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JACQUELINE A. ROGERS The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) investigated Rogers' petition and found the part of Escambia County Ordinance No. 201765 that permits "light industrial uses" within the MU-S future land use category is "not consistent with the Escambia County Comprehensive Plan." The DEO referred the matter to the Division of Administrative Hearings and requested an administrative law judge be assigned for a hearing on the inconsistencies.

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losers PAM BONDI Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a notice of appeal with the Atlantabased 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and asked for a stay of the order requiring a new process for restoring ex-felons' voting rights. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker last month gave Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet until April 26 to revamp the process, which the judge ruled violates First Amendment and equal protection rights under the U.S. Constitution. Under the current process, ex-felons must wait five or seven years after their sentences are complete to apply to have rights restored.

After applications are filed, the process can take years to complete. Judge Walker criticized the current process for giving the Cabinet "unfettered discretion" in deciding whether former felons should have their rights restored.

CHRIS JONES The Florida Supreme Court has denied a request by the Escambia County Property Appraiser that it review two recent lower court decisions in favor of Pensacola Beach taxpayers. The ruling by the high court lets stand the decisions in Island Resorts v. Chris Jones, Beach Club v. Chris Jones and Portofino v. Chris Jones.

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NO SPECIAL SESSION NEEDED Florida House and Senate leaders are zeroing in on April 23 for the possible start date of a special legislative session to overhaul Florida's gambling policy. The move appears to be a mad dash to expand gambling before Amendment 3 passes in November.

Amendment 3 gives voters the "exclusive right to decide whether to authorize casino gambling in the State of Florida."

If passed, the Florida State Legislature would not be permitted to authorize casino gambling through statute or through referring a constitutional amendment to the ballot. Any "overhaul" of Florida gambling to expand card games, casino games and slot machines would have to go before the voters in a referendum.

John G. Sowinski is the president of No Casinos, Inc., which supports Amendment 3.

He believes the special session may be an effort to make one more run at expanding gambling in the state before the November election.

"If ever there was an issue that the legislature has already spent too much time, energy, intellectual capacity and political capital, it is gambling," wrote Sowinski in a letter to Florida House and Senate leadership. "And whenever this issue comes up in Tallahassee, negotiations between the chambers seem to be more focused on coming up with a 'deal' that satisfies competing gambling interests than enacting solutions that are in the best interests of the people of Florida."

Since 2010, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has had exclusivity over most casino-style games in exchange for monthly deposits to the state treasury.

Lawmakers have been trying to negotiate a new compact with the tribe, but the two chambers can't agree. The Senate wants to allow pari-mutuels to end live horse and dog racing to make way for more lucrative games like poker. The House opposes any policy that could let the state gaming industry grow.

Lawmakers argue that the special session is needed because the tribe's temporary agreement with the state expired on March 31, after the legislature failed to work out a compact before it adjourned earlier in the month. However, Sowinski sees this as a manufactured "fictional crisis," especially since Seminole Tribe attorney Barry Richard has said the tribe would continue paying its share of casino gambling revenue each month, $19.5 million, in anticipation of an eventual agreement.

He points out that many Tallahassee observers see the special session as a political fundraiser for lawmakers, "given the gambling industry's sordid reputation for seeking gambling approvals by making huge contributions to campaigns and electioneering committees."

Inweekly asks our delegation to resist this last attempt to bring casinos to the state. Let the voters decide on the future of gambling in Florida. {in} rick@inweekly.net

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PROTESTING "PATHETIC" COMMENTS

By Rick Outzen On March 24, attorney Randy Thompson and his wife and daughters parked on Wright Street near their church, First United Methodist Church. Along with their fellow church members, they joined Pensacola's March For Our Lives rally to protest the gun violence in this country and to tell elected officials they wanted changes in our gun laws.

That same morning, County Commissioner Doug Underhill took to Facebook to criticize the rally participants.

He wrote, "Good morning to all you marchers. You are wrong. My gun is not your problem, and my rights are not your business.

Your fears and your hate are a very real danger to our Constitution. You are literally spending your Saturday demanding the government take away your rights. Pathetic."

During the county commission's public forum on Thursday, April 5, Thompson called out Underhill.

"One of your members before the march ever started publicly called my daughters, my wife, my church family and me a danger to our Constitution, a threat to our nation. Pathetic, miscreants," said the attorney. "I am here today asking that this board as a body publicly censure Commissioner Doug Underhill for his outrageous comments."

Censure is a formal expression of disapproval of a member by a legislative body. It has no legal ramifications. The Board of County Commissioners has never censured one of its members, but Thompson believed Underhill's words deserved such action.

"After the great strides that this community has made, to have an elected official publicly defame, slander and bully citizens whose opinions he does not agree with is unfathomable to me," said Thompson. "It undermines Pensacola's progress. It does not encourage businesses to relocate to this community. It does not encourage my daughters to come back to Pensacola."

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Facing the commissioner, he continued, "Commissioner Underhill, surely you are not so obtuse as to understand that the March For Our Lives is not just about gun control. It's about school safety. It's about more mental health. It is about universal background checks.

It is about, for some of us, restricting assault weapons in our country."

He pointed out that marches have occurred in the past. Thompson asked, "Commissioner Underhill, when Mothers Against Drunk Drivers took their surviving kids and spent their Saturdays and marched to take away the rights of 18-year-olds to drink alcohol and buy it, did you call them pathetic?"

The attorney was cut off by a buzzer as his time limit expired. Commissioner Underhill asked Chairman Jeff Bergosh to "give him as much time as he likes."

Bergosh allowed Thompson to end his statement. He said, "All I'm asking is that this commission as a board take whatever action is necessary so that my request for a public censure can be moved on to the next agenda."

The crowd applauded the attorney when he returned to his seat. He was followed by Melissa Pino, who lives in Underhill's district.

She said she showed up for the same reason as Thompson, even though she didn't know he would be attending.

"There is simply no place in public discourse for the kind of venom that has been emitting from the District 2 office these days." Melissa Pino "I have never in my life been to a political march," Pino said. "I've never even held a sign on a public street before, but last Saturday, I went down and marched on the opening of Commissioner Underhill's headquarters. My sign read, 'Pro-gun ownership, pro-civility, pro-

miscreants.' There is simply no place in public discourse for the kind of venom that has been emitting from the District 2 office these days."

The March 31 event was called the "Protest Pathetic Doug Underhill" march. One of the organizers, 19-year-old Taylor Smith, explained why she organized the protest.

"We want to make our presence known," Smith said. "I believe his comments were unbecoming of an elected official. (Protesting) is our First Amendment right."

At the public forum, Pino accused Underhill of "annihilating my character, issuing emails out of the District 2 address calling me a liar and encouraging people to post it on public media forums."

Pino said, "This culminated outside of a Women for Responsible Legislation voters' forum with Commissioner Underhill informing me that I am a carpetbagger that moved down here from the North to the South to spit on the values of this community."

She supported Thompson's call for a censure vote.

"I didn't even know that such a thing was possible, a censure," said Pino. "I'd like to second, if there is such an apparatus, to officially censor Mr. Underhill."

