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Going On
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Parrotheads flock to the Smokin’ Tuna Wednesday evening for live music on Charles
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Backcountry diving off Sugarloaf Key.
THIS JUST IN:
Florida Keys Wildlife Refuges
Photo Club Meeting Wednesday
Looking for a new adventure? Attend a
meeting of the newly formed Photography
Club, sponsored by the Florida Keys National
Wildlife Refuges and Friends group, FAVOR.
All are welcome, from beginners wanting to
learn, to experienced photographers who want
to share their expertise. Explore the natural
areas of the Florida Keys looking for great photography opportunities and stories to share.
The meeting is scheduled from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday at the National Key Deer Refuge
Visitor Center in the Winn-Dixie plaza on Big
Pine Key. For information, call Kristie 305-3049625.
p.m. Friday. Chamber members are invited to
grab a lunch to go and join in the discussion
on recycling and trash removal as it relates
to our local businesses. Representatives from
Monroe County Recycling, Waste Management
and GLEE will be on hand to answer questions
about how businesses can improve recycling
in the Lower Keys.
First Friday Picnic and Social
The Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce
is hosting its first “First Friday” picnic in the
park at the Chamber grounds, MM 31, at 12
Fat Tuesday’s 3rd Annual Pink Party, during
Fantasy Fest, raised $1000 for the American
Cancer Society’s fight against breast cancer.
Also, the Chamber is joining forces with All
Keys Gas to host a fun-filled Chamber Business
Social at Sugarloaf KOA from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Nov. 13. There will be burgers and hotdogs,
beer, a cash bar, live music and great raffle
items.
Jazz Dance Basics Mini-Series
The Jazz Dance Basics Mini-Series with
Sheila Bellefleur will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12
p.m. for three consecutive Fridays, beginning
this Friday. Bellefleur is the founder (1981)
and artistic director of the jazz ballet company
Casco Bay Movers. In 1988, she received an
Artist in Residence Grant from The National
Endowment for the Arts through the Partners
of the Americas to teach, choreograph and
research dance in Brazil. Move, dance, have
fun and enjoy a full body work out to the
groove of jazz, soul and R&B music. For information and pricing, call 305-296-9982 or go to
coffeemilldance.com.
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Grand opening:
Dog Tired Studio
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og Tired Studio and
Gallery, located at
1011 Whitehead St.,
will hosts its grand
opening reception from 6
to 9 p.m. Friday.
Dog Tired is owned and
operated by local artist
Sean P. Callahan, who has
been living in Key West for
the past seven years
Callahan has been working and teaching watercolors for over 20 years
and has recently created
the official portrait of the
Headdress Ball, the cover
of Keys Culture Magazine
2014, cover of Art Guide of
Key West 2013, murals in
the Bahamas and Key West
for Bay street Station and
AIDSHelp.
He is a recipient of a
grant from the Keys Arts
Council this year which
has helped him realize this
dream. His pet portraits
Dog Tired Studio and Gallery, located at 1011 Whitehead St.
have been featured in the
Orvis Catalog.
Callahan has brought
along a few friends with
him whose works will be
shown:
George Petropolous from
Charleston, S.C., whose
photos have graced the
covers of magazines will
show his portraits and
landscapes alongside oil
painter Greg Little, who has
won many awards for his
beautiful and rich oil paintings.
Artist Chris Lopez is
originally from Barcelona
and now lives in Fort
Lauderdale. Lopez works in
many mediums, but will be
showing his oil portraits on
composite wood.
Woodblock artist
Charles Garrett, from San
Francisco, Calif., creates
woodblocks and prints that
are stunningly beautiful.
Key West Chalk Festival
amps up for 3rd annual event
egistration is now open for chalk artists and artisan
vendors for the 3rd Annual Key West Chalk Festival,
presented by the Key West Art in Public Places
Board and set for Nov. 19 through 23 along the Truman
Waterfront promenade, adjacent to the USCGC Ingham
Museum.
Chalk artists may download a registration form
from the AIPP website at artinpublicplaceskw.
com. Artists of all mediums interested in
participating in a limited Chalk Festival
artisan market may email [email protected].
Chalkers of all ages and calibers
are invited to participate. Registration
is free and prizes will be awarded in student and adult categories.
A roster of chalk artists registered to date
encompasses a scope of mastery ranging from
novice to world-renowned and includes Matthew
May from Netherlands Street Art Wilhelmshaven, Tony
Cuboliquido from Italy, Philippenzo Madonnaro from
Russia, Ketty Grossi from Italy, Michael Las Casas from
Ft. Lauderdale, Sarasota based artists Stig Lindow and
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Truman Adams, Joan Finn from St. Louis, and Key West
based artists Sean P. Callahan, Billy Cartledge, Dea Celani,
Carrie Disrud, Gail Drecher, Alexandra Durso, Denise
Graham, Jack Hackett, Garth Holtkamp, Alisa Mealor,
Mac McCausland, Lucy Paige, Suzanne Pereira, Jane
Rohrschneider, Ronda Rinald, Madek Uthurunku, Amber
Walsh, Rick Worth, with a children’s group from Key West
Montessori Charter School and students from the Key
West High School arts program.
Sponsored in part by the Florida Keys Council
of the Arts and The Key West Art and Historical
Society, the Key West Chalk Festival follows
street painting traditions that originated
in 16th century Renaissance Italy
when artists began transforming
streets into canvas using chalk.
The Key West Chalk Festival is a familyfriendly, pet-friendly event, free and open to
the public. Ongoing information and updates
are available on the Key West Chalk Festival
Facebook page.
For more information, contact Michael Shields at 305394-3804.
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music scene music scene music scene music scene music scene
patrons throughout the
Southeast know the band
delivers a killer show every
time.
HOG’S BREATH
SALOON
400 Front St.
The Mike Veal Band
The Mike Veal Band,
Atlanta’s favorite party
band, brings its energy
and excitement to the
Hog’s Breath for the latenight gig, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Monday through Nov. 16.
The band plays a hot
combination of blues, rock
and funk. Diverse musical
backgrounds and regional
influences color each
member’s contribution to
the tight sound for which
the band is admired.
Atlanta partiers and club
Thu • Nov 6 • 9pm
Happy Dog
“Folk, Funk, Newsgrass Rockers”
Mike Willis
Willis is a singer-songwriter based in Nashville,
Tenn. and originally from
Decatur, Ga. He has played
in a range of venues across
United States, England and
China and now he’s playing
at the Hog’s Breath from
5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday
through Nov. 16.
Willis has opened for
and shared the stage with
a range of nationally and
internationally known acts
including Sugarland, John
Mayer, Shawn Mullins,
Ronnie Milsap and more.
He’s been a performing
member of Buffalo Roam,
Tailgate South and The
Escape Artists and in 2011,
Oyster Johnny plays at Schooner Wharf Friday and Saturday.
song writing. It’s standard
girl/guy relationship stuff,
but Willis employs turns of
phrase that set him apart.
SCHOONER WHARF
202 William St.
Mike Willis plays at the Hog’s Breath next week.
he founded one of Music
City’s hottest up and coming bands, The Cumberland
Collective.
An artist in the truest
sense of the word, Mike
Willis puts the music first. “I
like to think that my songs
are inspired by and lead
toward hope and self-accep-
tance. Ultimately, I strive to
create music as an extension
of myself,” he said.
