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Paul Menta is a chef, a rum distiller, a competitive kite-boarder and the guy who put together a second-line parade in memory of Jimmy Buffett within 16 hours of the announcement that the legendary singer-songwriter had died Sept. 1, 2023. 

Now, Paul is among the Key West locals starring in the season premiere of Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, which airs May 27 at 9 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel. Paul joined Gwen to talk about how he did battle with celebrity chef Ramsay in a final cooking showdown. 

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Nancy Klingener, the community affairs manager for the Monroe County Public Library, joins Gwen to talk about how she keeps the library's events, history archives and many no-cost services in the spotlight via social media. 

Nancy, a veteran journalist in Key West for 30 years for numerous news organizations, took here talents to the Keys library system to in August 2022. 

Since then, she's posted fantastic Twitter threads on Keys history that brings to life the greatest hits from the island chain, including before and after photos of Keys landmarks, oddball crimes, Duval Street arrivals and closings, and the sponging era.

For the historic photo of a man holding his enormous catch of sponges from the ocean, Nancy is grateful AI hasn't created a scent feature. 

 

 

 

 
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The Undercovers present Rogers, Richie & Robinson: the songs of Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie and Smokey Robinson like you've never heard them before. 

World-class singers Luke McMaster, Kevin Pauls and Joel Parisien are on tour, reimagining songs that have become the soundtrack of our lives in astonishing harmonies. Classics like Smokey Robinson's "Cruising", Kenny Rogers' “The Gambler” and Lionel Ritchie's "Endless Love" are just a few on their playlist.

Smokey Robinson has called the group's “Ooh Baby Baby” the best cover of his song he’s ever heard. Discover the stories about the songs and the songwriters, and the connections between them. 

The Undercovers are scheduled to perform at the Key West Theater on May 11. Tickets https://thekeywesttheater.com/e/?event=537138

 
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Britt Myers interviewed Brian Vander Ark, the lead singer of The Verve Pipe, ahead of their April 25 show at the Key West Theater. The multi-platinum alternative rock band is famous for their hits "Photograph," "Hero," "Never Let You Down" and theno. 1 smash single "The Freshmen."

The Verve Pipe released their first rock album in over 13 years with Overboard, a collection of ten new songs including the haunting title track. They soon followed with Parachute and their first-ever live album, Villains – Live & Acoustic, featuring an acoustic re-imaging of their platinum debut album Villains. Their latest is the critically acclaimed Threads.

 

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Philly sports legend joins Keys Weekly podcast

If you haven’t caught any of the Keys Weekly Podcast yet, start with this episode, our latest one.

Philadelphia sports legend Pat Croce showed up last week at the Keys Weekly office in Key West to sit down with publisher Britt Myers and managed to blow him away.

Croce is known internationally as a wildly successful sports physical therapist and trainer for the Philadelphia Eagles and Flyers. After he sold his network of sports physical therapy centers, Croce became an NBA owner of the then-struggling Philadelphia 76ers, who managed to turn the team, and some would say the city of fans, around in five years.

Tune into keysweekly.com or wherever you listen to podcasts to catch the latest episode of the Florida Keys Weekly Podcast featuring Pat Croce with Britt Myers and Annie Briening.
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Award-winning Florida columnist and novelist Carl Hiaasen joins Britt Myers and Mandy Miles on the latest episode of the Florida Keys Weekly Podcast. Following the release of his latest young-adult book, "Wrecker," which takes place in Key West, and just weeks before he joins the Key West Literary Seminar's panel of distinguished Florida writers, Hiaasen talks to us about his 30+ years covering South Florida and the Keys. He has exposed corruption, shamed elected officials and worked feverishly to protect our fragile ecosystems. And he's done it all with an acerbic wit and incomparable irreverence. Carl Hiaasen has covered everything in Florida from the '80s cocaine wars to today's culture wars and now he's in Key West with us recalling the best and worst of times.  
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