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02/18/2026 10:30 am – 11:30 am |
 Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL Tortoise & the Hare, Aesop’s fable is given a fun updated twist in this marvelous musical. Bunni Hare wins every race, so how will Thomas Tortoise be able to compete? |
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04/15/2026 10:30 am – 11:15 am |
 Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin FL Two tourists discover a treasure chest full of historical artifacts, they are transported back in time, a journey through Florida history. Learn about Ponce De Leon, the founding of St. Augustine, and the “Original” Pocahontas story. Grades K – 5 |
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9:30 AM – Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Thursdays
9:30 AM – Adult Clay – A.M. Thursdays
1:30 PM – Painting with Watercolors
9:30 AM – Adult Clay & Play – A.M. Fridays
6:00 PM – A Night in the Big Easy
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10:00 AM – Relief Print Making
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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, February 2022 – June 2022.
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, Jan 2022 – July 2022.
Time Machine: H.G. Wells’ 1895 Science Fiction novel travels to the stage in this “Steampunk” rock musical. A Victorian Era Time Traveller ventures far into the future encountering the ethereal Eloi and the dangerous subterranean Morlocks. He must return to his own time with a lesson in embracing diversity essential to saving the human species. Ideal for Grades K through 8.
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 2022 – June 2022.
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.
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, February 2022 – June 2022.
SOLD OUT! A Night in the Big Easy (formerly Bourbon on the Bayou), featuring Zydeco and Texas Swing. New Orleans Style Dining, Hot Tunes and Libations. Tickets: $250 per Table, 4 per Table. Benefiting the Firehouse Cultural Center Scholarships Fund and No Fee Programming. April 9, 2022 6:00 – 9:00 pm.
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, February 2022 – June 2022.
Juanita Lolita was voted “Best of the Bay” with Creative Loafing Magazine, a finalist for “Florida’s Funniest Person” Rooftop comedy and was a finalist in “The World Series of Comedy” Las Vegas. She has been featured on NBC, ABC and the CTN. She has also appeared at the Firehouse before. Friday, April 15, 2022.
Relief Print Making. Create your personal design with easy carve blocks. This four-week course you will cut, ink, and print an original work of art. All supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring any personal tools if preferred. You can experiment with process and technique in this course, a sense of curiosity is all that is required. Wednesdays, Apr. 20 – May 11, 2022.
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, February 2022 – June 2022.
NEW CLASS: Pottery for Kids: Ages 7 – 11. Fire up your creativity and learn the basics of how to form clay through pinching, coil building, and working with slabs. Have fun and create any shape you desire! Students should expect to make several projects using these skills. Clay, tool, glazing and firing included. NEW DATES: Saturdays, April 23 – May 14, 9:00 am to 10:30 am.
Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with a poetry workshop devoted to the form he invented! In this session, John Davis Jr. will teach participants to write the Shakespearean sonnet and have fun while doing so! Come on out to create a formal poem worthy of The Bard himself. Sat., April 23rd from 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. FREE.
Come explore the art of metalsmithing. You will saw, file, texture and rivet on silver, copper, and brass. Emphasis will be texturing & riveting metals together, creating your unique jewelry. Various techniques will be demonstrated. You will make a finished piece of jewelry of either a pendant or earrings. All materials supplied. Tuesday, April 26, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm.
High School Age Teen Metalsmithing. You will saw, file, texture and rivet on silver, copper, and brass. Emphasis will be texturing & riveting metals together, creating your unique jewelry. Various techniques will be demonstrated. You will make a finished piece of jewelry of either a pendant or earrings. All materials supplied. Tues, April 26, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm.
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, February 2022 – June 2022.
