Events – 2 Aug 25

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.

05/13/2025  – 08/26/2025

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
TMA Workshop - Teen Workshop - Select Tuesdays
TMA Workshop – Teen Workshop – Select Tuesdays
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Teen artists will explore a variety of mediums and work closely with innovative local teaching artists. With mentorship and socialization at the forefront, they’ll learn about different paths in art while developing their skills and experimenting with new techniques.
Supplies Included. This class is select Tuesdays, 6-8 PM, May 13, May 27, Aug 5, Aug 26 at the Firehouse Cultural Center.

05/24/2025  – 08/23/2025

10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Remix TMA@Firehouse
Remix TMA@Firehouse
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Remix* TMA@Firehouse: Remix is a series of make-and-take art workshops for adults inspired by the Museum’s current exhibitions with a new project every month. Workshops are designed to be enjoyed by participants of any skill level and all materials are provided. Attend class at The Firehouse Cultural Center. Ages 18 and up. May 24 through Aug 23, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. (4 classes).

06/02/2025  – 08/08/2025

8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Imagine, Explore, Discover! Summer Camp 2025
Imagine, Explore, Discover! Summer Camp 2025
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Ten (10) weeks of fun for your Campers ages 7-15! You may choose a single week, multiple weeks, or every week. Explore a different theme each week from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm, with snack times & lunch break – all in a creative and safe environment. Some weeks culminate with a “Show & Share” for Family and Friends. These camps fill up fast, so call 813-645-7651 now or register online at www.firehouseculturalcenter.org. Choose one week or more.

07/03/2025  – 08/03/2025

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.

07/03/2025  – 08/03/2025

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.

07/28/2025  – 08/08/2025

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Teen Clay Creators - Session 4
Teen Clay Creators – Session 4
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Unleash your creativity this summer! Designed for ages 12–16, this hands-on experience introduces teens to the exciting world of pottery, from hand-building techniques to wheel-throwing and glazing. Beginners or our skilled instructors will guide you through fun and engaging projects, allowing you to explore texture, form, and color. Session 4 (2 weeks) July 28 through Aug 8 (Tue, Wed, Thu).

07/30/2025  – 08/13/2025

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Introduction to Hand Building - afternoon
Introduction to Hand Building – afternoon
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Explore the art of hand building in this 3 week course perfect for any skill level. Each session will bring new techniques such as pinchpots, coil building, slab construction, and surface design. Make clay creations with guidance from a skilled instructor. All materials, tools, and firing is included. July 30 – Aug 13, 1:00 – 3:30 pm.

07/30/2025  – 08/13/2025

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Introduction to Hand Building - evening
Introduction to Hand Building – evening
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Explore the art of hand building in this 3 week course perfect for any skill level. Each session will bring new techniques such as pinchpots, coil building, slab construction, and surface design. Make clay creations with guidance from a skilled instructor. All materials, tools, and firing is included. July 30 – Aug 13, 6:00 – 8:30 pm.

08/02/2025

10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Try Your Hand, at Pottery, a One-Time Art Experience - Aug 2
Try Your Hand, at Pottery, a One-Time Art Experience – Aug 2
Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL

Pottery Workshop: Learn about basic clay types, tools, and techniques. Hand-build a piece using techniques like pinching or slab work.
You create one-of-a-kind Art, with surface decoration techniques like textures or carving & glazing. You’ll leave your piece behind for firing FCC will contact you when they’re ready for pickup. All materials supplied.
Sat, Aug. 2nd from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

