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Paradise This Week

Paradise
October 13-19, 2016
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WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE FOR KEY WEST
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016
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COVER: This aerial view of Fort Zachary Taylor State Park shows the
cool, blue waters that surround the area.
looking at the annual Humphrey
Bogart Film Festival in Key Largo
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Check out the singers, songwriters and
musicians in Key West’s Music Scene
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Fantasy Fest, Halloween events highlight
celebrations throughout the Keys
‘Stories of the Upper Keys’ on display
Our Man in Havana
THIS JUST IN:
Hawk Mania event set Oct. 14-15
The Florida Keys Audubon Society will hold its second
annual Hawk Mania event on Friday and Saturday, Oct.
14-15.
The two main events will be a keynote talk by
renowned raptor identification expert Rafael Galvez at
the Key West Garden Club on Friday night at 6:30 p.m.
There will be an all-day Hawk Watch on Saturday from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park. There
will also be a songbird walk, a butterfly walk, a shorebird
walk, and a seawatch.
All events are free and open to the public, although
there is a fee to get into the state park.
For information, visit http://www.keysaudubon.org,
email [email protected] or call 305-771-5807.
Robert the Doll to visit Islamorada
The one and only Robert the Doll will visit the Keys
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History and Discovery Center on Oct. 27 for a night of
ghost stories with Key West author and ghost hunter
David Sloan.
The event, held in collaboration with the Key West Art
& Historical Society, begins at 6 p.m.
Cost for the presentation is $25 and includes admission to the movie and museum. For reservations, call
305-922-2237 or email [email protected].
The Discovery Center is located at Mile Marker 82,
located at the Islander Resort.
Paddleboard event upcoming
The fifth annual SUP Invitational, benefiting Special
Olympics Florida Monroe County, is a two-day, family-friendly event set for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15-16,
at Higgs Beach.
On Saturday, Oct. 15, activities begin at 3 p.m., as participants can enjoy time at Higgs Beach and check out
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the following day’s race course. pick up race packets or
take a race clinic with Lazy Dog’s Sue Cooper.
On Sunday, Oct. 16, the two-mile Open SUP Race gets
underway with a beach obstacle course. Races for kids
and Special Olympics athletes will follow the Open Race.
For race registration and times, visit https://paddleguru.com/races/SUPInvitationalKeyWest2016.
Club to hold charity cruise raffle
The Key West Parrot Head Club is holding a fundraising
raffle for local charities in Monroe County, with a grand
prize of a cruise for two.
The $1,000 certificate is valid for any cruise line and
date, within one year of winning.
Only 500 tickets will be sold, at $20 a ticket.
For information, call Amy Hanson at 864-314-3980
or visit http://www.keywestparrotheadclub.com/special-events.html.
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Humphrey Bogart Film Festival under way in Key Largo through Sunday
Film buffs can celebrate
an iconic performer who
appeared in more than 75
movies during a 50-year
career at the fourth annual
Key Largo-based Humphrey
Bogart Film Festival, under
way through Sunday, Oct.
16.
Commemorating Bogart’s
life, his films and the golden
era of cinema, this year’s
edition honors the 75th
anniversary of “The Maltese
Falcon” and the 70th anniversary of “The Big Sleep.”
The festival’s Key Largo setting is particularly appropriate since the 1948 film “Key
Largo,” starring Bogart and
his wife Lauren Bacall, was
partly filmed on the island.
Returning to co-host
events and film screenings
is Bogart and Bacall’s son,
Stephen Bogart, again
joined by acclaimed novelist and film historian Eddie
Muller.
Festival highlights include
indoor and outdoor single- and double-feature
showings of Bogart classics,
as well as a free live radio
play performance of “The
Maltese Falcon.”
Friday night features the
Bogie’s Harbor Party, pre-
ceding an outdoor showing
of a Bogart and Bacall classic “To Have and Have Not.”
Saturday, an island-style
awards banquet is to honor
a performer whose work
most embodies Bogart’s
spirit and character. The
banquet will take place at
the event’s host hotel, the
newly opened Playa Largo
Resort & Spa, located at
97450 Overseas Highway,
Mile Marker 97.4, oceanside.
Complete event details,
as well as all-access and
single-event passes and
merchandise, can be found
at http://www.bogartfilmfestival.com.
Throughout the weekend, fans can view Bogart
memorabilia, find festival
collectibles and book canal
cruises on the fully restored
African Queen, the original
boat from John Huston’s
1951 film of the same name
that starred Bogart and
Katharine Hepburn. The
venerable vessel is docked
at the Holiday Inn Key
Largo.
Specially priced festival
rates for attendees are avail- Humphrey Bogart embraces Lauren Bacall in ‘To Have
able at Playa Largo Resort
and Have Not.’ The Humphrey Bogart Film Festival conand Spa.
tinues this weekend in Key Largo.
‘In/Visible’ show highlights
new TSKW artist Frew
Keys Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest features presidential politics
A whimsical jack-o-lantern, representing undecided voters for America’s Nov. 8 presidential election, won top honors at
the Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest staged Oct. 8 in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Jana Vandelaar
and her daughter Jacqueline, 13, of Key Largo, Florida, added large round eyes and outstretched hands to their carved
pumpkin to symbolize the dilemma of ‘who should we vote for’ that seems to be confounding many Americans with the
election less then a month away. When completed, their creation rested on the sea floor 30 feet below the surface, amid
other carved pumpkins including two with rubber masks portraying Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican
nominee Donald Trump, dubbed ‘Howl-ary Clinton’ and ‘Donald Trumpkin.’