Larry Downs, Jr. came to Underhill's defense. He said the commissioner had not called the protesters pathetic, only the march itself.

"I believe it is pathetic," Downs said.

"The definition of 'pathetic' doesn't mean anything derogatory. I would assume that's okay in most terms, or most times, but today everybody seems to be over sensitive, I guess."

Downs must have missed Underhill's additional Facebook comments where he called the students protesting, "Pathetically misled children. Teach them civics, and take them to the range and teach them how to exercise their Constitutional responsibility to be armed, trained and disciplined."

The commissioner also called Emma Gonzalez, one of the survivors of the Parkland, Fla.,

shooting, a "cute little insurgent" and an "uninformed miscreant and threat to our nation."

At the meeting, Underhill did not respond to his critics. He didn't write about protesters or Thompson's call of censure on his Facebook page over the weekend. A supporter did post on the page, "We are proud of you, Doug Underhill, and we stand behind you," which 10 people liked.

Underhill replied, "Thank you for the support! We are having such phenomenally positive response across the District."

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 399 likely voters in Escambia County District 2, conducted between April 6 and April 7, few agreed with the commissioner's statements. Only 33 percent agreed with Underhill's calling the participants of the March For Our Lives rallies "pathetic." Even fewer agreed with him using "little monsters" to describe the survivors of the Parkland, Fla., shooting who joined the rallies—22 percent.

District 2 voters were also asked whether they believed the people who participated in the March For Our Lives rally were unpatriotic. Over 57 percent said no. Only 27 percent believed the participants were unpatriotic.

The study also found that District 2 voters support gun reforms. When it comes to raising the age from 18 to 21 for the purchasing of all guns, 54 percent of the district agreed with this idea, while 39 percent disagreed. Nearly 78 percent agreed with a three-day waiting period for all gun purchases. When asked the question regarding the banning of the future sales of AR-15 rifles, 52 percent agreed with the idea, while 42 percent disagreed.

The District 2 responses were more conservative than those in a March 13-16 statewide poll conducted by Inweekly and Political Matrix but were still positive for the reforms. In the statewide poll, 59 percent agreed with banning future sales of AR-15 rifles in Florida. Huge percentages of voters favored raising the age to purchase all guns to 21 (66 percent) and imposing a three-day waiting period on all gun purchases (84 percent). {in}

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THE TALE OF TWO FIRE CHIEFS

By Rick Outzen Since January 2016, two Pensacola fire chiefs have been accused of retaliatory attacks on a firefighter. One chief, Matt Schmitt, along with his deputy chief, was put on administrative leave, investigated and later fired. The other, David Allen, endured no repercussions.

Last month, the Florida Professional Fighters Association accused Ed Sisson, the City of Pensacola's chief human resource officer, Fire Chief David Allen and Assistant Fire Chief Greg Redding of retaliatory attacks against Nathan Edler, president of the Pensacola Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 707.

"President Edler provided several documented cases involving discipline or being singled out by the city and/or the fire chief," wrote District Vice President Mike Bellamy in a letter dated March 22. "These actions appear to interfere with and restrain President Edler from performing his duties as an elected union representative."

"President Edler provided several documented cases involving discipline or being singled out by the city and/or the fire chief."

Mike Bellamy Bellamy's letter came after Donnelly and Gross attorney Jim Brantley, general counsel for IAFF Local 707, had written a letter to Sisson outlining Edler's case.

On Feb. 20, the city issued Edler a written reprimand for not following the fire department's chain-of-command in his communications with city officials. The attorney asserted that Edler's communications were done on behalf of the bargaining unit members he represents and, therefore, were protected by law.

"The Florida Public Employee Relations Commission has consistently held that union representatives have the right to address these matters directly with city official without the need to proceed through an inner-departmental chain-of-command," wrote Brantley. He said that disciplining union officials for protected activities constitutes an unfair labor practice.

The February reprimand wasn't the only attack on Edler by Chief Allen and city officials.

"President Edler has documented no less than six occasions in which he has either received verbal warnings, been threatened with discipline or been singled out for workplace retaliation by the city and/or the fire chief," said Brantley. "It is clear that President Edler is being singled out."

The attorney accused Chief Allen of having animus against Local 707 and Edler, and the fire chief had Sisson's "full support in his retaliatory attacks."

IAFF Local 707 demanded that the written reprimand be rescinded and removed from Edler's personnel file. The union also asked that the retaliatory attacks on its president cease.

Brantley wrote, "Should this activity continue and/or if the city refuses to rescind this most recent discipline, the union reserves the right to file and prosecute an unfair labor practice charge against the city with the Public Employees Relations Commission."

"Harassing and retaliating against the union president is a matter that the IAFF takes very seriously." Nathan Edler Inweekly reached out to Edler for comment. He said he was not able to discuss the matter because the February reprimand was still open, and the union is waiting to see what the city does. However, he said, "Harassing and retaliating against the union president is a matter that the IAFF takes very seriously."

Edler filed a grievance with the City of Pensacola, as per the collective bargaining agreement. Inweekly asked city officials for the status of the union's request. City Public Information Officer Vernon Stewart replied, "The appeal process is ongoing, and in fairness to Captain Edler, we would refrain from making any comments at this time."

The grievance process has four steps before the case is assigned an arbitrator.

First, the fire chief has 10 days to review it.

That period ended March 10. If the appeal is denied, Edler had 10 more days to appeal Chief Allen's decision to City Administrator Eric Olson. At the latest, Olson had to make his decision by April 4. The next step will be for Edler and a union representative to meet with Olson.

The last time a Pensacola fire chief was accused of retaliation, Mayor Ashton Hayward hired Beggs & Lane attorney Russell Van Sickle to investigate the matter.

The city didn't follow the grievance process before launching the investigation. When the findings were released, the mayor fired not only Fire Chief Matt Schmitt but also Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover.

In January 2016, Chief Human Resource Officer Ed Sisson filed a complaint that the chiefs retaliated against Fire Lieutenant Edward Deas for filing a complaint regarding Glover and other senior department leaders five months earlier.

Deas was upset that he had resigned as

president of the black firefighters' fraternal organization, Pensacola United Fire Fighters Association (PUFFA), in the fall of 2014 after Glover and other members questioned how Deas was handling the fraternity's finances.

He wrote, "In my opinion, Captain Streeter, Captain Cobbs and DC Glover tries (sic) to intimidate and coerce people with their authority in the fire department to get what they want when things are not going their way, even if it's something not connected to the PFD, such as PUFFA." PUFFA has no more official standing with the City of Pensacola or the Pensacola Fire Department than Five Flags Rotary or the Pensacola Federation of Garden Clubs. It is not a collective bargaining unit, and Deas admitted in his complaint that PUFFA was not connected to the Pensacola Fire Department.

Deas cited no specific instances where the dispute regarding the black firefighters' fraternity impacted his job, which is standard in an employment complaint.

Deas did allege that Glover and the same members might be trying to intimidate the new PUFFA president.

However, Deas did not state who he wanted to be investigated and what specific acts of the rambling narrative he provided that he wished to the chief to review.

He simply ended his complaint, "I would ask you to please investigate this matter."

