Events – 3 Feb 23

01/05/2023  – 02/05/2023

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.

01/09/2023  – 02/13/2023

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. Mondays, Jan. 9 thru Feb. 13, 2023.

01/10/2023  – 02/14/2023

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Acrylic Experience
Acrylic Experience
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Explore acrylic media and techniques more in-depth study of acrylics, aesthetics, and medium. Students will talk about their work and the work of others in the classroom critiques at the start each class. This class is for all levels, heighten your skills or find your hidden talent. Tuesdays, Jan. 10 thru Feb. 14, 2023.

01/18/2023  – 02/22/2023

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

Printmaking TMA@Firehouse. Printmaking includes a variety of methods of creating multiple works of art from a single image. This 6 week class will explore a variety of printmaking techniques such as linocut and monoprint methods to make unique hand-printed works of art. All materials supplied. Six class series in Jan / Feb, 2023.

01/19/2023  – 02/08/2023

9:30 am – 11:30 am
Mosaic Stepping Stones
Mosaic Stepping Stones
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Next class dates to be posted shortly, or please call the Firehouse 813-645-7651 to be put on waiting list. Art Up Your Garden or Walkway. Make a beautiful steppingstone for your garden and learn the basics of mosaics at the same time. This four-session class you will learn how to use tools to cut and shape glass and ceramics to make a garden steppingstone. Bring your old dishes to class with you. Glass, tiles, and ceramics will be provided as well as a 12″ x 12″ cement base. All Materials Supplied. Thursdays, Jan. 19 – Feb 8.

02/02/2023  – 03/05/2023

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.

02/03/2023

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, January 2023 – June 2023.

02/03/2023

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Beating Hearts: Metalsmithing Workshop
Beating Hearts: Metalsmithing Workshop
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Easy to Make Gifts! Hammer & rivet your Copper and Brass for texture creating a unique heart making a pendant, earrings, pin, keychain, or card topper. Just in time to give your heart away for Valentine’s Day. All materials included. Friday, Feb. 3, 10:00 – 11:30 am.

02/03/2023

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Center Stage Comedy: Johnny Mac with Angela Nacca
Center Stage Comedy: Johnny Mac with Angela Nacca
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Comedian Johnny Mac has opened for some of comedy’s biggest names such as Lily Tomlin, Jim Gaffigan, Kathleen Madigan, Brian Regan and more. He is a relatable comic with a creative take on everything from airline travel to everyday life. He will be joined by Angela Nacca, who was selected as one of the top forty comedians to compete in The World Series of Comedy. Moving to West Palm Beach, Florida 14 years ago, Angela Nacca has been a hit in a range of venues, from the Improvs in South Florida to Funny Bones in Hartford, CT. Come out and see them both on Friday, February 3 at 7:30 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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