Kicking off a new season of exhibitions by local
and national artists, The
Studios of Key West will
present “In/Visible” a solo
show by studio artist Abiy
T. Frew through Oct. 27 in
the XOJ Gallery.
Abiy was born Addis
Ababa in Ethiopia. He
began drawing as a child
and his family immigrated to the United States in
1998, which allowed him
to continue his education.
He graduated from the
Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts in 2006, and
was accepted as a studio
artist at The Studios of Key
West earlier this year.
Classically trained as a
figurative painter, Frew
pushes the limits of representation and paint to
maximize their expressive
potential.
In the context of a global refugee crisis, Frew’s
latest series, “In/Visible”
starts with the notion of
chiaroscuro (“light and
shadow”) and explores
the personal and political
dimensions of displacement, absence and belonging.
New this year, The
Studios presents “Parade
Lab,” an opportunity for
several artists and community members to spend the
month of October sharing
space and inspiration for
their creative parade concoctions.
Visitors can stop by
during regular gallery
hours, Tuesday through
Saturday, from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m., to view exhibitions
and projects in progress.
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Key West Music Scene
BLUE MACAW
Chris Case
Noon to 3 p.m. Thursday; 4
to 7 p.m. Friday
Eric Paul Levy
4 to 7 p.m. Thursday
Allen
“Frankendread”
Holland
Noon to 3 p.m. Friday
through Sunday; Tuesday
Polak
4 to 7 p.m. Saturday
Rich “Big Daddy”
Rogenmoser
4 to 7 p.m. Sunday,
Monday; noon to 3 p.m.
Wednesday
James Whitehead
Noon to 3 p.m. Monday
Nick Norman
Provided photo
The Stacy Brooks Band will be performing at Chicago’s on Greene Street from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Tuesday through Oct. 24.
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THURSDAY
October 13
Joel Nelson
FRIDAY
October 14
KEY WEST
SUNDAY
October 16
MONDAY
October 17
CHICAGO’S
Stacy Brooks Band
8 to 11:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Oct. 24
TUESDAY
October 18
WEDNESDAY
October 19
Kenny Fradley Kenny Fradley NFL Footballpt Zack Seemiller
& Tom Taylor & Rolando Rojas
Joel Nelson
Joel Nelson
Jimmy Olson
Holt-McAdam Holt-McAdam
Cliff Cody
Cliff Cody
5 to 7 p.m. Thursday and
Saturday
Holt-McAdam Holt-McAdam
SATURDAY
October 15
4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and
Wednesday
Cliff Cody
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Gina Maseratti and
the Pink Tones
An eclectic blend of
rock, blues, swing and jazz,
as well as originals and
parodies.
GREEN
PARROT
Skank
5:30 and 9 p.m. Thursday
Fuses funk, rock, ska and
reggae to create a dance
party.
Legendary JC’s
Lonesome Soul
Revue
5:30 and 10 p.m. Saturday;
5:30 p.m. Sunday
Rockin’ Southern guitars, a kickin’ rhythm section and a mind-blowin’
horn section results in a
gospel-influenced and
soul-stirring sound.
Happy Dog Band
5:30 and 9 p.m. Wednesday
Jam funk rockers feature
feel-good, groove-heavy
music.
GARDENS HOTEL
Michael Robinson
with Eric Haley
5 to 7 p.m. Friday
400 Front Street • Across the street from Sunset
GAS MONKEY
Dom Carelli
5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday
Jazz in the Gardens
Scott Marischen and
friends
5:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday
GRUNT’S
BAR
The Shanty Hounds
Sunday
Bubba System Band
7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday
Classic rockers cover
Santana to the Rolling
Stones and the Beatles to
Johnny Cash.
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Key West Music Scene
Keith Franx
8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday
Eric Paul Levy
HARD ROCK
CAFE
Rick Fusco
Kenny Fradley
and Tom Taylor
5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday
through Oct. 23
Dani Hoy
HILTON
Mike Naughton
HOGFISH BAR
AND GRILLE
Bahama Village
Social Club
7 to 10 p.m. Friday
Francisco Vidal
10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday
through Oct. 23
IRISH KEVIN’S
Jeff Harris
3 to 7 p.m. Saturday; 6:30
to 10:30 p.m. Sunday; 2:30
to 6:30 p.m. Monday; 10:30
a.m. to 2:30 a.m. Tuesday and
Wednesday.
KEY WEST
THEATER
The Nighthawks
with Bill Blue
and Larry Baeder
8 p.m. Wednesday
HOG’S BREATH
Joel Nelson
1 p.m. Thursday, Tuesday
and Wednesday
Holt-McAdam Band
5:30 to 9:30 p.m. through
Sunday
Happy Dog Band
10 p.m. to 2 a.m. through
Sunday
Influences ranging from
the Talking Heads to Bob
Marley to the Beatles to the
Keith Franx
1 to 5 p.m. Monday
Folk and rock, along with
original songs.
Bobby Enloe
Zack Seemiller
Cliff Cody
Tim Hollohan
Roger Jokela
1 p.m. Friday
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday;
noon to 2 p.m. Sunday
SALTY
ANGLER
Grateful Dead.
5 to 9 p.m. Friday
Eric Levy
Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday; 6
to 10 p.m. Sunday
Ben Taddiken
Photo provided
The Legendary JC’s Lonesome Soul Revue rocks the Green
Noon to 3 p.m. Monday and
Parrot at 5:30 and 10 p.m. Saturday, and at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Tuesday
Denis Hyland
Jazz Quartet
Joel Nelson
9 p.m. Friday
Mike Bailey
Mateo Jampol
6:30 p.m. Saturday
LITTLE ROOM
JAZZ CLUB
Larry Baeder
and Bill Blue
9 p.m. Thursday
Mike Gillis
6:30 p.m. Friday
Michael McCloud
Noon to 3 p.m. Monday
and Wednesday; 4 to 7 p.m.