Following the city's Fire Department policy manual, Chief Schmitt reviewed the complaint and ruled on Sept. 15, 2015, that Deas had used the fire department and the city as a means to retaliate for what he perceived to be unfair treatment on an external issue, meaning PUFFA. "Deas' enlistment of others to side with him has caused consternation and division which has interfered with and adversely impacted fire department operations," Schmitt wrote at the time. "The extreme nature of Deas' acts, his malicious intent and covert attempts to subvert superiors by making libelous statements throughout the department makes his actions a serious breach of discipline."

The fire chief demoted Deas to professional firefighter and reduced his pay by 10 percent. Instead of following the union grievance process, Deas went to Sisson.

The HR director didn't notify Chief Schmitt that he was investigating the matter. Instead, Sisson broke the chain-of-command and overruled the demotion. When Chief Schmitt filed an EEOC complaint against Sisson, the HR director went after the fire chief and his deputy. Both Schmitt and Glover have filed lawsuits against the city.

Two fire chiefs, Allen and Schmitt, accused of retaliation. The city handled the grievances very differently. Maybe the depositions from the lawsuits will provide answers as to why when they are made available. {in} inweekly.net

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TANYARD FLOODING With the help of

the Thriving Earth Exchange, the Tanyard Association and Flood Forum USA have partnered to recruit a scientist to assist the neighborhood association in investigating its flooding challenges and provide recommendations on how to mitigate future flooding. The scientist will also work with community leaders to prepare recommendations for presentation to residents and local government entities.

Thriving Earth Exchange helps volunteer scientists and community leaders work together to use science, especially Earth and space science, to tackle community issues and advance local priorities related to natural hazards, natural resources and climate change. By 2019, Thriving Earth Exchange will launch 100 partnerships, engage over 100 AGU members, catalyze 100 shareable solutions and improve the lives of 10 million people, according to its mission statement.

Dr. Gloria Horning, vice president of the Tanyard Association, will serve as the community lead. Marilynn Lowe, the Tanyard Association president, will assist her.

They would like to work with a hydrologist to investigate local hydrodynamics, synthesize available reports and develop next steps or proposed solutions.

The project is one of Thriving Earth Exchange's new cohorts. The organization has partnered with Flood Forum USA, which supports grassroots flood groups across the country by helping them develop strategies for a sustainable future.

Thriving Earth Exchange is working with 10 of their grassroots groups to connect them with scientists who can help them better characterize neighborhood-level flood risks and work effectively with local decision-makers to mitigate those risks.

BEST FLORIDA BEACH Pensacola Beach won the title of "Best Florida Beach" in USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice 2018 voting. Our area actually boasted not one but two nominations for the contest, with 010 1

the Gulf Islands National Seashore coming in third place.

"Once again, the response from our visitors and residents show the pride we have in our nationally-acclaimed beaches," Visit Pensacola President Steve Hayes said. "Receiving this recognition illuminates the unique experience that is Pensacola and all of the unmatched areas and activities America's first settlement has to offer. We all benefit when one of our beaches is named one of the top destinations in the nation."

A panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to pick the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by a public popular vote.

DR. Z RUNS FOR CONGRESS Dr. Jen-

nifer Zimmerman, a Santa Rosa County pediatrician, says she will run for Congressman Matt Gaetz's seat as a Democrat. Born in the Philippines, she arrived in the United States in 1993. Zimmerman has been a pediatrician in the state of Florida since 1997, taking care of children and adolescents in Palatka, Crestview, Fort Walton Beach and, for the past 17 years, Pace.

Upset over what she considers an assault on health care, Zimmerman states on her campaign website, "As a pediatrician and as a mother, I want to be your voice in advocating for every American's right to health care. Silence is no longer an option, and I am committed as a candidate for Florida's 1st Congressional District."

She will face Phil Ehr, a Navy veteran, in the Democratic primary in August. Cris Dosev and John Mills are running against Gaetz in the GOP primary.

Zimmerman joins a record number of females seeking Congressional seats this year. According to the Associated Press, the number of women running for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives sets a record with 309 women filing candidacy papers so far in 2018.

AIRPORT MAKES TURKEY LIST Every year, Florida TaxWatch reports on the

items in the state budget that it considers "turkeys"—appropriations included without being fully scrutinized and subjected to the budget committee process or that circumvented established processes.

Escambia County had one item on the list—$1 million for the Escambia County Beulah Interchange Connector, which Gov. Rick Scott struck from the budget using his line-item veto power.

Florida TaxWatch also included on the "turkey list" an appropriation for $3 million for expansion at the Pensacola International Airport to accommodate additional hangars for VT MAE. Scott did not veto this item.

As an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit taxpayer research institute and government watchdog, Florida TaxWatch provides independent research and analysis of issues related to state and local government taxation, expenditures, policies and programs. The "turkey" label does not signify judgment of a project's worthiness but focuses on the Florida budget process to ensure that all appropriations using public funds receive the deliberation, debate and accountability they deserve.

Why target the local transportation projects? The projects that are not part of the DOT Work Program take scarce transportation dollars away from the vetted and comprehensively planned projects that are in the Work Program.

Florida TaxWatch would prefer a formal competitive selection process, with whatever criteria the Legislature sees fit, be established. The organization would also like a set amount of funding to be established so DOT may include it in the Work Program, and the Legislature should not exceed that amount unless it uses general revenue to fund the additional cost.

The 2018 Budget Turkey Watch Report can be found at floridataxwatch.org.

THE POWER OF ONE The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) found the part of Escambia County Ordinance No. 2017-65 that permits "light industrial uses" within the MU-S future land use category is "not consistent with the Escambia County Comprehensive Plan."

The DEO referred the matter to the Division of Administrative Hearing and requested an Administrative Law Judge be assigned for a hearing on the inconsistencies.

The petitioner was Jacqueline A. Rogers. In an email, she wrote, "It is very sad to me that the only one responsible for holding local governments to stay consistent with their Comprehensive Plan is the

citizen, as the state, since 2011, no longer has any review powers for anything that is not considered affecting state facilities or assets."

She added, "This is frequently incorrectly explained at county meetings by the development staff, where it is said the state will review ordinances and transmittals for consistency, but they will not if they do not affect their state resources."

Rogers first filed her petition with the county on Dec. 13, 2017, less than two weeks after the Board of County Commissioners adopted the ordinance. The county took no action and Rogers filed an instant petition with DEO.

HELP WITH TURTLE-FRIENDLY LIGHTING Escambia County has

launched the Sea Turtle Protection Program initiative to reduce the amount of artificial light on Pensacola Beach. The county commission passed Escambia County's Barrier Island Lighting Ordinance in 2014, which required turtle-friendly lighting for new construction and gave existing lights until Jan. 1, 2018, to come into compliance.

Any light visible from the beach must meet the turtle-friendly standards found in the ordinance. Properties that don't comply could be subject to a civil citation.

To help Pensacola Beach residents, the county is offering a cost-share retrofit program. If eligible, property owners may be reimbursed up to $56 per fixture and $25 per bulb to retrofit existing lights to turtle-friendly alternatives.

Artificial lighting is one of the largest threats to nesting and hatchling sea turtles.

