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winners GERRY LESTER “BUBBA” WATSON, JR. The Bagdad, Fla. native can now lay claim to being the area’s best golfer after winning the 2012 Masters after defeating Louis Oosthuizen in a sudden death playoff. He won the tournament on an impossible shot from the woods on the 10th hole, when it looked like Oosthuizen had a certain victory. The sight of Bubba crying and hugging his mother, Molly, after sinking his final putt will become a cherished moment in PGA lore.

PENSACOLA ICE FLYERS Few expected the Ice Flyers to win a playoff game against the Knoxville Ice Bears, but our team swept them. Goalie Steve Christie stopped all 29 shots from the Ice Bears and had his second shutout in the Southern Professional Hockey League playoffs. The Ice Flyers face the Columbus Cottonmouths in the SPHL President’s Cup finals.

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losers ESCAMBIA COUNTY COMMISSION The state has hit the county with a

$9.6-million Medicaid bill. How does the county commission plan to deal with the sudden budget shortfall? Cut library funding. For a county that has crippling poverty and literacy issues, an attack on libraries makes little sense. The leaders might as well plan on more jail cells in a few years.

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INDOMITABLE SPIRIT Nearly 88 months after Jack Fetterman, John Cavanaugh and Quint Studer sat down with then-City Manager Tom Bonfield to discuss a maritime park that would revitalize Pensacola after the destruction of Hurricane Ivan, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos played their first baseball game at the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park before a standing-room-only crowd.

For most of those seven years, Charles Fairchild, Marty Donovan and C.C. Elebash did their best to kill the project, costing the City of Pensacola millions. Defeat never dampened their vitriol, even though they lost the referendum and saw their subsequent petition drives fail.

Many people have faltered under such a constant barrage of criticism. However, the naysayers and conspiracy nuts didn’t count on the indomitable spirit of a man, who was born nearly completely deaf, who didn’t learn how to read until he was in the third grade, and whose alcoholism drove him to rock bottom before he became a success. Fairchild, Donovan and Elebash didn’t know Quint Studer.

In 2005, Studer did nearly everything they asked, spending hundreds of thousands on planners, polls and public forums. When he jumped over one hurdle, they created another.

Though he was, and is, a nationally known business leader, particularly in hard-

wiring excellence in culture of health care systems, Fairchild, Donovan and Elebash gleefully attacked Studer's veracity and character. No lie was too outlandish, no anonymous attack too out of bounds, for these men and their minions. They twisted words and knowingly misstated facts to harm and kill the park.

And illogically, the more concession that Studer made on the Community Maritime Park proposal, the more they attacked him. However, the more they attacked Studer, the more resolute he became.

Fairchild, Donovan and Elebash never understood the will and resolve it took for Studer to go to school every day even though he would be bullied for his speech and hearing impediments or his size; to rebuild his life and completely turn away from alcohol; to take over Baptist Hospital when it had the lowest employee and patient ratings in the region and set the stage for it to win the Malcolm Baldrige award; and to build his company from nothing and see it, too, win the Baldrige award.

This time Fairchild, Donovan and Elebash met a man that would not cower or give into their hate. Nothing with which they hit him was any worse than what he had already faced.

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FLORIDA JOURNALISM NOT DEAD YET When government doesn’t do its job, when children die in its care, when law enforcement commits wrongdoing, we look to investigative reporters to go beyond a spokesperson’s platitudes and tell us what’s really going on.

But with the bottom falling out of newspapers, Florida has lost much of its investigative muscle—those extra-curious reporters who keep a watchful eye on how things work.

So it’s worth celebrating the recognition given Florida journalism this week by Investigative Reporters and Editors, a prestigious national journalism organization. Because the enduring lesson that emerges from their work is this: Journalism matters.

First place for breaking news went to Palm Beach Post reporters Michael LaForgia, Cynthia Roldan, and Adam Playford for a story headlined, “ Violent Felon Went Unnoticed.”

According to the judges, the reporters “raced the clock and the competition to unearth compelling details in the deaths of two children whose bodies were fished out of a South Florida canal.” Playford uncovered key court documents 30 minutes before the

courthouse closed and, using his iPhone, snapped pictures of hundreds of pages of documents as clerks were shoving him out the door. “The records showed how officials should and could have done more to protect the children from the violent felon who was engaged to their mother.”

LaForgia also turned in a chilling and richly reported tale of how the Department of Juvenile Justice uses heavy doses of anti-psychotic drugs to chemically restrain children they are supposedly rehabilitating. The package, headlined “Drugging Delinquents,” helped Florida journalists sweep the print-online reporting category.

An equally impressive contender came from Gus Garcia-Roberts of Miami New Times, who exposed fraud, mismanagement and dangerous abuses in Florida’s $150-million-a-year John M. McKay Scholarships for Students With Disabilities Program.

Garcia-Roberts found Florida’s Department of Education has almost no oversight over schools receiving McKay Scholarship funds.

It’s “like a perverse science experiment, using disabled school kids as lab rats and funded by nine figures in taxpayer cash.”

But the top prize in the small newspaper category went to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for its report, “Unfit for Duty.” Reporter Anthony Cormier and editor Matt Doig analyzed more than 22,000 cases of police misconduct and found “a system flawed at every level, one where politics had trumped the safety of Florida's citizens.”

Thanks to Doig and Cormier, we now know that “nearly one in 20 active law enforcement officers had egregious cases of misconduct but still managed to keep their badges.”

In the Freedom of Information category, The Miami Herald was honored for its bloodcurdling account of the torture inflicted upon

With the bottom falling out of newspapers, Florida has lost much of its investigative muscle.

twins Nubia and Victor Barahona for much of a decade while they were under the “care” of the Department of Children and Families.

Reporters Diana Moskovitz and David Ovalle joined veteran social services reporter Carol Marbin Miller in telling the story of how Florida failed the twins year after year, until at age 10, their chemical–soaked bodies— Nubia dead, Victor barely alive—were found by the side of the road in Palm Beach County.

Miller also led a seasoned Herald team that included Michael Sallah and Rob Barry on an epic investigation into Florida’s toothless regulation of assisted living facilities.

The series, aptly titled “Neglected to Death,” would surely have been a contender had it been eligible for consideration, which it was not because this year’s IRE President, Manny Garcia, editor of El Nuevo Herald, had a hand in editing the project.

On April 16, Columbia University will announce the winners of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize.

The smart money is on Team Florida. {in} Florence Snyder is a Tallahassee-based corporate lawyer who has spent most of her career in and around newspapers. She can be reached at fsnyder@floridavoices.com

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A SALUTE TO DIFFERENCE MAKERS UWF announces 2012 Annual Alumni Awards Recipients The University of West Florida announced the recipients of the 2012 UWF Alumni Awards for those who make a difference to the Alumni Association, the university and/or their respective communities. The awards are given each year in recognition of those who work to help and promote the university, the alumni association and the more than 66,000 UWF alumni. Those eligible for nomination include alumni, friends, faculty and staff of the university.

The program recognized alumni in five areas: Alumni Service, Outstanding Young Alumnus, Distinguished Alumnus, Honorary Alumnus and Friend of the University.

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DREAMING UP A DOWNTOWN

“You can live a lot more cheaply in Boston than Pensacola, that should not be the case.”

Dr. Ken Ford

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Advisory Looks at Urban Core

by Jeremy Morrison With the late 20th century migration to the suburbs and shopping malls, many of this country’s downtowns began their eerie decline into desperate landscapes of forgotten splendor. Pensacola’s own downtown was a near ghost town, where tumbleweeds could blow the entire stretch of South Palafox unbothered.

In more recent years, the city of Pensacola has joined in the national trend of revitalizing its downtown area. Increasingly more eateries and boutiques dot downtown, as businesses and residents return from the wilderness of suburbia to participate in a growing urban center.