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Wheel-Throwing
Monday, January 27, 2020 – Thursday, April 2, 2020    
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Students learn the basics of wheel throwing by forming and throwing simple shapes on the potter’s wheel. More advanced students will build upon the basics to create larger, more advanced projects. Discover varying throwing techniques, forms and glazing. Materials & firings included. Age 18 to Adult.
Hand-Building Pottery
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 – Tuesday, March 31, 2020    
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Leave the stress behind. An exciting, fun and relaxing class. Learn all about clay; the possibilities are endless with hand building and figure sculpting. Explore surface decoration, texture, stamping and printing design. Materials & firings included. Age 18 to Adult.
Hand-Building Kids 8+
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 – Tuesday, March 31, 2020    
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Fire up your creativity and join the fun! Explore the exciting world of clay through a wide range of projects with hand building and glazing techniques. Students learn in a supportive setting with individual instruction and inspiration. Materials & firings are included in tuition.
Relief Printmaking: Multiple Impressions
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 – Wednesday, February 19, 2020    
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
A printmaking class for beginning to advanced students. Learn how to create relief prints by carving linoleum blocks. After learning the basics, explore the individual and collaborative possibilities of using multiple carved printing blocks multiple times on the same piece of paper.
Open Pottery Studio
Thursday, January 30, 2020 – Thursday, April 2, 2020    
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
This open studio is for students at the intermediate and advanced levels! Join us if you want to explore your own personal style. Focus on your throwing techniques and varying forms. A great studio to expand your knowledge with your peers. Materials & firings included.
TBone Hamilton and the Blues All Stars featuring Bryan Lee & Greg Poulos
Saturday, February 1, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
TBone Hamilton and the Blues All-Stars are comprised of some of the best blues musicians. Bassist/Leader – Tom “TBone” Hamilton (TBone Hamilton Band, The Swinging Johnsons, Rock Bottom & the Cutaways) returns to the Firehouse Cultural Center with his Blues All Stars: Bryan Lee & Greg Poulos This show will be one special event – Not to be missed!
Upstairs/Downstairs: The Tampa Bay Hotel
Sunday, February 2, 2020    
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Pauline Smith, Telegraph Operator, 1913. Tampa Bay Hotel, Henry Plant’s grandest luxury railroad resort hotel, opened in 1891 at the height of America’s Gilded Age. More than 300 employees were needed for the opulent hotel to run smoothly. Step back in time & enjoy the single-character performances that brings two turn-of–the-century Hotel staff members to life. FREE.
Literary Non-Fiction 1.0
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 – Tuesday, March 10, 2020    
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Power in Truth Storytelling 1.0. For beginning writers and those who love to write. We all have our stories, ones that are funny, sad, inspirational, tragic… and true. Write yours!
Pub Theater: Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play
Friday, February 7, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play. A Family “Marvel” Comic Play. Presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. Performances from February 7 – 16, 2020.
Poetry Workshops
Saturday, February 8, 2020    
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Six -1.5-hour Poetry Workshops in 2020. Feb.; Apr.; June; Aug.; Oct.; & Dec. How to write the Love Poem, Seasonal Poem, Reflective Poem, Back-To-School Poem, Imagery-Rich Poem and the Holiday ‘Gift’ Poem.
Pub Theater: Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play
Saturday, February 8, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play. A Family “Marvel” Comic Play. Presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. Performances from February 7 – 16, 2020.
Pub Theater: Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play
Sunday, February 9, 2020    
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play. A Family “Marvel” Comic Play. Presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. Performances from February 7 – 16, 2020.
Music Lecture Series 2019-2020
Tuesday, February 11, 2020    
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
On February 11, 2020, The Symphony Orchestra: Its Roots, Ruin, and Return. Monthly, Jan. – May, 2020.
Pub Theater: Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play
Friday, February 14, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play. A Family “Marvel” Comic Play. Presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. Performances from February 7 – 16, 2020.
Pub Theater: Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play
Saturday, February 15, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play. A Family “Marvel” Comic Play. Presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. Performances from February 7 – 16, 2020.
Pub Theater: Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play
Sunday, February 16, 2020    
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Hammered, A Thor & Loki Play. A Family “Marvel” Comic Play. Presented by MacBeth & Cheese in Partnership with the Firehouse Cultural Center. Performances from February 7 – 16, 2020.
Remix Studio Workshop: Alma Thomas
Tuesday, February 18, 2020    
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Learn about how painter Alma Thomas builds up a painting, and create a unique abstract painting in the same style using the same process. Workshop guided step-by-step by artist and TMA Studio Programs Coordinator Anthony Record. Workshop inspired by the Alma Thomas work New Galaxy, currently on view in the exhibition The Making of a Museum: 100 Years 100 Works.
Project Trio
Thursday, February 20, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
PROJECT Trio is a passionate, high energy chamber music ensemble comprised of three virtuosic composer/performers from Brooklyn, NY. Blending their classical training with an eclectic taste in musical styles, PROJECT Trio has made an impact on audiences of all ages.
Comedy Night: G. David Howard & Quinton Greene
Friday, February 21, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Headliner G. David Howard returns to the Firehouse! Also featuring Quinton Greene!
Alexis Cole
Saturday, February 22, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Alexis Cole, a respected world-traveled Jazz Vocalist from New York, will perform a special engagement at the Firehouse Pub.
Leaping Into Folk Music: Charlie Morris + Opossum Hollow
Saturday, February 29, 2020    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Charlie Morris has a brand new group, “OPOSSUM HOLLOW” and a brand new sound! This will be a CD release party for his new (not yet released) CD entitled “FOLKIE”. The group is all acoustic and performs all originals. The group consists of guitars, bass, mandolin, dobro, banjo, and fiddle
Events on Monday, January 27, 2020
Wheel-Throwing
27 Jan 20
Ruskin
Events on Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Hand-Building Pottery
28 Jan 20
Ruskin
Hand-Building Kids 8+
28 Jan 20
Ruskin
Events on Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Events on Thursday, January 30, 2020
Open Pottery Studio
30 Jan 20
Ruskin
Events on Saturday, February 1, 2020
Events on Sunday, February 2, 2020
Events on Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Literary Non-Fiction 1.0
4 Feb 20
Ruskin
Events on Friday, February 7, 2020
Events on Saturday, February 8, 2020
Events on Sunday, February 9, 2020
Events on Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Events on Friday, February 14, 2020
Events on Saturday, February 15, 2020
Events on Sunday, February 16, 2020
Events on Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Events on Thursday, February 20, 2020
Project Trio
20 Feb 20
Ruskin
Events on Friday, February 21, 2020
Events on Saturday, February 22, 2020
Alexis Cole
22 Feb 20
Ruskin
Events on Saturday, February 29, 2020