Bright lights can deter nesting behaviors, while hatchlings often confuse artificial lights with the natural light sources. This causes disorientation, leading hatchlings away from the Gulf and into danger.

Pensacola Beach residents and property owners are encouraged to contact Natural Resources Management at 5951144 or Samantha Bolduc at smbolduc@ myescambia.com to see if they are eligible for the cost-share program. More information about the project and sea turtles in Escambia County can be found at myescambia.com/seaturtles.

INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS FORUM The Pensacola Young Profes-

sionals and the Young Professionals of the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council will host the "International Professionals Forum with Pensacola Perspective" 5:30-7 p.m Thursday, April 19. in Meeting Room B of the West Florida Public Library, 239 N. Spring St. inweekly.net

The panel will include Mambwe Mutanuka, corporate director of Contracting Governance, Risk & Compliance at Baptist Health Care; Dora Omerico, realtor at Levin Rinke Realty; Araba Hanson-Knoblock, client manager at Vizient Inc.; Dr. Kwame Owusu-Daaku, assistant professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of West Florida; Julia Steinmetz, master's degree exchange student at the University of West Florida; Mehrdad Valinasab, process engineer at Ascend; and Toby Diehl, support technician at AppRiver. Paul Stadden, public relations associate at the Waterfront Rescue Mission, will moderate the panel.

GENCYBER CAMPS The University of

West Florida Center for Cybersecurity will host the only National Security Agency/ National Science Foundation GenCyber summer camps in the state for high school students and middle and high school teachers. The camps will serve as a platform to increase interest in cybersecurity careers and workforce diversity, enhance cybersecurity awareness and improve cybersecurity content and teaching methods.

Each camp will include 24 high school students and 12 middle and high school teachers, who will learn about Cybersecurity First Principles through engaging curricula and hands-on activities in the UWF Cybersecurity Battle Lab. The first camp will be June 25-29, and the second camp will be July 9-13. Each camp session will be from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on the UWF Pensacola campus. For more information or to register, visit uwf.edu/gencyber.

KIDS FOR CAMP INSTRUCTORS NEEDED Autism Pensacola's summer

learning lab, Kids for Camp, needs instructors. Kids for Camp is a nationallyacclaimed program designed to provide training in best practices, using Applied Behavior Analysis and Verbal Behavior, for teaching children with autism.

Autism Pensacola is currently accepting applications from people of all experience levels to work as instructors in its summer program. The unique learning lab offers hands-on, ongoing coaching and support to the educators on staff.

Dates for camp are June 18-July 24.

Staff training is June 12-14. Kids for Camp is located at Capstone Academy, Holm Elementary and Booker T. Washington High in Pensacola.

Kids for Camp is supported through strong community partnerships with the Autism Center of The Studer Family Children's April 12, 2018

Hospital at Sacred Heart, Escambia County School District and Capstone Adaptive Learning and Therapy Centers, along with the support of generous people and businesses in the greater Pensacola area. For information on how to apply, go to autismpensacola.org/ our-programs/kids-for-camp.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR The Alpha chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international women's education honorary organization, will host a tea as a fundraiser to support their annual college scholarship program 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at Asbury Place behind Cokesbury Church on 9th Avenue. Rachael Pongetti, a Pensacola High art teacher, photographer and 2018 recipient of the national George Washington medal award from Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, will give a presentation on her book "Uncovering the Layers: The Pensacola Graffiti Bridge Project." The organization's goal is to encourage young women to obtain their college degree and return to teach in our school district. Tickets are $15. To learn more, email anitaschmitt53@gmail.com.

The first-ever "Walk The Beach To Fight ALS" is set for 9:30 a.m. Sunday, April 15 on Pensacola Beach. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at Flounder's Chowder House. All of the proceeds will be donated to the local ALS chapter to honor Pensacola Beach resident and businessman Jim Elbert, who passed away last month after a courageous battle with ALS. Entry is $25 and includes a custom "Walk The Beach" t-shirt and a ticket to attend the VIP Walkers Celebration from 10:30 a.m.-noon at Flounder's. Light refreshments are included and there will be a cash bar. The event is open to the public and is family-friendly.

The Studer Community Institute and Pensacola News Journal host "CivicCon: Community Driven Design with Michaele Pride" at 6 p.m. Monday, April 16 at the Rex Theater, 18 N. Palafox. Pride is a professor of architecture at the University of New Mexico. As an architect and urban designer, she emphasizes principles of consensus, collaboration and public engagement in her teaching, research and professional consulting. Her current work focuses on the intersection between design and public health, seeking ways to create healthy, sustainable and equitable communities. To learn more, visit studeri.com.

Art, Culture and Entertainment, Inc. is accepting grant applications to be considered for the 2018 Foo Foo Festival.

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Black Lips Live On

By Shelby Nalepa

Black Lips / Courtesy Photo Known for gritty anthems like "O Katrina!" and "Bad Kids" and their rowdy stage antics, Atlanta garage rock band Black Lips are still finding new territory to explore despite being together for nearly 20 years.

They're currently on tour with the Black Angels and will be playing a show at Vinyl Music Hall Thursday, April 19 with The Black Angels.

After meeting in middle school, founding members Jared Swilley and Cole Alexander started Black Lips in 1999. Born from the DIY punk scene, the band has withstood the test of time, touring across the world and releasing eight albums over the past 14 years.

After some lineup changes within the band and a desire for a new direction, the Black Lips hooked up with Sean Lennon, recruiting him to produce arguably their April 12, 2018

most expansive album to date, "Satan's Graffiti or God's Art?" released last year on Vice Records.

"The experience was really magical," Swilley said. "We were sequestered in this cabin.

He has a really cool studio in his house up in the mountains in upstate New York."

The current Black Lips lineup includes Oakley Munson on drums and Zumi Rosow on saxophone.

"All the changes that happened were changes that were natural and necessary," Swilley said. "We're on good terms with all former members. I mean, we've been around almost 20 years. I've been playing with Cole for 20 years. I think it would be weird if we did the same thing the whole time."

Right now, Swilley said, the band is already working on new material for something a bit unexpected—a country album.

"We've done country stuff in the past before, but we really wanted to do an entire album of country," Swilley said. "The older I get, the more I gravitate towards that. I think our music is definitely rooted in country and gospel. We've already recorded a bunch of songs and demos, and after the tour we are going to go to Berlin to start recording it."

Swilley said he hopes the new direction will breathe some new life into the country genre.

"I don't really like much after the '70s," he said. "The genre is kind of lacking after that. I love artists like Roger Miller and Hank Williams, but George Jones is probably one of my favorites. Being from the South, I grew up listening to that type of music."

Swilley had an upbringing rooted in the church, which also played a role in his affinity for being in front of an audience.

"Every male in my family is a preacher," he said. "I grew up on stage in the church.

People would be speaking in tongues; it was a spectacle and a show. That was one of my bigger influences."

That influence of putting on a show has followed him throughout his own path in music.

"I wouldn't consider myself Beethoven or Prince," he said. "You're in there for a live show; you want to give people their money's worth. You don't want people to leave feeling cheated."

