04/28/2025  – 06/09/2025

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic
Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic. Your Choice! Share the love of painting while enriching your skill set, no matter the medium. Instructor: Helen Solomon. Mondays, April 28 – June 9, 2025, Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Six (6) week class. No class May 26.

05/01/2025  – 06/01/2025

9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Open Pottery Studio - A.M. Thursdays
Open Pottery Studio - A.M. Thursdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Welcome to our Open Pottery Studio – a supervised, creative space where potters of all skill levels can explore, practice, and perfect their craft. This monitored environment ensures safety and support while offering access to professional-grade tools, wheels, and kilns. Whether you are hand-building, throwing, or glazing, our staff is available during all open studio hours to assist, answer questions, and maintain a safe, respectful studio atmosphere. Must have class experience to attend. Thursdays: 9:30am – Noon. Adults. Book March 2025 – December 2025.

05/01/2025  – 06/01/2025

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Open Pottery Studio - Thursday Evening
Open Pottery Studio - Thursday Evening
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Welcome to our Open Pottery Studio – a supervised, creative space where potters of all skill levels can explore, practice, and perfect their craft. This monitored environment ensures safety and support while offering access to professional-grade tools, wheels, and kilns. Whether you are hand-building, throwing, or glazing, our staff is available during all open studio hours to assist, answer questions, and maintain a safe, respectful studio atmosphere. Must have class experience to attend. Thursdays: 6:00 – 8:30 pm, Adults. Book from April 2025 – Dec 2025.

05/04/2025  – 07/06/2025

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Studio 55 | Collage | TMA@Firehouse
Studio 55 | Collage | TMA@Firehouse
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Join Mary Correa for an 8-week exploration of collage. Learn the basics of collage assembly and then explore how these basics apply to your art style. This workshop is full of techniques for everyone – novice, intermediate or advanced artists. Sundays, 1 – 4 pm. May 4 through July 6 (8 classes).

05/06/2025  – 06/06/2025

9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Open Pottery Studio - A.M. Tuesdays
Open Pottery Studio - A.M. Tuesdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Welcome to our Open Pottery Studio – a supervised, creative space where potters of all skill levels can explore, practice, and perfect their craft. This monitored environment ensures safety and support while offering access to professional-grade tools, wheels, and kilns. Whether you are hand-building, throwing, or glazing, our staff is available during all open studio hours to assist, answer questions, and maintain a safe, respectful studio atmosphere. Must have class experience to attend. Tuesdays: 9:30am – Noon. Adults. March 2025 – December 2025.

05/06/2025

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Cactus Gardens: Glass Fusing Workshop - May 10
Cactus Gardens: Glass Fusing Workshop - May 10
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

May: Cactus Gardens Glass Fusing Workshop. You choose your pattern and colors in creating your colorful glass garden creation. This 4 x 6 glass art will brighten any room or window. All Skill Levels Welcome, and all Materials Supplied.
Saturday, May 10th from 2:00 – 3:30 pm. This class will be in the FCC ANNEX.

05/06/2025

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Cactus Gardens: Glass Fusing Workshop - May 6
Cactus Gardens: Glass Fusing Workshop - May 6
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

May: Cactus Gardens Glass Fusing Workshop. You choose your pattern and colors in creating your colorful glass garden creation. This 4 x 6 glass art will brighten any room or window. All Skill Levels Welcome, and all Materials Supplied.
Tuesday, May 6th from 10:00 – 11:30 am. This class will be in the FCC ANNEX.

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Poetry Workshops
Saturday, December 12, 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.
Valerie Gillespie Holiday Jazz
Saturday, December 12, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Valerie Gillespie and her ensemble will be playing jazz music from her Holiday Repertoire. Whether performing alongside music legends or in her own neighborhood, jazz musician Valerie Gillespie is living the Lush Life — the title of her latest CD with the Valerie Gillespie Ensemble, which offers her signature saxophone and sentimental take on new and classic jazz songs.
Comedy Night: Lou Angelwolf
Friday, December 18, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED - SEE YOU IN JANUARY! The Firehouse Center Stage Comedy brings a Friday night of laughs to enjoy; headliner Lou Angelwolf will be sure to entertain the audience!
Center Stage Theater: 'A Christmas Story', matinee performance.
Saturday, December 19, 2020    
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED - We apologize for any inconvenience! A Christmas Story, Dramatic Stage Reading presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. All Adults $23. All Kids $10 age 17 and under. Matinee Performance.
Center Stage Theater: 'A Christmas Story', evening performance.
Saturday, December 19, 2020    
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED - We apologize for any inconvenience! A Christmas Story, Dramatic Stage Reading presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. All Adults $23. All Kids $10 age 17 and under. Evening Performance.
Events on Saturday, December 12, 2020
Poetry Workshops
12 Dec 20
Ruskin
Events on Friday, December 18, 2020
Comedy Night: Lou Angelwolf
18 Dec 20
Ruskin