Tuesday
Noon to 5 p.m., Thursday,
Tuesday, Wednesday; with
friends, Friday through Sunday
Rusty Lemon
Doerfels
8:30 p.m. Sunday and
Monday
Noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday and
Wednesday
Eric Holt
Michael Naughton
7 p.m. to midnight Friday
and Sunday
Bluegrass, contemporary
and classic rock, country,
alternative and pop.
Terri White
9 p.m. Saturday
Hal Howland
Jazz Trio
8:30 p.m. Tuesday
Jodyrae Campbell
LAGERHEADS
1 to 4 p.m. Sunday
Noon to 3 p.m. Sunday
Cool Duo
Rob DiStaci
8:30 p.m. Wednesday
Chris Thomas
4 to 7 p.m. Friday
SCHOONER
WHARF BAR
PIER HOUSE
BEACH BAR
Brian Roberts
Noon to 3 p.m. Thursday
Din Allen
Saturday
Alphonse Subarsky
Noon to 3 p.m. Friday and
Saturday
RICK’S KEY WEST
The Shanty Hounds
Noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday
RUM ROW
Rock Solomon
Brian Roberts
Black and
Skabbudah
5 to 8 p.m. Sunday
Cack a Lackie
Boys Band
7 to midnight Saturday
Classic R&B, jump blues,
oldies and lots of reggae.
Raven Cooper
Noon to 5 p.m. Monday; 7
to 11 p.m. Wednesday
Black and
Skabbuddah
7 to 11 p.m. Monday
Classic rock and original
music
Sparky Jones
Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday
Marty Stonely
and Tom Tayor
Classic and Generation
X rock.
Dave Herzog
and Chuck Fox
Island hits, beach music
and oldies.
SMOKIN’ TUNA
Caffeine Carl
Unplugged
6 p.m. Thursday
Doyle Brothers
3 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Caffeine Carl
and friends
9 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Caffeine Carl
and the Buzz
9 p.m. Monday
Hey Monea
9 p.m. Thursday, Sunday
and Tuesday; 6 p.m. Friday,
Saturday and Monday
Chris Thomas
and friends
9 p.m. Wednesday
SUNSET TIKI BAR
Clint Bullard
6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sunday,
Wednesday
WILLIE T’S
Gerd Rube
6 to 9 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
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Numerous Halloween happenings to haunt Florida Keys
In addition to the
upcoming Zombie Bike
Ride on Oct. 23 and then
the annual Fantasy Fest
celebration, a number of
other Halloween celebrations will haunt Florida
Keys revelers along the
island chain.
• At Crane Point
Hammock, at Mile Marker
50.5 bayside in Marathon,
costumed goblins and
ghouls can take part in the
frightening fun on Oct.
31 and Trick or Treat with
the Cranes from 5 to 8
p.m. For information, visit
http://www.cranepoint.
net or call 305-743-3900.
• Eerie athletes can
take part in the Key West
Halloween Half Marathon
& 5K, scheduled to spook
spectators Sunday, Oct.
16. The event starts and
ends at the Schooner
Wharf Bar, 202 William
St., and participants are
encouraged to wear their
creepiest costumes. For
information and registration, visit http://www.
halloweenhalfmarathon.
com/key-west/.
• Key West’s wildest
pre-Halloween party,
Fantasy Fest, also offers a
kids component. The festival’s traditional Children’s
Day is set for noon to 5
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at
Bayview Park at Truman
Avenue and Eisenhower
Drive.
For information, call
305-292-8912.
• Clever and creative
revelers are set to display
miniature floats in Key
West’s second “Smallest
Parade in the Universe,”
which benefits the
Monroe Association for
ReMARCable Citizens.
The tiny floats will
be displayed from 5 to 9
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27,
at Waterfront Brewery,
located at 201 William St.
FF king, queen
will serve as
parade marshals
Fantasy Fest to celebrate
political party animals
Oct. 21-30
Key West’s wildest
party will turn bipartisan
when Fantasy Fest, the
island city’s outrageous
annual costuming and
masking festival, takes aim
at America’s upcoming
presidential elections. Set
for Friday, Oct. 21, through
Sunday, Oct. 30, the festivities are themed “Political
Voodoo and Ballot Box
Barbarians.”
One of the most eagerly
anticipated events on the
Key West calendar, Fantasy
Fest offers 10 days of masquerade balls, quirky costume contests and other
delicious delights.
The spectacle climaxes in an exotic grand
parade whose floats are as
elaborate as candidates’
pre-election promises.
Fantasy Fest will begin
with a Royal Coronation
Ball Friday, Oct. 21, where
the public casts votes to
elect the king and queen
of the masked madness.
Also that weekend, Key
West’s Caribbean roots are
celebrated with Friday and
Saturday’s family-friendly
Goombay street party in
historic Bahama Village.
Friday through
Wednesday, Key West
Burlesque will stage an
original theatrical extravaganza that incorporates
imaginative costuming
and production values.
At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 26, the fur will fly
during the traditional Pet
Masquerade. The eccentric competition is likely to
include Re-pup-licans and
Demo-cats as well as other
canine, feline and avian
critters strutting their stuff
on an oceanfront stage.
Political “party animals”
can compete for costume
prizes and glory Thursday
during soirees including a
tantalizing toga party that
is one of the festival’s longest-running events.