The Black Lips also have a special Record Store Day EP called "Play Safe" coming out next Saturday, April 21 that they recorded with The Khan Family, whom the band has a close relationship with.

"King Khan is one of our best buddies," Swilley said. "I've known his daughter since she was in diapers, and she actually went on tour with us. On our new country record, we covered one of her songs. But the Record Store Day project was really cool, and I'm glad we got to do it with them. It's super special."

Swilley said that the band has been his and Alexander's lifelong project, no matter the natural progression, and he doesn't expect that to change.

"We are extremely excited to get out on the road," he said. "We still put on a crazy show, but all the stuff that we did as teenagers wouldn't fly in today's world with guys in their 30s‌ Plus the shows were awful in our early days. It was more performance art than anything."

This will be the first time the Black Lips will play in Pensacola.

"Florida is one of my favorite places to tour in the South," Swilley said. "I grew up spending most of my summers in the panhandle, so I'm very familiar with the area. I love the UFO House on the beach.

I'm really excited to get down to Florida since it's been a couple years since we've been down there." {in}

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calendar PALAFOX MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh

BALLET AND BBQ 6 p.m. $60 and up. Sand-

ers Beach-Corinne Jones Resource Center, 913 S. I St. balletpensacola.com

EXQUISITE PENSACOLA: A CORPSE IN SIX PARTS 6:30-9:30 p.m. An evening of food,

drink, art, poetry, music, performance and creative collaboration. Voices of Pensacola, 117 E. Government St. uwf.edu DATE NIGHT DANCING 6:30-8 p.m. $15.

Learn the basics of several romantic ballroom and country dance styles in group classes that keep partners together.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com SEVILLE QUARTER REGGAE FEST 6:30 p.m. Ja Rhythm, Top Celebrity Crew. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com BLUE WAHOOS VS. CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS 6:35 p.m. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 351

W. Cedar St. bluewahoos.com

PHS PRESENTS: 'THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE' 7 p.m. $7-$10. There

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THURSDAY 4.12

PILATES MAT 12:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org 'FACES PLACES' 1 p.m. $5. Pensacola Cinema Art, 117 E. Government St. pensacolacinemaart.com TALL SHIPS PENSACOLA 3 p.m. Plaza de Luna, S. Palafox. $15 and up. visitpensacola. com/tall-ships AWM WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Free. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. 9th Ave. facebook.com/ aragonwine CHRISTOPHER'S CONCERTS 6 p.m. Free. Infusion. St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave. scpen.org MEDITATION FOR PLANETARY PEACE 6 p.m.

Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org SELECT LATIN DANCE LESSONS AND PARTY

6:30-9 p.m. $10. Salsa, Cha Cha, Bachata and more. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com

BLUE WAHOOS VS. CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS 6:35 p.m. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 351

W. Cedar St. bluewahoos.com CIRQUE ITALIA 7:30 p.m. $10-$50. Cordova Mall, 5100 N. 9th Ave. cirqueitalia.com ROCK FOR ANNALORA 8 p.m. $5 minimum

donation. chizuko, 506 W. Belmont St. facebook.com/chizukopensacola

FRIDAY 4.13

ALYSSA'S TWO-DAY MARKET 9 a.m. Alyssa's Antique Depot, 4586 Chumuckla Hwy. Pace. facebook.com/shopalyssas TALL SHIPS PENSACOLA 9 a.m. Plaza de Luna, S. Palafox. $15 and up. visitpensacola. com/tall-ships 2018 EMERALD COAST GRAND PRIX 12-5 p.m. Military Appreciation Event. FloraBama Lounge, Package and Oyster Bar, 17401 Perdido Key Drive.

'WONDER WHEEL' 1 p.m. $5. Pensacola Cinema Art, 117 E. Government St. pensacolacinemaart.com CIRQUE ITALIA 7:30 p.m. $10-$50. Cordova Mall, 5100 N. 9th Ave. cirqueitalia.com WINE TASTING 3-6 p.m. Free. Oyster Bay Wine. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org IHMC ROBOTICS LAB OPEN HOUSE 4-7 p.m.

Free. IHMC's Levin Center, 420 E. Romana St. ihmc.us HAPPY HOUR COOK OUTS 5 p.m. Drink specials, free cookout. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com GAY GRASSROOTS 6 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

are additional shows Saturday and Sunday.

Pensacola High School, 500 W. Maxwell St. OPEN MIC 7-11 p.m. Café Single Fin, 380 N. 9th Ave. facebook.com/cafesinglefin THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH 7:30 p.m. $7-$18, free for UWF students. University of West Florida, Studio Theatre, 11000 University Pkwy. uwf.edu

PENSACOLA HUMANE SOCIETY KITTEN SHOWER 12-4 p.m. Help Pensacola Humane

Society raise funds and supplies to aid orphaned kittens. Pensacola Humane Society, 5 N. Q St. pensacolahumane.org

FMW AUDUBON SOCIETY FIELD TRIP 7:30 a.m. Free. Meet at last parking lot before you enter Fort Pickens. fmwaudubon.org US FINALS CHEER 8 a.m. (doors open) $15$36. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com JUSTICE JOG 8-11 a.m. $15-$25. Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, 17 E. Main St. awkojusticefoundation.com/justice-programs/justice-jog SANTA ROSA FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods and live music. Pace Presbyterian Church, Woodbine Road.

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PENSACOLA MESS HALL: CURIOSITY DAY

1-4 p.m. Included with admission. Pensacola Mess Hall, 116 N. Tarragona St. pensacolamesshall.org 'WONDER WHEEL' 1 p.m. $5. Pensacola Cinema Art, 117 E. Government St. pensacolacinemaart.com CIRQUE ITALIA 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. $10-$50. Cordova Mall, 5100 N. 9th Ave. cirqueitalia.com CLASSIC JUNE FOR KIDS 2-4 p.m. Fundraiser for Gulf Coast Kid's House. Hub Stacey's at the Point, 5851 Galvez Road.

'LITTLE WOMEN' 3 p.m. $15-$31. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com I LOVE THE '90S PUB CRAWL 3-7 p.m. $15. Starts at Play, 16 S. Palafox. facebook.com/kaboomssc SEVILLE QUARTER REGGAE FEST 3 p.m.

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12-4 p.m. PetSmart, 6251 N. Davis Hwy. juniorhumanesociety.com

required. University of West Florida, Music Hall, 11000 University Pkwy. uwf.edu 'LITTLE WOMEN' 7:30 p.m. $15-$31. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com

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JUNIOR HUMANE SOCIETY ADOPTION

DR. SHEILA DUNN, COREY MCKERN, AND BLAKE RILEY WITH SPECIAL GUEST DR. STEVEN BROWN 7:30 p.m. Free, tickets

SATURDAY 4.14

produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques. Items originate directly from participating vendors, including dozens of local farmers, home gardeners and area artists. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com ALYSSA'S TWO-DAY MARKET 9 a.m. Alyssa's Antique Depot, 4586 Chumuckla Hwy. Pace. facebook.com/shopalyssas TALL SHIPS PENSACOLA 9 a.m. Plaza de Luna, S. Palafox. $15 and up. visitpensacola. com/tall-ships GRASS-FED BEEF COOKING DEMO 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. $5. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org 2018 EMERALD COAST GRAND PRIX 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Flora-Bama Lounge, Package and Oyster Bar, 17401 Perdido Key Drive.

