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MELANIE MCGLOTHREN Replay Systems presented the Escambia County Emergency Communications telecommunicator with its Telecommunicator Quality Performance Award. In April, McGlothren handled a medical emergen cy 911 call and guided the caller on how to help a manager who had acid splashed into an eye. She also gave first responders critical information that quickly led them to the location. Replay Sys tems reviews and evaluates the Escambia County telecommunicators' 911 calls and scored the Mc Glothren incident a 100%.
winners & losers and a state mental hospital. She has also served as medical director, guiding a team of more than 30 psychiatric medical staff at Lakeview Center, in cluding physicians and mid-level practitioners.
AIA FLORIDA NORTHWEST The American Institute of Architects Florida awarded the AIA Florida Northwest chapter its 2022 Anthony "Tony" Pullara chapter award. The honor cele brates the chapter that exceeds expectations in public awareness, outreach, political effectiveness and membership development. The citation not ed AIA Florida Northwest's locally curated con tinuing education offerings and public outreach programs, such as PensaCan, its annual food drive for Manna Food Pantries.
ALLAN BENSE The feds have accused a com pany run by the former House Speaker of bilk ing millions of dollars from local governments to clean up debris after Hurricane Michael in 2018. The Panama City News Herald report ed Bense's GAC Contractors ordered crews to move equipment to Bay County schools after the hurricane but not to do any work, accord ing to the affidavit. The company then billed the county and school district for the equipment. Other crews allegedly cleaned up sites for vari ous local politicians and billed Bay County for the work.
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The Children's Home Society will be able to expand its programs aimed at helping young survivors of abuse and homelessness find resources and stability thanks to a $100,000 donation from the Sansing family. This is the second $100,000 gift from the Sansing family in the past two years. In 2020, Sandy Sansing wrote a big check to aid the nonprofit in helping families facing challenging situations compounded by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
NEWS JOURNAL We're a newspaper of strong opinions, and Pensacola's once-dai ly newspaper has the right to have its editorial board endorse a candidate in a race. However, letting Mark Lombardo have a guest viewpoint bashing his opponent, Congressman Matt Gaetz, the weekend before the primary isn't fair, particularly for a newspaper that doesn't write its own editorials daily. Gaetz deserved equal space. losers
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RON DESANTIS Our governor may be the most popular GOP leader after Donald Trump, and many Republicans love his leadership style. But the man can be very petty. For the past four years, Agriculture Commissioner Nik ki Fried, the only Democratic member of the Florida Cabinet, has complained that DeSan tis hasn’t held monthly cabinet meetings. This year, he has held only one meeting, which was on March 29. Fried finally got her wish. A cab inet meeting was held Tuesday, Aug. 23, the same day as the state's primary election when she battled Charlie Crist for the Democratic nomination for governor. Definitely a jerk move.
The Pen sacola hospital has handled about 70 Baker Act patients a week. Two weeks ago, the hospital notified the state that it would no longer do so, putting the community in crisis mode and forc ing Escambia County and Baptist Hospital to scramble. We've heard all parties are trying to work out how to spread out the workload over the next 90 days. Remember, we've agreed that mental health should be a priority.
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I spent time last week talking with those fa miliar with the political campaigns, and many agreed the Aug. 25 election primary cycle was one of the weirdest in decades. We saw a new record set for the money con tributed for Escambia County and Pensacola rac es for a mid-term local primary. D.C. Reeves col lected contributions from over 600 businesses and individuals, winning the hearts of several local politicalMikeconsultants.Hillreturned to take on the woman who upset him two years ago, Michelle Salzman. Hill's literature tried to position him as the incumbent. Fortunately, he didn't raise funds to do his usu al dirty tricks, but we did hear Hill's supporters tried to position him as Gov. Ron DeSantis' choice when they canvassed voters. Before early voting started, Peggy Schiller tried to win the Democratic Congressional Pri mary by having frontrunner Rebekah Jones dis qualified after allegedly receiving an anonymous tip that Jones inexplicably changed her voter registra tion online for two months while living in Maryland. All the votes will be count ed thanks to a stay while an appellate court reviews the matter. Schiller may still succeed in disqualifying Jones, but she will know that her party didn't want her to go to the general election.
