05/18/2024

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Center Stage Theater: Alice's Wonderland
Center Stage Theater: Alice's Wonderland
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Presented for the very first time in the United States, this is a wonderful version of Alice In Wonderland!
Buckle up, buttercup, for a tumble down the rabbit hole into a world wilder than a tea party on a sugar rush! Alice, our pint-sized heroine, ditches boredom and follows a white rabbit with a serious case of the zoomies, landing ker-plop in Wonderland. This Wonderland welcomes everyone with open arms – from tiny tots to grown-up goofballs, it’s a show for the whole family! Alice’s Wonderland is presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center.  Saturday, May 18, 7:30 pm, Center Stage at the Firehouse.

05/19/2024

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Center Stage Theater: Alice's Wonderland - Matinee
Center Stage Theater: Alice's Wonderland - Matinee
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Presented for the very first time in the United States, this is a wonderful version of Alice In Wonderland!
Buckle up, buttercup, for a tumble down the rabbit hole into a world wilder than a tea party on a sugar rush! Alice, our pint-sized heroine, ditches boredom and follows a white rabbit with a serious case of the zoomies, landing ker-plop in Wonderland. This Wonderland welcomes everyone with open arms – from tiny tots to grown-up goofballs, it’s a show for the whole family! Alice’s Wonderland is presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. Sunday May 19, 3:00 pm Matinee, Center Stage at the Firehouse.

05/19/2024

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Center Stage Theater: Alice's Wonderland - Matinee
Center Stage Theater: Alice's Wonderland - Matinee
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Presented for the very first time in the United States, this is a wonderful version of Alice In Wonderland!
Buckle up, buttercup, for a tumble down the rabbit hole into a world wilder than a tea party on a sugar rush! Alice, our pint-sized heroine, ditches boredom and follows a white rabbit with a serious case of the zoomies, landing ker-plop in Wonderland. This Wonderland welcomes everyone with open arms – from tiny tots to grown-up goofballs, it’s a show for the whole family! Alice’s Wonderland is presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. Sunday May 19, 3:00 pm Matinee, Center Stage at the Firehouse.

05/23/2024

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Figure Drawing Group
Figure Drawing Group
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Every Thursday, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Strengthen your skills in our monitored figure drawing session with a variety of timed poses. Bring your chalk, paint, charcoal or pencil, you choose the medium. Model varies by session. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.

05/25/2024

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Metalsmithing Jewelry - May 25
Metalsmithing Jewelry - May 25
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Metalsmithing Bracelet or Pendant: You create either a cuff bracelet or pendant. Add hammered texture to pre – cut shapes of brass and copper then learn how to add sterling silver to your show piece by learning how to rivet. All Materials Supplied. Saturday, May 25 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm.

05/25/2024

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Students learn the basics of wheel throwing by forming and throwing simple shapes on the potter’s wheel. More advanced students will build upon the basics to create larger, more advanced projects. Discover varying throwing techniques, forms and glazing.
Materials & firings included. Age 18 to Adult.

05/30/2024

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Figure Drawing Group
Figure Drawing Group
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Every Thursday, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Strengthen your skills in our monitored figure drawing session with a variety of timed poses. Bring your chalk, paint, charcoal or pencil, you choose the medium. Model varies by session. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.

06/01/2024

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
Intro to Wheel Throwing Sat
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Students learn the basics of wheel throwing by forming and throwing simple shapes on the potter’s wheel. More advanced students will build upon the basics to create larger, more advanced projects. Discover varying throwing techniques, forms and glazing.
Materials & firings included. Age 18 to Adult.

06/01/2024

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
J.P. Soars: Blues & RockUli Fielitz Photography
J.P. Soars: Blues & Rock
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

This blues artist, JP Soars, can create a cohesive sound in the genre by weaving in a diversity of other influences, A 2009 winner of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN with his band the Red Hots (and the festival’s Albert King Award winner as best guitarist to boot), the Arkansas native tours extensively through the United States, Canada, South America and Europe after relocating to South Florida. Sat. June 1, 2024, 7:30 pm, Center Stage at the Firehouse.

06/03/2024  – 08/09/2024

8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Imagine, Explore, Discover! Summer Camp 2024
Imagine, Explore, Discover! Summer Camp 2024
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Ten (10) weeks of fun for your Campers ages 7-15! You may choose a single week, multiple weeks, or every week. Explore a different theme each week from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm, with snack times & lunch break – all in a creative and safe environment. Some weeks culminate with a “Show & Share” for Family and Friends. These camps fill up fast, so call 813-645-7651 now or register online at www.firehouseculturalcenter.org. Choose one week or more.

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Healthy Gardens
Saturday, January 10, 2015 – Sunday, May 31, 2015    
All Day
Learn about sustainability and conservation; try new, fresh foods and recipes. We will also grow plants for eating, cooking, creating, and sharing in the new FCC garden. We’ll experiment with a wide variety of veggies, herbs and flowers growing in everything from straw bales to tires to homemade garden beds. Digging in the dirt and caring for plants is a wonderful way to have fun, learn and connect to each other and our shared natural world.
10 Jan
Saturday, January 10, 2015    
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
ROY BOOK BINDER, has earned his stripes.... THE BOOK, travelled with The Rev. Gary Davis in the 60's, Re-discovered Pink Anderson and revived his career in the 70's and has been included in THE BLUES WHO'S WHO & THE BIG BOOK OF BLUES. Roy has appeared on TNN's NASHVILLE NOW (TV SHOW), 30 times with many of Country Music's bigest legends and has toured nationaly with BONNIE RAITT, JJ CALE & HOT TUNA...you name it, he's done it! "The stories are as good as the songs", said The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. He is still out on the road entertaining audiences around the world, where he is well known as a SINGING-SONGWRITING-STORYTELLING-FINGERPICKIN' BLUES LEGEND.
Literary Series with Tess Gerritsen
Sunday, January 25, 2015    
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen's books have been published in forty countries, and more than 30 million copies have been sold around the world. Tess will be at the Firehouse for a book talk and book signing! Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to learn from one of the most critically acclaimed authors of our time.
World of Wonder
Thursday, January 29, 2015    
10:15 am
Leland Faulkner uses the disciplines of acting, mime, story writing, and magic to create a world teeming with characters and imagination. This is a program designed for the whole family as well as school groups. It is theatre that charms audiences of all ages with the actor's imagination, the mime's skill, and the conjuror's craft.
31 Jan
Saturday, January 31, 2015    
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Earn professional development points. Explore magic and myth. Learn new intriguing ways of presenting ideas and curriculum. Faulkner will teach a unique method based on the research and work of Francois Delsarte for uncovering the meaning behind movement and gesture as well as the techniques and disciplines of acting, mime, story, writing, and magic to create a world teeming with characters and imagination.
Tom "T Bone" Hamilton & the Blues All-Stars
Saturday, January 31, 2015    
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Bassist/Leader - Tom "TBone" Hamilton returns to the Firehouse Pub …this time as a bluesman presenting an intimate evening of really good roadhouse blues music from New Orleans to Chicago to Austin to Detroit and back to Florida. “Tbone” just released 3 new blues singles on I-Tunes dedicated to one of his bass playing heroes, Mr. Willie Dixon. Joining “Tbone” are the Blues All-Stars comprised of top State of Florida blues.
Events on Saturday, January 10, 2015
Healthy Gardens
10 Jan 15
Ruskin
10 Jan
10 Jan 15
Ruskin
Events on Sunday, January 25, 2015
Events on Thursday, January 29, 2015
World of Wonder
29 Jan 15
Ruskin
Events on Saturday, January 31, 2015