Set for 10a.m. to 2p.m., this marine musical event is staged by Keys radio station US1 Radio 104.1 FM. The music is broadcast underwater via Lubell Laboratory speakers suspended beneath boats positioned at the reef.
Divers and snorkelers might encounter “Alice in Waterland”, the “Cheshire Catfish” and their fictional friends beneath the sea during the 26th Annual Underwater Music Festival, set for Saturday, July 10th, in the Lower Florida Keys.
The quirky underwater concert takes place at Looe Key Reef, an area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary approximately six miles south of Big Pine Key. Each year, the subsea songfest draws as many as 600 divers and snorklers to explore the colorful diversity of marine life that characterizes continental America’s only living coral barrier reef.
The 2010 festival offiers an offbeat salute to the classic children’s tale “Alice in Wonderland” and the 2010 film it inspired, with underwater appearances by divers costumed as Alice, the “Mad Haddock”, “Mock Sea Turtle”, “March Herring” and other take-offs on the story’s memorable characters.
No oil or residue from the Transocean/BP oil spill – positioned 500 miles to the
northwest of Key West – has reached the Keys since the April 20 explosion,
according to the U.S. Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. No oil impacts are expected in the near future, NOAA officials
said, due to the Loop Current’s separation from waters near the spill site.
The attached video is an interview with Billy Causey, superintendent of the
southeast region for NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries, which includes the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Causey discusses the Keys’ current low
risk for impacts and how the Keys would be affected with tar balls if conditions
change.
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Located just off of Duval at 320 Simonton Street, the restful setting of Simonton Court Historic Inn & Cottages will bring you back time after time. With exquisite landscaping, you’ll enjoy the fragrant tropical flowers blooming beneath gently swaying palms.
Simonton Court in Old Key West FL was once a cigar factory where craftsmen hand rolled some of the world’s most famous cigars. A brick walkway, once a lane, runs past their sparkling pools and historic cottages built in 1880 as the homes of cigar factory workers.
Today, at Simonton Court you will enjoy a beautiful footpath through luxuriant private gardens, past expertly restored cottages and four pools shimmering amid flowering vines and palm fronds.
The Key West Toy Factory opened in February of 2010 and is the only store of its kind in beautiful Key West, Florida. Store owner Fran Gonzon created the store after a failed attempt to find cool toys for his kids while on vacation. Today the Key West Toy Factory is a can’t miss shopping experience and a “must not miss” family attraction.
With a large variety of unique products, including wooden toys, crafts, books, games, and learning kits, you can even see a free magic show while you are shopping around and learn a few tricks to take home. Many of their customized wooden toys make great heirloom gifts to pass down through your family. Store personnel work hard so that you will have something truly special and top quality to take with you, whether its for yourself or your loved ones.
The store is located upstairs with elevator access in the Clinton Square Market.
This year celebrate Key West’s 26th annual July 4 picnic with proceeds going towards benefiting Hospice of the Florida Keys and the Visiting Nurse Association.
The event will take place at the Casa Marina Resort & Beach Club with the celebration scheduled to start at 5 p.m. and fireworks over the Atlantic starting at 9 p.m.
There will be watermelon, popcorn and cold drinks, live music, a silent auction and lots of childrens’ games for the fun-filled family festivities.
City Of Key West, Code Of Ordinances, PART II CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE V. PUBLIC HEALTH, 53.00 ANIMAL CONTROL
Sec. 53.24 Same–Destruction of birds; permit.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, shoot or in any manner destroy birds within the city limits; provided, however, the city manager is hereby authorized to issue a permit for the destruction of birds that become obnoxious or destructive.
(Code 1958, § 5-2; Ord. No. 92-36, § 3, 7-7-92)
Since the chicken is a bird as defined in Meriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, it is protected under the Key West Bird Sanctuary and Preserve.
The Key West Chamber Of Commerce supports its membership with an emphasis on promoting the Keys’ sun-drenched hospitality and entertainment from delicious island cuisine to delightful shopping and spectacular events including nightly sunset celebrations and sea adventures.
Key West Chamber of Commerce
510 Greene Street, 1st Floor
Key West, Florida 33040
Phone: 305-294-2587
Fax: 305-294-7806
Manatees are large, gray aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddle-shaped tail. The manatee’s closest relatives are the elephant and are believed to have evolved from a wading, plant-eating animal.
Manatees can be found in shallow, slow-moving rivers, estuaries, saltwater bays, canals, and coastal areas — particularly where seagrass beds or freshwater vegetation flourish.
Manatees are gentle and slow-moving animals. Most of their time is spent eating, resting, and traveling. Manatees are completely herbivorous. They eat a large variety of submerged, emergent, and floating plants and can consume 10-15% of their body weight in vegetation daily.
Because they are mammals, they must surface to breathe air. They may rest submerged at the bottom or just below the surface of the water, coming up to breathe on an average of every three to five minutes.
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