JAMES BRISCIONE COOKBOOK SIGNING 12-2 p.m. The Bodacious Family of Shops, 407 S. Palafox. facebook.com/bodaciousshops

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calendar Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com COUPLES COOK: SUSHI 6 p.m. $60. Pensacola Cooks Kitchen, 3670 Barrancas Ave. pensacolacooks.rezclick.com

FROM SCRATCH: BAKING FOR ADULTS 5-8

$10. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com PENSACOLA GUITAR ORCHESTRA 7:30 p.m.

Free. Pensacola State College, Ashmore Auditorium, 1000 College Blvd. pensacolastate.edu THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH 7:30 p.m. $7-$18, free for UWF students. UWF Studio Theatre, 11000 University Pkwy. uwf.edu

p.m. $150—for four classes, April 16-April 25.

Pensacola Cooks Kitchen, 3670 Barrancas Ave. pensacolacooks.rezclick.com SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 5:30 p.m. Runners meet in front of Seville Quarter for a run around downtown Pensacola. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS 6:30-8 p.m. $10.

Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, and more. Professional dance instruction for all skill levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com SONGWRITERS AND POETS OPEN MIC 7-9 p.m.

Goat Lips, 2811 Copter Road. goatlips.com HIP-HOP DANCE LESSONS 8-9 p.m. $10. Learn hip-hop moves from professional instructor.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com

PENSACOLA CIVIC BAND PRESENTS: 'HEAL OUR LAND' 7:30 p.m. $6.50-$10.50. Saenger

TUESDAY 4.17

BLUE WAHOOS VS. CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS 6:05 p.m. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 351

W. Cedar St. bluewahoos.com

JERRY GARCIA BAND COVER BAND 7 p.m.

Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com THE PRINCESS BRIDE SCREENING 8 p.m.

Free. 800 Shoreline Dr., Gulf Breeze.

DANCE PARTY 8-midnight. $10. Partner dancing on the best wood dance floor in the area. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com

SUNDAY 4.15

WAKE UP HIKE 7 a.m. Meet at Bay Bluffs

Park, Scenic Highway at Summit Ave., for a brisk one to two-hour walk with brunch to follow at an area restaurant.

US FINALS CHEER 8 a.m. (doors open) $16$36. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com WALK THE BEACH TO FIGHT ALS 8:30 a.m.12 p.m. $25 per person. Flounder's 800 Quietwater Beach Road. flounderschowderhouse.com TALL SHIPS PENSACOLA 9 a.m. Plaza de Luna, S. Palafox. $15 and up. visitpensacola. com/tall-ships 2018 EMERALD COAST GRAND PRIX 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Flora-Bama Lounge, Package and Oyster Bar, 17401 Perdido Key Drive.

GROUP MEDITATION 9:30 a.m. Free.

Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org BLUE WAHOOS VS. CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS 1:05 p.m. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 351

W. Cedar St. bluewahoos.com CIRQUE ITALIA 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. $10-$50. Cordova Mall, 5100 N. 9th Ave. cirqueitalia.com THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH 2:30 p.m. $7-$18, free for UWF students. UWF Studio Theatre, 11000 University Pkwy. uwf.edu 'LITTLE WOMEN' 3 p.m. $15-$31. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com TRANSGENDER ALLIANCE 4 p.m. Free.

Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org THE WAILERS 7 p.m. $25. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com 8FITTY HIP HOP SHOW 8 p.m. $5. chizuko, 506 W. Belmont St. facebook.com/chizukopensacola

MONDAY 4.16

PILATES MAT 1:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educa-

tional Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org April 12, 2018

COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m.

SoGourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com COUNTRY DANCE LESSONS 6:30 p.m. $10.

Country Two Step, East Coast Swing, Competition Choreography and more.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com WEST FLORIDA LITERARY FEDERATION OPEN MIC 6:30 p.m. Free. Pensacola Cul-

tural Center, 400 S. Jefferson St.

THE LONE BELLOW 7 p.m. $20-$79. Vinyl

Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

'THE GREATEST SHOWMAN' 7 p.m. $5. (cash

only).The Rex Theatre, 18 N. Palafox.

BANDS ON THE BEACH 7-9 p.m. Free. Not Quite Fab. Gulfside Pavilion, Pensacola. visitpensacolabeach.com UWF LAMBDA COALITION MEETING 7 p.m.

Building 36, room 191. University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway.

COMEDY NIGHT 7 p.m. Swan Neck Meadery, 2115 W. Nine Mile Road. swanneckwinery.com UWF SINGERS PRESENT: 'ARISE' 7:30 p.m.

Free. Sacred Heart Cathedral, 1212 East Moreno St. uwf.edu

WEDNESDAY 4.18

WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Free. Margaritaville

Beach Hotel, 16 Fort Pickens Road.

WATERBOYZ SLOW SKATE 6-7 p.m. Every

Wednesday. Skate starts and ends at Waterboyz, 380 N. 9th Ave. waterboyz.com YOGA FLOW 6-7 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

The club for people who

are always running.

CAST IRON SHRIMP HANDS-ON COOKING CLASS 6-8 p.m. $64.50. SoGourmet, 407-D

S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com SWING DANCE LESSONS AND PARTY 6:3010 p.m. $5-$10. Professional west coast swing instruction for all levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com BLACK UHURU 7 p.m. $25. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com MEDITATION 7:15-8:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org FREE DANCE LESSONS 8-8:30 p.m. Free.

Beginner west coast swing dance lesson.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com

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through April 20.

Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org

PLACID CORPSE

On view through April 20. Art by Christopher Mills.

Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org TOO HAPPY On view through April 20. Art by Don Manderson.

Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org SPOTLIGHT ON ART: UWF SCHOLARSHIP On view

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PMA GALLERY TOURS 2:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free with museum admission. Pensacola

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Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org PMA OPEN STUDIO: TEXTILES 11:30 a.m.-

3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14. $6, free for PMA members.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson

St. pensacolamuseum.org

≥Current Exhibits

UWF STUDENT ART & DESIGN EXHIBITION

On view through April 14. TAG, 11000 University Pkwy. Bdg. 82. uwf.edu

64th ANNUAL MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBITION On view

through April 20.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

TINY SHOW: A SERIES OF SMALL

through April 21.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. bluemorninggallery. com JAY MARTIN PAINTINGS On view

through April 30.

Open Books, 1040 N. Guillemard St. MIX IT UP Quayside Art Gallery, 17 E.

Zaragoza St. quaysidegallery.com PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE ART STUDENTS EXHIBITION

On view through April 16-May 2.

Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. pensacolastate.edu LAMAR STUDIO: MICHAEL PEARCE: SECRET PAINTINGS

On view through May 18. Pensacola State College Lamar Studio, Bdg. 15. pensacolastate.edu MASTERS OF INSPIRATION On view

through May 18. Art

by Charlotte Mason, Kelly Schmidt and Ben Twingley.