Willis grabs an audience
with a superb, understated
finger-picking guitar style
and a sweet tenor voice
that’s capable of delivering
the intimate, personal emotions that he expresses in his
Today
Friday and Saturday
Michael McCloud and
Friends
12 to 5 p.m.
Oyster Johnny And The
A200 Band
7 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Magic of Frank Everhart
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Michael McCloud
12 to 5 p.m.
Southern Drawl Band
7 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Magic of Frank Everhart
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Fri, Sat • Nov 7, 8 • 10pm
Albert Castiglia
Sunday
Michael McCloud and
Friends
12 to 5 p.m.
The Doerfels
6:30 to 11 p.m.
“Blues Music Award Nominee”
World Famous T-Shirts • Raw Bar • Restaurant
Happy Hour Daily • 5-7 pm
Entertainment from 1pm til 2am
Fri, Sat, Sun “Soundchecks” 5:30
NFL Sunday Ticket
1pm Sunday Jazz Showcase
7pm • Monday Night Bingo
Wed • Nov 12 • 8pm
THURSDAY
November 6
FRIDAY
November 7
SATURDAY
November 8
SUNDAY
November 9
MONDAY
November 10
TUESDAY
November 11
WEDNESDAY
November 12
Green Parrot Ukulele
Association Meeting
Joel
Nelson
Kenny &
Cuda
Kenny &
Cuda
Sunday
NFL
Zack
Seemiller
Joel
Nelson
Joel
Nelson
Wed • Nov 12 • 11pm
KW Film Fest After Party
Cliff Cody
Cliff Cody
Cliff Cody
Cliff Cody
Mike Willis
Mike Willis
Mike Willis
Mike Veal
Band
Mike Veal
Band
Mike Veal
Band
Jessie Brown Jessie Brown Jessie Brown Jessie Brown
Band
Band
Band
Band
The Key Lime Pirates
With Special Guest Jim Woods
“Rock, Reggae & Funk”
Green Parrot
400 Front Street • Across the street from Sunset
KEY WEST
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Remember:
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Magic of Frank Everhart
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Monday
Raven Cooper
12 to 5 p.m.
The Happy Dog Band
7 to 11 p.m.
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Gary Hempsey
12 to 5 p.m.
Raven Cooper
7 to 11 p.m.
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Tres Caballeros will play
Sunday Nov. 9, from 5-7:30
p.m. at the Gardens Hotel.
The band features Din Allen
on nylon string guitar/
vocals, (English, Spanish
and Portugese lyrics), and
Skippo on drums and percussion, with special debut
guest, Mark Rose, on flute
and the sax.
Wednesday
Michael McCloud
12 to 5 p.m.
Tim Hollohan
7 to 11 p.m.
Magic of Frank Everhart
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
THE GREEN PARROT
Saturday and at 5:30 p.m.
on Sunday.
Albert was just nominated for “song of the
year” at the 30th Blues
Music Awards in Memphis
and was hailed in
Blues Revue magazine as one of “Ten To
Watch”, the editors of the
prestigious blues publication thought enough
of Castiglia’s talents to
include his name on a list
of “…ten artists who just
might shape the way blues
is heard (and seen) in the
future.”
Castiglia is a man not
without an impressive
resume. He was lead guitarist and vocalist for the
Miami Blues Authority
for seven years, named
Miami’s best Blues guitarist by Miami New Times
magazine, and later
became lead guitarist and
vocalist for the legendary
Junior Wells. Since Wells’
death, Albert continued
with Hoodoo Man’s Band,
and then toured with
Sandra Hall.
Ukulele Night
The Green Parrot
Ukulele Association will
hold their monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday
with co-hosts Jeff Clarke
and Tim McAlpine.
For those who have
never been to a meeting, they are outstanding,
featuring an ever-growing
congregation of uke-bearing aficionados, most of
whom crowded the stage
for nimble and professional sing-along covers
of popular songs which
making for a lively night of
home-grown music guaranteed to put a smile on
your face.
“It is obvious from recent
month’s turnouts that there
is a serious Key West ukulele scene simmering just
below the surface,” said
John Vagnoni, Green Parrot
manager. “We also see this
as a unique way for Key
Westers to meet people and
make music at the same
time.”
Come to just listen or
join in. Dig out that old
ukulele from your attic or
601 Whitehead St.
The Happy Dog
Recently returned from
Philadelphia to The Florida
Keys, Folk/Funk/Newgrass
Rockers The Happy Dog
will appear at the Parrot at
9 p.m. today.
Albert Castiglia
Miami’s Albert Castiglia
will play shows at 5:30
and 10 p.m. Friday and
Albert Castiglia plays the blues at the Parrot this weekend.
Jefff Harris entertains at Irish
Kevin’s.
The Key Lime Pirates
closet and strum your way
into a four-string stupor
at Green Parrot Ukulele
night, Key West’s only ukulele-powered jam session.
Art Imitating Life
Imitating Art
Spotlighting the junction
of music, film and reality, beginning at 11 p.m.
Wednesday, the Green
Parrot Bar will host an
after-party following The
Key West Film Festival’s
screening of the newlyreleased documentary,
“The Front Man.”
The Front Man tells the
true story of Jim Woods, a
charismatic musician who,
disillusioned by the broken
promise of rock ‘n roll, but
still plagued by dreams of
stardom, goes on a 27-year
journey in search of the
meaning of success.
As a way of fusing the
vision of the documentarian with the reality of a the
working-musician, Front
Man’s star and inspiration
Jim Woods will take the
stage to do a few songs with
The Key Lime Pirates one of
Key West hottest emerging
bands featuring rock, reggae and funk from three of
Key West’s most sought-out
musicians: Jeff Clark, Claire
Finley and Randy Morrow.
Brazilian and Cuban
grooves, soul, pop, classic
American song book jazz
standards, world beat and
originals.
THE GARDENS
JEFF HARRIS
526 Angela St.
Today
Jimmy Olson on the piano,
5 to 7 p.m.
Friday
Michael Robinson on the
piano, 5 to 7 p.m.
Saturday
William Johnson on the
piano 5 to 7 p.m.
Sunday
The Skipper Kripitz Band
at Jazz in the Gardens, 5 to
7:30 p.m.
The band features Din
Allen on nylon string guitar and vocals, (English,
Spanish and Portugese
lyrics), and Skippo on
drums and percussion,
with special debut guest,
Mark Rose, on the flute
and sax. These infamous
banditos of romantic
melodies will display their
trademark musical blend,
from “south of the border
and beyond.” The music
styles include Caribbean,
All shows are at Irish
Kevin’s Bar, 211 Duval St.
Saturday, 7 to 11 p.m.
Sunday, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Monday, 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
90 MILE LOUNGE
300 Front St.
All shows start at 8:30 p.m.
• Today
Woody Jenkins Project
• Friday
Moose and Bullet Proof
Blues Band
• Saturday
Woody Jenkins Project
• Sunday
Larry Baeder
• Monday
Larry Baeder
• Tuesday
Ericson Holt
• Wednesday
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blood is thicker
than poetry
I
VENUE: The Red
Barn Theatre, runs
through Nov. 22
CAST: Tony Konrath,
Vanessa McCaffrey,
Peggy Montgomery,
Melody G. Moore,
Bob Bowersox, Tom
Murtha
PLAYWRIGHT: Bob
Bowersox
DIRECTOR:
Rebecca Tomlinson
be able to leave Phoenix, let
alone the country.
