My Key West Portal is the Social Calendar for the Florida Keys and Key West

MOTM - Parrot Heads in Paradise
2018-11-02 | Casa Marina, 1500 Reynolds St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Meeting of the Minds Convention!
*Must be a member of the Parrot Head Club to register for this convention
**Registration link listed below

9am - 12pm

Mini Mart Open

Casa Marina Ballroom

9am - 1pm

Blood Drive Buses

In front

10am - 12pm

Jim Hoehn

Casa Marina Beach Stage

12pm - 5:30pm

The Lone Palm Foundation Meeting of the Minds Street Festival on Duval St.

12pm The Trop Rock Junkies
2pm The Divers
4pm The Boat Drunks

6:30pm - 8pm

Registration

Casa Marina Ballroom

7pm - 9pm

The Trop Rock Music Awards Show

Casa Marina Main Stage

9:30pm - 10:30pm

Brendan Mayer

Casa Marina Beach Stage

10:30pm - 1am

The Friday Night Hootenanny

3 hours of music with various artists

Trop Rock Music Association Awards
2018-11-02 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Casa Marina, 1500 Reynolds St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
The Annual TRMA Trop Rock Awards provide an opportunity for the association and it's members to recognize outstanding artists, sonwriters, fans, radio stations, venues, and others.

Hand Painted Artisan Crafted Nutcrackers
2018-11-01 10:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax) | The Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton St., Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Come See One of a Kind Nutcrackers
Local artist, Tom Jorris, molded 12 nutcrackers that are replicas of the piece used in Nutcracker Key West.
Other local artists and artisans have embellished, painted, and re-imagined them into unique art.
Theses nutcrackers will be on display!!

Artists include:

Adam Russel
Christine Fifer
Deborah Moore
Marky Pierson
Pam Hobbs
Andy Thurber
Fran Decker
Carrie Disrud
Michael Epperhart
Tony Gregory
Carol Osborn
Ric McCausland

MOTM Pit Stop Party Tour
2018-10-29 11:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Caribbean Club, 104080 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL, 33037, United States
Phollow The Phlock 2018
**MOTM: Meeting of the Minds
"The ‘Phollow The Phlock’ Pit Stop Party Tour provides our premium sponsors with the ability to focus the considerable 'Parrot Head' purchasing potential on their products, services, and locations. The 'Tour' kicks off above Tampa and rolls down the 'Tamiami Trail' through Cape Coral, Naples, Fort Myers down US 1/Florida Highway A1A to Key Largo and Islamorada and all the way to Key West.
The Parrot Heads, 'Trop Rock' Music Fans and Musicians following the 'Phlock' with us will be introduced to and continually exposed to our sponsoring brands to encourage the consumption and purchase of the products, services, and activities mentioned, displayed and broadcast at each event site. For nine full days of 'Phlocking', Radio A1A will be incorporating Tropical Music, Radio Streamcasts, Event Updates, Product Display/Demonstrations and the Charitable efforts of the 'Phlock' into our programming… as the Parrot Heads visit every 'Pit Stop' and ‘Party With A Purpose”’ along the way and during their annual convention, ‘Meeting Of The Minds’ ( M.O.T.M.) in Key West."

Lego Club
2018-07-13 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | FL
LEGO CLUB
**NO registration required
If you love Legos and being creative, then join us every Friday to build some adventures!

Legos are provided by the library

Lego donations are appreciated

Friday Block Party
2018-08-03 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Bike Path at Mile Marker 104, Key Largo, 33037, United States
This monthly event features amazing vendors and wonderful food!
Come enjoy the fun or BE A PART OF IT

CALLING ALL

Keys Artists
Crafters
Local Galleries
Etc

Contact events@fkrm.com for more information on how to get involved

Younger Kids Capoeira Gymnastics
2018-07-20 18:15 - 19:15 (America/Halifax) | Spirit Play Gymnasium, 5800 Overseas Hwy, Ste 40, Marathon, FL, 33050, United States
Weekly Tumbling Classes
What’s included:

Physical activity, creative and dramatic play, and music are key to lifelong and personal success.
A rich combination of dance, acrobatics, self-defense techniques and music, capoeira is a uniquely effective tool for activating the minds and bodies of children of all ages.

Promotes physical fitness and health by increasing strength, flexibility, and endurance.