To support such revitalization efforts, municipalities put a lot of effort into fostering growth. Special taxing districts, like Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs), are created and grand events, such as Gallery Nights, are planned. Locally, Pensacola has placed a lot of energy into building the Maritime Park, a Double AA baseball stadium.

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has also created a committee to take a look at downtown’s future—sort of a Revitalization 2.0. The Urban Redevelopment Advisory April 12, 2012

Committee has been tasked with assessing the next step.

“First off,” said John Myslak, opening up an early April meeting of the committee, “who was at the game last night?”

Two months in, Hayward’s advisory committee hunkered down to another Friday morning meeting at Pensacola City Hall. But it wasn’t just any Friday morning. It was the Friday, April 4— the morning after the Blue Wahoos’ first game at the city’s new ballpark across the street and much of downtown still seemed awash in euphoria.

Myslak told his fellow committee members that they should view Maritime Park as a “springboard.” The group appeared to agree that the park’s momentum—opening weekend was a sellout, as were season tickets—could serve as key coattails to ride into the horizon.

Mayor Hayward announced his advisory committee in early February. The group is charged with producing a report outlining downtown’s path toward continued revitalization.

“We want to produce a report that the mayor can act on immediately,” said committee chairman Brian Hooper.

Among other things, the think tank is supposed to be figuring out how to bring more businesses and residents into the area, thus increasing the tax base of the city, and more specifically, the CRA. In part, the group is looking at how to best implement plans already on the shelf.

Hooper said he was looking to set the wheels in motion for “a vibrant, successful city where people want to move.”

Halfway through their four-month run, committee members took an opportunity last week to step back and attempt to, as Myslak put it: get their “arms around the magnitude of this thing.”

The group attempted to prioritize its mission.

Members addressed their individual concerns, each assigned to a specific area or aspect of downtown. Myslak focused on Pensacola’s port, advising that the group should look at the ramifications of bringing tenants to

“Private development seems like the way to go because we’re out of money.”

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the port that would produce a higher tax and lease revenue.

“Can we do that? Can the markets bear it?” Myslak said. “It’s a broader, deeper question than just saying ‘do it.’”

Other committee members talked about the need to remove zoning burdens to make it easier for various developments, or drawing up cohesive marketing plans to attract larger commercial tenants to the city’s vacant parcels of land. There was also discussion about tying in the area’s historic tourism element to a working waterfront.

Committee member Christian Wagley breached the issue with overriding undercurrents: finances.

“Where’s the money coming from?” he asked. “How are we going to do this?”

In addition to drawing up a vision for downtown, one of the committee’s primary purposes is to attract more activity to the area so that the city might realize increased tax revenue.

Considering the difficult economic climate the city of Pensacola faces, committee members discussed looking outside of government for the funds needed for any future endeavors.

“Private development seems like the way to go because we’re out of money,” said board member Shana Neuhaus.

Dr. Ken Ford told his fellow board members that he felt it was important to ensure that there was an adequate stock of affordable housing downtown in order to accommodate young professionals and middle class residents. He said the lack of such housing currently prevents a lot of people from living in the downtown area.

“You can live a lot more cheaply in Boston than Pensacola, that should not be the case,” Ford said.

Ford also advised the group to take an active role in shaping the character of downtown. He said that Gallery Night should have “some connection to art” and complained about the “mobs of hoodlums” roaming downtown late in the evening.

“I really don’t want to see Palafox Street become Bourbon Street,” Ford said. “And it’s kind of close to that some nights.”

After another couple of months, the mayor’s urban advisory committee will issue its roadmap. Though it can use the many reports, studies and plans developed by other groups over the past two decades to guide its deliberations, the committee still has a formidable task: how does the city of Pensacola build on its existing momentum to create a viable urban center that adheres to a cohesive vision and also provides a thriving new tax base?

“If you start to peel the skin off the onion,” Teresa Dos Santos told her fellow committee members at the end of the meeting, “you say, ‘oh my God, it’s going to take me 25 years to figure this out.” {in} 7

BALANCING THE BOOKS

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Library’s Last Chapter

By Jeremy Morrison The West Florida Public Library System is in what Bette Hooton calls “crisis mode.” The panic is due to the fact that the local library system stands to lose a bulk of its funding.

“I cannot tell you how frightened I am for this system,” said Hooton, president of the West Florida Library Board of Trustees.

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Recently, a law passed at the state level which retroactively charges counties for what state officials say are shortfalls in Medicaid bills going back to 2001. This resulted in a nearly $10 million sucker punch to Escambia County’s budget.

“There are no easy answers,” said Escambia County Administrator Randy Oliver, explaining that the cut has to be made up somehow. “Difficult times require difficult solutions.”

In an effort to make up the hit dealt by the state—which totals about $9.6 million—Oliver is targeting the West Florida Library System. He has proposed that county commissioners look at pulling their $3.7 million worth of funding from the system.

“We’ve gotta cut something,” Oliver said.

“And I’m open to any and all suggestions.”

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The city of Pensacola provides just under $2 million in funding.

“Obviously, it’s going to have an impact,” said Gene Fischer, director of the West Florida Library System. “That’s quite a cut to take.”

cess, or buying new books from a bookstore, it would still be too high for many people.

“Let me put it this way,” he said. “If you’ve got the money, it’s reasonable.”

Oliver said that he doesn’t know what option the commissioners might go with when they tackle the issue this week.

“You never handicap a horserace,” the county administrator said, adding that the commissioners would not be facing such a decision had the state not saddled the county with the Medicaid burden.

“I think it’s deplorable, I think it’s a fact of them not balancing their budget—didn’t want to, didn’t know how to,” Oliver said of state officials.

Reynolds said that cuts to the library would have community-wide ramifications. The city administrator called libraries the “great equalizer” and said clo-

“You’re talking like a Democrat, I’m a Republican—nowhere in the Constitution does it say we have to provide computers.”

Wilson Robertson Pensacola City Administrator Bill Reynolds said that city officials are currently looking at the issue.

“We’re doing the necessary planning to see what life without the county might look like,” he said, adding that not all the libraries would be able to remain open.

County commissioners are being presented with a few different options to deal with the library funding. They could impose a 0.35 mill—a mill being $1 for every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value— levy on property in the unincorporated portions of Escambia County. This could be done by referendum, or the commissioners could simply impose the increase in property taxes.

The commissioners could also impose a user fee for residents living in the unincorporated areas of the county. Fischer called that concept “totally impractical.”

“To make up the difference, we’d have to sell 17,000 library cards,” he said.

Escambia County Commission Chairman Wilson Robertson, however, said that the user fee sounds like a reasonable option, arguing that people would still be getting services— such as access to the Internet at library computer stations—for less than market value.

“Why should we be providing it absolutely free?” Wilson asked.

The Chairman compared the region’s public library system to the city-owned golf course, which charges a fee. He said that it is not government’s responsibility to provide citizens with the benefits of a public library system.

“You’re talking like a Democrat, I’m a Republican—nowhere in the Constitution does it say we have to provide computers,” Robertson said. “Government’s solely responsible for what’s in the Constitution.

Government’s responsibility is not these things in my opinion.”

Fischer said that although a user fee would be less than the price of monthly Internet ac-

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“I think it’s deplorable, I think it’s a fact of them not balancing their budget—didn’t want to, didn’t know how to.”

Randy Oliver sures would disproportionately affect lower income citizens.

“The community as a whole would suffer greatly,” Reynolds said.

“It’s the place that you don’t have to buy a book, you can go in and check out a book, you don’t need to buy a computer, you can go in and use a computer.”

Oliver said that one way to assure the consequences didn’t befall the less fortunate would be to make up the shortfall by raising property taxes.

“They’ve always got the option to raise property taxes,” he said. “That usually targets the higher income.”

