Key West Kitchen / Guinness It’s Not Just For Drinking
Guinness It’s Not Just For Drinking By Kerry Shelby It seems that quite a lot of Guinness Extra Stout, that unrivaled Irish brew, …
Howellings / Did You Know
Did You Know By Mark Howell Did you know that the American poet Allen Ginsberg, while attending a literary conference in Havana Union …
Love and a Birthday Party / The Big Story
Love and a Birthday Party The Big Story Love is on my mind for all the right reasons. (We all know what the wrong …
Florida Keys Council of the Arts is proud to announce that two Monroe County artists
The Florida Keys Council of the Arts is proud to announce that two Monroe County artists have been named as recipients of the prestigious 2014 South …
LTTE / $50,000 pay-off
Editor: School Board Chairman John Dick and Superintendent Mark Porter are telling anyone who will listen that the recent audit of the HOB construction project absolves …
Key West Artisan Market This Sunday February 1st
Key West Artisan Market This Sunday Key West Artisan Market “Culinary & Wine” Edition This Sunday The Key West Artisan Market: Culinary Edition …
Road repair schedule OK’d by city commissioners
Road repair schedule OK’d by city commissioners BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Key West City Engineer Jim Bouquet laid out the 2015 …
Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi ban
Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi ban MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have …
Howelings / Remembering Robert Stone
Howelings Remembering Robert Stone By Mark Howell There happened to be several occasions during this columnist’s wild days as an editor and …
Millions of GMO insects could be released in Florida Keys
Millions of GMO insects could be released in Florida Keys JENNIFER KAY, Associated Press KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Millions of genetically modified …
Affordable housing ideas get nay/yea
Affordable housing ideas get nay/yea BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Key West City Commissioners took one step forward and one step …
Commissions to revisit former Easter Seals site for homeless shelter
Commissions to revisit former Easter Seals site for homeless shelter BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Despite a failed attempt last October to …
Culture Vulture / Spectacular symphony, breathtaking art
Spectacular symphony, breathtaking art By C.S. GILBERT Glorious, glorious! Superlatives fail in the attempt to describe the South Florida Symphony Orchestra’s MasterWorks concert …
LTTE / BAD PRECEDENTS AND POLITICAL THUMBS
BAD PRECEDENTS AND POLITICAL THUMBS Historically, the Speaker of the House of Representatives followed the unwritten law that partisan politics ends “at the water’s …
Foxcatcher / Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway
Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway Foxcatcher Director Bennett Miller (Capote) gives his film “Foxcatcher” the appropriate brown and gray tones in telling the true life …
Short Answers / WAIT THIS OUT
Short Answers By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman WAIT THIS OUT Dear Short Answers: My son was caught smoking at school and was suspended for …
Who are the 75-year-old Key West Players?
Who are the 75-year-old Key West Players? Happy 75th Birthday to the Key West Players, born Feb. 2, 1940 with seven core members. Don’t recognize …
Knight named Champion of Education by Take Stock
Knight named Champion of Education by Take Stock By C.S. GILBERT Key West’s Edward Knight was given a surprise award by Madeline Pumariega, president of …
Many back labeling of genetically modified foods
Many back labeling of genetically modified foods MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two thirds of Americans support labeling of genetically …
Educational / New 2015 Experiment Summer Abroad Programs
New 2015 Experiment Summer Abroad Programs Monroe County Top School District for Studying Abroad The Experiment in International Living (www.experiment.org) is an 82 …