Events – Firehouse Cultural Center

07/10/2025

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Figure Drawing Group
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Every 2nd Thursday through summer months June, July, Aug, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Will be at FCC Annex building. Strengthen your skills in our monitored figure drawing session with a variety of timed poses. Bring your chalk, paint, charcoal or pencil, you choose the medium! Model varies by session. Please reserve online or by phone, 813-645-7651. Reservations are Limited. Your $15 cash tuition is due at the door.

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7:00 PM – Democracy's Defenders: Inside Journalism Series

7:00 PM – Bourbon on the Bayou

6:00 PM – Painting Studio S2

10:00 AM – Spray Painting and Mural Planning

10:30 AM – Musical Discovery Lecture Series

10:45 AM – World of Wonder 2.0

7:30 PM – Mike Donahue & Third Man Out

1:00 PM – Painting with Watercolors – Session 2

7:30 PM – Comedy Night: Headliner Rahn Hortman, Featuring Devin Siebold

9:30 AM – POETRY WORKSHOP The Powerful Pastiche: Learning from Great Women of Letters

9:30 AM – Large-Scale Printmaking

4:30 PM – Arts Education Straz Center Musical Theater: Grades 2 – 12

7:30 PM – Sonny and Perley

Democracy's Defenders: Inside Journalism Series

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Lectures

Our panel of outstanding Tampa Bay journalists will discuss the current state of play in their newsrooms and the daily battle for the truth, followed by audience Q & A.

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Bourbon on the Bayou

Saturday, March 2, 2019

7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Special Events

Bourbon on the Bayou featuring T-Bone Hamilton & The Big Easy Revue. Full Open Bar; Bourbon Tastings; Dancing; Food Stations (Feed the Senses New Orleans Style); Silent & Live Auctions; Free Valet Parking. Tickets: $85 pp $150 Couple / Patron: $300 Couple Patron: $300 Per Couple Includes Private Patron’s Cocktail Party 6-7 pm, Bourbon on the Bayou, Reserved Table.

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Painting Studio S2

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 – Wednesday, April 10, 2019

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Workshops & Classes

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.

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Spray Painting and Mural Planning

Saturday, March 9, 2019 – Saturday, April 27, 2019

10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Workshops & Classes

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.

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Musical Discovery Lecture Series

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Lectures

Music lovers of all levels, explore the fascinating inner workings of the musical world. Music from cultures around the world to popular 20th Century music genres will be presented. Monthly on Tuesdays, Oct. – May.

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World of Wonder 2.0

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 – Thursday, March 14, 2019

10:45 am

Firehouse Cultural Center

Field Trip Performances

WOW 2.0 is a live performance that transports audiences into their imagination.

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Mike Donahue & Third Man Out

Saturday, March 16, 2019

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Firehouse Pub

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Irish tunes at the Firehouse Pub!

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Painting with Watercolors – Session 2

Thursday, March 21, 2019 – Thursday, April 25, 2019

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Workshops & Classes

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).

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Comedy Night: Headliner Rahn Hortman, Featuring Devin Siebold

Friday, March 22, 2019

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Firehouse Pub

Rahn Hortman and Devin Siebold! These two great stand-up comedians are bringing a full headlining set to the Firehouse!

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POETRY WORKSHOP The Powerful Pastiche: Learning from Great Women of Letters

Saturday, March 23, 2019

9:30 am – 11:30 am

Firehouse Cultural Center

Lectures

In the workshop, we will examine works by Emily Dickinson, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, and Natalie Diaz among others. After we’ve thoroughly examined and discussed each poem, participants will choose one poet’s style to imitate in a work of their own.

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Large-Scale Printmaking

Monday, March 25, 2019 – Wednesday, April 17, 2019

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Workshops & Classes

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.

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Arts Education Straz Center Musical Theater: Grades 2 – 12

Monday, March 25, 2019 – Monday, May 20, 2019

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Workshops & Classes

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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Sonny and Perley

Saturday, March 30, 2019

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Firehouse Cultural Center

Firehouse Pub

Sonny and Perley interpret a mixed program that includes material from the ‘Great American Songbook’, Golden Age of Popular Song 1920’s -1950’s and the Post Golden Age of Songs from the 1960’s – 1980’s coupled with International Cabaret music and Brazil Bossa Nova.

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