Page 26 - DreamScapes Magazine | Winter 2024/2025

Only in the FLORIDA KEYS
BY SABRINA PIRILLO
25-hectare property is the Adderley House, one of
embracing quirky and unique art and cul-
The Florida Keys is your one-stop-shop for
the oldest homes in the Keys. Celebrating its 80th
ture. Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, the
season, the Marathon Community Theatre kicks off
Lower Keys and Key West are the five major
the new year with playwright Neil Simon’s romantic
fantasy islands in this island chain where the nat-
comedy Barefoot in the Park.
ural scenery draws on the artistic creations. It’s time
to imagine, be inspired and start to create, thanks to
these dreamy surrounds.
Classic Key Largo
This northernmost island gained fame when the
1948 movie classic Key Largo starred Humphrey
Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Today, Key Largo presents
musicals, comedies and Broadway productions like
the hit, The Addams Family: The Musical, running
next spring by The Key Players, a local theatre troupe.
In a duo outdoor concert blast, one held in Islam-
orada the other in Key Largo, music lovers can spread
a blanket during the Florida Keys Community Con-
cert Band’s Pops in the Park season, running from
January to April.
Historic Discoveries in Islamorada
Over at the Islander Resort, your
cultural cravings are sure to be
satisfied at the on-site interactive
Keys History & Discovery Center.
Learn about the Florida Keys’
early Native Americans, pirates
and salvagers and view films
inside the 35-seat theatre. Arts
enthusiasts, meanwhile, can take
an artsy walkabout in the Morada
Way Arts and Cultural District, a
popular gallery hub.
Natural and Romantic Wonders
in Marathon
Best known for the Seven Mile Bridge, your sense of
cultured curiosity continues at the Crane Point
Hammock Museum and Nature Trails. Among this
Refuge and Paradise in Big Pine Key
This is wild Florida! The National Key Deer Refuge
in Big Pine Key protects the endangered Key Deer
in this natural mangrove wilderness. Indoors, let
the Artists in Paradise Gallery whisk you away into
a wonderland of art from oil, acrylic and water-
colour to a broader array of jewellery, pottery and
sculptures.
Authentic Key West
History and inspiration live in Key West with a
potpourri of private residences of America’s
finest writers now open as museums. The Ernest
Hemingway Home & Museum brims with Papa
Hemingway’s personal mementoes. Take a guided
house tour and see Key West’s first swimming pool.
The Tennessee Williams Museum, which was the
Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright’s former home,
has a treasure chest of literary artifacts. Now as the
sun sets at Mallory Square, the curtain rises at the
Waterfront Playhouse while the Truman Water-
front Park Amphitheater boasts a 223-square-metre
band shell.
Lights, camera, action! Around Florida, nobody
does original arts better than the Florida Keys.
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TRAVEL PLANNER
For more arts-inspired info about the
Florida Keys see fla-keys.com/arts-culture
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PHOTOS: THE FLORIDA KEYS & KEY WEST