In the race to replace State Rep. Jayer Wil liamson, we found out candidate Mariya Calkins and her husband, Santa Rosa County Commis sioner James Calkins, loved Russia and Vladimir Putin, according to a 2013 YouTube video that the Calkins must have forgotten to delete. The couple told the media they disagree with Putin, but those who have met with the couple have sharedLancasterotherwise.and Calkins were finalists being the biggest primary clown. However, the award goes to Stan "Quick Draw" Mc Daniels. Pensacola Police arrested the District 4 Es cambia County Commis sion candidate for illegal ly carrying a firearm openly after citizens complained about him campaigning with a pistol in his waistband while waving at cars from the corner of Main and Baylen streets near the M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building on July 4. Florida is not an open-carry state. In Flor ida, it is unlawful for any person to carry on or about their person any firearm openly. It's typical ly a misdemeanor of the second degree. Accord ing to the arrest report, McDaniel's Beretta had nine rounds in the magazine and one in the cham ber. He streamed his encounter with police on his Facebook page, telling the officers that he wanted to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. When I interviewed him on the radio, McDan iels said he had campaigned with a gun tucked un der his shirt. "I have a concealed weapons permit … I've been shaking hands. I've been going to meet ings. I've been present at all these different places." Maybe the next Walker Holmes novel should be about the 2022 primary. Nah, no one would believe it. {in} rick@inweekly.net saw a new record set for the money contributed for Escambia County and Pensacola races for a mid-term local primary.
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Republican challenger Mark Lombardo got a free campaign ad from the News Journal the weekend before the primary when the once-daily newspaper published Lombardo's guest view at tacking incumbent Congressman Matt Gaetz. We saw two Escambia County judge candi dates talk about the arrest records of their op ponents. Public Defender Bruce Miller filed a complaint against Scott Ritchie for allegedly mis stating his job responsibilities. Santa Rosa County has one of the top school districts in the state. Yet, we saw several can didates adopt "Stop Woke" agendas without proof that it was a problem at any Santa Rosa publicSantaschool.Rosa County School Board candidate Alisabeth Janai Lancaster got so worked up that she took her time at the conclusion of a politi cal forum to declare her opposition to prescribed therapies for transsexual youth. She said, "These doctors that are going along with mutilating these children and prescribing hormone lockers to these kids, in my opinion, they should be hanging from the nearest tree." Her comments drew applause at the event sponsored by the Gulf Coast Patriots. Howev er, few outside the forum were pleased with her lynch-mob approach to education.
Another advantage for Moreno is how the staff easily relates to him. Employees view More no as one of them, knowing he rose through the organization and understands how vital each role is in its "It'ssuccess. atremendous asset to the county that he did start in road prison, if you will," Blackmon said. "He was learning everything from the ground up. He's been through engineering, contracts and understands things that need to be done."
The commissioners choose initiatives using a limited number of resources for an unlimited number of requests from constituents. Many county departments operate short-staffed, com plicating matters further for the commissioners and "IMoreno.can'tgive him a list of things like fix every drainage problem in Escambia County—that's a list that's going to go forever—or fix all the traf fic issues," Bergosh said. "But we do them one by one; we eat the elephant one bite at a time. And he's a guy that has a great disposition and demeanor. And plus, he has corporate knowledge. I mean, he's been here 30-plus years and working multiple levels all the way up to the top."
In January, the commissioners hired GovHR USA to recruit candidates and opened a national search for the position. Only 28 people applied— a far cry from the previous search when over 100 applicants vied to be the administrator.
Moreno is tasked with implementing the dayto-day operations of the county and overseeing the 18 departments that report to him. He said his No. 1 priority is supporting the county com missioners. He and the county as a whole will ultimately be judged on the success of the com missioners' initiatives.
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Moreno is confident that the county is po sitioned to achieve each initiative successfully. He considers this the best group of department directors since he came on board, and he said morale is up significantly from a year ago.
"If you look at me on paper, I'm probably not that impressive," Moreno said. "It's just about knowing how to work, making good decisions and taking advantage of opportunities."
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"He gets along with folks," Bergosh said. "I don't see him having any kind of loyalty issues or enemies or anything like that. There's just a real jovial personality. And meanwhile, he gets to work every day. He takes the calls, shows up at the Only County Commissioner Doug Under hill (District 2) voted to continue the national search, noting that Moreno said he was not in terested in applying for the permanent position. Moreno held true to his word and never applied for the job, but after about six months, he began Moreno has found the transition from di rector to administrator to be smoother than he anticipated. His extraordinary work ethic and positive attitude are just as effective and even far more reaching as the administrator.
The 21-year-old man slinging asphalt for an honest pay is a distant memory, but his bluecollar roots live on in every decision he makes for the county.
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Moreno sold Blackmon on accepting the position without any promises that he would be the choice for county administrator. He never sought the position in his 35-plus years with the county and told the commissioners last year that he only wanted to serve as an interim. But then
"One thing that helps me in this role is being in the county for all these years and knowing how to navigate the system—all that culmina tion of experience and making good decisions and standing up to the challenges," he said.
"They gave us a list of 28 people; one lady works at Waffle House; the other one's, 'Oh, I'm unemployed right now,'" said County Commis sioner Jeff Bergosh (District 1). "I mean, the re sumes, there were a few good resumes in there, but small towns, small townships, small counties Without any leading candidates among the applicant pool, four of the commissioners voted to halt the search and hire a proven commodity in Moreno as the permanent administrator. Moreno won over the commissioners by demonstrating the same commitment to his job as he did 35 years ago when he patched and repaired county roads.