Montgomery’s witty por- The Middleton Family: Vanessa McCaffrey, Melody Moore and Tony Konrath star in the world
premiere of “The Poetry of Hearts,” now playing at the Red Barn Theatre in Key West.
trayal as caretaker Claire
brings the levity needed
the audience laughing one
aging writer’s tale; howin various productions, as
to balance the caustic
moment and on the verge of
ever, what makes this work
exchanges between Connie well as co-writing “Weeds”
tears the next.
for the Key West Characters unique is how the crude
and Delia.
‘The Poetry of Hearts”
dialogue that flies out of
series, there is a comfort
The play works because
is a Key West creation that
Connie’s mouth is eased
and an ease in their interof the balance between
is not to be missed during
Bowersox’s creation and the play that translates through by the beauty of his poetry,
both of the past and present. its world premiere running
chemistry between Konrath Connie and Delia.
through Nov. 22. For tickets,
The profane Middleton
It would be easy for this
and McCaffrey. Having
go to redbarntheatre.com.
family dynamics will keep
played opposite each other story to turn into a clichéd,
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Middleton (Tony Konrath)
lives with his wife, Delia
Paradise Staff
(Vanessa McCaffrey) and
his appointed caretaker,
n Bob
Claire Dunston (Peggy
Bowersox’s
Montgomery). Connie realnew play,
“The Poetry izes there may be nothing
left to write about. The
of Hearts,” a
dying British poet, who has muses have left him and
the words will not come.
lived in America for years,
decides it’s time to go home, As a result, he makes the
leaving his career as a world unyielding decision to travel
back to his homeland and
renowned writer behind
live out the rest of his days
him. But will his family,
with his brother, Andrew
including his overbearing
(Tom Murtha), forgoing the
wife, be able to convince
position of United States
him otherwise?
Bowersox creates a famil- Poet Laureate.
Much to Delia and agent
iar scenario: An ailing loved
Michael Charles’ (Bob
one is ready to let go of
Bowersox) dismay, Connie
the pain and suffering and
refuses to budge on his
pass on; but the family has
decision. His only saving
decidedly different plans
to keep that person around grace seems to be the kindness of Andrew and emofor their own comfort. The
tion of his visiting daughter,
skill with which Bowersox
Catherine (Melody G.
spins the story of “The
Moore).
Poetry of Hearts” solidifies
Delia has spent her life
the emotional and creative
relevance of each character orchestrating both the famas they make a home on the ily’s life and Connie’s career
and seems to enjoy the limeRed Barn stage.
light more than he ever has.
Set in the desert of
She goes to extreme meaPhoenix, Ariz., the popular
sures to make sure he won’t
yet aging Conrad “Connie”
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CALL TO ARTISTS
Florida Keys Council of the Arts
Cultural Calendar
Thursday, Nov. 6 through
Wednesday, Nov. 12
Visit keysarts.com, Cultural
Calendar for more listings and
events throughout the Keys.
Key West Happenings
ARTISTS RECEPTIONS AND
EXHIBITIONS
Thursday
Polar Opposites Opening
Reception, 6 p.m.
Lucky Street Gallery, 540 Greene
St. 294-3973. Luckystreetgallery.
com.
James Barr-Nobles, B. Lucy
Stevens.
Key West Chalk Fest 3rd Annual
November 19-23. Local and visiting artists will use the Truman
Waterfront Seawall promenade as
their canvas for intricate and colorful chalk art creations. Adult and
student categories. Submission
form available online at artinpublicplaceskw.com.
DANCE
Friday and Saturday
After These Messages, 8 p.m.
Dance Key West, Waterfront
Playhouse, 310 Wall St. 4077083. dancekeywest.org.
Saturday: Special Low-Priced
Matinee, 2 p.m.
Tuesday Movie Matinee:,
3:30 p.m.
Key West Library, 700 Fleming St.
292-3595. keyslibraries.org.
LECTURE
Thursday
Key West Garden Club Educational Lecture Series:
Hydroponic Gardening, 1:30 p.m.
West Martello Tower, 1100 Atlantic
Blvd., Key West. 294-3210. keywestgardenclub.com.
LITERARY
Saturday
Key West Writer’s Guild, 9 a.m.
Key West by the Sea, 2601 S.
Roosevelt Blvd. (Community
Room) keywestwritersguild.org.
stix.com.
Program: Verdi: Nabucco;
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante
for Cello and Orchestra; Zuill
Bailey, cello; Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No. 4.
Monday
The Retro’s, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Karri Daley and Skippo, 9 p.m.,
Virgilio’s, 524 Duval St. 2968118.
Wednesdays through Sundays
In the Cabaret and Jazz in the
Gardens, 5 p.m.
The Gardens Hotel, 526 Angela St.
294-2661. gardenshotel.com.
FESTIVALS AND FUNDRAISERS Wednesday
Thursday
Full Moon Party, 7 p.m.
Stock Island Marina Village, 700
Shrimp Rd. 294-2288. stockislandmarina.com.
Friday through Monday
Key West International Latin Arts
Festival – Esperando Nacer 2014
Friday
Various times and venues in Key
The Road Less Traveled, Members’
West. 394-0808.
Show Opening Reception, 5 p.m.
See website for schedule: valnchzArts Council, The Gato Building,
productions.com. Tickets available
1100 Simonton St. 295-4369.
at 295-7676, or keystix.com.
keysarts.com.
Kick-off the season. Light refreshWednesday through Nov. 16
ments and parking. Hidden in
Key West Film Festival 2014
Plein View Exhibit excerpts by
San Carlos Institute and Tropic
photographer Sheelman in the
Cinema. kwfilmfest.com.
stairwell gallery.
Annual celebration of film and
filmmakers with featured screenUpper Duval Art Stroll, 6 p.m.
ings and special events hosted
Special art exhibitions and
at landmark venues throughout
receptions at galleries and
Key West. Screenings and panels
shops along Upper Duval from
include interactive Q & A sessions
United to Truman. Including
with cast and crew, two showcase
Season Opening Group Show at
sessions featuring Anne O’Shea
Frangipani Gallery, Jodell Roberts on Nov. 12 and Marisa Tomei on
Photographs, Seeds of Perception Nov. 15.
Opening Reception at SoDu
Gallery, Dog Tired Studio and
FILM
Gallery Grand Opening Reception,
Friday
Cocco and Salem, Cork and
New! Key West Outdoor Movies
Stogie, Island Arts, Key West
Free, 8 p.m. Bayview Park, Corner
Pottery and Millionaire Gallery.
of Jose Marti and Truman Ave.
keywestoutdoormovies.com.
Saturday
The newest Key West Outdoor
De La Gallery Reception for
Movies Series shown on a blow
Montessori Children’s School of
up screen & top of the line 3D
Key West Fundraiser, 6 p.m.
projector. All films G and PG.
419 Duval St. 395-2210.
Book Bites - Gold Finch, 5 p.m.
Key West Library, 700 Fleming St.
292-3595. keyslibraries.com.
MUSEUMS, HISTORY AND
NATURE
Wednesday
Marathon Garden Club: Board
Meeting, 9 a.m.
5270 Overseas Hwy, MM 50,
Bayside. 743-4971. marathongardenclub.org.
