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Happy 4th of July from The Firehouse!

July 2, 2024/in Uncategorized /by Elaine Simmons
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Valerie Gillespie & Dan Harris
Valerie Gillespie & Dan Harris
Saturday, October 3, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Center Stage
Join us in welcoming back to Center Stage: Music at the Firehouse, this stellar quintet starring: Valerie Gillespie: reeds & vocals, Dan Harris: guitar, Steve Boisen: bass and Joe Renda: drums.
More Info
Painting Studio
Painting Studio
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 – Wednesday, November 11, 2020    
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Workshops & Classes
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. October 7 – November 11, 2020.
More Info
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, October 15, 2020 – Thursday, November 5, 2020    
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Workshops & Classes
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. Oct. 15 - Nov. 5, 2020.
More Info
Adult Pottery Open Studio - Thursdays
Adult Pottery Open Studio - Thursdays
Thursday, October 15, 2020 – Thursday, November 5, 2020    
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Workshops & Classes
Open Studio -Independent pottery making for the experienced potter. Instructor is on hand for those that want to try your hand in clay. Clay, tools, glazing and firing included. Thursdays: 6:30pm – 8:30pm Adults. Oct 15 - Nov 5, 2020.
More Info
Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
Thursday, October 15, 2020 – Thursday, November 5, 2020    
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Workshops & Classes
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. Oct 15 - Nov 5, 2020
More Info
Poetry Workshops
Poetry Workshops
Saturday, October 17, 2020    
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Workshops & Classes
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.
More Info
Fundamentals of Drawing
Fundamentals of Drawing
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 – Tuesday, November 24, 2020    
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Workshops & Classes
Fundamentals of Drawing. A multi-level class for anyone who would like to explore or enhance their drawing skills. Whether you are new to art-making or are looking for a class to help solidify these basic skills. We will focus on line and mass, organic and geometric shape-making, and the depiction of volume. October 20 – November 24
More Info
Inside Journalism Series: Will Democracy Stand?
Inside Journalism Series: Will Democracy Stand?
Tuesday, October 20, 2020    
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Lectures
One of the most divisive Presidential campaigns in history is coming down the homestretch... Will the ultimate loser be our system of democracy as we’ve known it? Join us for the next edition of Inside Journalism, offering an incisive examination of how this unprecedented election is being impacted by the headlines and social media.
More Info
Painting with Watercolors
Painting with Watercolors
Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Thursday, December 3, 2020    
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Workshops & Classes
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. October 22 – December 3 (No class Nov.26)
More Info
Ona Kirei, Vocalist
Ona Kirei, Vocalist
Saturday, October 24, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Center Stage
Ona Kirei is a vocalist, composer, and an arranger from Barcelona. Ona speaks and sings in five different languages, this performance is a must see! Performing with Ona: Alejandro Arenas on bass, Mark Feinman on drums (2 parts of LaLucha) and Pablo Arencibia on keyboard. Ona is currently living & working in the Tampa Bay area.
More Info
True Tales of Florida Hauntings and the Paranormal
True Tales of Florida Hauntings and the Paranormal
Friday, October 30, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Firehouse Cultural Center
  • Center Stage
MacBeth & Cheese & The Firehouse Center Stage Theater present an evening with Paranormal Expert Christopher Balzano with Ghostly Adventures: Chilling True Stories from America's Haunted Hot Spots; Haunted Florida Love Stories (Haunted America), and many more stories!
More Info
Events on Saturday, October 3, 2020
Valerie Gillespie & Dan Harris
Valerie Gillespie & Dan Harris
3 Oct 20
Ruskin
Events on Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Painting Studio
Painting Studio
7 Oct 20
Ruskin
Events on Thursday, October 15, 2020
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
15 Oct 20
Ruskin
Adult Pottery Open Studio - Thursdays
Adult Pottery Open Studio - Thursdays
15 Oct 20
Ruskin
Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
15 Oct 20
Ruskin
Events on Saturday, October 17, 2020
Poetry Workshops
Poetry Workshops
17 Oct 20
Ruskin
Events on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Fundamentals of Drawing
Fundamentals of Drawing
20 Oct 20
Ruskin
Inside Journalism Series: Will Democracy Stand?
Inside Journalism Series: Will Democracy Stand?
20 Oct 20
Ruskin
Events on Thursday, October 22, 2020
Painting with Watercolors
Painting with Watercolors
22 Oct 20
Ruskin
Events on Saturday, October 24, 2020
Ona Kirei, Vocalist
Ona Kirei, Vocalist
24 Oct 20
Ruskin
Events on Friday, October 30, 2020
True Tales of Florida Hauntings and the Paranormal
True Tales of Florida Hauntings and the Paranormal
30 Oct 20
Ruskin