Friday, Oct. 28, brings
They will “parade” down
a replica of Key West’s
famed Duval Street while
projections are flashed on
the “street” to make them
look like full-sized floats.
Spectator tickets are $20.
For information, visit
http://www.thesmallestparadeintheuniverse.com
or http://www.marchouse.
org.
MIKE HENTZ/Paradise
People line the roadway as colorful floats make their way down Duval Street during last year’s
Fantasy Fest Parade.
the lively Fantasy Fest
Street Fair, when the
island’s renowned Duval
Street become a mile-long
marketplace with vendors
offering costumes and
masks, arts and crafts,
tempting food and libations.
Friday evening the
Masquerade March of
bold barbarians, voodoo
vixens and other costumed characters parades
through the streets from
a starting point at the Key
West Cemetery.
Other Fantasy Fest
standouts include exuberant themed costume competitions, a children’s day
at a local park and parties
that are definitely not
politically motivated.
The pre-election action
is to reach its climax
Saturday, Oct. 29, as tens
of thousands of spectators
flock to Key West’s historic
downtown for the Fantasy
Fest Parade along Duval
street.
The spectacle typically
includes feather-bedecked marching groups,
Caribbean bands and
enormous, lavishly decorated motorized floats.
Since the parade falls
just days before the 2016
presidential election,
festival organizers expect
many floats and costumes
to feature a political focus
— spiced with the offbeat
flamboyance that characterizes Fantasy Fest and
Key West itself.
The individuals who
are crowned this year’s
Fantasy Fest King and
Queen will have the additional honor of serving as
Grand Marshals for this
year’s Fantasy Fest Parade.
The King and Queen,
who will be crowned the
week before at the Royal
Coronation, will lead the
parade of approximately 50
floats and walking groups
down Duval Street, on
Saturday, Oct. 29.
This year’s contenders
are Queen candidates
Kristen Livengood and Jane
Rohrschneider, and King
candidates Christopher
Rounds and Thomas Ryan.
For the second year,
the Key West Chamber of
Commerce will bolster the
prize pool for the Fantasy
Fest parade by awarding a
total of $10,000 to the best
local parade entries, with a
top prize of $7,500. Winners
of the 2016 parade and the
announcement of the 2017
Fantasy Fest theme will be
named Sunday, Oct. 30.
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Red Barn to open 37th season with Steve Martin’s ‘Picasso at Lapin Agile’
A new theater season is
upon the island, and Key
West’s Red Barn Theatre
has a selection of plays and
special events lined up for
its 37th season.
Ranging from the sublimely comic to the fanciful
to the flat-out hilarious, it
may be one of the strongest
stage offerings yet at one
of the southernmost city’s
professional theaters.
The Subscription Series
gets off to a comic start
with comedian Steve
Martin’s “Picasso at the
Lapin Agile”, a rendering
of an imagined meeting
between Albert Einstein
and Pablo Picasso at a bar
in Paris. Egged on by a cast
of eccentrics, the two trade
insights into their century’s achievements. “Lapin
Agile” runs Dec. 13 through
Jan. 14, 2017.
“Murder for Two” follows
Jan. 20 through Feb. 12.
It’s an offbeat two-handed
musical, where one actor
investigates the crime
while the other plays all the
suspects and both play the
piano (you have to see it to
believe it).
Next up will be one of
the classic musicals, “I
Do, I Do”, running Feb.
21 through March 18.
Opening March 28 and
running through April 15
will be “Camping with
Henry and Tom” by Mark
St. Germain.
The final Subscription
Series production will see
the return of the Red Barn’s
popular “Short Attention
Span Theatre,” all new
for 2017. Titled “Brief
Encounters,” it will be a
mix of fresh, fun, irreverent
10-minute plays.
A preseason treat will be
the premiere production of
“The Return”, by playwright
Bob Bowersox. It will run
Nov. 1-19.
Jan. 9-11 will be “And
Then I Wrote A Song About
It”, the new musical by Eric
Weinberger,
For information, call 305296-9911 or visit http://
www.redbarntheatre.com.
Original Sanchez
works on display
at Custom House
Photo provided by Hibiscus Marketing
Guests take in all the history offered with the new permanent exhibit, Stories of the Upper Keys, now in place at the Keys History and Discovery Center in
Islamorada.
‘Stories of the Upper Keys’ on display at Keys History and Discovery Center
“Stories of the Upper
Keys” is the latest permanent exhibit to be presented by the Keys History
and Discovery Center in
Islamorada.
The most comprehensive and elaborate
exhibit developed to date,
it encapsulates several
significant aspects of our
local history. In addition
to subjects like Henry
Flagler’s Over-Sea Railway,
the Overseas Highway,
and the 1935 Labor Day
Hurricane, the exhibit
explores the people who
carved niches for themselves and their families
from a considerably more
inhospitable string of
islands than the sub-tropical paradise we live in
today.
The exhibit includes
storyboards, more than
50 historic images, touchscreen monitors filled
with more images and
more stories as well as a
video component with
directional sound focused
downward by audio
domes in order to reduce
the impact on surrounding exhibits. The first video
available is an interview
with President Herbert
Hoover after a fishing
excursion from North Key
Largo’s exclusive Angler’s
Club. Also featured in the
exhibit are a smattering
of artifacts on loan from
the Flagler Museum and
Upper Keys history guru,
Jerry Wilkinson.
“Stories of the Upper
Keys” is presented as
seven individual panels
spanning roughly 30 feet
of wall space” said center
curator and historian Brad
Bertelli. “While each of
the seven panels is offered
as an individual piece
and can be appreciated
that way, because of the
interconnectedness of this
collection of panels, the
exhibit as a whole tells a
larger story.”