MUSIC
Nightly
Jazz at Tavern N’ Town, 5 p.m.
Marriot Beachside, 3841 N.
Roosevlt Blvd. 296-8100.
Workshop, 1 p.m.
Private Home. MUST RSVP to
731-8683. artsadmin@keysarts.
com.
Free instruction with professional
artist Ann M. Lynch, to create a
6x6 canvas to be included in the
2015 Exhibit.
2027. keysice.com.
Dave Feder and friends.
Art Classes in Marathon: Pottery,
Clay, Glass, Painting, Sculpture,
Cake Decorating & more, 10 AM
The Art Studio 12535 Overseas
Hwy, Marathon289-9013. keysartstudio.com
THEATER
Saturday
Dave Feder Jazz Trio, 9 p.m.
Salt Restaurant, 81600 Overseas
Hwy., Islamorada. 922-2027.
keysice.com.
Friday through Sunday
Little Shop of Horrors, 8 p.m.
Ginsberg Productions at Murray E.
Nelson Government and Cultural
Center, Key Largo, MM 102. ginpro.me.
MUSIC
Sunday
Keys Chamber Orchestra
Rehearsal, 2 p.m.
Dallas McDonald Senior Center,
380 Key Deer Blvd, Big Pine Key.
304-7544.
Upper Keys Happenings
THEATER
ARTISTS RECEPTIONS AND
EXHIBITIONS
Tuesday through Saturday
Red Barn Theatre - Poetry of
Hearts, 8 p.m. 319 Duval St. Rear.
296-9911. redbarntheatre.com.
An aging British poet living in
America decides it’s time for him
to go home to Britain and hang
up his pen. His wife, who has
been the driving force behind his
career, will have none of it.
Daily
Glenn and Nadine Lahti, Meet the
Artists Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Lobster Trap Art Gift Shop and
Gallery, Islamorada, MM 82.2.
664-0001. lobstertrapart.com.
Original artwork set in hand-made
frames constructed from naturally
weathered custom crafted authentic lobster traps.
Friday
Encore Series: The Beach Boys,
8 p.m.
Tennessee William’s Theatre, 5901
Middle Keys Happenings Monday through Nov. 14
College Rd. 295-7676. keystix.
George Rodez Exhibit, 9 a.m. to
ARTISTS RECEPTIONS AND
com.
5 p.m.
EXHIBITIONS
Ocean Sotheby’s Int’l. Realty,
Daily
Sunday
Islamorada, MM 81.8. 712-8888.
Artist in Paradise Gallery Love Lane Gang, 5:30 p.m.
OceanSir.com.
Featured
Artist
of
the
Month:
Salute On the Beach, 1000
VeEtta Baldwin, 10 a.m.
Atlantic Blvd. 292-1117.
CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Winn Dixie Shopping Plaza, Big
Pine Key, MM 30. 872-1828. art- Morada Way Clay – Islamorada’s
Tuesday
Ceramic Arts Center.
istsinparadise.com.
The Crizzbeez, Chris Burchard, Rob
140 Morada Way, Islamorada.
DiStasi, Bubba and Skippo, 9
900-9023. moradawayclay.com.
CLASSES
AND
WORKSHOPS
p.m. Virgilio’s, 524 Duval St. 296Artists of all ages and abilities
1075. Soulful rock, Brazilian and Thursday
welcome: classes, workshops and
Paradise
Quilters
Meeting,
6:30
Funk-Fusion.
private instruction. Visit website
p.m.
for schedule.
Dallas McDonald Senior Center,
Wednesday
South Florida Symphony Orchestra 380 Key Deer Blvd, Big Pine Key. MUSIC
745-4202. paradisequilters.org.
- Master Concerts: Expressive
Thursday
Virtuosity, 7:30 p.m.
Jam Session/Open Mic, 9 p.m.
Tennessee Williams Theatre, 5901 Monday
oo-tray Restaurant, 80939
College Rd. 954-522-8445.
The Connections Project III:
Overseas Hwy., Islamorada. 922southfloridasymphony.org or key- Mosaic of the Keys – Free
ONGOING
ARTIST EXHIBITS
• Native Sons and Daughters:
Andy Thurber, Wayne Garcia,
Mike Marrero and Audra Paige
Exhibition, Daily, 10 a.m., Gallery
on Greene, 606 Greene St. 2941669. galleryongreene.com.
• Both Sides Now Exhibition:
Lynn Bentley-Kemp, Ali Miranda,
Lincoln Perry Exhibition, Daily, 11
a.m., Lucky Street Gallery, 540
Greene St. 619-5105. luckystreetgallery.com.
• Johnny White, Transformer
Exhibition, 10 a.m., Lemonade
Stand Gallery, 318 Petronia St.
434-227-9988. lettynowak.com.
• Houston, Island Inspirations
Exhibitions, Stone Soup Gallery,
Daily 10 a.m., 802 White St. 2962080. stonesoupgallery.com.
• Cindy Kulp New Works and
Sally Binard Exhibitions, Harrison
Gallery, 825 White St. 294-0609.
harrison-gallery.com
• Ronny Bailey, Visions of Key West
Exhibition, Daily, 9:30 a.m., The
Custom House Museum, 281
Front St. 295-6616. kwahs.org.
• Suzie DePoo, The Art of Hand
Printing Exhibit, Daily, 10 a.m.,
The Custom House Museum, 281
Front St. 295-6616. kwahs.org.
• The Great Labor Day Hurricane
of 1935 Photography Exhibit,
Thursday through Sunday,
10 a.m., Keys History and
Discovery Center, Islander Resort,
Islamorada, MM 82. 922-2237.
keysdiscovery.com.
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PARADISE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Paparazzi
aparazzi’ is a photo-driven entertainment
feature compiled by Citizen staffers from
in-house and contributed shots. Snaps of
social events, arts and entertainment-related activities and other “wild art” will be welcomed as submissions to these pages. Send invitations to cover events to
[email protected], and we’ll do our best to get a
photographer to the event. If we can’t make it, send your
photos and information of your shindig and we’ll try to
publish them.
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MIKE HENTZ/The Citizen
Hunter Mattheessen and Kaila Snow.
MIKE HENTZ/The Citizen
Brett Bertini and Krystal Killen.
PETE ARNOW/Special to Paradise
Provided photo
Richard Tallmadge, owner of the Restaurant Store, is joined by his son Bob, in
setting up the produce stand at the Artisan Market held on the store’s parking
lot the first Sunday of each month.;
From left, Gerard Doust, Eileen Hellmuth , Gina Verdoni, Denise Rychlik, Sarah Wooding, Fred Kravitz
and Lydia Romero are seen with singer/songwriter Cory Heydon, center, following a “Commotion on
the Ocean” sail aboard Fury Catamarans.
MIKE HENTZ/The Citizen
Escort Chase Renner, left and newlycrowned Homecoming Queen Kianna Woods
pose for photographs Friday night during Key West High School’s Homecoming
celebration at Tommy Roberts Memorial
Stadium.
Photo by Bob O’Neal
Parrotheads flock to the Smokin’ Tuna Wednesday evening for live music on Charles
Street.
ROB O’NEAL/Paradise
Rusty Lemmon, left, and Kenny Fradley, right, provide the entertainment last Wednesday at the Conch
Republic Seafood Company on Greene Street.