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In some ways, Bruce Beach is a little down town sliver of municipal paradise, with waves lapping the sleepy shoreline as it waits for the city of Pensacola to develop it into a more ac cessible and inviting waterfront. But the beach also represents a significant quandary, with the city spending millions on a public improvement project and inviting people to enjoy an area con taminated with human waste. The uncomfortable incongruency of these divergent realities was on full display in June, as a group of kayakers embarking on a tour provided by the Florida Public Archaeology Network was warned of the presence of fecal matter by a young man picking up trash from the beach.
"The only challenge in answering that ques tion is knowing what we'll find and how quickly we'll be able to find it," Palmer told the city council in May.
Shortly after the groundbreaking for the Bruce Beach improvement project in early August, Amy Tootle, the city's Public Works and Facilities direc tor, said that summer illnesses had sidelined the project and painted an otherwise foggy picture of the next steps. proach trying to figure it out, whether it's cameras, whether it's detergent testing—there's probably going to be a bunch of things that we will be doing trying to source it out."
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UWF and the Bream Fishermen Association wrapped up their testing work and presented the findings to the city in July, with the final report confirming that wastewater is infiltrating the stormwater system and making its way to BruceAccordingBeach. to BFA President and UWF Coastal Communities Coordinator Barbara Albrecht, there's a very straightforward reason that sewage is being detected in the stormwa ter. She said, "We suck, flat-out suck at main tainingAlbrechtthings."acknowledges that are "a lot of moving parts." With the aging wastewater in frastructure buried in the soft sandy ground of downtown, the constant development disturb ing that ground, and heavy rain events saturat ing the soil, the old pipes leak and sewage infil trates the stormwater system, which itself is at times awash in tidal surge. According to the UWF/BFA report to the city, the area near ECUA's former wastewater treat ment facility on Main Street has been identified as a consistent hotspot. The water at times flows out of the ground and onto the street, and bacteria levels remain high for days after rain events.
"The plant may have moved, but all the pip ing is still there; most people don't think about that," Albrecht said. "But everything still goes downtown."Palmerinformed the city council last spring that the wastewater infrastructure downtown is among the oldest in ECUA's system, with terra cotta pipes dating back to the late 1800s. Since 2012, ECUA has been required by a Florida De partment of Environmental Protection consent order to repair its aging, leaking infrastructure systemwide. In the downtown and southern portion of its service area, according to Bowers, ECUA has rehabilitated 37% of the infrastruc ture at a cost of $28 million.
Mayor Grover Robinson sounded optimistic that the problem would be addressed by the time the city wraps up the just-begun municipal project on the beach. By the time people were formally invited down to the waterfront, the contamination could be dealt with. "Certainly, construction down there at the park will take a year, a year-plus," Robinson reckoned. This month, ECUA and the city tested the salinity levels in the Bruce Beach storm drains to determine which biological test is appropriate and how effective detergent testing may be. Detergent testing—a method in which detergent is injected into the wastewater system to see if it is observed infiltrating the stormwater system—was to begin soon, but that has now been put on hold until later this fall due to supply chain issues.
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tually measure how many bacteria there were because there were too many for the analysis," Dr. Jane Caffrey, a professor with the University of West Florida's Center for Environmental Diagnos tics and Bioremediation, told the council in April. Council President Ann Hill initially requested UWF and the Bream Fishermen Association start conducting water tests in 2021, with an eye on the city's plans to spend more than $8 million developing Bruce Beach. The council then re quested the testing continue and expand to sites within the Bruce Beach watershed from August 2021-February 2022. When the preliminary testing indicated wastewater was getting into the stormwater sys tem, the city partnered with the Emerald Coast Utility Authority to determine the sources and address the issue. When ECUA Deputy Execu tive Director Don Palmer was asked about an estimated timeline for the effort, it was clear that expectations should be loose.
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"I wouldn't go swimming today," the man joked as the kayakers launched into Pensacola Bay. That was about a month before Bruce Beach was closed to the public, with the city beginning work on its improvement project. By next sum mer, the beach will reopen with an entry plaza, scenic overlook, educational components and kayak launch—but what will the water be like? Will visitors risk swimming in waters that test beyond the acceptable threshold for fecal matter more than half the time?
Albrecht points out that while the wastewater processing facility was moved from downtown following Hurricane Ivan, the area's wastewater continues to flow to the site, where ECUA pumps it back up to a new facility in Cantonment.