Chairman Robertson isn’t keen on that possibility.

“I will not vote for a tax increase of any kind,” he said. “It’s just too bad of an economy. I’m not gonna do it.”

Library supporters are planning to show up en masse to the April 12 county commission meeting. They’ll be wearing red shirts

“Last night felt like the grand opening.”—Nic

and urging commissioners to find other solutions to the budget problems.

Hooton has already approached the county. She went to speak with Oliver after learning of the proposed cuts. Then she relayed the encounter as she attempted to rally support from the community.

“He was really very nice about it,” Hooton told a crowd gathered for an Escambia County Republicans event. “He said he had to pay his Medicaid bill, and he was taking it from the library—it seemed like a good idea at the time.”

The crowd—decidedly conservative— gasped at the notion of a stripped down library system. They seemed to sympathize with Hooton and the county’s 46,000 library cardholders.

“He said he didn’t really use the library, anyway, which made me cringe,” she continued relaying her encounter with Oliver.

“We’re going to ask Mr. Oliver to find the money. Isn’t that his job?”

Chairman Robertson was also in attendance at the Republican gathering where Hooton made her case. The county commissioner asked for a chance at a “twominute rebuttal.”

Distancing himself from the county administrator, Robertson attempted to quell any hard feelings the crowd might be formulating. He said the Commission was simply taking a look at options put before them.

“That’s a recommendation from Oliver and not the county commission,” the Chairman told Hooton and the crowd.

“Please give us a chance to discuss it before you say the county commission is closing the libraries.”

Hooton shot back that Oliver had told her he “wanted to get out of the library business.”

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“Who knew the helicopter meant that much?”—Ross

“He’s speaking for himself,” Robertson said.

The Escambia County Commission will consider how to handle the county budget shortfall and library funding April 12. The meeting will be held at 9 a.m. at the county’s downtown complex. {in}

“As if the naysayers have an option, right? ”—Moose

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KEEP TALKING While it appeared Pen-

sacola City Attorney Jim Messer was ready to go to war over the city’s natural gas franchise dispute with Gulf Breeze, city officials have chosen to stick to the negotiating table for now. Mayor Ashton Hayward sent a letter to Gulf Breeze officials April 9 expressing the city’s desire to resolve the matter.

“He wants to do everything he can to try to execute a contract with Gulf Breeze,” said Pensacola City Administrator Bill Reynolds, adding that he thought a “45-day window would be appropriate” for working the issue out.

all the political news and gossip fit to print Pensacola and Gulf Breeze have been attempting for some time to work out differences regarding natural gas franchise rights. While Pensacola—which owns Energy Services of Pensacola—has longstanding franchise rights for all of Escambia County, Gulf Breeze officials have nonetheless begun to provide natural gas to Pensacola Beach.

The Escambia County Commission recently granted Gulf Breeze franchise rights to the beach, citing the fact that Pensacola has yet to provide service to the area and stipulating that Gulf Breeze would need to relinquish franchise rights if Pensacola decided to provide natural gas to the beach in the future.

A few days prior to Reynolds’ 45-day window estimation, Messer had been ready to take the matter to court. The attorney was dissatisfied with the mandated conflict resolution process, feeling it was going nowhere.

He had planned to seek permission from the Pensacola City Council at its Committee of the Whole meeting when Gulf Breeze Mayor Beverly Zimmern raised a red flag.

“They were all uptight about the agenda item,” Messer said.

Indeed, Gulf Breeze officials had expressed concern over Messer’s request.

City Manager Buzz Eddy said he thought the two entities were still engaged in talks until he saw the matter on the Pensacola City

Council Agenda. He said that Pensacola was sending “mixed signals.”

“It’s difficult to focus on offense and defense,” Eddy said.

Reynolds disagreed.

“There are no mixed signals,” Messer said, referring to the notion as “nonsense.”

The attorney said that both paths could be pursued simultaneously, using an analogy to illustrate his point.

“The best way I can think about it is a railroad track,” Messer said. “What happens on one rail doesn’t affect what happens on the other rail.”

According to Pensacola’s attorney, it is necessary to lay the groundwork for legal proceedings while, at the same time, attempting to reach an amiable agreement outside the courtroom.

Messer said his original intent in requesting to move the show before a judge was so that he could file an injunction against Gulf Breeze. He said that because Gulf Breeze had already begun providing ser vice, the injunction possibility was not likely.

“Gulf Breeze has already turned the gas on, so that’s a moot point,” Messer said.

“Once the gas is on, the judge is not gonna turn it off—but now it’s on the agenda and I can’t get it off.”

The attorney told Pensacola City Council members last month that he wished to fast-forward into legal proceedings because he didn’t think the conflict resolution process was producing any results. He said today that he did not discuss his exact injunction strategy with the council during its meetings because it would have revealed the strategy to Gulf Breeze officials—“If I talk in public, I might as well just call [Gulf Breeze Attorney Matt] Dannheisser up and show him my hand of cards.”—and he didn’t meet with council members privately on the matter due to Sunshine Law issues.

“You see, there’s too many moving parts to this thing,” Messer said.

The attorney said that he didn’t feel the respective legal counsels could work constructively.

“I felt that the negotiations between Dannheisser and I were being affected by our respective personalities,” Messer said.

After the weekend, Reynolds said that the mayor had contacted Gulf Breeze officials earlier via letter regarding the matter.

Legal action will not be considered by the city council at this time.

“We’re all eagerly anticipating closing that deal with the city of Gulf Breeze,” Reynolds told city council members during the Committee of the Whole. {in}

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Pieced, Glued and Painted April 16 - May 31, 2012 at Gallery 88 Reception: Thursday, May 10, 5-7 p.m. at the WUWF Studios

Local Gulf Coast artists and longtime friends Darlene Homrighausen and Donna Freckmann open a new collaborative exhibit that showcases their skills in the art of collage, while demonstrating the explorative nature of this particular medium.

Pieced, Glued and Painted brings together the distinct styles and kindred spirits of these featured artists in one unique display. Both Homrighausen and Freckmann compose their work using small amounts of paint on canvas or paper as a background to enhance the larger portion of the collage.

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Remember Matthew Shepard?

University of West Florida is putting on “The Laramie Project”—part play, part documentary about the tragic murder of Shepard. There are nine performances starting today and running through Sunday, April 22, so you have plenty of chances to see it. events.uwf.edu

photo courtesy of University of West Florida Center for Fine & Performing Arts

Reading Rachel

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has just released her first book and the topic might surprise some people who think they have her all figured out based on stereotypes. “Drift” is a hardhitting examination of what it means to be a nation “at war” in modern America. Put on your thinking cap and make this your next beach read. rachelmaddow.com

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By Jennie McKeon Jon Morris was looking for a change. He wanted to fulfill his dream of being a professional musician, but funds were scarce.

That’s where Kickstarter came in—a website that allows fans and strangers alike to back the creative endeavors of artists in all media.

Kickstarter was created by Perry Chen, Charles Adler and Yancey Strickler and launched in April 2009. But the idea for the site came about one night in 2002 when Chen wanted to throw a concert in New Orleans.

“He wasn’t sure people would show up, so he thought ‘What if there was a way to test a project?’” said Justin Kazmark, a member of Kickstarter’s communications team.

Backers—as the donors are called—are who test the projects. If a project doesn’t reach its goal, then no money is rewarded. Money

is only received from the backers when the entire goal is met within the time limit set.

Kickstarter team, which is mostly comprised of musicians and artists, curates the projects submitted to the website. Projects must be a creative endeavor, but cannot be for a charity or non-profit.

Kickstarter isn’t the first of its kind, but it’s quickly becoming the most popular. The website has raised $150 million overall, giving 18,000 creative projects the green light.

“Kickstarter was founded on the idea that there is value in the world beyond things that can make money,” Kazmark said.