MIKE HENTZ/The Citizen
Blake Garcia and Olivia Kennedy.
PETE ARNOW/Special to Paradise
The gals from”Where the Weird Go Pro” were out to display their wares at the
Key West Artisan Market.
MIKE HENTZ/The Citizen
Alan Greager and Lindsey Free.
MIKE HENTZ/The Citizen
Anthony Ohayon and Nina Guzman.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014
International sand art
competition comes to the Keys
he 2014 International Sand Art
Competition is revving up to showcase premier sculptors starting on
Nov. 26.
The Casa Marina, a Waldorf Astoria
resort, is hosting the 2014 International
Sand Art Competition over Thanksgiving weekend.
Starting on Nov. 26, competitors begin sculpting their
masterpieces made from just sand and water. This free
event continues throughout the weekend at the Casa
Marina. Visitors can watch the artists sculpt from 9 a.m.
until 5:30 p.m. daily. The sculptures will be lit in the evening starting on Nov. 27 until 9 p.m. Six renowned sandsculptors, all decorated artists from around the globe,
will convene on the sand at the Casa Marina beach during the International Sand Art Competition. We’d like to
T
• Chris
Guinto brings
his hometown’s
Key West flair
and quirkiness to the
competition.
He travels the
globe to comChris Guinto
pete amongst the
best-of-the-best sand sculptors and
appears on Travel Channel’s “Sand
Masters.” Together with his wife
Marianne, they run the professional
sand sculpting business Sand-isle
LLC based out of Key West.
• Rusty Croft
brings a whole
new layer of
expertise and
fun to the competition. As coRusty Croft
owner of Sand
Guys in Carmel,
Calif., he’s often found carving for
the Silicon Valley Elite, like Yahoo!,
Facebook and Google. He’s also
the host of Travel Channel’s reality
show “Sand Masters.”
introduce you to the cast of sculptors:
Judging for the International Sand Art Competition
will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Nov. 29. Visitors will be
able to cast their vote for the “People’s Choice Award.”
Other awards include a Sculptors Choice Award,
sponsored by the Studios of Key West, and the Conch
Republic Award. The award ceremony will start at 7 p.m.
that evening and will follow with live entertainment on
the grounds of the Casa Marina.
The 2014 International Sand Art Competition is
sponsored in part by the Monroe County Tourism
Development Council. For more information about the
2014 International Sand Art Competition, the six competing sand sculptors, and a full calendar of events, visit
www.sandartkeywest.com or follow International Sand
Art Competition on Facebook.
• Nicknamed
Vincent Sand
Gogh, Jooheng
Tan continues to impress
and delight the
sand-sculpting
world. A decoJooheng Tan
rated competitor
from Singapore, he brings a passion to the International Sand Art
Competition that will be hard to
beat.
• Benjamin Probanza, from
Acapulco, Mexico, has dedicated
his work to art in sand. In addition
to sculpting, he is accomplished in
stop-motion
short films,
live shows
with drawings of
sand and
light, and
short films
Benjamin Probanza
using these
techniques. His unique love of
nature and all-things-art add a new
dimension to the competition.
• Competitor Dan Doubleday,
from Treasure Island, Fla., runs a
busy sand
carving
business
(Sanding
Ovations)
creating
Dan Doubleday
masterpieces for clients like the NFL
Super Bowl, Sea World, and Disney
World alongside his wife. He’s also a
champion competitor with eye for
detail.
• Dan Belcher of St. Louis,
Mo. is coming to the competition with too many accolades to
count. He’s placed in more World
Championships than any other
sand sculptor out there.
BOOM! With
a Bachelor of
Landscape
Architecture
from St. Louis
University,
he’s also an
Dan Belcher
urban designer and illustrator in his “down” time.
One of the 150 images on display at the “The Rails and the
Road” exhibit.
Ride the rails of history
ore than 150 images
and stories of
Flagler’s Railroad
and Overseas Highway are
now on display.
A photographic collection of the building,
use and end of Henry
Flagler’s railroad as well
as the development of the
first Overseas Highway
opens Nov. 13, at the Keys
History and Discovery
Center in Islamorada.
The exhibit, “The Rails
and The Road,” features
more than 150 black and
white images and explores
the two conduits that have
linked mainland America
to her southernmost
archipelago, the Key West
Extension of the Florida
East Coast Railway and
the Overseas Highway.
While the completion of
the train in 1912 forever
changed life in the Florida
Keys, the opening of the
first Overseas Highway
M
in 1928 made it possible
for motorists to reach Key
West. “The Rails and The
Road” tells the story of
these two conduits from
contemplation to completion through scores of
historic photographs and
informative storyboards.
The exhibit runs from
Nov. 13 through Jan. 18 at
the Discovery Center in
Islamorada, MM 82, located at the Islander Resort, a
Guy Harvey Outpost.
The Center is open
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursdays through
Sundays.
The exhibit is sponsored by the Florida Keys
History and Discovery
Foundation, a not-forprofit organization formed
to develop and operate
the Florida Keys History
and Discovery Center. For
information, call 305-9222237, or go to keysdiscovery.com.
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What’s up at the Tropic: Friday, Nov. 7 through Wednesday, Nov. 12
FEATURE FILMS
OPENING FRIDAY:
“St. Vincent”
Maggie (Melissa
McCarthy), a single mother,
moves into a new home
with her 12-year-old son,
Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher).
Working long hours, she
has no choice but to leave
Oliver in the care of their
neighbor, Vincent (Bill
Murray), a retired curmudgeon. An odd friendship
soon blossoms. Together
with a pregnant stripper named Daka (Naomi
Watts), Vincent brings
Oliver along to the race
track, a strip club and the
local dive bar. Oliver begins
to see in Vincent something
that no one else is able to:
a misunderstood man with
a good heart. Written and
directed by Theodore Melfi.
Rated PG-13
HELD OVER:
“Kill The Messenger”
Two-time Academy Award
nominee Jeremy Renner
(“The Town,” “The Hurt
Locker”) leads an all-star cast
in a dramatic thriller based
on the remarkable true story
of Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist Gary Webb. Webb
(Renner) stumbles onto
a story which leads to the
shady origins of the men
who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets
and further alleges that the
CIA was aware of major
dealers who were smuggling
cocaine into the U.S., and
using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua.
Rated R
behavior have everyone
asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill
his wife? Also starring Neil
Patrick Harris and Tyler
Perry.
Rated R
“The Judge”
serve vengeance against
anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall
comes out of his selfimposed retirement and
finds his desire for justice
reawakened. If someone
has a problem, if the odds
are stacked against them,
if they have nowhere else
to turn, McCall will help.
He is “The Equalizer.”
Directed by Antoine
Fuqua.
Rated R
of charge to veterans and
active members of the
military (valid military ID
required)
•••••
Key West Film
Festival
Wednesday through
Nov. 16
In the poignant drama
Free and late night
“The Judge,” the secrets
events, Young Actors Camp,
of our past become the
VIP Meet and Greets,
trials of our lives. Robert
Family Movie Series
Downey
Jr.
stars
as
bigAndy Garcia and Jeremy Renner in “Kill the Messenger.”