In addition to maintaining and making improvements to downtown's stormwater infrastructure to accommodate heavier rain events and minimize tidal inflows—recom mendations outlined in the UWF/BFA report— the remedy to the wastewater issue at Bruce Beach is simple, if expensive—repair all the old wastewater infrastructure.
"It's 2022. What the hell, man? Why are we still having this discussion," Albrecht said, sug gesting that this is the sort of expense that resto ration funds associated with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill should go towards. "That's why we have that Triumph money, with RESTORE."
"Unless we can have healthy water, this park will not be complete," Hill said. {in} of City of Pensacola
In late June, the area's three large governmen tal buildings—Pensacola City Hall, the Chappie James Building and M.C. Blanchard Judicial Com plex—were tested and cleared as possible sources of the wastewater infiltration.
If rehabilitating ancient wastewater infra structure is the fix in this instance, that's likely to take a while, certainly longer than the city's waterfront improvement project at Bruce Beach. Or, rather, as Council President Hill framed it at the groundbreaking ceremony recently, this beach improvement project will stretch well beyond the ribbon-cutting next summer.
Last spring, the Pensacola City Council received a preliminary report on water quality testing conducted around Bruce Beach. The results were not encouraging, with high levels of bacteria indicating that raw sewage was infil trating the stormwater system.
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"The first round of testing with the City of Pensacola was scheduled to begin between Aug. 16 and Aug. 20, weather permitting, but it has been postponed to early October due to a delay in the shipping of testing materials," said Nathalie Bowers, public information officer for ECUA. "We are exploring alternate sources for these materi als to see if we can obtain some sooner but so far haven't located any."
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"We definitely want to move to more of a forced parking in those corral spots, and it's just really identifying and figuring those out as we move forward," the mayor said.
"They're going to do whatever they're going to do with it—scrap it, sell it, that's a business de cision they will make," said Deputy City Adminis trator Amy Miller, noting that the city made about three times as much money off vessel's extended stay than initially anticipated. The ship's departure has given the port more available capacity.
The Maritime Park's $1.6 million marina project was supposed to commence this month, but the work has been de layed. Mayor Grover Robinson said, "We'd hoped we would be under construction and have that thing finished. Unfortunately, because of things on the supply side, the main dock components have been ordered but will not be scheduled for delivery until December." Even with this delay, a completion date of next spring is still expected. The mayor said, "So boat season next year, we'll have a place for you to dock in downtown Pensacola."
Theme 1 is "Children Are Healthy." Its indica tors are infant mortality, low birth weight, prenatal care, teen pregnancy, oral health, childhood obe sity and bacterial STD rate among children 0-18.
"All the references and citations are in there," Executive Director Tammy Greer told her board. "So if there are any people like me who are data nerds, you want to go and look at all the stuff and see where we got all this that's in there. We're also going to include the public comments that are re ceived through the process over the next three weeks so that everybody knows that their voice was heard and recorded." She added, "If they don't have access to the technology and don't want to sit and scroll through online, I can mail them a copy. They can come by the office and pick it up; they can ask me, and I'll email it. So however people need to get this, we will get it to them."
"We knew it was going to leave at some point," Mayor Robinson said. "I was a little bit surprised it left in hurricane season. I thought it would proba bly wait a couple more months."
Throughout the year-long pilot program, Mayor Robinson said he thinks that Veo's sitdown scooters offered both riders and the city a better experience.
The Needs Assessment has four themes with several indicators to track under each.
The sheriff said once Baptist fills its beds, the nearest option would be Fort Walton. He said, "That's not practical for our deputies to take them there. So now, either there's not going to be any room, or we have to wait for a tremendous amount of time. What are we going to do with theseWestpeople?"Florida Hospital's decision is another blow to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office that has worked to improve how it interacts with men tal health"Whenissues.we're starting to think that we have some solutions, we get knocked back with this— only half of the Baker Act beds are going to be available," said Sheriff Simmons. "And now we have one more thing thrown at us." On Monday, we heard options have been discussed, and all parties have agreed to give a 90-day pause to work out the details. Read ricks blog.biz for updates.
Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm will present a town hall to inform the people of Pen sacola about Camp Lejeune Water Contamina tion Claims. The event will take place 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Monument to Women Veterans Museum at 980 E. Heinberg St. Admis sion is Militaryfree. service personnel and citizens who served, worked or lived at the Camp Lejeune Ma rine Base between 1953 and 1987 could have been exposed to toxic drinking water and developed se rious illnesses as a result of this exposure. These people might qualify to file claims against the U.S. government to recover losses from their illnesses.
CAMP LEJEUNE WATER CONTAMINATION
"It's going to impact law enforcement tremen dously," said Sheriff Simmons. "Let me just give you an example of what takes place. We get a call about someone acting erratic, someone going through a crisis. We get there, and they haven't really com mitted a crime, or they've committed a crime, but it was due to their mental health conditions. And so no one wants to put these people in jail."