Friday: 4 yrs - 8 yrs
"Capoeira Tumbling – An Afro- Brazilian Martial Art that cultivates self- transformation through physical, mental, and spiritual Reiki.Combining dance, and self-defense, it builds gymnastic skills and flexibility, strength and a heightened awareness of one’s body. Practiced to the rhythm of ancient African instruments, Capoeira encourages self-expression and resourcefulness--- it is an intense fitness program that can be adapted to any body or physical ability."
https://www.facebook.com/events/240225256560108/?event_time_id=240229263226374

Flip Out Fridays
2018-09-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Key West Sports Academy, 700 Truman Ave, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Open Gym

Tumble track
Bars
Beams
Vault

*Supervised time to work on existing skills...non-instructional
Pricing:

$15 members
$20 non-members
$50 punch card available for members (5 visits)

MOTM - Parrot Heads in Paradise
2018-11-03 | Casa Marina, 1500 Reynolds St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Meeting of the Minds Convention!
*Must be a member of the Parrot Head Club to register for this convention
**Registration link listed below

7am

"Team ParrotHead" & Zonta Walk/Run

Salute Restaurant, 1000 Atlantic Blvd.

9:30am - 11:30am

Registration

Casa Marina Ballroom

9am - 3pm

Mini Mart Open

Casa Marina Ballroom

10am - 11am

Parrot Heads General Meeting

Casa Marina Ballroom

11am - 12pm

The Lone Palm Foundation

Casa Marina Ballroom

11am - 12pm

Aaron Scherz

Casa Marina Main Stage

12pm - 12

The Girlz Rule Band

Casa Marina Main Stage

1:30pm - 2pm

The Young Rebel goombas

Casa Marina Main Stage

2pm - 3:30pm

The Beachside Album Hour

Casa Marina Main Stage

3:30pm - 4pm

MOTM & PHIP Scholarship Raffle Drawings Including PHIP Presentations and Grand Prize Raffle Winner

Casa Marins Main Stage

4pm - 5:30pm

Howard Livingston and MM24 Band

Casa Marina Main Stage

5:30pm - 6pm

The Sauce Boss

Casa Marina Main Stage

6pm - 7:30pm

Marshall Chapman and the Wild Elephants

Casa Marina Main Stage

8pm - 9:30pm

Mac McAnally with Coral Reefer Percussionist Eric Darken

Casa Marina Main Stage

10pm - 11:30pm

Jimmy and the Parrots

Casa Marina Main Stage

1st Saturday of the Month Hazardous Waste Drop Off
2018-01-06 08:00 - 12:00 UTC | Indigenous Park, 1801 White Street, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
This Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Drop-off Day provides a safe and environmentally sound way to get rid of hard-to-dispose-of items.
Important Musts:

1. City of Key West Residents Only
2. No Businesses

Accepting: Household Chemicals and Electronics
Gasoline (up to 5 gallons in a leakproof container)
Paints
Stains
Preservatives
Pesticides
Fertilizers
Roofing Compounds
Waste oil and Cooking oil
Resins and Solvents
Adhesives and Caulks
Corrosives and Acids
Cleaning Products
Automotive Fluids
Electronics are also be accepted: microwaves, TVs, computers, game systems, speakers, telephones, circuit boards, etc.

For more information contact the City of Key West: at 305-809-3776, or Waste Management: at 305-296-8297.

Zonta ABS 5K Run/Walk
2018-11-03 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Higgs Beach, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
The Zonta Club of Key West proudly hosts the Zonta 5K!
The money raised through this event goes to providing important preventive services for women who cannot otherwise afford them. This event saves women's lives!!
Zonta has been able to provide over 3,000 mammograms to local women over the past 25 years.

Registration is at 7 am

Can also register online

Start time is at 8 am

Starts and ends at Salute!

Home Depot Day
2018-03-03 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Home Depo, 2811 N Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Every 1st Saturday is "Home Depot Day" for kids in Key West. I'm not sure if they do this in every Home Depot store all over the country, but it's a big hit Key West.
At this monthly event - you'll find dozens of busy children: -

hammering,

building, and

painting

Home Depot provides tools, and kits (a different project kit each month). While supplies last kid work aprons are provided that children reuse, and at future visits. Souvenir project pins can be collected.
Collecting pins on aprons reminds me of Hard Rock suspenders full of collector pins from various Hard Rocks around the world.
Thank you Home Depot for the many years of Saturday fun!

Resources:
Home Depot Workshops in Key West (Big and Little Kids)
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Festival of Hope - Relay for Life
2018-11-03 13:00 - 21:00 UTC | Marathon Community Park, 200 36th Street Ocean, Marathon, FL, 33050, United States
Come join the American Cancer Society of the Florida Keys and Lower Keys Medical Center at the RELAY FOR LIFE - FESTIVAL OF HOPE

FREE concert featuring local artists across the Keys
Fundraising events

Kid Zones
Food and Drink
Fun Activicties
Vendors

Cancer Survivor Celebration at 2pm
Luminaria Ceremony at 8pm

Get Involved and CREATE A TEAM!