“Kickstarter was founded on the idea that there is value in the world beyond things that can make money.”

Justin Kazmark “It’s all or nothing – even if you’re just $1 short,” Kazmark said.

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Jon Morris

“I can’t think of one great artist who dove into making music without taking a risk.”

Jon Morris Morris was already playing coffee houses throughout the Pensacola area, but in order to be taken seriously he needed to record an album. The only problem is, he needed money and as a middle school teacher he didn’t have the $6,000 he needed to make that dream come true.

“When I found out how much it was going to cost there was an initial shock,” he said. “I couldn’t afford it on my own and I didn’t want to get into major debt.”

He raised his $6,000 right before deadline with pledges totaling $6,030—a relief since the artist doesn’t get a dime unless the entire goal is met.

“I think the success of the Kickstarter campaign has been just one of many signs that this is the direction I should be going,” Morris said.

When you’re making a change as drastic as middle school teacher to on the road musician, you need all the confidence you can get.

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“It sure does put some wind in your sails to feel the love and support of people who believe in what you’re doing,” Morris said.

Morris recorded the album in March, and it should be released in early June. Even after Morris spent his cash, he still keeps in contact with his backers by updating his Kickstarter page.

“I plan to continue to update my backers via Kickstarter, including giving them a download of the EP an entire week before the official release,” he said. “I’m grateful to them, and I want them to know it.”

As far as his musical dreams, Morris hasn’t looked back.

“Of course, it’s scary to make that leap, labeling yourself as a musician by trade,” he said. “But I can’t think of one great artist who dove into making music without taking a risk. The risk makes it worth it. It’s part of the story we hear in any great song.”

FUNDING FOR DREAMS

Thanks to Kickstarter, artists don’t have to necessarily starve. They can meet their goals and have another outlet to network that does, literally, pay off.

When the local band Pioneers! O Pioneers! wanted to release an EP – not the kind with hand-written scribble on a Memorex CD-R, but a professionally made album, they needed the funds to manufacture it. They had the recording studio all taken care of, so they set at small goal of $500 to pay for the actual product.

“We knew we had a reachable goal since we recorded it ourselves,” said Mike Bishop.

They not only reached it, but raised over $600. That’s typical of most projects.

Goals are surpassed, giving artists an added encouragement boost.

“I was shocked,” said Jason Leger. “Mike just kept texting me dollar amounts.”

Backers are not just family and close friends.

“There were friends on Facebook from middle school who gave to our band,” Leger said.

“My boss randomly gave us $50,” Bishop added.

The website raises funds and awareness through social plug-ins.

“The majority of people come to the site because of one project,” Kazmark said. “Then it spreads awareness through Facebook and Twitter, which is where the majority of the traffic is from.”

Of course, there’s always the fear that your project may go unfunded, which does happen. A successful Kickstarter campaign has to be proactive.

“For every funding level of our project we gave a ‘thank you’ in the CD sleeve. Maybe I’m lame, but I think that’s cool.”

Jason Leger

Art by Jenny Vu

“It eliminates a lot of unnecessary processing and delivers your ideas directly to people who may be interested.”

Jenny Vu “You drive the traffic,” said musician Chris Staples. “I got nervous. I thought if I fail publicly, it’s going to be really embarrassing.”

Niceville-native and Portland, Ore. resident, Jenny Vu just recently finished her second successful Kickstarter project. After graduation from Ringling College of Art and Design, Vu moved to Portland. She not only had to make a living as an artist, but she was in unfamiliar surroundings.

“In school I didn’t work for the most part, I was just a student,” Vu said. “After school, I moved away to Portland, so it was a shock being out of school and away from my community and having to start over again.

That is the thing I struggled with the most.

Finding a way to make art on my own and feel happy starting from scratch.”

Kickstarter is also fairly easy and quick compared to the drawn-out process of applying for a grant that you may not get.

“I think it’s a great way for artists to speak directly to an audience, rather than relying on a middle person, like applying for grants where you’re going through a lengthy process to ask one group of people for someone else’s money,” Vu said of Kickstarter. “It eliminates a lot of unnecessary processing and delivers your ideas directly to people who may be interested.”

making sure that the incentives you promise won’t cost more than the funds you raised.

“If you don’t have viable rewards, they’re not going to donate,” Morris said. “But the rewards you give need to be cost effective for you.”

For instance, you can’t promise every $5 donor a screen-printed t-shirt.

“If you don’t follow through, you’re just flippin’ off the people that helped you,” Leger said.

And sometimes, the best incentives don’t cost much.

THE RIGHT INCENTIVES

Maybe it is because artistic philanthropists scour Kickstarter with money to burn. But the truth is, the money comes from how powerful your message is and how good your incentives are. Of course ,talent comes into play, too.

“It’s not strictly donations,” points out Kazmark. “You get something – there’s always a value exchange.”

An important part of creating your Kickstarter page is deciding who gets what and

Chris Staples / photo by April Brimer Photography

“I got nervous. I thought if I fail publicly, it’s going to be really embarrassing.”

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The movie itself became a big topic. “BeSearcy said. “I never had the funding to start yond Pollution” was accepted in the Environmy own project. This kickstarted my idea.” mental Film Festival in Washington, D.C. and Searcy raised $10,868 and is currently in got Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist, Ken production. She hopes to get the film some national press and is planning to pitch it to the Burns onboard. Before filmmakers can gain Oprah Winfrey Network and HBO. national attention, they have to get attention With a project that goes beyond just from backers. All projects rely on a short, creativity and makes introductory video a statement, Searcy that lets the viewer received support know who and what from strangers who they’re backing. were supportive not “When you put just of her future something out there documentary, but the that’s not profescause behind it. sional, it’s not going “Half of my to garner attention,” backers were people Robinson said.

I know,” Searcy said.

Any creative “There were a lot of project has some big donors – like $500, that were anonymous personal meaning, it’s important to share that. or just gave a first name.”

“Don’t be shy,” Kazmark said. “It’s imporSome of the more modest backers may tant for you to share your story and inspire have been trying to stay out of the politics that your audience.” have surrounded the issue since it was first reported in 2006.

When you have such a big project ahead – Kickstarter is increasing the caliber of and the pressure of knowing that people have the creative arts. From local bands proinvested a small fortune in your idea, there ducing professionally made albums, to art tends to be some snags. school graduates who don’t have to decide “Of course you hit road blocks,” Searcy between dinner and paintbrushes, rightsaid. “You just have to keep going.” brained creators are given the opportunity Even $10,000 runs out quickly. Once goals to do what they love. And as more artists are reached, Kickstarter takes 5 percent of create Kickstarter accounts, they’re more funds raised and Amazon Payments takes 3 to 5 likely to pay it forward and become backpercent as a fee for transferring to the account ers themselves. you set up. Creators still have 100 percent ownership of their ideas and projects.

“I got about $8,000 once fees were taken,” Searcy said. “But it gave me a base and I was able to purchase equipment.”

Harper Robinson, a professor at KD College in Dallas and Pensacola resident Barker White wanted to make a documentary about the BP oil spill. The two had some film background, but had never made a full-length feature.

“It’s a big topic for four people who had never made a feature length film before,” Robinson said.

Beyond Pollution boat tour with Audubon Society

“I never had the funding to start my own project.

This kickstarted my idea.”

Carol Searcy

Carol Searcy “For every funding level of our project we gave a ‘thank you’ in the CD sleeve,” Leger said. “Maybe I’m lame, but I think that’s cool.”

Staples was utilizing the Internet to raise funds long before Kickstarter – using eBay as a way for fans to pay him to write an original or collaborated song.

“Sometimes they would send me an idea for a song or lyrics they wanted me to put music to,” he said. “I really liked doing it.”