Though in port for three years being retrofit ted, Bezos recently scuttled the idea of using the ship for a landing pad. Thus, the vessel is report edly making its last voyage to a Texas scrap yard.
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"We applaud President Biden and lawmak ers for taking this important step to consider the substantial harms people suffered from Camp Lejeune," said LPR attorney Brian Barr. "We are holding this town hall to help those who served our country at this military base, as well as their families and civilians who lived and worked there, get the justice they deserve."
"The decision was to go with Veo over Bird, but that wasn't so much the companies one way or the other; it was really just the equipment," Mayor Grover Robinson said. "We like the sitdown scooter better than the stand-up."
Robinson said that he has heard comments noting that the rentable scooters are increasingly being found in farther away neighborhoods, such as the East Hill and North Hill areas.
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Theme 4 is "Children Have Supports to Help Them Avoid Risky Behaviors." Programs under this theme must impact childhood hunger, youth arrests school suspensions, school arrests and re ferrals to law enforcement, youth mental health and hospitalizations from mental disorders. {in}
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NEEDS ASSESSMENT
The Escambia County Children's Trust has a Needs Assessment on its website, escambiachildrenstrust.org, and is asking for public input through Wednesday, Aug. 31. The Needs Assessment will guide the Trust's strategic plan and budget. The assessment's data sets a baseline to track the success of the pro grams that the Trust Board decides to fund. The Needs Assessment dives into the context sur rounding 24 indicators where disparities exist by asking three questions about each data point. Why does this matter? The data profiled in this report shines a light on the state of youth and families and helps us make informed deci sions about where change is possible. This mat ters as we embark on investing in effective pro grams that can be replicated, removing barriers and strengthening interventions to better meet the needs of children. Where do we stand? We measure and track outcomes historically and compare ourselves to the state of Florida and the U.S. whenever we can. We also disaggregate data by variables such as race/ethnicity so we can see where disparities and uneven opportunities exist. What can we do about it? What does effec tive implementation of a program that helps chil dren at scale look like? How do we ensure all agencies have the structure and staffing in place to manage, analyze and share data to take action to support children, youth and families? (Yes, we realize these are two more questions, but that's how ECT explained it.)
The city is moving toward another extension with an e-scooter company, Veo. The extension of the city's current pilot program contract will only be for a couple of months while a more long-term contract is drawn up.
Theme 2 is "Children Are Ready to Succeed in School and Life." Programs under this theme will focus on VPK participation, quality child care, kindergarten readiness, chronic school absenc es, third-grade reading proficiency, middle school math proficiency and high school graduation.
So, obviously, not having it there, we'll look, and we think the port has new opportunities," Mayor Robinson said the port would like to see some marine research-related tenants take up residence at the north end of the port. In early September, he said, the city is expecting to put forward a request to Triumph Gulf Coast, the group that oversees environmental restora tion funds stemming from the 2010 BP Oil Spill, for funds to support such operations. Robinson said, "I think the future for the port is bright; there's a lot of opportunities."
West Florida Hos pital has given the state a two-week notice that it will no longer take in Baker Act patients. Sheriff Chip Simmons estimated that West Florida Hos pital handled 1,400 of the county's 3,100 Baker Act cases last year. The sudden change will impact law enforcement, EMS and county welfare. The sher iff and Baptist Hospital, which handles about 1,700 annually, are scrambling to find a solution.
Mayor Robinson said some tweaks to the scooter program before moving forward will be more parking corrals, probably about 15 or 20 more of the sites around downtown.
"It opens up a new berth for us. We've missed out on some opportunities because they were there," Robinson said. "It was a good thing to have, but we also have turned down opportunities we could have worked through with having it there.
"I think what we found out is that we like the sit-down scooters better than the stand-up scooter," he said. "I think they're a little bit eas ier for people to understand, and we saw better parking consistency with those."
The city of Pensac ola's deal with Streamline Boats to set up shop at the municipal port may be in question, but May or Grover Robinson doesn't appear to be sweating it too much.
Theme 3 is "Children Are Not Abused or Ne glected." Its indicators are substance-exposed newborns, foster care placements, children with verified maltreatment and domestic violence.
He continued, "So the only thing that we can do to protect them and the people around them is to do what's called a Baker Act. Sometimes they go with us, and sometimes they will not. But we feel like we have to do that. We have to take them somewhere. We can't take them to the jail in this scenario, so we have to take them to what's called the nearest receiving facility. In the past, it has been Baptist or West Florida."
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"That's a good thing," the mayor said. "The whole issue was we wanted to find a way to deal with parking issues and stop cars from ever com ing into downtown. If we could do that, we could be successful in giving people other options."
