured members of the military. The organization’s cross-country and local bicycle trips provide rehabilitative opportunities for injured soldiers. Come watch and support these amazing veterans. Group is expected to leave Marathon Fire Station around noon, cycle through Marathon, then cross the Seven Mile Bridge.
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  • Jan 13, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Key West Impromptu Concerts presents: Chaz Bowers
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  • Classical organist and improvisational artist Chaz Bowers has delighted audiences from his native Western Pennsylvania to the shores of Bermuda with masterful performances of pieces from the canon of great organ literature. Drawing on his own experience as church organist and the rich traditions of church music, Mr. Bowers presents programs that are designed to inspire. Show starts 4 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
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  • Jan 13, 2019 - Jan 27, 2019 Key West
  • Key West Artisan Market
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  • Art, food, wine, craft beer, shopping and entertainment. Free admission, from 10AM to 2PM at new location, Higgs Beach. January dates, 13 & 27. Bring your reusable bags.
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  • Jan 14, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Friends of the Key West Library Lecture Series presents Madeline Miller
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  • Friends of the Key West Library will present New York Times Best-Selling Novelist Madeline Miller as the first speaker in its popular Monday evening lecture series. The talk will be at the Old City Hall, 510 Greene Street. Miller’s appearance is made possible by the generous support of the Key West Literary Seminar. Ms. Miller’ second novel, Circe, was a Number One New York Times bestseller and was at the top of many Best of 2018 lists. Access to the Meeting Room at Old City Hall at 510 Green Street is at the front of the building by foot up a flight of stairs or by elevator located at the rear of the building. The Duval Loop bus has two nearby stops. Admission is free. The talk begins promptly at 6 p.m. Seating starts at 5:30 on a first come, first served basis.
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  • Jan 19, 2019 Islamorada
  • Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series
  • 1-800-448-7360 Website
  • Hosted by veteran saltwater fishing journalist and broadcaster George Poveromo, the Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series is to kick off at 9 a.m. inside the Performing Arts Center of Coral Shores High School, mile marker 89.9 oceanside in Islamorada. Entering its 32nd year, the National Seminar Series is the nation’s longest-running educational course on recreational marine fishing tactics and techniques. Admission is $55 per person and covers five hours of instruction, a course textbook, a year subscription or extension to Salt Water Sportsman magazine, and various boating and fishing product samples. The grand prize at the conclusion of the Islamorada seminar is a Florida Keys fishing trip. Register online.
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  • Jan 19, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • South Florida Symphony, Porgy and Bess
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  • An American operatic classic and fine orchestral musicianship are to combine for Florida Keys audiences in the South Florida Symphony’s staging of George and Ira Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” An anticipated highlight of the symphony’s 2019 season, the production is to feature a cast of leading African-American vocalists including Neil Nelson as Porgy and Brandie Sutton as Bess. The masterful offering is to open at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at Key West’s Tennessee Williams Theatre, 5901 College Road on the campus of Florida Keys Community College.
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  • Jan 22, 2019 Key West
  • Conch Revival Picnic at Key West Lighthouse & Keeper’s Quarters
  • Tickets 305-295-6616
  • The Key West Art & Historical Society and Isle Cook Key West have teamed up to present a picnic-style Bahamian heritage dinner prepared by acclaimed chefs Martha Hubbard and Dave Furman from 6 to­ 8 p.m. on the grounds of the Key West Lighthouse & Keeper’s Quarters. Tickets $45 for Members and $55 for Non-members.  Kids under 12 admitted free.
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  • Jan 22, 2019 Islamorada Arts & Culture
  • Florida Keys Concert Association presents: Tengku Irfan
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  • This 20-year old Malaysian Julliard student, performer, composer and conductor, had his major debut performance at age 11. Since then he has performed worldwide, winning international contests for his musical compositions. He made his conducting debut with the MusicaNova Orchestra, premiering his “Nocturne.” He has been called “the Malaysian Mozart.” Show starts 7:30 p.m., Island Community Church. Tickets $30 pp.
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  • Jan 23, 2019 - Feb 2, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Studios of Key West presents: I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard
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  • One boozy evening, fiercely competitive actress Ella and her father David deliberate over whether to read the reviews of her Off-Broadway debut... and things unravel from there. This darkly humorous sheds new light on the eternal struggle of parents and children to find common ground. Dates: Jan 23-27, Jan 30-Feb 2 (Wed-Sun) 8p.m. show, 533 Eaton St.
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  • Jan 24, 2019 - Feb 9, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Waterfront Playhouse presents: A Doll's House, Part 2
  • Box-Office (305-294-5015) E-mail Website
  • A Doll's House, Part 2 is the continuation of Henrik Ibsen's classic A Doll's House. Far from being dry or stuffy, ADH, Pt.2 is hilariously funny, whip-smart and resonant to our gender politics. The story picks up 15 years after Nora famously slams the door on her stifling marriage at the conclusion of A Doll's House. In Mr. Hnath's updated version, Nora is now a successful business woman, who finds her husband, daughter and wise-cracking maid to be as changed as she has become. Fireworks explode as the play explores the rules of society and gender. See website for show dates. Show times 8 p.m.