For the higher-end backers of his most recent project, a full-length record that met its $2,000 goal in December, Staples chose to give incentives with that same personal touch. Incentives such as original songs, house shows – even the guitar he used to record the album really upped the ante compared to the merch you get at local shows. Two backers paid as much as $300 to have Staples play a house show.

“My goal was to make sure that people actually get rewards equal to the monetary value,” Staples said. “It’s a misconception to say you’re just asking for money.”

Vu’s latest project, a series of large-scale portrait collages, will be exhibited in the Littman Gallery at Portland State University. Vu raised $1, 273 to pay for the supplies she needed and she didn’t let any of it go to waste by using scraps from her works to make colorful, paper pins for her backers. Incentives also included original ink drawings and pastel studies. For $25, backers received the pin,

pastel study, show card and a thank you note.

Original art is rarely that cheap.

“It’s great because you’re not asking any particular person for a large sum of money,” Vu said. “People can pitch in what they can afford and it really can add up to a lot in the end.”

Without having to worry about purchasing art supplies, Vu could produce her work the way she wanted to.

“Kickstarter gave me the freedom to really pursue the work I was making,” Vu said.

“Otherwise I wasn’t sure how I would be able to afford all of the materials for a body of work this size. I probably would have had to make a lot of sacrifices within the quality of work.”

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Kickstarter isn’t strictly in the music business. In fact, the largest category of Kickstarter projects is film, with music in second place.

When Carol Searcy was denied parental rights to care for her son in the hospital because she was not legally married to her partner of ten years, she knew she needed to take a stand. Searcy, who is a professional video editor and the owner of her own production company, All Good Creatives, decided she wanted to put a documentary together to raise awareness about the struggles same-sex parents face. The only thing holding her back was money.

“Being in Mobile, you don’t have a lot of resources to put together a project like this,”

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“I definitely got interested in other projects that were non-musical,” Staples said. “Like this one for aqua farming and just quirky ideas that could never get mainstream funding.”

Pioneers Leger and Bishop also check back in to Kickstarter to see what new ideas are cooking.

“I’ve funded two projects,” Leger said.

“There are ways to help out artists you already love – like David Bazan. I’m going to buy his album anyway, why not help him make it.”

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“I’m famous for giving away $5 here, $5 here,” Bishop said of his donations.

It’s likely that as Kickstarter’s popularity grows, more grassroots musicians, artists, writers and filmmakers will be able to make their dreams a reality.

“I think it’s cool that this kind of technology is available,” Staples said. “It gives me a sense of self reliance. It used to be that if you didn’t have a label you felt powerless. Now, it’s pretty wide open if you have the drive.” {in}

It’s easy to get lost in all of the creative projects on Kickstarter.

Here are a few projects around the country you can really get behind. Remember, if these projects don’t meet their goals, they receive no funds, so don’t wait.

▶Photographer Julie Dant is raising funds to produce a book featuring black and white images of Mississippi. The book with the working title, “A Vanishing Delta,” will feature images such as: abandoned small towns, share-cropper’s homes and Morgan Freeman’s blues club, Ground Zero. kickstarter.com/projects/juliedant/a-vanishing-delta-and-the-mississippi-blues

▶Bring back tangible photos with Snapstagram, a project that turns your Instagram photos into 4x4 prints delivered right to your door. The project-hopeful logs into your Instagram account after you’ve chosen which photos you want to print. No uploading necessary. The price is $6 per 12 photos and shipping is free. kickstarter.com/projects/snapstagram/ snapstagram-just-prints

▶Inspired by a dream she had where Missy Elliot was president of the United States, Rhode Island School of Design senior, Sakura, is raising money to print t-shirts, mugs and pins, as well as, track suits to make her dream a reality. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sakura/ missy-for-prez

▶Seattle-based band, Garage Voice is hoping to raise funds for their next album, which is influenced by spirituals and gospels mixed with rock ’n’ roll. kickstarter.com/projects/garagevoice/ garage-voice-is-recording-a-full-lengthalbum-on-v

▶Brooklyn’s Thunder and Lightning has been working on their final album, “Disgust” for a year. Now, they just need to master and produce it. The album features vocal production from Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit as well as collaborations with Harlem Shakes, Darkside and The Great American Novel. kickstarter.com/projects/2930643/thunder-and-lightnings-new-album-disgust ▶You saw them in Seville Quarter after Pensacola’s Double Bridge Run. Now support Mingo Fishtrap as they record a new album and perform their new music on tour. kickstarter.com/projects/mingofishtrap/ new-mingo-fishtrap-album ▶Ceyenne Doroshow and Audacia Ray, the founder of the Red Umbrella Project, have been collaborating on “Cooking in Heels,” Doroshow’s debut cookbook. As a transgender woman, Doroshow is not your conventional cook. Her book will not only include delicious recipes, but also her life story. kickstarter.com/projects/audaciaray/ cooking-in-heels-a-memoir-cookbook

▶Astor Place Hairstylists is a New York City institution. Karen Gehres wants to tell the story of the famous hair salon that has over 50 hairstylists and has served the city – as well as many celebrities since 1939 in, “Astor Barber All Stars,” Gehres’ second documentary. kickstarter.com/projects/1827160478/ astor-barber-documentary ▶Lafayette, La., musician Johanna Divine and artist Denise Gallagher have collaborated to make an album that is pleasing to the ears and eyes. The album, “Electric Tide,” is already done, but Divine and Gallagher need the funds to print the CDs and artwork. kickstarter.com/projects/johannadenise/electric-tide-illustrated-musicfor-artsy-people ▶Support the Post Haste exhibition in Oakland, Calif. and you support not just one artist, but eight. The exhibition will use the U.S. Postal Service as an analogy for vanishing public institutions and will be in the MacArthur B Arthur Gallery from May 4-28. kickstarter.com/projects/1584621328/ post-haste

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by Hana Frenette

M. Ward Gets Ready To Hangout time to discuss his work with Zooey Deschanel, his favorite albums, love songs and his first performances outside high school cafeterias.

One, Zooey and you sing a version of “You Really Got a Hold on Me.” Why did you choose to cover this particular song? Were you thinking more of the Beatles version, or the Smokey Robinson version?

MW: Well, there are a lot of songs that Zooey and I really like, and we cover a lot of songs. Songs that we feel take on a new sound—those are the ones that we put on the record.

We really love both those versions of the song but, of course, Smokey Robinson can do no wrong.

"Love songs have been written since day one of the universe. They need to be sung. I’m happy to oblige."

M. Ward

M. Ward has a lot going on this spring.

He just released his latest album, A Wasteland Companion, this week on Merge Records. He's heading out on a solo tour— which will bring him to our neck of the woods for Hangout Music Fest. He's also taking part in Record Store Day on April 21 and releasing an exclusive 7-inch featuring "Primitive Girl," the first single from the new record, plus two non-album b-sides including long-time live fan-favorite “Roll Over Beethoven.”

Despite his busy spring schedule, Mr. Ward was still nice enough to take some

IN: Zooey Deschanel sings on a couple songs on your new album, A Wasteland Companion. You’ve worked with her quite a bit over the past few years.

How did that collaboration originally come about?

MW: We did a movie together. I did the music for a film she was in called “The Go-Getter.” It was just a small, little independent film. The producer had us sing a duet together. We have a great collaboration going. She’s busy with her projects and I’m busy with mine, but when we get the chance, we get together and make music.

IN: You’ve collaborated with several other artists like Jim James, Conor Oberst, and Neko Case. You must enjoy the collaboration process.

MW: I do, very much so. That’s one of the best parts about this job, is that I get to work with all these remarkably talented people.

IN: On the She & Him album, Volume

IN: There are several songs on your past and present albums that seem to have religious undertones. Are you interested in the influences religion can have on music?

MW: I’m definitely interested in the inspiration it brings, and the mystery of where that inspiration comes from.

some really great festivals too, like Coachella, SXSW, and Hangout.