The Discovery Center
is a museum, theater and
gift shop, offering lessons
in Keys history .
The Discovery Center is
open Thursdays through
Sundays, from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. General admission
is $12.
305-922-2237 or visit
http://www.keysdiscovery.
com.
The center is located
at Mile Marker 82, on the
property of the Islander
Resort.
In 1961, Key West Art
& Historical Society
presented the first public showing of Mario
Sanchez’s art at Fort East
Martello Museum.
Now KWAHS offers
“Pencil Me In: The
Sketches of Mario
Sanchez,” on display in
the Bryan Gallery at the
Custom House Museum
through Dec. 31.
The exhibit lauds
the celebrated CubanAmerican folk artist’s
sketches done on brown
paper bags, a process
Sanchez used to guide
the layout of his famed
bas-relief woodcarvings.
A self-taught artist
born in 1908 in Key West’s
Gatoville cigar-making
neighborhood, Sanchez
began working artistically in 1930, creating
upwards of 600 paintings
and woodcarvings in his
lifetime.
Cori Convertito at 305295-6616, Ext. 112.
The Custom House is
located at 281 Front St.
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‘Miss Peregrine’s Home’
a view of the dark side
Reviewed by
SHIRREL RHOADES
Photo provided
Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks portrays pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who guided a downed airliner onto the Hudson
River and saved all passengers and crew, in ‘Sully,’ which opens Friday at the Tropic Cinema.
‘Sully’ recounts miracle on the Hudson
Interviewed by
SHIRREL RHOADES
On Jan. 15, 2009, US
Airways Flight 1549 hit
some birds while taking off
from New York’s LaGuardia
Airport, forcing the pilot
to land the plane in the
Hudson River. The pilot’s
calm landing on water and
ushering his passengers
onto the wing to await rescue resulted in him being
hailed as a hero.
But Chesley Burnett
“Sully” Sullenberger, III
said he didn’t feel like a
hero. He was just doing
his job.
In the movie titled
“Sully,” Tom Hanks takes
on the role of the self-effacing pilot with custom-
ary ease. Aaron Eckhart
joins him as Jeffrey Skiles,
first officer of the downed
Airbus A320. And Laura
Linney portrays Lorraine
Sullenberger, Sully’s wife.
“Sully” is opening Friday
at Tropic Cinema.
As directed by Clint
Eastwood, “Scully” goes
beyond the plane’s miraculous landing on the frigid
waters of the Hudson. “For
me, the real conflict came
after,” says Eastwood,
“with the investigative
board questioning his
decisions, even though
he’d saved so many lives.”
Tom Hanks, totally in
character with Sully’s
close-cropped white hair
and mustache, sees this as
a feel-good movie.
“In the political atmosphere we’re in, there
are an awful lot of points
being made on the notion
that you can’t count on
people and institutions
because they’re all broken
– that none of them work,”
says Hanks. “Well, that’s
nonsense. They’re not all
broken. And you can still
have faith in them. And,
in that regard, I think
this movie makes a really
strong case.”
In recognition for
saving the 155 passengers of Flight 1549, Sully
Sullenberger and his crew
were awarded the National
Air and Space Museum’s
highest honor: the 2010
Current Achievement
Trophy.
“My entire life is being
judged on the basis of
those three minutes and
28 seconds,” says the reallife Sully.
“We never know which
flight will test us ... I had
gotten to a point late in my
career when I thought that
test would never happen
to me. I was wrong.”
[email protected]
Call me crazy, but I
want filmmaker Tim
Burton to direct my nightmares. He has such a
frightening yet beguiling
view of the dark side.
Remember his “The
Corpse Bride”? Or “Sleepy
Hollow” with its galloping horseman topped
by a pumpkin head? Or
“Alice in Wonderland”
with its phantasmagorical imagery? Or
“Edward Scissorhands”
with his sharpened digits? Or creepy but cool
“Beetlejuice”?
You get the idea.
Burton’s dreamscape is
filled with weird inhabitants.
Same is true for his latest film, “Miss Peregrine’s
Home for Peculiar
Children.” It’s currently
spooking audiences at
Tropic Cinema.
At the Home you will
encounter a girl who
eats through a mouth
in the back of her head
(Raffiella Chapman), an
invisible boy in a time
loop (Cameron King), a
boy who has prophetic
dreams (Hayden KeelerStone), a pyrokinetic teen
(Lauren McCrostie), a
very strong child (Pixie
Davies), a girl who can
control the growth
of plants (Georgia
Pemberton), a teenager
who can resurrect the
dead for a short time
(Finlay MacMillan), a
teenager with bees living in his stomach (Milo
Parker), and masked twin
brothers (Joseph and
Thomas Odwell).
Heading up the Home
is Miss Alma LeFay
Peregrine (Eva Green), a
mysterious headmistress
who has been protecting
her odd charges from
Mr. Barron (Samuel L.
Jackson). He’s leader
of the Wights, undead
human creatures that
hunt and kill peculiar
children.
All this is seen through
the eyes of 16-year-old
Jacob Portman (Asa
Butterfield), the boy
introduced to the school
by Emma Bloom (Ella
Purnell), an aerokinetic
girl who can breath away
the bottom of the sea
with her tsunami breath.
Can Jake protect Miss
Peregrine’s young charges
from the Wights and
evil Hollowgasts (tentacle-mouthed humanoid
creatures)?
“Miss Peregrine’s Home
for Peculiar Children”
is based on the samenamed young adult book
by Ransom Rigs.
