NEWSLETTER - MAY, 2007

New Feature on KWAHS website!
KWAHS has added a new feature to its website. Every week a Keys history item will debut on our new blog - "Florida Keys History This Week." Access to our blog will be in the top right corner of our website - www.kwahs.org. History items will be compiled by Tom Hambright, Monore County Historian. Please check the site every week and if you would like to add comments just click on the word comments at the end of any of the articles. We love feedback.
To go directly to the blog click here Florida Keys History This Week

Conch Rustlers' Ball To Be Held
at Fort East Martello Museum
Saturday, May 19, 2007, will be the 4th Annual American Cancer Society's Conch Rustlers' Ball at the Fort East Martello. Participants are asked to dress in their own verison of a Conch Rustler - be it a traditional western characer or their own version of a tropical cowboy or girl. The fun starts at 6:00 pm with a VIP Reception and Gaming, and then dinner and dancing at 8:00 pm. A live auction will be featured also. Help the American Cancer Society in their fight against cancer. Your dollars help fund more cancer research than any other organization other than the federal fovernment. The American Cancer Society has funded 40 Nobel Prize winners who have helped make signigicant progress towards finding a cure. The American Cancer society provides support, programs and services to cancer patients and their families in the Keys, and crucial early detection and prevention programs for the entire communtiy. Tickets are $150.00 each. For more information and to buy tickets contact: Carrie Helliesen 305-292-2333 Ext 111.

To celebrate International Museum Day, on May 18th, Key West Art & Historical Society is offering half-price admission to all 3 of its museums (no other discounts apply).
 
So come visit the Custom House, the Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters, and Fort East Martello and get half off admission all day!

Bayshore Manor Residents Visit "Beyond the Frame: Impressionism Revisited - Sculptures of J. Seward Johnson" To see a photoshow of their visit click here!

Summer art activities for your children.Beginning June 4th through July 28th 2007, the Key West Art and Historical Society is offering eight weeks of unique art classes for children age 7 through 14 years. All classes will take place at Fort East Martello Museum. To learn more CLICK HERE

KWAHS Thanks Our New and Returning Members for April

Barry Berk; Suzanne Campbell; Susan Forti & Robert Houlihan; Bonnie & Eric Foster; Sidney & Deborah Goldman; Tommie Grimstad; Atty. Albert Kelley, P.A. - Business and Entertainment Law ; George and Edie Evers Kling; Kris Kolpin; Mr. & Mrs. Lindsay Laird; Joseph Liszka; Donald & Lillian Luning; Matt & Amy Lynch; Richard Matson; John & Ellen McDaniel; Walter McDowell; Robbert T. Merritt; Greg Muench & Graziella Gaspari; Andrew Oates; Phil & Ginger Reinhard; Shirrel and Diane Rhoades; Marilyn Vander Veen; John Viele; Bernard Wall.

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