08/12/2020  – 09/16/2020

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

Painting with Watercolors with Instructor: Barry Good, for students at all levels. Explore: color; brush strokes from flat washes to dancing with your brushes; techniques from wet to scrubbing; and more. Includes Materials. August 12 – September 16, 2020.

08/12/2020  – 09/16/2020

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

Painting Studio with Dee Hood, 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. August 12 – September 16

08/18/2020  – 09/08/2020

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Adult Clay & Play - Tuesdays
Adult Clay & Play - Tuesdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Learn the basics of how to form clay through pinching, coil building, and working with slabs. Combine these forming methods together to make some fun shapes! Students should expect to make several pieces using these techniques. With introduction of wheel throwing. Clay, tools, glazing and firing included. Tuesdays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults.

08/20/2020  – 09/10/2020

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Clay & Play Morning
Clay & Play Morning
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Learn the basics of how to form clay through pinching, coil building, and working with slabs. Combine these forming methods together to make some fun shapes! Students should expect to make several pieces using these techniques. Clay, tools, glazing and firing included. Thursdays: 9:30am – 11:30am Kids age 7 -11

08/20/2020  – 09/10/2020

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Clay & Play Afternoon
Clay & Play Afternoon
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Learn the basics of how to form clay through pinching, coil building, and working with slabs. Combine these forming methods together to make some fun shapes! Students should expect to make several pieces using these techniques. Clay, tools, glazing and firing included. Thursdays: 4:00pm – 6:00pm Kids age 12 – 17

08/20/2020  – 09/10/2020

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Learn the basics of how to form clay through pinching, coil building, and working with slabs. Combine these forming methods together to make some fun shapes! Students should expect to make several pieces using these techniques. With introduction of wheel throwing. Clay, tools, glazing and firing included. Thursdays: 6:30pm – 8:30pm Adults.

08/22/2020

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Upstairs/Downstairs: The Tampa Bay Hotel
Upstairs/Downstairs: The Tampa Bay Hotel
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Otis Freedman “The Bishop”, Head Waiter, 1905. Tampa Bay Hotel, Henry Plant’s grandest luxury railroad resort hotel, opened in 1891 at the height of America’s Gilded Age. More than 300 employees were needed for the opulent hotel to run smoothly. Step back in time & enjoy the single-character performances that brings two turn-of–the-century Hotel staff members to life. FREE.

08/22/2020

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Jimmy Griswold Band: Fast Fingers Rocking Blues
Jimmy Griswold Band: Fast Fingers Rocking Blues
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Jimmy Griswold can regularly be found playing guitar at venues of all sizes. Jimmy pays homage to any artist he covers, whether it be the warm tones of T-bone Walker & B.B. King, or the screaming sounds of Roy Buchanan, Jeff Beck and Steve Ray Vaughan, all while staying true to his original style.

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Connect: International Video Art Festival
Tuesday, June 9, 2020    
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Connect: 2nd Annual International Video Art Festival • Sponsored by The Firehouse Cultural Center and The University of Tampa (Film, Animation and New Media Department) • Tuesday June 9th at 6:30pm • This Event is Free • Seating is limited! Call for Reservation.
Poetry Workshops
Saturday, June 13, 2020    
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Six -1.5-hour Poetry Workshops in 2020. Feb.; Apr.; June; Aug.; Oct.; & Dec. How to write the Love Poem, Seasonal Poem, Reflective Poem, Back-To-School Poem, Imagery-Rich Poem and the Holiday 'Gift' Poem.
Imagine, Explore, Discover! Summer Camp 2020
Monday, June 15, 2020 – Friday, July 31, 2020    
12:00 am
Eight (8) weeks weeks of fun for your Campers ages 7-14! Themed weeks span from Musical Theater, Visual Arts, Animation to Robotics. Explore the Visual & Performing Arts or Imagine and Discover Arts & Technology. Each week culminates with a “Stage Performance” for Family and Friends. These camps fill up fast, so call 813-645-7651 now or register at www.firehouseculturalcenter.org. Choose one week or all eight. FCC will be providing the highest level of health and safety protection.
Clay & Play: Ceramic & Music Mini Camp
Monday, June 15, 2020 – Friday, July 31, 2020    
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
SUMMER 2020 - Ages 7-14 These unique two-week half day camps offer creative challenges for the mind and hand. Three days per week Campers will learn various hand building techniques with clay and fun glazing. Two days of each week Camps will be learning the Ukulele and Music Theory.
Tim Costello & Friends “A Night of Rocking Blues”
Saturday, June 20, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Join us for a “A Night of Rocking Blues”. Tim Costello & Friends; TIM COSTELLO guitar and vocals; TAYLOR JOHN keys and vocals, KENNY BUDD guitar, NICK LAURO drums, SETH LYNN bass. Limited seats, call 813-645-7651 for reservations.
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