Plus Foriegn, LBGT,
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unearths the secrets at
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the heart of a modern
wakes up every day with
Active Members of the Armed Forces
Also starring Vera Farmiga,
marriage. On the occano memory as the result
Vincent D’Onofrio and
sion of his fifth wedding
of a traumatic accident
Billy Bob Thornton,
anniversary, Nick Dunne
in her past. One day, terThe Judge is directed by
(Ben Affleck) reports that
rifying new truths begin
Saturday, November 8, 2014
David Dobkin (“Wedding
his beautiful wife Amy
to emerge that make her
Sunday, November 9, 2014
(Rosamund Pike) has gone Crashers,” “The Changequestion everything she
Monday, November 10, 2014
Up”).
thinks she knows about her missing. Under pressure
and Veterans Day,
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Rated R
from the police and a growlife - as well as everyone
ing media frenzy, Nick’s
in it, including her doctor
All Films!
(Mark Strong) and even her portrait of a blissful union
“The Equalizer”
All Day!
begins to crumble. Soon
husband (Colin Firth).
his lies, deceits and strange
Rated R
In the action thriller
All Four Days
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Are free-of-charge!
Washington plays McCall,
to Veterans
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a man who believes he has
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FILM IN PARADISE
Christopher Nolan gets stuck in outer space with ‘Interstellar’
FRONT ROW
AT THE MOVIES
Cooke Communications Film Review
SHIRREL RHOADES
REVIEWED BY
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irector Christopher
Nolan (the “Dark
Knight” trilogy) must
have read Einstein’s
Theory of Relativity, as well
as binge-watching Morgan
Freeman’s “Through the
Wormhole” T.V. documentary, before sitting down
with his brother Jonathan
to co-write the screenplay
for his latest movie, a science fiction blockbuster
called “Interstellar.”
D
The epic storyline is built
around several principles
of relativity such as distant
simultaneity and time dilation. These mind-bending
concepts are old hat to
any nerdy kid who grew
up reading Analog Science
Fiction Magazine, but it is...
ahem...relatively new for
moviegoers to see these
premises in a big-screen,
state-of-the-art, specialeffects production told
with the “merchant of awe”
verve of Christopher Nolan.
“Interstellar” is currently
awing audiences at Regal
Cinema 6.
In it, we have Matthew
McConaughey taking on
the Buzz Lightyear role of
a man who goes into interstellar space to save life on
earth.
“We’re not meant to save
the world,” Michael Caine
corrects him. “We’re meant
to leave it.”
McConaughey starts off
the movie as an engineer
turned Texas farmer trying
to survive a dystopian dust
bowl caused by a plague
that killed off all the livestock on earth. One day he
and his daughter stumble
upon a crashed space
probe and while returning
it to a decimated NASA
base near Los Angeles he
gets shanghaied into manContinued on page 13 “Interstellar”
Top 10 movie grammatical mistakes, part 2
We all make speaking and writing
errors every day. Joe Scarborough of
“Morning Joe” referred to the flag at the
White House as being flown at “half-mast”
on 9/11. Unless you are on a ship, the
flag is at “half-staff.”
It happens all the time.
So when you go to the movies, be on
the alert. Screenwriters sometimes get it
wrong too…
I turned to my colleague Sheldon
Davidson to compile a list of movies that
misspoke. The perfect source, Sheldon’s
not only a movie maven but he’s also a
diehard grammar policeman.
1.) “Wish I Was Here” (2014) — In
this film, Zach Braff plays a struggling
actor fighting to keep his family together.
But should the title be “Wish I Were
Here”? Absolutely! When Tevye sings
“If I were a rich man,” from “Fiddler on
the Roof,” he is fantasizing about all the
things he would do if he were rich. He’s
not rich, he’s just imagining, so “If I were”
is the correct statement.
2.) “Montana” (1950) — Errol Flynn
plays an Australian sheepherder who looking for grazing land in Montana’s cattle
country. He finds out that three men
control the territory. Flynn says: “Between
the three of them, they just about put the
little cattlemen out of business.” “Between
the three of them’? Maybe. According to a
widely repeated but unjustified tradition,
“between is used for two, and among
for more than two.” When more than two
entities are involved, however, or when
the number of entities is unspecified, the
choice of one or the other word depends
on the intended sense. “Between” is
used when the entities are considered
as distinct individuals; “among,” when
they are considered as a mass or collectively. Maybe Flynn should have opted
for “among.”
3.) “A Most Wanted Man” (2014)
— Attorney Annabel Richter (Rachel
McAdams) informs Issa Karpov (Grigoriy
Dobrygin) that “just because you are a
Russian doesn’t make you a better chess
player than me.” Another example of the
misuse of comparison pronouns. In such
cases, the subjective pronouns (I, we, she,
he, they) usually follow the word “than” or
“as.” Rachel should have used “I.” Would
one say, “You are not a better chess player
than me am”? Not I.
4.) “Easter Parade” (1948) — Judy
Garland, despondent over her relationship with Fred Astaire, visits Mike the
Bartender, who attempts to cheer her up
by reading a needlepoint saying behind
the bar: “For ev’ry rose that withers and
dies, another blooms in it’s stead.” That
“saying” is the first two lines of the verse
to the Irving Berlin song, “Better Luck
Next Time.” But you and I and Irving know
there’s no apostrophe when “its” is used
as a plural possessive pronoun. Use an
apostrophe only when “it’s” is written as a
contraction for the words, “it is.”
5.) Speaking of Punctuation: The new
2014 movie, “Are You Here,” has no
question mark. It was originally titled, “You
Are Here” but there “was a do-si-do with
words that turned a titular declaration into
a punctuation free question.” Every inquiry
deserves a question mark. Period!
6.) “The Bachelor and the Bobby
Soxer” (1947) — Margaret (Myrna Loy)
is being driven to the airport by Matt
Beemish (Ray Collins) who tells her, “For
the time being, you just do what Uncle
Matt tells you.” Margaret responds, “For
the last few weeks, you haven’t been
doing so good.” Should it be “well”? We
vote: Yes. “Good” is an adjective while
“well” is an adverb answering the question how.
7.) Many movie (and newspaper) writers write in shorthand bursts of colloquial
English that often requires an interpreter.
In “27 Dresses” (2008) Jane Nichols
(Katherine Heigl) is lectured by best
friend Casey about turning down a drink
offer from George (Ed Burns). Casey: He
asks if you want a drink. You smile and
say, “Vodka soda.” If you already have a
drink, you down it. Then there’s some flirting, some interoffice sex, an accidental
pregnancy, a shotgun wedding and a life
of bliss. How many times do we have to
go over this?” What does all this mean?
Here’s the translation: “Casey: He asks if
you want a drink. You smile and say, “Yes,
I’d like a vodka soda.” If you already have
a drink, you finish it quickly. Then there’s
some flirting, some sex between coworkers, an accidental pregnancy, a wedding
forced on the man because of the pregnancy and a life of bliss. How many times
do we have to review this plan?” In this
movie, doesn’t colloquial sound better?
8.) “The Best Offer” (2013) — Virgil
Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) gets advice on
winning the love of Claire. “So long as
you play be her rules, she’ll always feel
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FILM IN PARADISE
Bill Murray wears crooked halo as ‘St. Vincent’
he got it right.