Tim Burton follows suit
and aims this movie at
kids ... threatening your
youngster with troubled
sleep.
[email protected]
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What’s up at the Tropic
Brendan
Fraser found
success in
‘The Mummy’
series of
movies, but
the actor
has had
scant roles
since losing
his he-man
looks.
Top 10 actors Hollywood stopped casting
Reviewed by
SHIRREL RHOADES
One day you’re on top
of the world (well, at least
as high as that Hollywood
sign overlooking L.A.),
the next day your phone
doesn’t ring.
Here are the Top 10
one-time popular movie
stars who have fallen off
the A List.
Some would now have
trouble getting up to Kathy
Griffin’s D List.
10) Taylor Lautner –
The bare-chested teen
wolf from the “Twilight”
saga went from being a
heartthrob to AWOL from
the silver screen. Some
say he waited too long to
break out of that role.
9) Jessica Biel – Esquire
picked her as the Sexiest
Woman Alive but her
movie turns never struck
gold. So she’s contenting
herself being Mrs. Justin
Timberlake. Some say she
got typecast in love interest roles.
8) Sean William Scott –
The “America Pie” bad boy
proved to be a bad boy to
work with and directors
quit calling. Some say he’s
simply aged out of the
sleazy college guy role.
7) Katherine Heigl – The
“Gray’s Anatomy” star
turned down an Emmy
and quit the show, but
her rom-com roles disappeared as Hollywood
found her just as difficult
to work with.
6) Macaulay Culkin –
The “Home Alone” star
found the transition from
child actor to adult difficult. He hasn’t appeared in
a major film since 1994.
5) Meg Ryan – Sure,
her career faltered follow-
ing her bad facelifts, but
Renee Zellweger survived
that. Maybe she lost her
creditably as “America’s
Sweetheart” when she
dumped hubby Dennis
Quaid for Russell Crowe,
a short-lived fling with
long-lasting consequences.
4) Mike Myers – The
“Saturday Night Live”
funnyman made it big
with those Austin Powers
spy sendups, but a few
bombs like “The Love
Guru” and “I Married an
Ax Murderer” massacres a
career.
3) Brendan Fraser –
His “Mummy” movies
were big hits, but then he
started losing his he-man
looks. Fickle Hollywood.
2) Eddie Murphy – Who
could have been bigger
than the star of such hits
as “Beverly Hills Cop,”
“The Nutty Professor,” and
“Dr. Doolittle”? But if you
throw in a few box-office
bombs like “Norbit” and
“The Further Adventures
of Pluto Nash,” you can
sidetrack a brilliant career.
1) Mel Gibson – OK, it
admittedly doesn’t help
your career when you
pull drunken tirades and
call lady cops names. Or
maybe it was the racial
slurs about those moguls
who control Hollywood.
Not a good idea to bite the
hand that feeds you.
We were going to
include Antonio Sabato
Jr. on our list, but he
made his big comeback
as a speaker at Donald
Trump’s star-studded (not)
Republican Convention.
Yes, Hollywood can be
a rollercoaster … or a car
heading over a cliff.
[email protected]
OPENS FRIDAY
“Sully” — Tom Hanks
stars in this thrilling
portrait of heroic airline
pilot Chesley “Sully”
Sullenberger, re-enacting
his incredible successful
emergency landing of an
Airbus A320 full of passengers on the Hudson
River in New York. Rated
PG-13 (Review, Page 12)
“Author: The JT LeRoy
Story” — The New York
Times sent shockwaves
through the literary
world when it unmasked
“it boy” wunderkind JT
LeRoy, whose tough prose
about a sordid childhood
had captivated icons and
luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy
didn’t actually exist. He
was the creative expression of 40-year-old San
Francisco former phonesex operator turned
housewife, Laura Albert.
Rated R
HELD OVER
“The Girl on the Train”
— Rachel (Emily Blunt),
devastated by her recent
divorce, spends her daily
commute fantasizing
about the seemingly
perfect couple who live
in a house that her train
passes every day, until
one morning she sees
something shocking happen there and becomes
entangled in the mystery
that unfolds. Rated R
“The Birth of a Nation”
— Set against the antebellum South, the film
follows Nat Turner (Nate
Parker), a literate slave
and preacher, whose
financially strained owner,
Samuel Turner, accepts an
offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly
slaves. As he witnesses
countless atrocities –
against himself and his
fellow slaves – Nat orchestrates an uprising in the
hopes of leading his people to freedom. Rated R
“Miss Peregrine’s
Home for Peculiar
Children” — From visionary director Tim Burton
comes an unforgettable
adventure fantasy. When
Jake (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery
that spans alternate realities and times, he uncovers a secret refuge known
as Miss Peregrine’s Home
for Peculiar Children. As
he learns about the residents and their abilities,
Jake realizes that safety
is an illusion, and danger
lurks in the form of powerful, hidden enemies.
Jake must figure out who
is real, who can be trusted, and who he is. Rated
PG-13 (Review, Page 12)
SPECIAL EVENTS
THIS WEEK
Performance on Screen
Kenneth Branagh
Theater: “Romeo and
Juliet”
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
18; 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
23
A modern restaging of
“Romeo and Juliet” with
Lily James and Richard
Madden as the leads.
Tickets $15; members
$12
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Key West’s architectural crown jewel celebrates 125 years
Whether by land, sea,
or air, it’s hard to miss
the ornate, four-story
Custom House Museum
that stands sentinel over
the island—just about
everyone who lives in or
visits Key West can reference the red brick building
located at the foot of Front
Street. What might not be
so obvious is the history it
holds— from the exhibits
within, to the gallery walls
they are hung upon, and
the tin roof that protects
it all – and the painstaking efforts that have been
made (and are still underway) to preserve the architectural crown jewel of the
island.