Gallery 1060, First City Art, 1060 N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.org

PAPER CUTS: THE ART AND HISTORY OF PAPER-MAKING AND CUT PAPER ART On view

through June 17.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org CUT UP/CUT OUT

On view through June 17. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY On

view through June 17. Projected exhibition by UWF photography students.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

≥Workshops & Classes

POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Six-week

workshops are held Tuesdays from 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

at First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members. For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

INTRODUCTION TO POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Every Mon-

day from 6-8:30 p.m. at First City Art Center. Classes are $40. For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

CLAY HAND BUILDING Six-week

workshops are held Tuesdays from 6-9 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at First City Art Center. Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members. For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

CLAY SCULPTURE

Six-week workshops held Saturdays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at

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Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members.

For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

≥Call for Artists

RECYCLE, REUSE, REPURPOSE, REPEAT

Break down preexisting materials, reinterpret them with your chosen media and present never-before-seen recycled art. Artists may submit up to three works. Works must have been executed within the last two years. Works previously shown at Artel may not be submitted. All work must be ready for hanging or presentation and easy to exhibit with clear instructions where necessary. Drop off work Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, April 22, 1-4 p.m. For more information, visit artelgallery.org.

≥Call for Films

STAMPED SUBMISSIONS Stamped

LGBT Film Festival is returning for its seventh year, and film submissions are open through Sunday, July 1. Filmmakers have the opportunity to win monetary prizes in the following categories: Best Narrative, Best Documentary and Best Short.

For those interested in submitting a film, visit filmfreeway. com/stampedpensacolalgbt. To learn more about the film festival and to get involved, visit stampedfilmfest.com.

Bars & Nightlife

≥Bar Games Thursdays

LADIES NIGHT 5 p.m.

V. Paul's Italian Ristorante, 29 S. Palafox.

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p.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook. com/PerfectPlainBrewingCo POKER 8 p.m.

The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. wobusa.com/locations/palafox BAR BINGO 8 p.m.

Apple Annie's at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

POOL TOURNAMENT 8 p.m. The

MONDAY NIGHT TRIVIA 9:30-10:30

BREW IQ TRIVIA NIGHT WITH JERRELL HENDRIX 7-9

Ticket 2, 2115 W. Nine Mile Road. ticketsportsbar.com COLLEGE NIGHT 10 p.m. Drink specials, beer pong tournament starts at 10 p.m.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com.

Fridays WINE TASTING

5-7 p.m. Informative wine tasting in Seville Quarter Wine and Gift Shop. No charge for the tasting.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com POOL TOURNAMENT 8 p.m. The

Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com Saturdays

MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION NIGHT 8 p.m. Seville

Quarter Membership Card Holder Appreciation Night at Phineas Phogg's. 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com Sundays

BAR AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE (B.A.R.E. NIGHT) 7

p.m. Special prices for B.A.R.E. Card membership holders.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com Mondays

BREW IQ TRIVIA NIGHT WITH JERRELL HENDRIX 7-9

p.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook. com/PerfectPlainBrewingCo TEXAS HOLD 'EM FOR FUN AND TRIVIA 7 p.m. The

p.m. Mugs and Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway. facebook.com/ mugsjugs Tuesdays TUESDAY TRIVIA 8 p.m. The Bridge Bar and Sunset Lounge, 33 Gulf Breeze Parkway. facebook.com/ thebridgebargb BAR BINGO 8 p.m.

Ticket Sports Bar, 7333 N. Davis Highway. Play to win up to $100 in gift cards.

TICKET TEAM TRIVIA 8 p.m. The Ticket

1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com POKER 8 p.m. The Ticket 2, 2115 W. Nine Mile Road. ticketsportsbar.com TEAM TRIVIA 9 p.m.

Hopjacks. 10 S. Palafox. hopjacks. com Wednesdays WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS 11

a.m. Half-priced bottles of wine every Wednesday. Jackson's Steakhouse, 226 S. Palafox. jacksonsrestaurant.com WAY BACK WEDNESDAYS 4 p.m. Free

admission for ladies, $1 beers, $5 pizza.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

LADIES NIGHT ON THE DECK 5 p.m. $2

drinks and music.

The Deck Bar, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola.com

PUB TRIVIA NIGHT

7-9:30 p.m. Goat

Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Road. facebook.com/ goatlipsdeli WEDNESDAY QUIZ TRIVIA 8 p.m. The

Cabaret, 101 S. Jefferson St. cabaretpensacola.com PUB TRIVIA WEDNESDAYS 8-10

p.m. O'Riley's Irish Pub, 321 S. Palafox. orileyspub.com TICKET BAR BINGO

8 p.m. The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Road. ticketsportsbar.com BAR BINGO 10 p.m.

Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. iplaypensacola.com

≥Karaoke

Thursdays Lili Marlene's at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m.

130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com Lili Marlene's at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m.

130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com Saturdays Hub Stacey's with Krazy George, 9 p.m.

312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com Sundays The Sandshaker Lounge, 9 p.m.

731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com Mondays The Cabaret, 9 p.m.

101 S. Jefferson St. 607-2020 or cabaretpensacola.com Tuesdays Sandshaker Lounge, 8 p.m. 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com Goat Lips Deli with Krazy George, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. 2811 Copter Road.

Play, 9 p.m. 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. iplaypensacola.com Wednesdays Ticket Sports Bar with Krazy George, 9 p.m. 7333 N. Davis Highway.

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music

By Stephanie Sharp

Southern Vibes "I'm teaching people how this is the vibe and we're gonna do this together," said Love Moor.

The focus on Southern arts and music at SouthSounds is a different dynamic than a big event like SXSW, but Love Moor welcomes the chance to connect with other Southern artists and fans.

"I think it's cool that everybody gets to share that platform."

Her biggest influences include Amy Winehouse, Lauryn Hill, Stevie Nicks, Bob Marley, Frank Ocean and Adele, which are apparent in her EP "Simp Girl."

The lyrics and vocals on "Simp Girl" are disarmingly honest and layered over beats that bring the listener into very personal experiences of love, sexuality, abandonment and self love, without ever feeling melancholy or mournful.

She's currently working on her first full-length album as inspiration comes. Love Moor described the process of creating and releasing "Simp Girl" as a sort of hit-and-run confessional that she's now working to refine and evolve through her live performances. She didn't expect the positive responses and calls for more work to follow the EP.

"It's real personal. I'm gonna tell y'all all my business, then I'm gonna run away." Love Moor Love Moor / Photo by Courtney Little of FM Live

This weekend, the streets of downtown Mobile will be brought to life with this year's SouthSounds Music and Arts Festival. The three-day event is packed with more than 75 different musicians and bands who will perform across various music venues and outdoor public stages. The lineup focuses mostly on up-and-coming and independent acts that push the boundaries of what the South has to offer in music and arts, with musicians spanning genres like Americana, country, bluegrass, R&B and hip-hop. There are also plenty of indie bands making their way back to Mobile for the festival, including Of Montreal and Surfer Blood.

SHOWCASING MOBILE

With the aim to promote the "fun and quirky flavor of the South," SouthSounds will also feature arts and cultural activities for all ages, plus a few networking events sprinkled in for good measure, all the while showing off downtown Mobile.

