Fantasy Fest Pet Masquerade to star ‘Party Animals’ Oct. 22
Fantasy Fest Pet Masquerade to star ‘Party Animals’ Oct. 22 SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE More than 40 masquerade contests, parties and other spectacles are …
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The Naked Girl in the Tree House, Part 1
All Is True: The Naked Girl in the Tree House By Mark Howell Here begins a true story told in a serial manner just as …
San Diego to get Marathon jewel
PHOTO/Andy Newman, Florida Keys News Bureau Matt Brochhausen, left, measures ‘Sapphire,’ Tuesday at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital. San Diego to get Marathon jewel SPECIAL …
The Chorale as Phoenix
The Chorale as Phoenix: First credit/noncredit class deemed ‘amazing’ By C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER It was with a certain trepidation that I, a …
In Review: Eastman students wow at St. Paul’s: A conversation
In Review Eastman students wow at St. Paul’s: A conversation BY C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER I am the last person to be competent …
Fantasy Fest King, Queen Events
Fantasy Fest King, Queen Events Wednesday, Aug. 27, 8 -11 p.m. – 70’s Sitcom Night at The Key West Pub, 1114 Duval St. “Come ‘a …
‘I am still alive’
‘I AM STILL ALIVE’ BY SIR PETER ANDERSON (From the 2014 Conch Republic Independence Celebration guide) On Oct. 3 of last year I was diagnosed …
King Sunshine Sunday: Compassion wins out
Compassion wins out King Stephen ‘Sunshine’ Sunday BY C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Fantasy Fest 2013 King Stephen “Sunshine” Sunday grew up in …
Queen Diane May: Work hard, play hard
Work hard, play hard Queen Diane May BY C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Queen Diane May raised three children in Reston, Va., before moving …
The Sir Peter Anderson Story: The Conch Republic helps out the U.S. of A. in a time of need / Part 8
The Sir Peter Anderson Story The Conch Republic helps out the U.S. of A. in a time of need Part 8 As Told to Mark …
Red Barn holding auditions Saturday
Red Barn holding auditions Saturday for two productions Red Barn Theatre is holding auditions from 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday, May 17, at the theatre, …
Writes of Spring 2014 kicks off today
Writes of Spring 2014 kicks off todayhttp://konknet.com/konk-life/contributors/connie-gilbert BY C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER “Through the tangled pathways, the twisted haunts, the spare …
Pitts informs at symphony concerts
Pitts informs at symphony concerts BY JOHN ANDOLA KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER When the South Florida Symphony performs at the Tennessee Williams Theatre …
Conchs and Cowboys at Red Barn
PHOTO/Roberta DePIero Conchs and Cowboys at Red Barn SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE “Conchs, Cowboys and Tales of Old Key West!” returns to Red Barn Theatre, 319 …
Stage dropper: Up front with the Symphony
BY C.S. GILBERT FEATURE WRITER Imagine sitting on stage in the midst of a rehearsing orchestra, close enough to touch a young man (one of …
On the State of the Secretary General
On the State of the Secretary General BY MARK HOWELL Peter Anderson, 67, is fighting a battle against cancer. The Secretary General of the Conch …
Souvenir opens at Waterfront
Souvenir opens at Waterfront SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE Concert halls have always had bad singers, but never has there been someone as spectacularly awful as, …
Feature / Truman’s Little White House Gains Historic Recognition
Truman’s Little White House Gains Historic Recognition By C.S Gilbert The Little White House has just been named a Site of National Historic …
Symphony presents ‘blues-drenched’ Ellen Zwilich
Symphony presents ‘blues-drenched’ Ellen Zwilich By C.S. GILBERT FEATURE WRITER On Thursday, American contemporary composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Shadows for Piano and Orchestra is featured …
Suzette Frey: On speaking the same language
Suzette Frey: On speaking the same language BY ELIZABETH MEADE HOWARD When Suzette Frey was 7 years old, she found herself translating between her …