"If it doesn't work out, we do have op portunities now," Robinson said during his weekly press conference, painting a rosy picture of the port's prospects. "From our standpoint, we continue to see more and more warehouses being used. And if some thing happens and we do get that warehouse back where Streamline Boats was going to be, we have uses right now." Some sizable real estate has already be come available at the port, with the Blue Or igin ship shoving off over the weekend. The cargo ship was being retrofitted by Offshore Inland for use as a landing pad for Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space operation.
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It's almost September—which means the only thing more anticipat ed than a change in the weather (which has to be coming any day now … right?) is the return of must-see TV shows like "Ramy" and "Abbott Elementary" and award season contenders at movie theaters. There are also a lot of great books on the horizon and new music worth pre-sav ing, so no matter how you're feeling about summer ending, there's plenty to look for ward to. {in}
Things to Read, Watch and Listen To This Fall
BREAKING (Digital Rental) "Star Wars" actor John Boyega plays a marine war veteran who faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life. It's an unofficial 2022 update of the classic "Dog Day Afternoon."
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BONES AND ALL "Call Me by Your Name" director Luca Gua dagnino reunites with Timothée Chalamet for this cannibal love story. Maren (Taylor Russell), a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society with Lee (Chalamet).
*All the movies and release dates include in this roundup are for theatrical releases unless other wise noted.
AVATAR (2022 re-release) In preparation for its long-awaited sequel, "Av atar" returns to reacquaint us with the world of Pandora. In case you need a refresher—a paraple gic Marine (Sam Worthington) dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
OCT. 7 TÁR Set in the international world of classical mu sic, the film centers on the fictional Lydia Tár, played by Cate Blanchett. Tár is widely consid ered one of the greatest living composer/con ductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
SEPT. 2 HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL. (Opening in theaters and streaming on Peacock) In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinitie Childs (Regina Hall), the first lady of a promi nent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown), rebuild their congregation in this dark comedy.
The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode (Ja mie Lee Curtis) comes to a spine-chilling climax in this final installment of the franchise.
PEARL We first met Pearl in the A24 slasher "X" earlier this year. Now learn how she became a homicidal starlet-in-the-making in this prequel.
BROS Bill Eichner stars in the first romantic comedy from a major studio about two gay men who are stumbling towards love, but they might be too busy for the commitment.
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Fall Flicks By Joshua Encinias
AMSTERDAM Set in the '30s, it follows three friends (played by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John Da vid Washington) who witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history in this real-life story.
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The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, played by Naomi Acki. The movie tracks her jour ney from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Two lifelong friends (played by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
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DEC. 16 AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) lives with his new found family formed on the planet of Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neyti ri (Zoe Saldaña) and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their planet.
THE MENU A young couple (played by Anna Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travel to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
JAWS (2022 IMAX re-release) What's left to be said about the shark who want ed it all? When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. See it BIG in IMAX.
The nation of Wakanda is pitted against inter vening world powers as they mourn the loss of their king, T'Challa.
AUG. 25 THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING Tilda Swinton plays a lonely scholar on a trip to Istanbul who discovers a Djinn, played by Idris Elba, who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom, by "Mad Max: Fury Road" director George Miller.
FUNNY PAGES (Digital Rental) A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teen age cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul. It's produced by the Safdie brothers, who made the Adam Sandler thriller-comedy "Uncut Gems."
We already know the biggest movie of the season will be "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." And thanks to the trailer, we also know to bring tissues. In addition to that sure-to-be masterpiece, there are a lot of notable releases coming out over the next few months.
SEPT. 23 DON'T WORRY DARLING A 1950s housewife (Florence Pugh) living with her husband (Harry Styles) in a utopian experimen tal community begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding disturbing secrets.
NOV. 23 THE FABELMANS A semi-autobiography based on Spielberg's own childhood growing up in post-war Arizona, from age 7 to 18.
OCT. 14 TILL "Till" is an emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Em mett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
DEC. 21 SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS" Shazam takes on the villainous Hespera (Hel en Mirren) and Kalypso (Lucy Liu), daughters of the Greek titan Atlas. Shazam's family, who acquired special powers in the first movie, are back for the fight.
THE SON Peter's (Hugh Jackman) busy life, with new part ner Emma and their baby, is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas.
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OCT. 21 BLACK ADAM Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods— and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of jus tice on the modern world in this DC super villain story.
NOV. 18 SHE SAID New York Times reporters Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) break one of the most important stories in a generation—a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the sub ject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Another A24 release, "God's Creatures" is about a mother who is torn between protecting her be loved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic.
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PETER VON KANT (Digital Rental) French filmmaker François Ozon remakes "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant" by infamous Ger man filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. A tor mented filmmaker, Peter, is obsessed with love, jealousy and domination. He abandons his muse for the love of a beautiful younger man.