This year, the Custom
House building celebrates
its 125th anniversary.
Key West Art & Historical
Society, stewards of the
iconic landmark structure
with their offices headquartered there, commemorates this anniversary with a special exhibition
— “Custom Made” — that
hails the building’s majestic structure and the federal offices that occupied
the space for decades. The
historic exhibit will be
open through Dec. 6.
Among the most
architecturally significant buildings in Florida
and a superb example of Richardsonian
Romanesque Architecture
(and the only one of its
kind in the Keys), the
Custom House wasn’t
always a museum.
Opened to the public in
1891 as a centerpiece
of federal authority in
the State of Florida, it
originally housed the
Collector of Customs, the
Postal Service, Federal
Courthouse and the
Lighthouse 7th District
Office, serving as “Key
West’s nerve center,”
said society curator Cori
Convertito.
“Plans and specifications for the construction
of a court house and post
office in Key West, Florida
were executed under the
direction of the supervising architect of the
Treasury Department,”
said Convertito. “Although
the design was considered
ornate for Key West, it
was a typical government
building of the period with
similar structures being
executed in other locations, including an almost
identical post office and
district court constructed in 1887 in Aberdeen,
Mississippi.”
The exhibit will offer
opportunities to enjoy
the architectural marvel’s
finery: the grand staircase
of carved wood, 20-foot
high ceilings textured in
intricately molded plaster,
arched windows and doorways, 11 fireplaces, and
an immense wraparound
porch that provided shade
to residents and visitors
conducting business in
the building. Visitors can
also explore rare artifacts including sections
of the building’s original
woodwork, a Collector
of Customs’ letter book,
nineteenth century customs forms, views of the
original floor plans, and
materials used in the edifice’s restoration, part of a
nine-year, $9-million project spearheaded by the
society that began in the
early 1990s.
The multimillion-dollar
effort, funded by the federal ISTEA program, the
State of Florida, Division
of Historical Resources,
the Division of Cultural
Affairs, as well as many
private foundations,
businesses and individuals, culminated with the
Custom House’s grand
opening as a flagship
museum in 1999.
Today, the museum is
undergoing Phase III of
five phases of renovations,
insuring that preservation
continues today for the
generations to come.
Convertito at 305-2956616, Ext. 112.
506690
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PARADISE
Florida Keys Council of the
Arts Cultural Calendar for
Thursday, Oct. 13 through
Wednesday, Oct. 19. Visit
http://www.keysarts.com,
Cultural Calendar for more
listings and events throughout the Keys.
KEY WEST
HAPPENINGS
ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS
Friday
Artist talk and reception with David Harrison
Wright, 6 p.m. The artist
will discuss his work and
the history behind the
ships in the five pieces
that will be added to the
Key West Library’s permanent collection. Free and
open to the public. Key
West Library, 700 Fleming
St.
MUSIC
Tuesday
FKCC Keys Chorale
- Mixed Community
Chorus, 7 p.m. The course
objectives are to learn
the art of choral singing through rehearsals;
to experience different
genres of music; to learn
to read music; to perform
a concert. FKCC, 5901
College Road. 248-2497341. james.cutty@fkcc.
edu
Wednesday
The Nighthawks with
Bill Blue and Larry
Baeder, 8 p.m. Key West
Theater, 512 Eaton St.
http://www.thekeywesttheater.com
FESTIVALS &
FUNDRAISERS
Thursday, Oct. 13
through Monday, Oct. 31
ReMARCable Pumpkin
Patch. All funds benefit MARC House programs. Marc House, 1401
Seminary St., Key West
Saturday
Plant Sale, 10 a.m. Key
West Tropical Forest and
Botanical Garden, 5210
College Road. 296-1504.
http://www.kwbgs.org
Sunday
Key West Artisan
Market, 10 a.m. Art, food,
wine and craft beer, shopping and entertainment.
The Restaurant Store, 1111
Eaton St., Key West.
Tuesday
Enjoy Your Favorite
Pasta event, proceeds benefit the Key
West Tropical Forest
and Botanical Garden
Education Department,
5:30 p.m. Mangia Mangia,
900 Southard St., 305-2961504 http://www.kwbgs.
org
Wednesday
Fort Fright Night, 6 p.m.
Fort East Martello 3501
S Roosevelt Blvd. http://
www.kwahs.org
CLASSES &
WORKSHOPS
Saturday
Scars and Scabs,
Wounds and Gore
Workshop 10 a.m. Crystal
Smith’s Theatrical Makeup
Class will provide a family friendly “Wounds and
Gore” workshop that
teaches hands-on skills
using latex and household products to transform individuals into the
undead. KWAHS, Fort East
Martello, 3501 S. Roosevelt
Blvd. http://www.kwahs.
org
Sugar Skulls For
Families, 12:30 p.m. A
hands-on workshop that
Keys Writers Meeting,
1 p.m. Big Pine Library,
Winn-Dixie Shopping
Plaza. 305-8720992. http://www.keyslibraries.org.
UPPER KEYS
HAPPENINGS
LECTURE
Wednesday
Immerse Yourself!
Seminar Series, “Mystery
of the Last Olympian.”
Richie Kohler and Charlie
Hudson, authors. 7 p.m.
The History of Diving
Museum, 82990 Overseas
Highway, Mile Marker
83, 305-664-9737. http://
www.divingmuseum.
org Islamorada.
