09/08/2018  – 05/18/2019

9:30 am – 11:00 am
Children’s Art Studio – FREE!
Children’s Art Studio – FREE!
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Grades 4 – 6. Fun & creative art activities. Each week a different activity. Walk-ins welcome. Reservations recommended. Space is limited.

01/16/2019  – 02/20/2019

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Painting Studio W1
Painting Studio W1
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

This is a multi-level class for anyone who would like to explore acrylic painting. Work with representational painting, abstraction and collage while improving skills with color, composition and techniques. A fun, flexible class for all students.

01/17/2019  – 02/21/2019

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Painting with Watercolors – Session 1
Painting with Watercolors – Session 1
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Students will learn and explore: color (complementary colors, analogous colors, the chromatic richness of neutrals); brush strokes (from flat and variegated washes to dancing with your brushes); techniques (from wet-into-wet to spattering, pouring, spraying, stenciling, scrubbing).

01/26/2019  – 05/18/2019

9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Teen Open Studio – FREE!
Teen Open Studio – FREE!
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

This free program gives teens the unique opportunity to create their art alongside a different professional working artist from the community every month. Our artists will guide you to use new mediums & techniques and inform you about careers as an artist. All supplies included. In partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art. This class made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Lightning Foundation.

01/29/2019  – 03/05/2019

10:00 am – 11:30 am
The Power of Truth in Storytelling
The Power of Truth in Storytelling
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

During these six sessions you will have the opportunity to write in the many varied styles of non-fiction, from memoir, to history, to current events and persuasive essays, with a dash of journalism. Your writing will be based in truth, reality, and facts…it will be your view of your life, of the world, based on your experiences.

02/02/2019

9:30 am – 11:00 am
Poetry Workshop
Poetry Workshop
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Poetry Writing by John Davis Jr. will allow participants to experiment with various methods for creating verses. Poetic forms will be examined, and different ways to derive inspiration will also be explored. Through this workshop, participants will be able to construct, revise, and submit poems of their own for potential publication.

02/02/2019

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Charlie Morris Band
Charlie Morris Band
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

The Charlie Morris Band delivers energetic and laid back original tunes that are a blend of Blues, Country & Florida Swamp Music.

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Press & Politics: The Future of the American Press
Tuesday, March 28, 2017    
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join Tampa Bay Times columnist Ernest Hooper, Tampa Bay Business Journal writer Janell Irwin and Rob Lorei, WMNF news director and host of WEDU’s Florida This Week for a panel discussion.
Chuck Brodsky
Friday, March 31, 2017    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Singer, guitarist, song writer, story teller, troubadour and a modern day bard. With his acoustic guitar and voice he tells the stories of oddball and underdog characters. His songs celebrate the goodness in people.
Ron Feingold - Comedy Acappella
Friday, April 7, 2017    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Ron Feingold is literally a one man vocal band, relying only on his voice as his sole instrument to create a truly unique musical comedy experience. Comedian Steve Netta will open the show.
Whitney James Quartet
Saturday, April 29, 2017    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Engaging jazz vocalist Whitney James is making her debut performance at the Firehouse, backed by well-known jazz guitarist LaRue Nickelson, with Alejandro Arenas on bass, and Dave Rudolph on drums. The quartet will feature a mix of Great American Songbook standards and modern standards.
Events on Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Events on Friday, March 31, 2017
Chuck Brodsky
31 Mar 17
Ruskin
Events on Friday, April 7, 2017
Events on Saturday, April 29, 2017
Whitney James Quartet
29 Apr 17
Ruskin