IN: Do you remember your first performance, or show?

MW: It was high school. Lunchtime. We were sitting in this tiny, little theater, outside the cafeteria. I’m trying to remember, but I’m also trying to forget. It was my friends and I, and we were playing some cover songs, messing around.

IN: When you play the Hangout Music Fest in Gulf Shores, Ala., are you planning on bringing any musical guests with you?

MW: I’ll have my full band with me. The same one I’ll have for all my American shows. They are the finest musicians in Portland! And one is from Nashville, and he is a great friend of mine—we’ve traveled together many times.

IN: What have you been listening to lately? MW: The main thing I have been listening to is the radio—satellite radio, and then just stuff that I hear about by word-of-mouth. I’ve also been listening to Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye a lot lately, too. {in}

IN: The idea of love, or at least references to some form of it, seems to play a big part in your music.

What do you think the reasons are for that?

MW: Well, love songs have been written since day one of the uniWHERE: Hangout Music Fest, Gulf Shores, verse. They need to be sung. I’m Ala. happy to oblige.

WHEN: May 18-20 DETAILS: hangoutmusicfest.com IN: You have a really extensive tour schedule coming up over the next few months. What’s that like for you?

MW: You know, I really do enjoy DETAILS: mwardmusic.com performing and being out on the road. We’re going to be playing

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HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 6 p.m. $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

VEGAN DINNER AT EOTL 6 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

‘THE DANCER’ 8 p.m. Loblolly Theatre, 1010 N. 12th Ave. 439-3010 or loblollytheatre.com.

live music

'Eden Revisited' / From the Valley of Heart's Delight, 2008, glass, mixed media, Kathleen Elliot

THURSDAY 4.12

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘GARDEN OF EDEN’ 10 a.m. through Jun 2.

Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘EDEN REVISITED’ 10 a.m. through May 19.

Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘STUDENT ART EXHIBITION’ 10 a.m. through Apr 19. Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Bldg. 82, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. 474-2696 or tag82uwf. wordpress.com.

‘WELCOME TO MARGARITAVILLE’ MARGARITA TASTING 2 p.m. Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

THE REZ 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or Sandshaker.com.

TIM SPENCER 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9322211 or sandshaker.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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THE DAVENPORTS 6 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

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happenings FRIDAY 4.13

Ice Flyers Advance To President's Cup

While a lot of people have been busy catching Wahoo fever, Pensacola's other minor league team has been kicking ass and taking names in their league’s post-season playoffs. With first and second round three-game sweeps WHAT: Ice Flyers vs. Columbus Cottonagainst the Mississippi Surge mouths and Knoxville Ice Bears, the Ice WHEN: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 12 Flyers have advanced to the WHERE: New York Nick's, 911 S. Palafox SPHL President's Cup Finals.

DETAILS: pensacolaiceflyers.com, newyorThe Ice Flyers will be knicks.net taking on the Columbus Cottonmouths in the Cup. Game 1 is away and game 2 at The Hangar on Saturday night. Game 3 , if necessary, WHAT: Ice Flyers vs. Columbus Cottonwill be back in Columbus, mouths Ga. on Sunday.

WHEN: 7:05 p.m. Saturday, April 14 Game 1 will be broadWHERE: The Hangar/Pensacola Civic Center, cast at New York Nick 's on 201 E. Gregory St. Thursday night. But you COST: $10-$25 better come early, because DETAILS: pensacolaiceflyers.com the last few games have

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GAME 2 OF THE SPHL PRESIDENT'S CUP FINALS

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‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘GARDEN OF EDEN’ 10 a.m. through Jun 2. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘EDEN REVISITED’ 10 a.m. through May 19. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘STUDENT ART EXHIBITION’ 10 a.m. through Apr 19. Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Bldg. 82, Univer‘A Roadtrip Through Florida Archaeology’ sity of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. 474-2696 or tag82uwf. or sevillequarter.com. wordpress.com.

DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com. sevillequarter.com.

WINE TASTING AT DK 4:30 p.m. Distinctive CURT BOL BAND 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

2012 REGGAE FESTIVAL 5 p.m. End O’ the Alley HOLLY SHELTON AND DAVID SHELANDER at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 4348 p.m. Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 4296211 or sevillequarter.com.

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WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m.

THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. GovernDowntown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or ment St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. hubstaceys.com.

WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5:15 p.m.

BUZZ CUT 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 PenCity Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. 469-8100. sacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or WINE TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 Sandshaker.com. p.m. 1216 N. Ninth Ave. MASON JAR 9 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 PenLONDON W1 BACHELOR AUCTION 7 p.m. All sacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 proceeds benefit The Gulf Restoration Network and or thegrandmarlin.com.

Global Greengrants. Seville Quarter, 130 E. GovernMO JILES 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 ment St. R.S.V.P. at 433-2120 or salon@londonw1.net.

E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

‘THE DANCER’ 8 p.m. Loblolly Theatre, 1010 N. TBA 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. 12th Ave. 439-3010 or loblollytheatre.com.

Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

SWING DANCING 8:30 p.m. American Legion, 1401 STEVE WILSON 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Intendencia St. $5. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com.

Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or Hopjacks.com.

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THREE AMIGOS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

SKYLINE KINGS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

SAUCE BOSS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

SAWMILL & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Rd., Pace.

994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

DESTIN ATKINSON 8 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211

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PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m. through Apr 30.

Martin Luther King Plaza on North Palafox Street between Chase and Garden streets. palafoxmarket.com.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘GARDEN OF EDEN’ 12 p.m. through Jun 2.

Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

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The Modern Eldorados ‘STUDENT ART EXHIBITION’ 12 p.m. through Apr 19. Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Bldg. 82, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. 474-2696 or tag82uwf. wordpress.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

‘THE DANCER’ 8 p.m. Loblolly Theatre, 1010 N. 12th Ave. 439-3010 or loblollytheatre.com.

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LEAANNE CRESWELL & RICK WHALEY 12 p.m.

Bama Dome, Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

WB SEARCY 12 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

THREE AMIGOS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

THE DREAM VIPERS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

SAWMILL & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Rd., Pace. 9949219 or farmersopry.com.

KRAZY GEORGE KARAOKE 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 4691001 or hubstaceys.com.

KARAOKE WITH MARK ESKEW 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

WHISKEY BAND 8 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 6779153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

LIMOUZINE 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

BUZZ CUTT 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 932-2211 or Sandshaker.com.

MO JILES 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

THE MODERN ELDORADOS 9 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TBA 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

REDDOG AND FRIENDS 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 4976073 or Hopjacks.com.

SUNDAY 4.15

WORSHIP ON THE WATER 11 a.m. Tent Stage, Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

BLUE WAHOOS VS JACKSONVILLE SUNS 4 p.m. Maritime Park, 449 W. Main St. 934-8444 or bluewahoos.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

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DADDY MAN 12 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

MASON JAR 3 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

LEKTRIC MULLET 4 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

932-2211 or Sandshaker.com.

CALYPSONUTS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

BEN PRESTAGE 6 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

BROOKS HUBBERT III 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 4346211 or sevillequarter.com.

MONDAY 4.16

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

OYSTER NIGHT AT ATLAS 5 p.m. First dozen are 25 cents apiece and $2 Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob Ultra drafts until close. Atlas, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or atlas.goodgrits.com.

BURGERS & BEER NIGHT AT SURF BURGER 6 p.m. Surf Burger, 500 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-1417 or thesurfburger.com.

WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING CLASSES 6:30 p.m. $5 general admission, $2 for students. Gull Point Community Center, 7000 Spanish Trail.

For more information call 291-2718 or visit hurreyupstageandfilmworks.com.

BLUE WAHOOS VS JACKSONVILLE SUNS 7 p.m. Maritime Park, 449 W. Main St. 934-8444 or bluewahoos.com.