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OCT. 28 CALL JANE Fresh off the heels of the Supreme Court over turning Roe v. Wade, "Call Jane" follows a mar ried woman (Elizabeth Banks) with an unwanted pregnancy who lives in pre-Roe America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
The story of a desperate Hollywood film produc er who sets out to turn a popular play into a film. When members of the production are murdered, world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Oscar win ner Sam Rockwell) and rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit.
MIKE Aug. 25 on Hulu Trevante Rhodes ("Moonlight") plays Mike Ty son, the one-time heavyweight champion. Rhodes transforms into the enigmatic boxerturned-podcaster for this miniseries. FYI, Tyson doesn't approve of the adaptation of his life, so take the show with a grain of salt.
•The White Lotus (HBO Max)
•Ginny and Georgia (Netflix)
THE HANDMAID'S TALE Sept. 14 on Hulu When we last saw June (Elisabeth Moss) and her group of resistance fighters, they were finally deliver ing some long-awaited revenge. In season five, we'll see June, Luke and Moira double down on finding June's daughter, Hannah.
THE CROWN Nov. 15 on Netflix New additions to the cast of royals include Imelda Staunton as QEII and Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West as Diana and Charles, who could possibly bring the story into the late '90s with the addition of West's real-life son portray ing a young William. TBA (these shows don't have confirmed release dates, but they do have new seasons expected before the end of the year)
WILLOW Nov. 30 on Disney+ This sequel series to 1988's "Willow" sees War wick Davis return as Willow Ufgood and a talent ed young cast that includes Erin Kellyman and Tony Revolori.
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YELLOWSTONE Nov. 13 on Paramount The Dutton family is back for a fifth season, and we're ready to see what came of the wedding, death and fight in the season four finale. The up coming season will feature 14 episodes split into two seven-episode installments.
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY Sept. 21 on ABC Season two of the popular ABC show has the entire main cast returning. We're excited to see what surprises single life will bring for Janine (Quin ta Brunson).
•Gossip Girl (HBO Max)
15August 25, 2022 Thankfully, the TV gods aren't making us wait very long for a second season of "Abbott Elementary." They are also blessing us with new seasons of "Ramy," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Crown" before the years end.
•The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max)
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Streaming now on HBO Max This prequel to "Game of Thrones" takes place 200 years prior, at the beginning of House Tar garyen's reign over the Seven Kingdoms. The show is based on George R.R. Martin's "Fire and Blood" novel and has 10 episodes.
ARCHER Airing on FXX and Hulu In season 13, Archer and the team adapt to work ing for a new spy conglomerate—the Interna tional Intelligence Agency. Sadly, this season will not feature Archer's boozy mother and boss, Malory Archer, as the actress Jessica Walter who played her passed away last year.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER Sept. 2 on Prime Video Amazon's new "The Lord of the Rings" series is set thousands of years before the film trilo gy, covering Middle Earth's Second Age. Expect to see a new cast of characters traversing the far reaches of Middle Earth.
RAMY Sept. 30 on Hulu Ramy Youssef's Emmy-nominated Hulu series is returning for a third season—finally—and yes, supermodel Bella Hadid is really joining the cast.
COBRA KAI Sept. 9 on Netflix The fifth season of the "Karate Kid" is back. The show's formula of '80s nos talgia and angsty teen drama has won over fans old and new.
ANDOR Sept. 21 on Disney+ This prequel series to "Star Wars: Rogue One" is centered around Diego Luna as freedom fighter Cassian An dor in this origin story of the Rebellion.
Taylor Swift (the next "Taylor's Version" re-issue)
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A memoir rife with dark humor, Disney starturned-regular person Jennette McCurdy's memoir delves deep into a childhood of eating disorders, addiction and an unhealthy relation ship with her "momager" (mom-manager).
Ahh, reading—one of many "acoustic" activi ties to rise a few notches in the cultural con sciousness over the last few years. Here's a selection of some upcoming poetry, prose, mem oir and fiction to sink your teeth into this fall.
By Claribel A. Ortega Release Date: Oct. 18 A book for any curly-headed kid in your life, this preteen graphic novel focuses on young girl Marlene who learns to embrace her textured hair with the help of her community.
THE WORLD KEEPS ENDING, AND THE WORLD GOES ON By Franny Choi Release Date: Nov. 1
WHAT'S FOR DESSERT: SIMPLE RECIPES FOR DESSERT PEOPLE By Claire Saffitz Release Date: Nov. 8
The cathartic, well-researched cry for help that parents have been waiting for, "Screaming on the Inside" explores how decades of parenting cul ture heightened by COVID-19 has revealed an unsustainable model of child-rearing in America.
NO COUNTRY FOR EIGHT-SPOT BUTTERFLIES: A LYRIC ESSAY By Julian Aguon Release Date: Sept. 13 Climate activist Julian Aguon issues a call for ac tion in a collection of essays and political com mentary on issues ranging from his own child hood to Indigenous and environmental rights.
