08/02/2022  – 12/20/2022

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

BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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. Book Monthly, Aug 2022 – Dec 2022.

08/04/2022  – 12/22/2022

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

BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, August 2022 – December 2022.

08/04/2022  – 12/22/2022

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

BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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. Book Monthly, Aug 2022 – Dec 2022.

08/05/2022  – 12/23/2022

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

BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, August 2022 – December 2022.

12/01/2022  – 01/01/2023

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, January 2024 – December 2024.

12/10/2022

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Flower Design Workshop
Flower Design Workshop
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Flower Design Workshop. Create a Centerpiece that is sure to “Sleigh” your guests.
A beautiful flower arrangement is a work of Art! Learn basics of flower designing.
Make your own center piece to take home! Instructor: Laura Nation, FSFSMD.
Saturday, Dec 10 at 10:00 am.

12/10/2022

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Glass Fused Ornaments
Glass Fused Ornaments
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Ornaments For Yourself, Gift or Card Toppers. You create three glass ornaments! Experience the beautiful Art of Glass Fusing. Glass cut pieces with your personal touch to add a little sparkle to your holidays. You choose: snowflakes, trees, star, in any combination. All materials supplied. Extra ornaments can be created for an additional fee. Saturday, Dec. 10

12/10/2022

10:00 am – 11:00 am
Holiday Ornaments
Holiday Ornaments

Put the finishing touches on hand crafted clay ornaments. Paint 3 ornaments of your choosing. Saturday, Dec. 3 or Saturday, Dec. 10.

12/10/2022

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Eireann’s Call
Eireann’s Call
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

With a sound perfect for concert halls or the festival stage, Eireann’s Call is a classy, powerful band. Their music spans the Celtic nations, with World Music influences from the Middle East, North Africa, Appalachia, Scandinavia and more. Instrumentation includes: bagpipes, accordion, keys, guitar, bass, drums and tight 3 and 4 part vocal harmonies.