Local's Day at the Botanical Gardens
2018-02-04 | Key West Botanical Garden, 5210 College Rd, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Free admission for Florida Keys residents and students.
Monroe County Florida ID Required.
You can still bring a visitor or out of town guest for free!

https://keywest.garden/event/locals-day/all/
For more info contact: info@keywest.garden

MOTM - Parrot Heads in Paradise
2018-11-04 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Halifax) | Casa Marina, 1500 Reynolds St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Meeting of the Minds Convention!
*Must be a member of the Parrot Head Club to register for this convention
**Registration link listed below

11am - 2pm

The John Patti Project

The last event of the convention!
Casa Marina Beach Stage

Trop Rock Extravaganza
2018-11-04 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Sunset Tiki, 617 Front St., Key West
This radio/music event utilizes as many Trop Rock rock stations all working together to show the world the positive message offered.
There will be a full bar, BBQ, and Live music!

Beach Cleanup
2018-06-03 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Smathers Beach, 26001 S Roosevelt Blvd, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Help Keep the beach clean!!
This monthly event is open to anyone and everyone who wants to give back to the community.
Gloves, garbage bags, water bottles, and snacks provided for the volunteers.

The Sauce Boss
2018-11-04 16:30 - 19:30 (America/Halifax) | Sunset Pier, 0 Duval st, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Experience a show like you've never seen before!!
"Over a million miles on the road, over 200,000 bowls of gumbo served for free, thousands of gigs, tons of hot sauce, scores of free concerts at homeless shelters..Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton brings his high energy, gumbo stirring, swamp funk to the gig. For those who don’t know about the Sauce Boss, he brings his own hot sauce to the gig, and he cooks gumbo while smoking his slide guitar. At the end of the Show, everyone gets a bowl. Now he's added some new flavors to the “stew”. Sauce Boss not only plays slide, sings his tamales off, makes gumbo, and feeds everybody… he will also be playing a drum kit with his feet. “You take that 53 Telecaster, pump it through that 48 Fender amp, add a bass rig, mix in some drums, all simmered down over some funky swamp blues, and smothered with gumbo, and you got a recipe for the largest one-man band on the planet.”"

The Tea Dance After-Party
2018-06-24 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | Mangoes, 700 Duval St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Mangoes Presents:
The Tea Dance After-Party!
Dance the night away in our Ricky Ricardo Room (located upstairs)

Live DJ
Spiked Tea Special
Well drinks & Beer
FREE Admission

Florida Keys Amateur Radio Club
2018-08-01 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Big Pine United Methodist Church, 280 Key Deer Blvd, Big Pine Key, FL, 33043, United States
Radio Club meetings are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Testing can be available at 6pm

Jersey Boys
2018-11-05 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Tennessee Williams Theatre, 5901 College Road, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Jersey Boys Musical!
ONE NIGHT ONLY
"They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story -- a story that has made them an international sensation all over again. Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony Award®-winning true-life musical phenomenon, JERSEY BOYS. From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical that’s just too good to be true. FEATURING THE LEGENDARY TOP TEN HITS: “Sherry” • “Big Girls Don’t Cry” • “Walk Like A Man” • “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” • “December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)” Jersey Boys is not recommended for all ages. The show contains smoke, gun shots, strobe lights, drug references, sexual situations and profane "authentic Jersey language."
Buy tickets here.

Drunk Spelling Bee
2018-07-02 21:00 - 23:30 (America/Halifax) | Mary Ellen's, Applerouth Lane, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Are you good at spelling?! What about when you're drunk?!
This special, monthly, spelling bee includes, shot rounds, speed rounds, and who knows what else.
Prizes and glory awaits the spelling champions!!

Full Metal Trivia
2018-07-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Mary Ellen's, Applerouth Lane, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Random Questions. All Categories. Cool Prizes.
EVERY TUESDAY!

Categories could be current news, local, knowledge, birds, rock and roll, etc... endless possibilities
Prizes could include gift cards up to a $50 value
Trivia entry is FREE

Plogging the Keys
2018-08-22 08:00 (America/Halifax) | White Street Pier, 1800 White St., Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Plogging is the process of picking up litter while exercising!
How to prepare:

Be prepared to get dirty
Wear good shoes
Join or start a group
Walk, jog, swim, bike...and PLOG!

Weekly, everyone will meet up at the White St. Pier and take a walk to anew path.
This is a great opportunity to make a difference, exercise, and socialize with like-minded individuals!

Farmer's Market
2018-06-27 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Halifax) | Sugarloaf Lodge, 17001 Overseas Hwy, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Weekly Farmer's Market!

The cheese lady, Produce
Ribs
Kombucha
Popcorn
Orchids
Crafts
Bread
So much more..