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  • Jan 25, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Rams Head Productions presents: Air Supply at Sunset Green Event Lawn
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  • The trademark sound of Russell Hitchcock's soaring tenor voice and Graham Russell's simple yet majestic songs have created a unique sound that helped Air Supply become a staple of early-'80s radio, producing seven straight Top Five singles. The albums "Lost in Love", "The One That You Love", "Now & Forever", and "The Greatest Hits" sold in excess of 20 million copies during this era. In 2013, the duo was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association's Hall of Fame. Air Supply celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2015 and continue to delight audiences all over the world. Doors open 6:30 p.m., show starts 8 p.m. Sunset Green Event Lawn is a multi-purpose event space located at 24 North Hotel .
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  • Jan 26, 2019 - Jan 20, 2019 Key West
  • Key West Cemetery Stroll
  • Reservations 305-304-1453
  • During the stroll, small groups of visitors will be escorted to gravesites where interpreters will tell the stories of the deceased in brief monologues. The groups are scheduled for departures at 9:30, 9:50, and 10:10. Among the gravesites to be visited are those of Frank Booth. Charles DuPont, William Kerr, Thomas Romer, the Los Martires de Cuba, the Figueredo plot; the Benjamin Albury family restoration, and the USS Maine plot. The tour will take approximately 90 minutes. Participants should wear comfortable shoes and plan to walk over a mile on uneven ground. Bottled water will be provided. A cash donation of $20 pp to the Historic Florida Keys Foundation is recommended with all proceeds devoted to cemetery restoration.  Participants should enter the cemetery by either the Windsor Street or Frances Street gate and go to the registration table on 2nd Ave. Reservations are necessary.
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  • Jan 26, 2019 The Lower Keys Arts & Culture
  • Meet the Fleet Shrimp Boil
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  • Immerse yourself in Keys culture for the annual Key West Food & Wine Festival. Sample the finest fare the Florida Straits have to offer: There’s enough Key West Pink Shrimp — and an array of wines to pair — for everyone to enjoy. Join Matt's Stock Island Kitchen & Bar at The Perry Hotel for a traditional Shrimp boil with the only authentic Key West Shrimp available: Key West Pink Shrimp, Andouille Sausage, Black Bean Fritters, Corn on the Cob, Red Potatoes, Coleslaw, Fresh Bread and Butter, Key Lime Pie.
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  • Jan 27, 2019 Key West
  • Wrecker's Race aboard Schooner America 2.0
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  • All hands on deck!  If you enjoy a good sailboat race, it is an absolute must for you to sail on board the Schooner America 2.0 for the Key West Wreckers Race. In old Key West, ships from afar often ran aground on Sand Key Reef. When all the scallywags in Key West heard there was booty to be had, they jumped in their boats and raced to the reef. The first one there could claim the ship’s cargo! Today, celebrate this Key West tradition with monthly races from January to April. It all starts with the firing of the cannon at 1PM.  Enjoy the excitement aboard Schooner America 2.0 and race to defend the title of fastest schooner in Key West. Beer, wine, champagne, and a boxed lunch are complimentary with your ticket purchase.
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  • Jan 27, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Key West Impromptu Concerts presents: Timothy Chooi
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  • Regarded as one of Canada's most promising and exciting young artists, Timothy Chooi recently was the Bronze Medal Winner of the 2015 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, performed with Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, recorded his debut album, and was featured at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. Show starts at 4 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
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  • Jan 28, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Friends of the Key West Library Lecture Series
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  • Friends of the Key West Library presents young adult novelist Jennifer Brody at its popular Monday evening lecture series. The talk will take place at the Old City Hall, 510 Greene St. Brody is the author of the Continuum series of young adult novels: The 13th Continuum, Return of the Continuums and The United Continuums. Access to the Meeting Room at Old City Hall is at the front of the building by foot up a flight of stairs or by elevator located at the rear of the building. The Duval Loop bus has two nearby stops. Admission to the lectures is free. The talk begins promptly at 6:00 p.m. Seating starts at 5:30 on a first come, first served basis.
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  • Jan 31, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Old Island Restoration Foundation presents: Snow Philip, the Architecture of Key West
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  • Key West is the largest historical district of wooden structures on the US Department of the Interior’s National Register of Historic Places. The charm of Old Town can be attributed to the eclectic mix of over 3,000 wooden buildings constructed throughout the 19-Century; some of which were built in the Bahamas and brought to Key West. In her presentation, art historian Snow Philip will discuss the wide variety of styles and influences that led to Key West’s unique architectural fusion. From 6-7 p.m. Admission: $10, OIRF members $5
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  • Jan 26, 2020 - Oct 8, 2019 Key West Arts & Culture
  • Impromptu Classical Concerts presents: Trio Gaspard
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  • Trio Gaspard, whose members are from Germany, Greece and the UK, is one of the most sought-after trios of its generation. Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Vashti Hunter (cello) and Nicholas Rimmer (piano) have been invited to perform regularly at major international concert halls like Wigmore Hall and the Berlin Philharmonie. They have been winners of three major international competitions since their inception in 2010. All Impromptu Classical Concerts are at 4:00 PM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 401 Duval St. in Old Town.
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