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Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Fridays
Friday, April 1, 2022 – Tuesday, April 26, 2022    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, February 2022 - June 2022.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Tuesdays
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 – Saturday, April 30, 2022    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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. Book Monthly, Jan 2022 - July 2022.
Time Machine
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 – Wednesday, April 6, 2022    
10:45 am – 12:45 pm
Time Machine: H.G. Wells' 1895 Science Fiction novel travels to the stage in this “Steampunk” rock musical. A Victorian Era Time Traveller ventures far into the future encountering the ethereal Eloi and the dangerous subterranean Morlocks. He must return to his own time with a lesson in embracing diversity essential to saving the human species. Ideal for Grades K through 8.
Spring Flowers Workshop
Wednesday, April 6, 2022    
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Spring Bouquet Workshop. Make your own flower arrangement! Instructor: Laura Nation, FSMD. Wed, April 6, 2022.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, April 7, 2022 – Monday, May 2, 2022    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, January 2022 - June 2022.
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, April 7, 2022 – Sunday, May 8, 2022    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, January 2024 - December 2024.
Painting with Watercolors
Thursday, April 7, 2022 – Thursday, May 12, 2022    
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Painting with Watercolors. 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. Apr. 7 - May 12, 2022.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Fridays
Friday, April 8, 2022 – Tuesday, May 3, 2022    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, February 2022 - June 2022.
A Night in the Big Easy
Saturday, April 9, 2022    
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SOLD OUT! A Night in the Big Easy (formerly Bourbon on the Bayou), featuring Zydeco and Texas Swing. New Orleans Style Dining, Hot Tunes and Libations. Tickets: $250 per Table, 4 per Table. Benefiting the Firehouse Cultural Center Scholarships Fund and No Fee Programming. April 9, 2022 6:00 - 9:00 pm.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Fridays
Friday, April 15, 2022 – Tuesday, May 10, 2022    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, February 2022 - June 2022.
Center Stage Comedy: Juanita Lolita
Friday, April 15, 2022    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Juanita Lolita was voted "Best of the Bay" with Creative Loafing Magazine, a finalist for "Florida’s Funniest Person" Rooftop comedy and was a finalist in "The World Series of Comedy" Las Vegas. She has been featured on NBC, ABC and the CTN. She has also appeared at the Firehouse before. Friday, April 15, 2022.
Relief Print Making
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 – Wednesday, May 11, 2022    
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Relief Print Making. Create your personal design with easy carve blocks. This four-week course you will cut, ink, and print an original work of art. All supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring any personal tools if preferred. You can experiment with process and technique in this course, a sense of curiosity is all that is required. Wednesdays, Apr. 20 - May 11, 2022.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Fridays
Friday, April 22, 2022 – Tuesday, May 17, 2022    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, February 2022 - June 2022.
Center Stage Theater: 'Steel Magnolias', evening performance.
Friday, April 22, 2022    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
MacBeth & Cheese Presents: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, a Stage Play. Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighborhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Friday, April 22 at 7:30 pm.
Pottery for Kids: Ages 7 - 11
Saturday, April 23, 2022 – Saturday, May 14, 2022    
9:00 am – 10:30 am
NEW CLASS: Pottery for Kids: Ages 7 - 11. Fire up your creativity and learn the basics of how to form clay through pinching, coil building, and working with slabs. Have fun and create any shape you desire! Students should expect to make several projects using these skills. Clay, tool, glazing and firing included. NEW DATES: Saturdays, April 23 - May 14, 9:00 am to 10:30 am.
Poetry Workshop: Shakespeare’s Wordsmithing Birthday Party
Saturday, April 23, 2022    
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with a poetry workshop devoted to the form he invented! In this session, John Davis Jr. will teach participants to write the Shakespearean sonnet and have fun while doing so! Come on out to create a formal poem worthy of The Bard himself. Sat., April 23rd from 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. FREE.
Center Stage Theater: 'Steel Magnolias', evening performance.
Saturday, April 23, 2022    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
MacBeth & Cheese Presents: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, a Stage Play. Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighborhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 pm.
Center Stage Theater: 'Steel Magnolias', matinee performance.
Sunday, April 24, 2022    
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
MacBeth & Cheese Presents: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, a Stage Play. Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighborhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Matinee performance, Sunday, April 24 at 2:00 pm.
Intro to Metalsmithing
Tuesday, April 26, 2022    
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Come explore the art of metalsmithing. You will saw, file, texture and rivet on silver, copper, and brass. Emphasis will be texturing & riveting metals together, creating your unique jewelry. Various techniques will be demonstrated. You will make a finished piece of jewelry of either a pendant or earrings. All materials supplied. Tuesday, April 26, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm.
Metalsmithing for Teens
Tuesday, April 26, 2022    
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
High School Age Teen Metalsmithing. You will saw, file, texture and rivet on silver, copper, and brass. Emphasis will be texturing & riveting metals together, creating your unique jewelry. Various techniques will be demonstrated. You will make a finished piece of jewelry of either a pendant or earrings. All materials supplied. Tues, April 26, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Fridays
Friday, April 29, 2022 – Tuesday, May 24, 2022    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
BOOK FOR THE MONTH! 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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, February 2022 - June 2022.
Center Stage Theater: 'Steel Magnolias', evening performance.
Friday, April 29, 2022    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
MacBeth & Cheese Presents: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, a Stage Play. Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighborhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Friday, April 29 at 7:30 pm.
Center Stage Theater: 'Steel Magnolias', evening performance.
Saturday, April 30, 2022    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
MacBeth & Cheese Presents: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, a Stage Play. Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighborhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 pm.
Center Stage Theater: 'Steel Magnolias', matinee performance.
Sunday, May 1, 2022    
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
MacBeth & Cheese Presents: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, a Stage Play. Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighborhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Matinee performance, Sunday, May 1 at 2:00 pm.
Events on Friday, April 1, 2022
Events on Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Time Machine
5 Apr 22
Ruskin
Events on Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Spring Flowers Workshop
6 Apr 22
Ruskin
Events on Thursday, April 7, 2022
Events on Friday, April 8, 2022
Events on Saturday, April 9, 2022
A Night in the Big Easy
9 Apr 22
Ruskin
Events on Friday, April 15, 2022
Events on Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Relief Print Making
20 Apr 22
Ruskin
Events on Friday, April 22, 2022
Events on Sunday, April 24, 2022
Events on Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Intro to Metalsmithing
26 Apr 22
Ruskin
Metalsmithing for Teens
26 Apr 22
Ruskin
Events on Friday, April 29, 2022
Events on Saturday, April 30, 2022
Events on Sunday, May 1, 2022