Posts in category Feature Stories

Suzette Frey: On speaking the same language BY ELIZABETH MEADE HOWARD   When Suzette Frey was 7 years old, she found herself translating between her …

Call to poets, painters for TWKWE Challenge SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE In the continuing celebration of the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Tennessee Williams, organizers …

Conchette Capers, a 40-year tradition lives again By C S GILBERT After an absence of 15 years, the Key West High School Conchettes dance team …

An All-Star Cast Sings for Woman’s Hope – and Habitat for Humanity SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE The eighth annual Woman’s Hope Concert on Friday, March …

‘I Am My Own Wife’ at Red Barn SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE Red Barn Theatre, 319 Duval St., is presenting the Pulitzer Prize Winning “I …

Sound debate climaxes tonight (maybe) BY PRU SOWERS NEWS WRITER Officially, Tuesday’s Key West City Commission meeting should be the finale in creating a new …

Equality Florida’s Season of Support Begins By C.S. GILBERT   An elegant party hosted by Jack and Terri Spottswood last Thursday honored Equality Florida’s major …

Presidential Progeny meet at Truman Little White House By Mark Howell Margaret Hoover, great-granddaughter of President Herbert Hoover, brought along her new baby boy, Jack, …

Coming Home By ANDY LEVIN   As a photographer of some 35 years, I have the philosophy that the photograph is more important than the …

Feature Stories/ Folsom Bonita Paintings At Gingerbread Square   By C.S Gillbert   Pam Folsom and Todd Bonita’s exhibition of paintings opens on Monday, Feb. …

Old Island Restoration Foundation House Tour Feb. 14, 15 By KONK Life News Staff     Despite its reputation as an historic district, Key West …

Key West to host groundbreaking Cuban-American art exchange By KONK News Staff Some of Cuba’s leading contemporary artists are to debut their work in Key …

MLK Breakfast Preacher urges, ‘Keep moving!’ By C.S. Gilbert Dr. Teresa L. Fry Brown, keynote speaker at Monday’s fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr …

Moving To The Future Dr. Bruce Boros Looks At Cardiology And Sees Genetic Testing   By Ralph Morrow   The walls at Dr. Bruce Boros’s …

Something’s Wrong at City Hall   By Mark Howell   No blame, no names, O.K? But Wednesday night’s City Commission meeting at Old City Hall …

They Couldn’t Steal Her Spirit By Bill Wagner Months of planning and preparation were close to culminating with a great week of sailing as Catharine …

Quantum Key West 2014 Begins Under Sunny Skies and Light Breezes By Bill Wagner A warm and sunny Monday morning greeted the sailors at Quantum …

Sanchez artwork featured at Havana’s Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes By KONK Life News Staff For the first time in over five decades, cultural institutions …

A Dream Fulfilled for Judge Jones By Mark Howell   Some happy stories have a way of writing themselves. Like as this one. Nineteen days …

Wounded Warrior Project Solder Rider   By Morgan Kidwell   On Sunday, January 12, 2014 the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride took place in Key …