As he got older, he took
on tougher roles, “Lost
ill Murray is impossi- In Translation,” “The Life
ble to dislike. An easy- Aquatic With Steve Zissou”
going, droll comedian, and “Broken Flowers.” But
we grew up watching that was okay because he
wore well.
him on Saturday Night
Now Bill Murray gives
Live. And we loved the lovus “St. Vincent,” which is
able doofuses he played
billed as a comedy. But it is
in his early movies, from
not. Here he plays a mean“Caddyshack” to “Stripes”
spirited, cantankerous,
to “Ghostbusters,” and
forgave him when he tried bawdy, rude, dishonest,
to turn serious in films like drunken, unkempt, chainsmoking, conniving, greedy,
“The Razor’s Edge.”
whore-mongering, obnoxWe didn’t mind when
ious, cranky curmudgeon.
he played a misanthrope
Did I mention he doesn’t
in “Scrooged” because
like people?
we knew that by the endHe’s not a nice guy. And
credits he would see the
he’s only liked by a sourlight and hoist Tiny Tim
puss Persian cat and the
onto his shoulders. Or in
“Groundhog Day” we knew forlorn kid next door.
It’s the kid (12-year-old
he’d do it over and over till
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Interstellar
Continued from Page 12
ning an interstellar space mission, flying through a wormhole in search of a
new planet to which people on dying
earth can migrate.
Well, sure enough, he and co-pilot
Ann Hathaway find one, an icy landscape that looks very much like the
Svínafellsjökull glacier in Iceland.
However, Chinese explorers have beaten them there, leaving behind robots
that fight with McConaughey’s robots.
Will our duo ever make it back to earth
in time to save its inhabitants?
Okay, I know this is starting to sound
like a Buck Rogers space opera, but
Nolan swears he was influenced more
by “2001: A Space Odyssey.” He says he
was going for the same sort of scien-
“St. Vincent”
Jaeden Lieberher) who
serves as the catalyst for
the predictable story, one
that is as familiar as “The
Kid” or “The Karate Kid.”
A grumpy old man who
befriends an inept young
boy, helping him overcome
obstacles.
Going through a divorce,
tific accuracy with “Interstellar.”
As the New York Times once put it,
“Nolan’s movies require this thick quotient of reality to support his looping
plots.”
Just to make sure the film got it
right, Nolan hired theoretical physicist Kip Thorne as a consultant for
the film. A former Caltech professor,
Thorne says, “For the depictions of
the wormholes and the black hole
… I worked out the equations that
would enable tracing of light rays as
they traveled through a wormhole or
around a black hole, so what you see is
based on Einstein’s General Theory of
Relativity.”
Told you.
Nolan also invited former astronaut
Marsha Ivins onto the set to doublecheck his lost-in-space accuracy.
a new neighbor (Melissa
McCarthy) has little choice
but hire Vincent as an
unlikely babysitter. He
takes the kid to the track,
goes drinking in a dive bar,
introduces him to a Lady
of the Evening (“A woman
who works at night?”),
teaches him how to fight
dirty.
Okay, maybe Vincent
has a few socially redeeming qualities. He visits his
wife who is suffering from
Alzheimer’s, her mistaking
him for a doctor. He helps a
pregnant Russian stripper.
And he protects the boy
against bullies.
That’s why by movie’s
end he is dubbed St.
Vincent of Sheepshead Bay,
part of an Everyday Saints
program by a priest (Chris
O’Dowd) at the kid’s school.
Yet, at the end of the
movie there’s no epiphany.
Still a not-nice grouch,
Vincent lolls in a brokendown lounge chair while
watering his grassless
lawn with a hose and singing along to a Bob Dylan
song during the end-cred-
But “Interstellar” still comes back to
Stanley Kubrick’s “2001,” a film Nolan’s
father took him to see when he was
seven. He started making his own little
movies with a borrowed Super 8 camera soon after that.
Nolan says, “Someone, an adult,
once told me that the meaning of
‘2001’ was that going into outer
space is like going deep into yourself.
I don’t think that’s what it’s about.
In fact I have no idea what ‘2001’ is
really about. But I tried to make a film
now that would be like that, a quest
film like ‘The Treasure of the Sierra
Madre.’”
This balancing act is how
Christopher Nolan’s films manage to
become both mainstream blockbusters and objects of cult appeal.
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its.
“St. Vincent” is now playing at the Tropic Cinema.
So why bother seeing this
movie about a mean old
man?
Great performances. Bill
Murray is pitch-perfect as
Vincent. Melissa McCarthy
underplays her part with
precision. Naomi Watts
surprises us with a comic
turn as the pregnant stripper. And Jaeden Lieberher
is a natural as the kid who
looks up to this disreputable old bastard.
And despite this being
a rather sad story, you’ll
laugh. In fact, you’ll guffaw.
And maybe shed a tear.
No, you just can’t help
but like Bill Murray even
when he’s being unlikable.
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like—like a patient. She needs to treated like a woman.” Well, is
she or isn’t she a woman? Instead of using “like” to show what
something is like (he is like a father to me), Robert used it to
show what actually is. Claire is a woman, so how about, “She
needs to be treated as a woman”? Awkward but accurate.
9.) “Lucy” (2014) — Professor Norman (Morgan Freeman) is
with other scientists, awaiting a phone call from Lucy (Scarlett
Johansson). The phone rings, Professor answers and exclaims,
“It’s her. It’s her.” Sorry, Morgan. The subject case of pronouns is
used when the pronoun is used after linking verbs, such as “is”
“was” and other forms of the verb “to be.” Morgan should have
said, “It’s she. It’s she.”
10.) “The Judge” (2014) — It isn’t often when one character
in a movie corrects the other but it happened when attorney
Hank Palmer (Robert Downey, Jr.) accuses his father (Robert
Duvall) of worrying about his judicial legacy and how the flag at
the courthouse will be at half-mast when he dies. Duvall corrects
his son by pointing out that it’s half-staff, not half-mast.
But wait! That’s where we started this discussion. Anchors
away, Joe Scarborough. Or should it be Anchors aweigh?
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PARADISE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Frangipani Gallery season
opening group show
‘Cook’s
Menu’
T
oin the Frangipani
Jartists at a reception
“Hummingbird”
el.
by Paul Carmicha
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from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday
at 1102A Duval as part
of the First Friday Upper
Duval Art Stroll. The
artists are excited to
show off their new work
for the season. Paul
Carmichael’s exquisite
hummingbird photos
are just the beginning.
More by William Welch,
David Scott Meier,
Susann D’Antonio, Fran
Decker, Irene Stanton
and others.
he Lucky Street
Gallery, 540 Greene
St., begins a new
tradition this month
with their “Cook’s
Menu” exhibitions that
will periodically feature
works chosen by the
staff as being perfect
examples of their
genre.
Latino art has
become driving force
in the southeast
Florida art scene, and
is becoming increasingly popular. This
month’s “Cook’s Menu”
will feature Latino and
Cuban emerging artists
that have developed
a following within the
Cuban art community,
and are being shown
for the first time in the
States. The exhibition
will continue from Nov.
12 through 24 at the
Gallery.
Enjoy the colorful
“fruit” art and imagination of Maikel Mesa
Fria and his mechanized take on nature
and just a touch of
political commentary. His rich color
pallet and detailed
brushwork create a
whimsical and joyous
adventure, filled with
imagery of the tropics
and delightful movement.
Artwork by Maikel Mesa Fria.
The haunting depth
and pallet knife work
of Eduardo Guerra in a
classical style takes the
viewer
right
to the
Malecon
and
Prado,
drawing you
in with
color,
composition
and can
take the
viewer’s breath away.