Photo provided
The ‘Scars and Scabs, Wounds and Gore Workshop’ is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Fort East Martello. The family-friendly
workshop will teach hands-on skills using latex and household
products to transform individuals into the undead.
teaches the story behind
the Mexican tradition
Día de Los Muertos (Day
of the Dead). KWAHS,
Fort East Martello, 3501
S. Roosevelt Blvd. http://
www.kwahs.org
Haunted Trick or Treat,
6 p.m. This program is
free and open to kids of
all ages and costumes
are encouraged. Key West
Library, 700 Fleming St.
305-292-3595
Monday
Professional Day
Workshop: The History
and Art of Sugar Skulls,
9 a.m. KWAHS, Fort East
Martello, 3501 S. Roosevelt
Blvd. kwahs.org
Wednesday
Mac/Apple classes, 10
a.m. Key West Library, 700
Fleming St.
MIDDLE KEYS
HAPPENINGS
ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS
Thursday
Fantasy Exhibit, Sue
& Bob D’Antonio,Artists
in Paradise Gallery,10
a.m. Winn-Dixie Shopping
Center, Big Pine Key, Mile
Marker 30. 302-872-1828.
http://www.artistsinparadise.com
CLASSES &
WORKSHOPS
Thursday
Art classes in Marathon:
Pottery, Clay, Glass,
Painting, Sculpture and
more. 10 a.m. The Art
Studio 12535 Overseas
Highway. 289-9013 http://
www.keysartstudio.com
LITERARY
Wednesday
ONGOING CLASSES
and WORKSHOPS
Classical guitar classes,
for children and adults
throughout the Keys.
Mateo, 305-304-1437.
Private piano, woodwind & guitar lessons. The
Music Room, 305-2947382.
Modern fingerstyle guitar lessons, Islamorada,
Dave Feder, 305-394-2765,
[email protected]
Parent & Me Fort
Adventures, KWAHS,
Fort East Martello, 3501
S. Roosevelt Blvd. Adele
Williams 305-295-6616,
Ext. 15. http://www.kwahs.
org/learn
Pre-season stretch writing and yoga with Cricket
Desmarais, The Studios
of Key West, 533 Eaton
St. http://www.tskw.org
Life drawing workshops with Annamarie
Giordano, 325 Catherine
St. 609-884-3474.
Basic acrylic painting
class, Island Inspirations,
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15
933B Fleming St., Key
West. Maggie Ruley, 305304-1013 http://www.
maggieruley.com
Various mediums, The
Studios of Key West, 533
Eaton St. 305-296-0458.
http://www. tskw.org.
Various mediums,
Art Studio of Marathon,
12535 Overseas Highway,
Oceanside. 305-289-9013.
http://www.keysartstudio.
com.
Various mediums,
Morada Way Arts and
Cultural District, 151
Morada Way, Mile Marker
81.5, 305-900-9023.
MUSEUMS, HISTORY
and MORE
Florida Keys EcoDiscovery Center, 35
East Quay Road (end of
Southard St.) http://www.
floridakeys.noaa.gov
Key West Wildlife Center,
Key West Wildlife Center,
Indigenous Park, 1801
White St. 293-7013. http://
www.keywestwildlifecenter.org
Mel Fisher Maritime
Museum Exhibits,
Mel Fisher Museum,
200 Greene St. 2942633, tours@melfisher.
org http://www.melfishermaritimemuseum.org
Key West Firehouse
Museum, 1026 Grinnell
St. http://www.keywestfirehousemuseum.com
History of Diving
Museum, 82990 Overseas
Highway, Mile Marker
83, Islamorada. 305-6649737. http://www.divingmuseum.org.
Tennessee Williams
Key West Exhibit, 513
Truman Ave, behind
the Key West Visitor
Center,305-294-3121.
[email protected] http://
www.twkw.org
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PARADISE
An ample slice of lasagna is photographed moments before being devoured at Tres Chinitos restaurant in Havana.
When in Cuba, try a Chinese or Italian restaurant
BY ROB O’NEAL
Paradise
To say that the food in Cuba
has improved in recent years
would be a huge understatement. Back in the late 1990s,
unless you were sitting at a
friend’s kitchen table (which is
always great), or stumbled upon
a signless “paladar,” dining was
dodgy at best. Imagine mystery
meat sandwiches on rock-hard
bread more than once a day.
Fact is, the lack of good food led
to the opening of private restaurants (paladares) decades ago.
And when I say restaurant,
it’s not what one may think.
The first place David Sloan and
I were roped into had no sign,
was located up a frightful set
of spiral steps with exposed
wires hanging everywhere, and
was simply a 10-foot by 15-foot
room of someone’s house with a
couple of tables in it.
To be honest, I thought
we were gonna get mugged.
However, the guy who talked
us into following him through
the night, across a park in the
Vedado section of Havana,
changed my attitude toward
private restaurants forever.
About five years later, in
the middle of a brutal Cuban
summer, my friends from Pinar
del Rio came to Havana so we
could hang out for the day.
All I needed was something
decent in an air-conditioned
environment. They suggested
we try Chinatown.
Sure enough, after walking through a literal gauntlet
of menu-holding ChineseCubans, we arrived at “Los Tres
Chinitos,” which loosely means
“The Three Little Chinese
Guys.”
I must say, it is somewhat
surreal to be sitting in a huge,
ice-cold, Chinese-appointed
room perusing a wide variety
of Chinese and Italian food. So,
yeah, for about five bucks, there
we were, eating lasagna, in
Chinatown, in Cuba.
Go figure.

Paradise This Week

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