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    Valerie Gillespie & Dan Harris
    Valerie Gillespie & Dan Harris
    Saturday, October 3, 2020    
    7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Center Stage
    Join us in welcoming back to Center Stage: Music at the Firehouse, this stellar quintet starring: Valerie Gillespie: reeds & vocals, Dan Harris: guitar, Steve Boisen: bass and Joe Renda: drums.
    More Info
    Painting Studio
    Painting Studio
    Wednesday, October 7, 2020 – Wednesday, November 11, 2020    
    6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Workshops & Classes
    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. October 7 – November 11, 2020.
    More Info
    Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
    Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
    Thursday, October 15, 2020 – Thursday, November 5, 2020    
    9:30 am – 11:30 am
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Workshops & Classes
    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. Oct. 15 - Nov. 5, 2020.
    More Info
    Adult Pottery Open Studio - Thursdays
    Adult Pottery Open Studio - Thursdays
    Thursday, October 15, 2020 – Thursday, November 5, 2020    
    6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Workshops & Classes
    Open Studio -Independent pottery making for the experienced potter. Instructor is on hand for those that want to try your hand in clay. Clay, tools, glazing and firing included. Thursdays: 6:30pm – 8:30pm Adults. Oct 15 - Nov 5, 2020.
    More Info
    Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
    Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
    Thursday, October 15, 2020 – Thursday, November 5, 2020    
    6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Workshops & Classes
    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. Oct 15 - Nov 5, 2020
    More Info
    Poetry Workshops
    Poetry Workshops
    Saturday, October 17, 2020    
    9:30 am – 11:00 am
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Workshops & Classes
    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.
    More Info
    Fundamentals of Drawing
    Fundamentals of Drawing
    Tuesday, October 20, 2020 – Tuesday, November 24, 2020    
    10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Workshops & Classes
    Fundamentals of Drawing. A multi-level class for anyone who would like to explore or enhance their drawing skills. Whether you are new to art-making or are looking for a class to help solidify these basic skills. We will focus on line and mass, organic and geometric shape-making, and the depiction of volume. October 20 – November 24
    More Info
    Inside Journalism Series: Will Democracy Stand?
    Inside Journalism Series: Will Democracy Stand?
    Tuesday, October 20, 2020    
    7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Lectures
    One of the most divisive Presidential campaigns in history is coming down the homestretch... Will the ultimate loser be our system of democracy as we’ve known it? Join us for the next edition of Inside Journalism, offering an incisive examination of how this unprecedented election is being impacted by the headlines and social media.
    More Info
    Painting with Watercolors
    Painting with Watercolors
    Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Thursday, December 3, 2020    
    1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Workshops & Classes
    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. October 22 – December 3 (No class Nov.26)
    More Info
    Ona Kirei, Vocalist
    Ona Kirei, Vocalist
    Saturday, October 24, 2020    
    7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Center Stage
    Ona Kirei is a vocalist, composer, and an arranger from Barcelona. Ona speaks and sings in five different languages, this performance is a must see! Performing with Ona: Alejandro Arenas on bass, Mark Feinman on drums (2 parts of LaLucha) and Pablo Arencibia on keyboard. Ona is currently living & working in the Tampa Bay area.
    More Info
    True Tales of Florida Hauntings and the Paranormal
    True Tales of Florida Hauntings and the Paranormal
    Friday, October 30, 2020    
    7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
    Firehouse Cultural Center
    • Center Stage
    MacBeth & Cheese & The Firehouse Center Stage Theater present an evening with Paranormal Expert Christopher Balzano with Ghostly Adventures: Chilling True Stories from America's Haunted Hot Spots; Haunted Florida Love Stories (Haunted America), and many more stories!
    More Info
    Events on Saturday, October 3, 2020
    Valerie Gillespie & Dan Harris
    Valerie Gillespie & Dan Harris
    3 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Events on Wednesday, October 7, 2020
    Painting Studio
    Painting Studio
    7 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Events on Thursday, October 15, 2020
    Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
    Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
    15 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Adult Pottery Open Studio - Thursdays
    Adult Pottery Open Studio - Thursdays
    15 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
    Adult Clay & Play - Thursdays
    15 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Events on Saturday, October 17, 2020
    Poetry Workshops
    Poetry Workshops
    17 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Events on Tuesday, October 20, 2020
    Fundamentals of Drawing
    Fundamentals of Drawing
    20 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Inside Journalism Series: Will Democracy Stand?
    Inside Journalism Series: Will Democracy Stand?
    20 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Events on Thursday, October 22, 2020
    Painting with Watercolors
    Painting with Watercolors
    22 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Events on Saturday, October 24, 2020
    Ona Kirei, Vocalist
    Ona Kirei, Vocalist
    24 Oct 20
    Ruskin
    Events on Friday, October 30, 2020
    True Tales of Florida Hauntings and the Paranormal
    True Tales of Florida Hauntings and the Paranormal
    30 Oct 20
    Ruskin

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