The mixed media
work of Yoel Guzman
Velaquez in his
“Campesino series”
juxtaposes incredible
detail with a classic
Cuban ingredients,
in this case tobacco
leaves. Enjoy the three
characters so vividly
presented in this
triptych
that you
could
carry on
a conversation
with
them.
The
“Cook’s
Menu”
exhibitions will feature
various special exhibits
through the year that
the Gallery feels are
worthy of spotlighting.
For information, call
305-294-3973.
at Lucky
Street
Gallery
PARADISE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014
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Celebrate with
‘Beads’ and ‘Rubies’
mpossible Things Bead Emporium
and Rubies and Clay Island Gallery
Studios invite the public to celebrate
two very special anniversary celebrations.
Impossible Things Bead Emporium is celebrating their first year anniversary while
Rubies and Clay is celebrating its second
year.
The event will be held from 5:30 to 8
p.m. Nov. 13 at 529 and 531 Whitehead St.
Impossible Things will be hosting its
guest artist, Kellie Leininger Patton, with a
new selection of her “Spare Parts” jewelry.
Patton creates out-of-the ordinary jewelry,
incorporating fuses, light bulbs, rulers and
other “spare parts” into jewelry with both
an industrial and playful look.
“Kellie’s designs have been very popular with our customers over the past 12
months, and we are excited that her local
following of customers will be able to
meet her and are sure she will find new
fans as well.” said owner Lois Songer.
Impossible Things features locally made
and other artisan jewelry for customers
I
and for gift giving. Beads and findings are
also available to create the perfect personal piece.
Rubies and Clay will be featuring the
new pottery designs by Grace Calleja
Epperly who is creating a beautiful new
line of graphic pottery.
“I am very excited for this series which
incorporates a new screen printing technique. I am revamping some of my older
lines of hibiscus and Keys fish which have
always been very popular,” said Calleja
Epperly.
Also, Rubies and Clay carries handmade
jewelry by Ronetta Krause and local artist
Abigail Houf of Gilded Peach, paintings
and prints by Maggie Ruley, photography
by Rachel E. Ligon and Susan O’Neil, and
the newest addition, the coral like fused
glass work of Paula Cooper.
Come celebrate, browse all the new artwork and get ready for the holidays.
For information, send an email to [email protected], or call 305-2943500.
Meet artist Kellie Leininger Patton and her “Spare Parts Jewelry” at Impossible Things.
Artists in Paradise
Gallery
Key West’s
Only Beach Bar with
LIVE MUSIC DAILY
*DAILY DRINK SPECIALS*
ALL DAY FOOD MENU
Thur 11/6 12-3 pm - Brian Roberts
4-7 pm - Amandah Jantzen
A
rtists in Paradise Gallery is showcasing the new
works of VeEtta Baldwin in their front window
through Nov. 30. VeEtta is one of the founding
members of the gallery that will be celebrating its
20th anniversary in early 2015.
She has lived in the Keys for over 50 years raising
her children here with her husband, the influences
of the surroundings are evidenced in her tropical
plant and wildlife works.
Artists in Paradise is located in the Winn Dixie
Shopping Plaza in Big Pine Key and is open daily
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fri
11/7 4-7 pm - Joel Nelson
Sat
11/8 12-3 pm - Chris Toler
4-7 pm - Amandah Jantzen
Sun 11/9 Boat Races
Mon 11/10 12-3 pm - Rob DiStaci
Tues 11/11 12-3 pm - Chris Toler
4-7 pm - Rob DiStaci
Wed 11/12 12-3 pm- Rob DiStaci
4-7 pm - Chris Toler
1 Duval Street | Key West
305-296-4600 394177
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PARADISE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Former Key Wester brings ‘Self Offense’ to film festival
producer. When she wasn’t
working with films, she
bartended. As a matter of
fact, her first movie role
hen you spot
was playing a bartender
the name of
in “Murder of Crows,” the
the production
1998 Cuba Gooding, Jr.
company in the
film’s credits, 7 Mile Bridge thriller that was filmed in
Key West.
Production, you get a
Some 29 screen appearclue about the filmmaker
ances and two directorial
behind “Self Offense,”
gigs have followed.
one of the entries in the
A doe-eyed brunette with
upcoming Key West Film
a quick wit, Wendy Keeling
Festival, Nov. 12 through
will be in Key West for the
16.
KWFF showing. She says,
Wendy Keeling is a for“Being an actor myself I
mer Key West resident.
truly love working with
Now a Nashville-based
director-producer-actress, I actors. For this reason, and
first meet Wendy Kusmaul the whole obsession with
storytelling, I think direct(as she was known before
she married Kevin Keeling) ing has been a natural progression for me.”
some ten years ago when
Her new film “Self
we both worked on the
Offense” is one of more
documentary, “Key West:
than 50 film and shorts
City of Colors.” She was a
being screened at the 2014
production coordinator
Key West Film Festival.
and I was a contributing
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
BY SHIRREL RHOADES
W
“To be honest, my start
as a filmmaker was somewhat of a surprise, Wendy
confesses. “I had been playing around with different
roles on set from production assistant to assistant
director just trying to take
in everything I could. A few
years ago I was talking with
a filmmaker about acting
and producing a 48-hour
film project film with him.
For some reason his team
just didn’t pan out, so I
decided that I would put
together a team. Within
a half an hour of phone
calls I had my actors and
the full crew set up. That
film went on to win several
awards and travelled to 11
film festivals that year. So
Rebecca Lines as Jamie in “Self Offense.”
my accidental directing job
seemed to be somewhat
successful.”
“Self Offense” is a short
suspense film that focuses
on the travails of four
women faced with domestic violence. This awardwinning narrative has been
Strings of the Silver Screen
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Guitarist Martina Bevis, center, is seen with dancers Jeordan Gasche, left, and Mary Kay Lee, right.
The CoffeeMill Dance Studio will present “Strings of
the Silver Screen” at 8 p.m. Nov. 15 and 16 at the
Tennessee Williams Theater at FKCC on Stock Island.
Go to keystix.com for more information.
called “seat gripping” and
“alternately harrowing and
moving.”
In it, four women meet
at a self-defense class, each
there for her own reasons.
One a woman is scarred
from caring for an abusing
mother; another on her
own in a dangerous neighborhood after leaving her
husband; the third dealing
with a dangerous stalker;
and the four facing a controlling gay partner.
Their stories are revealed
in black-and-white flashbacks (with color highlights) as they go through
their self-defense training,
from jujitsu to firearms.
Wendy Keeling, Carla
Christine Contreras,
Rebecca Lines, and
Susannah Devereux take
the roles of the fourth victims. Levi Montgomery
heads up the instructors
working with the traumatized women.
In the end, one of the
women sums up the film’s
theme: “No more. I’ve had
enough!”
“My interest in talking
about violence against
women stemmed from
my own experiences as
well as those of people
around me,” Wendy tells
us. “Unfortunately I don’t
think I know any woman
that has not been a victim. With the number of
women who have been
victimized being 1 in 3 I
am not surprised.”
She adds, “Some of our
cast and crew themselves
have been victims of violence or have had someone
close to them experience
abuse. There were real tears
shared on set. I think this
film started as a way to
talk about these issues to
help others but it has also
become a healing tool for
myself and my team in a
way.”
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