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Feathered dancers prance down Duval Street in Key West during a previous Fantasy Fest parade. The annual festival originated in 1979 and has matured into the Florida Keys largest special event.

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Take a break from Irma, it’s time for a Fantasy

Fantasy Fest kicks off this weekend and the costuming festival that draws thousands runs for 10 days.

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This gives you an idea of the extravagant creations for the Headdress Ball.

Pigeon Key is slowly coming back

Irma was very powerful, but so is our resolve

Cleanup gets help from Army National Guard

‘The Cuban Affair’ by Nelson DeMille; Simon & Schuster (464 pages, $28)

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Sex, money and adventure in Key West

And in Cuba in DeMille’s ‘The Cuban Affair.’

Junkanoo performers and a Junkanoo Rush of costumed marchers and dancers are an annual highlight.

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Goombay brings Bahamas to Keys

Two-day street fair celebrates influence on Southernmost City.

Contestants crack and consume crab meat during the 2016 Stone Crab Eating Contest. The event attracted 40 competitors who participated in both individual and team categories.

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Let’s get crabby!

Eating contest separates those who nosh and those who can really down food fast.

These are Leslie Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Stephen Bogart. The 2017 Humprey Bogart festival in Key Largo features both children of Bogart and Bacall.

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Key Largo marks Bogey’s legacy

Festival honors the acclaimed actor who appeared in 75 films.

Special agent Harry Tasker’s (Arnold Schwarzenegger) marriage is in jeopardy when his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) discovers he’s not the man she thought he was in the feature presentation of ‘True Lies.’

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Blues Traveler’s John Popper playing Irma benefit concert

All proceeds from the concert will be donated directly to the United Way’s Irma Relief Fund, with 100 percent of every dollar raised going directly to recovery and repair of the Florida Keys.

Singer/songwriter Beth McKee is among the artists scheduled to perform at this year’s Downtown Key Largo Songfest.

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October’s Key Largo Songfest boasts impressive lineup

Many of the festival's songwriters have written hits for and performed onstage with stars such as Jimmy Buffett, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Sting, Counting Crows and the Goo Goo Dolls

The Fringe Theater continues Shakespeare in Schools with support from the Florida Keys Council of the Arts.

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Florida Keys arts programs get monetary boosts

Projects in and out of the schools run from Key Largo to Key West.

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A couple of Safdies out for a ‘Good Time’

‘We wanted to make a movie that felt dangerous because it’s a reflection of society.’

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‘Key Largo’ comes to life Thursday

Classic 1948 film is remade into a radio play on WLRN, performance is in Key West.

Samuel L Jackson is Darius Kincaid and Ryan Reynolds is Michael Bryce in ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard.’

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‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ has no reason to exist

Here's a new candidate for your Movies I Can Live Without list.

The scheduled Friday, Oct. 20, through Sunday, Oct. 29, the 2017 festival features several dozen masquerade balls, costume contests, exotic parties and showcases for quirky creativity, all climaxing in a lavish grand parade

The proceeds from the event go to MARC House of the Upper Keys through the sale of tickets, raffles, refreshments and MARC House craft items for sale during the show.

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Bellydance showcase benefits MARC House

The roster of guest performers include Jihan Jamal, International dance artist and instructor, Lamis of Miami, Turbo-Charged Tribal group and StepFlix Entertainment company of Miami, Marathon Community Theater Bollywood group, Karisma, of the Kasbah Dance Troupe and Xenia Leonteva of Xelestial Bellydance.