BY MARK HOWELL We came a cropper among the literary cognoscenti in town a while ago when we transcribed an opinion by the controversial Michiko …

By C.S. Gilbert Keys Senator Dwight Bullard visited the southernmost reaches of his district Monday to address a meeting of the Monroe County Democrats at …

By John L. Guerra   The lion fish on the reef didn’t have a chance. The spear point pierced its spiked sides and it was …

By Trinadad Joe November, 2013 – 50 years later. The real story or just a short story and an excerpt from my novel, Ponytail Gangsters …

By Mark Howell and C. S. Gilbert   President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Key West There are a number of Florida Keys connections to President John F. …

By John Guerra Last Sunday afternoon, as Key West rolled slowly toward a spectacular fall sunset, I stood on a high knoll over the west …

By Ian Brockway Variety is the order of the day at this years Key West Film Festival with as many diverse characters as there are …

By Mark Howell and Tim Gratz Sometime in 1976, an aide to Sen. Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania entered the senator’s office and told him he …

By C.S. Gilbert The South Florida Symphony, born in Key West in 1998, kicked its annual educational contribution to the school system up several notches …

The Big Story: SCHOOL SECRETS By Rick Boettger It is not easy to get the Monroe County School District to comply with Florida’s Sunshine Law. …

By JEFF JOHNSON AND PAULA FORMAN Dear Short Answers: What’s the right age to lay your foot down and kick the kids out of the …

By Mark Howell John Waters, 67, the cult film director of transgressive hits such as “Hairspray” (not to mention “Hag in a Black Leather Jacket” …

Joanna Brady Schmida arrived in Key West in 1995 after a long career as a Creative Director at Ogilvy & Mather advertising in Toronto. She …

  Harry Schroeder began writing music reviews for the old Island Life paper and moved from there to nearly two decades at Solares Hill under David …

By John Guerra Eric deBoer, owner of Marquesa Hotel and Manley/deBoer Lumber, found unexpected issues when weighing the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, aka …

By C.S. Gilbert Larry Murray, self-stated “Fiscal Watchdog and Citizen Advocate,” as well as former school district committee member and unsuccessful school board candidate, yesterday …

  KONK Life is proud to run stories and other features from a wide range of Keys (and other) contributors. Listed here are some of …

By Harry Schroeder The South Florida Symphony, formerly the Key West Symphony, under the baton of Sebrina Maria Alfonso, gave its first concert of the …