Events – 10 May 25

04/28/2025  – 06/09/2025

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic
Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Paint it Your Way: Watercolor Or Acrylic. Your Choice! Share the love of painting while enriching your skill set, no matter the medium. Instructor: Helen Solomon. Mondays, April 28 – June 9, 2025, Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Six (6) week class. No class May 26.

05/01/2025  – 06/01/2025

9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Open Pottery Studio - A.M. Thursdays
Open Pottery Studio – A.M. Thursdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Welcome to our Open Pottery Studio – a supervised, creative space where potters of all skill levels can explore, practice, and perfect their craft. This monitored environment ensures safety and support while offering access to professional-grade tools, wheels, and kilns. Whether you are hand-building, throwing, or glazing, our staff is available during all open studio hours to assist, answer questions, and maintain a safe, respectful studio atmosphere. Must have class experience to attend. Thursdays: 9:30am – Noon. Adults. Book March 2025 – December 2025.

05/01/2025  – 06/01/2025

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Open Pottery Studio - Thursday Evening
Open Pottery Studio – Thursday Evening
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Welcome to our Open Pottery Studio – a supervised, creative space where potters of all skill levels can explore, practice, and perfect their craft. This monitored environment ensures safety and support while offering access to professional-grade tools, wheels, and kilns. Whether you are hand-building, throwing, or glazing, our staff is available during all open studio hours to assist, answer questions, and maintain a safe, respectful studio atmosphere. Must have class experience to attend. Thursdays: 6:00 – 8:30 pm, Adults. Book from April 2025 – Dec 2025.

05/04/2025  – 07/06/2025

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Studio 55 | Collage | TMA@Firehouse
Studio 55 | Collage | TMA@Firehouse
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Join Mary Correa for an 8-week exploration of collage. Learn the basics of collage assembly and then explore how these basics apply to your art style. This workshop is full of techniques for everyone – novice, intermediate or advanced artists. Sundays, 1 – 4 pm. May 4 through July 6 (8 classes).

05/06/2025  – 06/06/2025

9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Open Pottery Studio - A.M. Tuesdays
Open Pottery Studio – A.M. Tuesdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Welcome to our Open Pottery Studio – a supervised, creative space where potters of all skill levels can explore, practice, and perfect their craft. This monitored environment ensures safety and support while offering access to professional-grade tools, wheels, and kilns. Whether you are hand-building, throwing, or glazing, our staff is available during all open studio hours to assist, answer questions, and maintain a safe, respectful studio atmosphere. Must have class experience to attend. Tuesdays: 9:30am – Noon. Adults. March 2025 – December 2025.

05/07/2025  – 06/11/2025

9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Intro to Pottery
Intro to Pottery
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Discover the joy of working with clay in this beginner-friendly pottery class! This course will guide you through the basics of hand-building, wheel-throwing, and glazing techniques. These 6 sessions give you a great base in learning how to create functional and decorative pieces, and understand the firing process. No experience necessary. Wednesdays, 9:00 am until 12:00 noon. May 7 – June 11.

05/10/2025  – 08/09/2025

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Art Play Date – TMA@Firehouse - Select Saturdays
Art Play Date – TMA@Firehouse – Select Saturdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Each Art Play Date Session is a stand-alone session for caregiver and child artist to play with materials and create a collaborative project. This class is on select Saturdays, May 10 through Aug 9 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm at Firehouse Cultural Center.

05/10/2025

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
A Few Good Men - Sat May 10
A Few Good Men – Sat May 10
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

“A Few Good Men” the explosive courtroom drama by acclaimed writer Aaron Sorkin is performed live at the Firehouse Cultural Center in Ruskin, Florida. This powerful production delves into themes of justice, loyalty, and the courage it takes to stand up for what’s right—even when it means challenging authority. A Few Good Men is as intense as it is thought-provoking, and it will leave you questioning: Can you handle the truth? Join us for an unforgettable night of theater brought to you by the Brandon Performing Arts, also known as MacBeth & Cheese. Saturday, May 10, 7:30 pm Evening Performance, Center Stage at the Firehouse Cultural Center.

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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