The April 2018 LoDa ArtWalk will happen Friday night in conjunction with the festival as well as an Arts & Crafts Market on Saturday 818 1

and Sunday featuring one-of-a-kind pieces produced by local artisans, organized by the Mobile Arts Council. Several ongoing art demonstrations will let festival-goers experience the artistic processes of sculpture, glassblowing, mural painting and pottery throwing.

In addition to the arts and live music, SouthSounds and Dauphin Street Sound will present a series of informative music business discussion panels to help up-and-coming musicians learn how to take their careers to the next level or to educate anyone who wants to learn more about the business side of the music industry. There will also be a music industry networking happy hour at the Dauphin Street Sound recording studio, moderated by Jared "Jay B." Boyd. Startup Weekend Mobile 2018 will also be happening at The Steeple on St. Francis throughout SouthSounds weekend.

MOOR TO LOVE

Live music really is the main draw of SouthSounds though and one of acts Inweekly is stoked to see on the lineup is genre-agnostic vocalist Love Moor. She resists labeling her sound and instead

"It's real personal," she explained about "Simp Girl." "I'm gonna tell y'all all my business, then I'm gonna run away."

For other artists looking to build on their creative passions or turn their experiences into art, Love Moor suggests following the inspiration and trusting your instincts.

"If you really want to do it and that's your passion, you've got to figure out a way to work it without compromising yourself." {in}

emphasizes the experience she wants her listeners to have.

"It's a lot of a little bit of everything," said Love Moor. "It's gonna be a vibe and they're gonna enjoy themselves."

Love Moor is a singer-songwriter working out of Birmingham, Ala.. She said that she's often struck with inspiration randomly and will stop to capture soon-to-be lyrics in a notebook, which she later cleans up WHAT: An annual festival that showcases into finished tracks. the best in emerging and independent "It's real organic. I think it's hard Southern music and art to plan creativity."

WHEN: Friday, April 13 -Sunday, April 15 She brings the same type of natuWHERE: Downtown Mobile, Ala. ral process to her performances. After COST: $25-$100 performing at this year's South by DETAILS: southsoundsfest.com Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, she joins other Southern musicians at SouthSounds and has her audience top of mind. She recognizes that WHAT: Love Moor at SouthSounds festivals bring together crowds that WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14 might not be there to see her perform WHERE: The Merry Widow, 51 S. Concepin particular, but she aims to fold tion St., Mobile, Ala. them into a great performance like DETAILS: ldlrmusic.com/love-moor or she would a crowd of familiar faces in soundcloud.com/lovemoor a local venue or smaller show.

SOUTHSOUNDS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL

LOVE MOOR

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news of the weird MISTAKEN IDENTITY Around 4:30 a.m. on March 22, High Point, North Carolina, 911 dispatchers received a surprising call from a man informing them he had broken into a business. "Yes, this is Jesus Christ, and I just broke into the Pizza Hut," claimed 46-year-old Richard Lee Quintero of Greensboro, according to WFMY TV. "Jesus is here, he's back to Earth. I just broke in and had a pizza. I'm Jesus," Quintero told dispatchers. "Because I'm Jesus, I can do whatever I want." He also complained that "everybody's been treating me mean." High Point police officers arrested Quintero and charged him with breaking and entering and larceny.

EXTREME MEASURES Shannon Dean Egeland, 43, of Kuna, Oregon, was found guilty Feb. 28 in an elaborate scheme to delay a prison sentence and collect insurance. The Idaho Statesman reported that shortly before Egeland was to begin a 10-year jail term in 2014 for his role in a $20 million housing scandal, he took out a disability insurance policy and talked his then-17-year-old son into shooting him in the legs with a 20-gauge shotgun, which would delay his prison term—not to mention let him collect on the new insurance policy.

After the teenager shot him, Egeland called police and said he'd been assaulted, but police became suspicious when they found Egeland's wallet and BMW were still at the scene. U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown tacked three years and 10 months of additional time onto Egeland's original sentence. Egeland, who eventually lost his left leg, stood before the judge on his prosthetic leg and said he'd had a lot of time to reflect on his crimes and realized he needs mental health counseling. Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Bradford called him a "menace to society."

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ficers thought he seemed familiar. Turns out he was Christopher McDowell, 34, a suspect in a Feb. 22 shoplifting incident at a local Kohl's store, according to the News Journal. McDowell was charged with shoplifting and arraigned, then released on $1,000 bail. After he made a phone call to a friend for a ride home, his Kohl's accomplice, April Wright, 48, showed up—and she too was arrested and charged.

•John Silva and Derrick Irving thought they had a foolproof plan to cover their tracks after breaking into a mutual acquaintance's apartment on March 13 in DeLand, Florida.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office told News 6 the men stole appliances and a flat-screen TV from the home, then stopped before leaving to set a pot of spaghetti sauce on a hot burner and place a washcloth nearby so it would catch fire and destroy evidence. The victim had been alerted to the break-in by security cameras and called police, who stopped the two and found among the stolen goods in their car an empty jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce. Both men were charged with unarmed burglary, grand theft and arson.

FEUDS In Toronto, a group of animal rights advocates started protesting outside a restaurant called Antler in early December. By March, the protests had grown, and Antler's co-owner, Michael Hunter, had had enough of the "murder" signs and "You've got blood on your hands" chants. So on March 23, he told the Globe and Mail, he figured, "I'm going to have my own protest. ... This is who we are and what we do. So I went and got a deer leg." Hunter brought a cutting board, knife and the hindquarter of a deer into the front window and butchered the meat while the protesters looked on. As a result, Hunter and the protesters are now trying to open a dialogue, and reservation requests at Antler have increased.

JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH It's been a twisty, U-turny road for Brittany Ann Koerselman, 19, and her first (soon-to-be second) husband, Jeremie Rook, 24, of Little Rock, Iowa. The two originally married in 2014, when Koerselman, then 15, was pregnant with Rook's child. But they divorced when she was 18. "He just wasn't ready to be all of that," Koerselman told Metro News. "The parent, the husband, the responsible person. He just wasn't ready for that." She said she and Rook have gotten back together and split up seven times since their divorce, but they can't stand being apart, so they're planning a "f-ing princess wedding" for this summer. "The last time I got married, I got swollen on the way to Missouri—it's six hours (drive), so my shoes didn't fit," Koerselman recalled. "We're reusing (the) old engagement ring. He's different this time," she told (herself).

•Neighbors in Gainesville, Florida, called police on March 11 after finding a set of stairs barricaded in their condominium complex. The Gainesville Sun reported that Derrick Lamar Walker, 34, told officers on their arrival that his neighbors had been stomping in the stairwell outside his apartment to "get back at him for his several (insurance-related) lawsuits," according to a police department report. In retaliation, Walker had covered the stairs with fishing line, thin rubber gaskets, duct tape and cooking oil to try to keep the neighbors away. He was arrested on a criminal mischief charge and was held at the Alachua County Jail. {in}

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS When an intoxicated man arrived at the Delaware State Police Troop 1 station in Wilmington on March 20, looking for a ride home, of-

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