Events – 29 Jan 19

09/08/2018  – 05/18/2019

9:30 am – 11:00 am
Children’s Art Studio – FREE!
Children’s Art Studio – FREE!
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Grades 4 – 6. Fun & creative art activities. Each week a different activity. Walk-ins welcome. Reservations recommended. Space is limited.

01/16/2019  – 02/20/2019

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Painting Studio W1
Painting Studio W1
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

This is 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. A fun, flexible class for all students.

01/17/2019  – 02/21/2019

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

Students will learn and explore: color (complementary colors, analogous colors, the chromatic richness of neutrals); brush strokes (from flat and variegated washes to dancing with your brushes); techniques (from wet-into-wet to spattering, pouring, spraying, stenciling, scrubbing).

01/26/2019  – 05/18/2019

9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Teen Open Studio – FREE!
Teen Open Studio – FREE!
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

This free program gives teens the unique opportunity to create their art alongside a different professional working artist from the community every month. Our artists will guide you to use new mediums & techniques and inform you about careers as an artist. All supplies included. In partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art. This class made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Lightning Foundation.

01/29/2019  – 03/05/2019

10:00 am – 11:30 am
The Power of Truth in Storytelling
The Power of Truth in Storytelling
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

During these six sessions you will have the opportunity to write in the many varied styles of non-fiction, from memoir, to history, to current events and persuasive essays, with a dash of journalism. Your writing will be based in truth, reality, and facts…it will be your view of your life, of the world, based on your experiences.

01/29/2019  – 01/31/2019

10:45 AM
Franzini Science Circus
Franzini Science Circus
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Circus props and more are transformed into objects of scientific concern and fascination to stimulate thought, interest and a better understanding of science for grade K through 5.

01/29/2019

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Poetry Writing Lecture
Poetry Writing Lecture
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Understanding Poetry by John Davis Jr. will help participants derive meaning from poems old and new. In this presentation, essential elements of poetry such as rhyme, meter, and diction will be examined, and participants will learn common forms of poems.

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Artists in Residence: CERO Design Mosaic Artists Celso Gonzalez & Roberto Biaggi
Monday, March 31, 2014 – Thursday, April 3, 2014    
All Day
Artists Celso Gonzalez & Roberto Biaggi lead a week-long workshop involving South Shore residents of all ages in the making of a community mosaic mural which will be installed on the exterior of the Firehouse Cultural Center in Ruskin.
Jazz Straight Up
Saturday, April 5, 2014    
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
The Tom Hamilton Quartet is a straight ahead jazz band led by well-known accomplished bassist Tom Hamilton with the best jazz musicians in town: Dan Harris on guitar, Tom Becker on piano, and jazz drummer Fred Edinborgh.
The Word in Print  •  Brenda Knowles ‘Inside Journalism Series’
Tuesday, April 8, 2014    
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“The Word in Print,” Panel Conversation, is the first in the Brenda Knowles ‘Inside Journalism Series.’ The panel is made up of distinguished guest columnists Ernest Hooper and Daniel Ruth of the Tampa Bay Times, and Steve Otto of the Tampa Tribune. Q & A will follow the panel discussion. FREE, reservations recommended.
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best  •  FCC Film Series
Thursday, April 10, 2014    
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Two musicians, on the verge of abandoning their “childish” dreams, attempt one last ditch effort at achieving the impossible, setting off across the country, armed with only an acoustic guitar, a broken heart, and a whole arsenal of children’s instruments.
Jesse & Noah Bellamy
Saturday, April 12, 2014    
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Jesse & Noah Bellamy are a brother duo pushing musical boundaries to create their own path. They deliver an eclectic mix of roots-rock, power-pop, country and Americana. The brothers are the fourth music-playing generation in a family of musicians. Their father and uncle are the well-known Bellamy Brothers.
24 Apr
Thursday, April 24, 2014    
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
After weeks of traveling through Europe, the immature William finds himself at a crossroads in his father’s birthplace of Copenhagen. When the youthful Effy befriends the older William they set off on an adventure to find William’s grandfather.
Cigar Box Guitar Workshop
Saturday, May 3, 2014    
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Make your own cigar box guitar for yourself, as a gift, as an instrument, a wall hanger, a piece of Americana! Continue this 150 year tradition with artist Steve Cinnamon.
Firehouse Blues & Bar-B-Que
Saturday, May 3, 2014    
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Our Smokin’ Bar-B-Q will focus on good food, good music and good people enjoying a lovely afternoon and evening at the Firehouse alongside beautiful Marsh Creek.
Events on Saturday, April 5, 2014
Jazz Straight Up
5 Apr 14
Ruskin
Events on Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Events on Thursday, April 10, 2014
Events on Saturday, April 12, 2014
Jesse & Noah Bellamy
12 Apr 14
Ruskin
Events on Thursday, April 24, 2014
24 Apr
Events on Saturday, May 3, 2014
Cigar Box Guitar Workshop
3 May 14
Ruskin
Firehouse Blues & Bar-B-Que
3 May 14
Ruskin