Events – 26 Oct 22

08/02/2022  – 12/20/2022

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Tuesdays
Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Tuesdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

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, Aug 2022 – Dec 2022.

08/04/2022  – 12/22/2022

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Thursdays
Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Thursdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

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, August 2022 – December 2022.

08/04/2022  – 12/22/2022

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Adult Clay & Play - Thursday Evening
Adult Clay & Play – Thursday Evening
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

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, Aug 2022 – Dec 2022.

08/05/2022  – 12/23/2022

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Adult Clay & Play - A.M. Fridays
Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Fridays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

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. Fridays: 9:30am – 11:30am Adults. Book Monthly, August 2022 – December 2022.

10/06/2022  – 11/06/2022

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Adult Clay - A.M. Thursdays
Adult Clay – A.M. Thursdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

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.

10/19/2022  – 10/26/2022

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Stand – Up 101, in Partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art
Stand – Up 101, in Partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Knock ’em dead with a “tight five”! Create material you can be proud of, and be ready for the stage. This class focuses on the generation, development, and performance of the material you create. No experience needed. These remote classes will meet 2 hours a week for 6 weeks, followed by a final in-person class and showcase outside of class where you can invite others to see you shine. Weds, Oct. 26 – Dec. 14, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. All TMA@Firehouse events take place at the Firehouse Cultural Center located at 101 1st Ave NE in Ruskin.

10/24/2022  – 11/28/2022

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Painting with Watercolors
Painting with Watercolors
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

You will explore color, dive into a variety of brush strokes from flat washes to dancing with your brushes; techniques from wet to scrubbing; and more. This class is for all levels, heighten your skills or find your hidden talent. Oct. 24 – Nov. 28, 2022.

10/26/2022

9:30 am – 11:30 am
It’s All About The Brush
It’s All About The Brush
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

10 types of paintbrushes every Artist should know. So many brushes and what are they for? The difference between oil, acrylic and watercolor. Which brush to choose for the look you are going for, learn and practice brush strokes, choose the correct brush for the job, plus care & cleaning for longer wear. Bring Your Brushes, FCC will supply the rest. Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.

10/26/2022

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

Painting BIG (Pattern). Your BIG chance to paint on a large piece of heavy paper (approx. 3’X 4’). You’ll be looking at patterns in art and then create your own BIG designs. The focus is on scale, repetition, texture and finding a simple color palette to work with. Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6:00 – 8:30 pm.

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Magic Cabaret: LeLand Faulkner & Nathan C. Marsh
Friday, February 5, 2016    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Join us for an evening of infectious laughter, stunning impossibilities, and the most fun you’ve had with a blowtorch, samurai sword , paper, duct tape and an iPad
06 Feb
Saturday, February 6, 2016    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Singer-Songwriter-Storyteller-Bluesman. Roy Book Binder has been rambling around the world for the past 45 years. In the early ’70’s he left Greenwich Village and spent the next 15 years criss-crossing the US and appearing at festivals throughout Canada and Europe.
Valerie Gillespie "French, Language of Love & Romance"
Saturday, February 13, 2016    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Valerie Gillespie Ensemble is dedicated to the preservation of live jazz. Valerie’s group performs a mix of instrumental and vocal jazz, and they stay very busy doing live performances as well as recording. This concert will be the perfect date night for your valentine, focusing on French love songs and Jazz from the heart!
19 Feb
Friday, February 19, 2016    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
America’s Most Hilarious Teacher Mike Rivera returns. Sloan is guaranteed to have your sides hurting from laughter. Don’t miss this one!
The Tom Hamilton Quartet
Saturday, February 20, 2016    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tom Hamilton is a straight ahead jazz band, well known in the Tampa Bay area as one of leading jazz/blues bassists. As a studio musician, he recently recorded on bluesman Roy Book Binder’s new album, “The Good Book,” which reached #3 in the Americana charts.
27 Feb
Saturday, February 27, 2016    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Alaska’s fiddling poet. Ken has 9 cd’s of old time Appalachian-style string band music. A former college professor, writer and storyteller; as a performer he’s played from the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage to Berkeley’s Freight and Salvage.
05 Mar
Saturday, March 5, 2016    
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Gala Chair & Hosts, County Commissioner Sandra L. Murman, and Greg & Donna Rothfeldt, invite you to our annual Gala! Enjoy live entertainment, silent & live auctions, open bar and dinner, while supporting the Firehouse.
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The Tom Hamilton Quartet
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