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happenings TEXAS HOLD’EM 4 FUN 7 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

GAMER’S NIGHT 8 p.m. Fast Eddie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

EXTREME TRIVIA 10:30 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

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STEVE FLOYD 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

OPEN MIC WITH CATHY PACE 6 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

LIL ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS 6 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach.

916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

MUSICIANS ALLIANCE 9 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LIVIN’ THE DREAM 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TUESDAY 4.17

BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE 8:30 a.m. Museum of Naval Aviation viewing area, 1750 Radford Blvd.

452-3604 or blueangels.navy.mil.

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The festival, located on the Cannon Greens at UWF, will showcase local farmers, WHEN: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 crafts, vendors, and educaWHERE: Cannon Greens at UWF, 11000 tors. The event isn't just for University Pkwy. students either; it's open to COST: Free the general public.

DETAILS: uwf.edu The mission of the event is to educate students and the community about the sustainable food movement and environmental preservaMiller Family Aquaponics, Mevin and Hila tion. Earth Day Festival organizer and Helbert, Farm Girl Produce and Green UWF instructor, Chasidy Hobbs, remarks Cedars Farms’ Roger Elliott, Susan Kologi “one of human's greatest negative enRecycled Jewelry, Mary Pena natural vironmental impacts is associated with soaps, Tina Jone’s plants, The Yellow an essential ingredient to life: feeding Ribbon Bakery, Lady Bird and Friends Hot ourselves. Folks can come learn how to Sauce, Park’s Toffee Co., Robin Greene’s support a sustainable food system; it lotions, Veda Alford’s scarves, Constance starts with a single meal.”

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happenings ‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘GARDEN OF EDEN’ 10 a.m. through Jun 2.

Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘EDEN REVISITED’ 10 a.m. through May 19.

Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘STUDENT ART EXHIBITION’ 10 a.m. through Apr 19. Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Bldg. 82, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. 474-2696 or tag82uwf. wordpress.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

HALF-PRICE SUSHI 5 p.m. Atlas, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or atlas.goodgrits.com.

PRIME TIME TUESDAYS 5:30 p.m. Jackson’s, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

YOGA WITH BECKIE SATHRE 6 p.m. $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

BLUE WAHOOS VS JACKSONVILLE SUNS 7 p.m. Maritime Park, 449 W. Main St. 934-8444 or bluewahoos.com.

TOSH TUESDAY 8 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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JAZZ AT GREGORY STREET ASSEMBLY HALL 5 p.m. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 607-8633 or gregorystreet.com.

PAUL KILLOUGH 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

BANDS ON THE BEACH FEATURING HOLLY SHELTON 7 p.m. The Gulfside Pavillion, 1 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 932-1500 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

TUESDAY JAM NIGHT 8 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

MIKE QUINN 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

KARAOKE WITH GEORGE 9 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

KARAOKE AT PADDY O’LEARY’S 9 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

WEDNESDAY 4.18

BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE 8:30 a.m. Museum of Naval Aviation viewing area, 1750 Radford Blvd.

452-3604 or blueangels.navy.mil.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘GARDEN OF EDEN’ 10 a.m. through Jun 2.

Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘EDEN REVISITED’ 10 a.m. through May 19.

Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘STUDENT ART EXHIBITION’ 10 a.m. through Apr 19. Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Bldg.

82, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. 474-2696 or tag82uwf.wordpress.com.

LUNCH & LEARN AT DK 12 p.m. Join DK and a guest chef to be entertained with their stove-top magic. $15. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox.

438-4688 or dk4u.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

LADIES NIGHT 5 p.m. The Deck at The Fish

House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

WINE DOWN WEDESDAYS 5 p.m. All bottled wines are 50 percent off. Jackson’s, 400 S. Barracks St. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

BLUE WAHOOS VS JACKSONVILLE SUNS 7 p.m. Maritime Park, 449 W. Main St. 934-8444 or bluewahoos.com.

SURF MOVIE NIGHT AT SURF BURGER 7 p.m.

Surf Burger, 500 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-1417 or thesurfburger.com.

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JAZZ AT GREGORY STREET ASSEMBLY HALL 5 p.m. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 607-8633 or gregorystreet.com.

MICHAEL JENCKS BAND 5 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or Sandshaker.com.

DAVE AND JO SHOW 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9324139 or peglegpetes.com.

PADDY’S OPEN MIC NIGHT 7 p.m. Paddy O’Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

OPEN MIC NIGHT 7 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

ROCK STAR KARAOKE WITH MICHAEL JENCKS 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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GOVERNMENT IN ACTION Controlling the Waters: (1) A February bill in the Wyoming legislature to prepare the state for possible secession authorized a task force to consider establishing a state army, navy, marine corps and air force, and one amendment added the consideration of purchasing an aircraft carrier. Wyoming is, of course, landlocked, but it does have the 136-square-mile Yellowstone Lake, though that body of water is high up in the Teton mountains. (The aircraft- carrier amendment was defeated even though 27 representatives voted for it.) (2) Texas announced in February that it would deploy six gunboats to patrol the Mexican border’s Rio Grande river. Said a state Department of Safety official, “It sends a message: Don’t mess with Texas.”

GREAT ART! It wasn’t on a scale with an infinite number of orangutans using an infinite number of iPads, but the conservation group Orangutan Outreach has begun to supply certain zoos with iPads, hoping to encourage apes’ creativity and social networking. At the Milwaukee Zoo, a handler holds the device while an orangutan operates a painting app with its fingers. (“Orangutans like to paint, and they’re capable of using this (tablet),” he said, adding the benefit that “there’s no paint to eat.”) At the Memphis Zoo recently, said an Outreach official, the apes seem happy when they recognize images of other apes on the iPad. The Toronto Zoo’s iPad is expected soon.

• In March came word from Taiwan that the prominent Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts had awarded a prize worth the equivalent of $13,500 to student Wong Tin Cheung for creating the face of a man by using the artist’s own urine. His piece, “Blood Urine Man,” presented to judges in a toilet bowl, used urine of different colors, supposedly to match the pigments of the Marvel Comics superhero Iron Man. POLICE REPORT Difficult Fact-Check: According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a one-car crash in February left the following injured in serious condition: Ms. Me Htwe and Mr. Hsar

Kpaw Doh and Mr. W.T. Htoo, along with the driver, Mr. Tar Eh. (Ms. Mula Er, 14, died of her injuries.) All were from Heber City, Utah.

• “(E)very single cop in the state has done this. Chiefs on down.” That practice, referred to by the unidentified Minnesota law enforcement officer, is the personal use of the police database that is supposedly off-limits for all except official business. According to an imminent lawsuit (reported by the weekly City Pages in Minneapolis), former officer (and apparently still a “hottie”) Anne Marie Rasmusson, 37, learned that 104 officers in 18 different agencies in Minnesota had accessed her driver’s license record 425 times. Rasmusson’s lawyer said the reality is that officers tend to treat the confidential database more like a “Facebook for cops.”

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BODY PIERCING: SO SAFE AND EASY, ANYONE CAN DO IT Like most states with active trade associations of barbers and beauticians, Iowa strictly regulates those professions, requiring 2,100 hours of training plus continuing education -- but also like many other states, Iowa does not regulate body piercers at all (though it forbids minors from getting tattoos). Thus, the puncturing of body parts and insertion of jewelry or other objects under the skin can be done by anyone, with or without formal training, under no one’s watchful eye except the customer’s. (A few cities’ ordinances require a minimum age to get pierced.) Said one professional piercer to the Des Moines Register for a March report, “The lack of education in this industry is scary.”

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HOT COMMODITY IN PENNSYLVANIA (1) In January, police in Bridgeville, Pa., investigated a series of vehicle break-ins, including one of a car belonging to Kathy Saunoras, who reported that only her dentures were taken.

