Events – 25 Mar 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.

01/26/2019  – 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.

03/06/2019  – 04/10/2019

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Painting Studio S2
Painting Studio S2
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.

03/09/2019  – 04/27/2019

10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Spray Painting and Mural Planning
Spray Painting and Mural Planning
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Gain practice working with spray paint. Learn different spray-painting techniques, how to plan and execute large-scale murals, and create a collaborative class mural. In partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art. 

03/21/2019  – 04/25/2019

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Painting with Watercolors – Session 2
Painting with Watercolors – Session 2
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).

03/25/2019  – 04/17/2019

9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Large-Scale Printmaking
Large-Scale Printmaking
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

A relief printmaking class for beginning to advanced students focusing on the creation of large-scale prints. In partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art.

03/25/2019  – 05/20/2019

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Arts Education Straz Center Musical Theater: Grades 2 – 12
Arts Education Straz Center Musical Theater: Grades 2 – 12
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

An overview of Musical Theater from the historical & performance perspectives. Students will explore American musical theater pieces; musical, theatrical and dance styles from throughout the 20th century.

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Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
Saturday, July 31, 2021    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Firehouse Center Stage Music brings a night of laughs to enjoy; some music, humor and history with Rev. Billy C. Wirtz! Buckle your seat belts and get ready for some high energy boogie woogie with the Rev. Wirtz combines old-school nightclub shtick with highbrow/lowbrow humor guaranteed to keep you entertained. Saturday, July 31, 2021.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Tuesdays
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 – Friday, September 3, 2021    
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, July 2021 – Dec 2021.
Upstairs/Downstairs: The Tampa Bay Hotel
Wednesday, August 4, 2021    
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Meet Colonel Theodore Roosevelt at the Tampa Bay Hotel to relive his experiences leading up to the U.S. invasion of Cuba. His recollections are made through the lenses of a commissioned officer and family man. Also meet Otis Freedman “The Bishop”, Head Waiter, 1905
. The Tampa Bay Hotel, Henry Plant’s grandest hotel, opened at the height of America’s Gilded Age. FREE.
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, August 5, 2021 – Sunday, September 5, 2021    
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.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, August 5, 2021 – Sunday, September 5, 2021    
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, July 2021 – Dec 2021.
Adult Clay & Play - Thursday Evening
Thursday, August 5, 2021 – Sunday, September 5, 2021    
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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, July 2021 – Dec 2021.
La Lucha
Saturday, August 14, 2021    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
La Lucha is a Tampa Bay based trio of three best friends from three different parts of the world: Colombia, Mexico, and the United States. Its members are Alejandro Arenas, bass; John O’Leary, piano; and Mark Feinman, drums. Their repertoire is a diverse mixture of Latin-inspired rhythms with jazz standards, twisted arrangements of pop songs, and original compositions.
Comedy Night: Tim the Dairy Farmer
Saturday, August 21, 2021    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
NEW DATE: 8/21/21. Comedy Center Stage at the Firehouse brings a night of laughs with Comedy Night: Tim the Dairy Farmer! Tim Moffett is a speaker and performer of comedy at agriculture conventions, corporate events and business meetings.
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, September 2, 2021 – Sunday, October 3, 2021    
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.
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
Thursday, September 2, 2021 – Thursday, September 30, 2021    
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, July 2021 – Dec 2021.
Painting with Watercolors: Session 1
Thursday, September 2, 2021 – Thursday, October 7, 2021    
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. Sept. 2 – Oct. 7, 2021.
Pottery for Kids: Grades 4 - 8
Saturday, September 4, 2021 – Saturday, September 25, 2021    
9:00 am – 10:30 am
NEW CLASS: Pottery for Kids: Grades 4 – 8. 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. DATES: Saturdays, Sept. 4 – Sept. 25, 9:00 am to 10:30 am.
Events on Saturday, July 31, 2021
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
31 Jul 21
Ruskin
Events on Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Events on Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Events on Thursday, August 5, 2021
Events on Saturday, August 14, 2021
La Lucha
14 Aug 21
Ruskin
Events on Saturday, August 21, 2021
Events on Thursday, September 2, 2021
Events on Saturday, September 4, 2021