(2) Two weeks later, health worker Marlene Dupert, 44, was charged with yanking dentures out of the mouth of one of her charges at a nursing home in Selinsgrove, Pa. (3) Also in February, Evelyn Fuller, 49, was charged with robbing the First National Bank in Waynesburg, Pa. -- a crime necessitated, she told a police officer, because she needed money for new dentures.

PEOPLE WITH ISSUES Only the Lonely: Adrian Baltierra, 51, was charged with solicitation in February in Bradenton, Fla., after, according to police, he approached an undercover female officer, who was posing as a prostitute, and agreed to a transaction. In exchange for $15, Baltierra would be accorded the opportunity to take a whiff of the “prostitute’s” genital aroma (although street slang was used in the negotiation).

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS (1) Didn’t See It Coming: Canadian Jasmin Klair pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle in March to smuggling nearly 11kg of cocaine into the U.S. She had been arrested upon arrival at a bed and breakfast called the Smuggler’s Inn, located about 100 feet from the border in Blaine, Wash. (2) Greedy: According to police in Lake Ariel, Pa., alleged burglar Christopher Wallace had loaded his van with goodies from a home’s first floor, but instead of calling it a night, he re-entered to check out the second floor. Wallace was later rushed to the hospital after accidentally falling out a second-floor window, resulting in a broken back, hip and arm. {in}

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by Edwin Banacia

Bad Catholic, Good Lent Participant busy lives. From birthdays to wedding I’m not much of a churchy guy. Since announcements and going-away parties I’m too old to be an altar boy again, I can’t to concerts, I’ve missed out on them all. It hide under a robe and spend my Sundays seems that without Facebook, the world peeping at all the single ladies anymore. forgets to invite you to anything.

But, there are specific Catholic traditions Whatever happened to the good oldthat I still honor. And, truthfully, I still fashioned text message? Without Facehold these sacraments close to my heart. book, life was getting a little less involved.

Maybe I did learn a little something?

But then, after a few weeks, something Maybe it is just sentimentality? Either way, grand happened. Life actually became I still cling to a few sacred events in the a little less involved. Ah, the proverbial Catholic Church year. other side to the coin. Without Facebook, Even as a boy, I found it hard to aclife became peaceful. cept the dogma of man. I needed proof. I My friend list had swelled to above couldn’t accept the scriptures of the Bible 1,000 right before I deleted my profile. at face value because I knew the words My newsfeed was full of a cacophony of were written by man and, by nature, man emotions. Only by deleting my account, is flawed. As I got older, this need for was I able to see how those emotions were absolute truth intensified. If a man anaffecting me. Any athlete will tell you that nounced on Twitter today that God spoke emotions are contagious. Play a game of to him and he’s completed a lost book pick-up basketball a few times a week, and from the Bible, would you believe him? It’d you’ll feel the transference of emotions. be a hard pill to swallow.

You ever heard the phrase, “Get under But, guess what? Despite my own nagtheir skin?” That’s emotional transference. ging doubts and insecurities, I still believe.

And, it happens every day, several I can’t tell you why. I can only tell you hundred times, on Facebook. Quite literthat I believe. So I keep these few sacred ally, my emotions were always in motion Catholic traditions alive because it’s the as I was affected by my friends’ emotions only way I know how to worship. And, as (let’s be honest with each other, some of a believer, these most sacred events such our friends are quite bi-polar). as Lent and the Easter season are more Something else beautiful happens important than all the rest. It is when we after a few weeks minus Facebook. Your take time for self-examination, penance friends, if they’re your real friends, get and celebrate the resurrection of Christ. organically retrained to be better friends.

So every year, at this time, I’m at the The brilliant part about this is they don’t end of a typical Catholic event, having even know it’s happening to them. Your given up something important in my life absence will force them to actually rejoin for Lent, as I prepare to celebrate Easter. your physical world. When people want This year, I gave up Facebook. to talk to me, guess what? They call me.

“When Facebook goes public this We talk. I can hear their laughter or feel year, it will raise at least $5 billion makthe hurt in their voice. It is so simple, yet ing it the biggest Internet IPO the world abundantly beautiful. has ever seen,” according to Wired I’m a bad Catholic. But, by the grace of Magazine. They go on to say, “The day it God, I still learned a few precious lessons debuts on the stock exchange, Facebook this season of Lent. I learned the value of will be worth more than General Molaughter, the warmth of a perfectly-timed tors, the New York Times Company and phone call and the peace of silence. It’s Sprint Nextel combined.” In other words, been almost 40 days and I’m still here. The the whole world is on Facebook. Every world is still turning. I’ve decided to sacrisingle person you meet will undoubtfice Facebook permanently despite its $5 edly “friend” you on Facebook. Giving up billion IPO. Take that Zuckerberg. {in} Facebook for Lent, I thought, would lead to some serious self-examination.

Not surprising at all, that’s exactly what happened.

The first week was massively About “The Local”: Ed is a local bar owner, difficult. I’m a bicoastal person. A local bar patron and former music industry exlarge portion of my friends aren’t ecutive. local. Without Facebook, it’s been extremely difficult to be in their

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April 12, 2012

my pensacola Meagan Enderson

Day Job: Director of Social Media , Jewelers Trade Shop Pensacola Resident Since: 1988

Good Eats:

Pensacola boasts a fantastic mix of casual and fine dining restaurants. My top local favorites include The Global Grill, Tu-Do Vietnamese, Sake Cafe, The Fish House, Jerry’s Cajun Cafe and Florida Pizza Kitchen. These are perfect go-to restaurants if you’re craving excellent service and a delicious meal.

Retail Therapy:

It may seem a little biased if I say Jewelers Trade Shop so I will refrain from mentioning one of Pensacola’s true “gems” –Shameless plug!

True retail therapy can be found at many of Pensacola’s local boutiques. I could get lost in The Linen Corner, Celebrations, duh for Garden and Home and my new favorite, Belle Ame’. Each boutique has its own unique charm and welcomes customers with fun seasonal displays and friendly customer service.

Watering Holes:

The Wine Bar is a wonderful spot for grabbing a glass of wine with the girls. Their selection of wine is impressive and the 2-for-1 happy hour is even more so. 5 ½ Bar is also perfect for a girls’ night out—Peach Bellini, anyone? Bimini Beach Bar at Hemingway’s Island Grill is my beach go-to. When that summer heat sets in, nothing is more refreshing than a delicious Mojito from Bimini.

Nightlife:

For a casual night out, Play is the place to go. Play combines the atmosphere of a casual bar with a fun-filled arcade—genius!

My friends and I love challenging each other

to a few rounds of skee-ball. A Pensacola icon, and my absolute favorite nightlife attraction, is Rosie O’Grady’s Duelling Piano Show at Seville Quarter.

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Outdoors:

Enjoying Pensacola Beach is, of course, my favorite outdoor activity, but Blackwater River State Park comes in a close second. Canoeing and tubing with Adventures Unlimited or Bob’s Canoe Rentals & Sales is always a greatly anticipated summer activity.

Arts & Culture:

The Pensacola Opera offers world-renowned talent in our own hometown. We are beyond lucky to be able to experience the vocal talents of performers like Hanan Tarabay, and many others, on our local stages. The University of West Florida Department of Theatre and Performing Arts is also a wealth of culture where UWF students showcase their developing talents throughout the year at very reasonable prices. Support the arts!

Never Miss Events/Festivals:

Fiesta of Five Flags is always a summer favorite, as I love how it educates the community about Pensacola’s rich history in a fun, celebratory way. The Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival is also an annual favorite—nothing beats strolling through Seville Square admiring the unique art displays. A new favorite is the Council on Aging of West Florida’s Rat Pack Reunion. Last year, attendees were entertained by Roaster and Toasters of the 2011 Big Cheese, Fred Levin—this event has become a must attend in my book. {in}

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