THE TWO LIVES OF SARA By Catherine Adel West Release Date: Sept. 6 A story about all the secrets a family can hold, this book is a companion novel to the 2020 re lease "Saving Ruby King." Set in Memphis, a young mother finds a vibrant culture of civil rights, music and literature in the early 1960s.
OCT. 21 Carly Rae Jepsen "The Loneliest Time" Tegan and Sara "Crybaby" Rubblebucket "Earth Worship"
LUCY BY THE SEA By Elizabeth Strout Release Date: Sept. 20 Is it too early for a fiction set in 2020? Elizabeth Strout's captivating fiction about isolation and introspection set in Maine says no way, bringing the familiar character of Lucy to the modern era in her ninth book in the series.
A stirring novel spanning the topics of civil rights and gay rights, Newson explores what it meant to be a young, gay, Black man coming of age in the 1980s amid the AIDS crisis.
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A culinary name that needs little introduction, New York Times bestseller Saffitz introduces her second dessert-based cookbook complete with 100 recipes for a range of skill sets and a wealth of troubleshooting advice to boot.
SEPT. 16 Death Cab for Cutie "Asphalt Meadows" Noah Cyrus "The Hardest Part" Fletcher "Girl of My Dreams" Rina Sawayama "Hold the Girl" Marcus Mumford Self-titled SEPT. 30 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Cool It Down"
AUG. 26 DJ Khaled "God Did" Muse "Will of the People" SEPT. 2 The Wonder Years "The Hum Goes on Forever" SEPT. 6 SonnyJim & The Purist "White Girl Wasted" SEPT. 9 Built to Spill "When the Wind Forgets Your Name" Ari Lennox "Age/Sex/Location"
Sudan Archives "Natural Brown Prom Queen" Santigold "Spirituals"
OCT. 7 Indigo Sparke "Hysteria" Sorry "Anywhere But Here"
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OCT. 14 The 1975 "Being Funny in a Foreign Language" Tove Lo "Dirt Femme"
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THE BUTCHER AND THE WREN By Alaina Urquhart Release Date: Sept. 13 What happens when one-half of hit true crime podcast Morbid writes a book? A thrilling fiction mystery between a serial killer and the medical examiner hot on his trail in the bayou of Louisiana.
We're all still living in the "Renaissance" afterglow, and honestly, we don't anticipate that light to dim anytime soon. But that doesn't mean 2022 is done in terms of new music. Here are some of the albums we can't wait to add to our playlists this fall.
By Celeste Ng Release Date: Oct. 4
IF I SURVIVE YOU By Jonathan Escoffery Release Date: Sept. 6 A fiction debut from Jonathan Escoffery, this se ries of short stories form a compelling narrative of a 1970s Jamaican family fleeing to Miami to escape political violence, only to be mired in nat ural disasters, racism and a recession.
Bestselling "Little Fires Everywhere" author Ng returns with an enthralling tale of a child's search for his mother's legacy and the power of art to create change in a society that allows the suppression of individuality in the interest of collective peace.
Beyoncé "Renaissance Act II" (there's no indication it's coming soon, but there's also no indication that it's not, so we're ready)
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SCREAMING ON THE INSIDE: THE UNSUSTAINABILITY OF AMERICAN MOTHERHOOD By Jessica Grose Release Date: Dec. 6
TBA (because "official" release dates aren't everyone's style)
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ChloeNormaniBBailey (her debut solo album)
I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED By Jennette McCurdy
A book of poetry that offers catharsis from the title alone, Choi's collection explores the con cepts of apocalypse, survival and the respon sibility we have to one another throughout the span of human history, across real and imagi nary lines of class, race, queerness and more.
"It feels like a renaissance," B.o.B said. "I feel like I'm returning to my throne, returning back to the world. I've restructured everything, restruc tured my team. I have a great team. I feel like my music is flowing how it's supposed to be now. I feel good about everything." {in}
B.o.B admits it's tough to choose his setlist nowadays. He has a "core, core fanbase" who know songs he doesn't perform anymore from the early"They're2000s. damn near relatives," B.o.B said. He can't wait for people to vibe to his new music."Good song ideas don't come from the stu dio; they come from life," B.o.B said. "They come from when I'm having phone conversations, go ing to concerts, clubs, movies, museums. It comes from art—even eating out at restaurants that have a real feng shui." He boasts the title "Ramen Aficionado" on his Instagram profile. Music also comes from pain, he said.
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"Seeing what they do is kind of like, 'Look, we're gonna play all the hits and then the current album,'" B.o.B said. "You can't do an autobiogra phy on stage. Whatever the current album they're on, they just kind of rock with it and then give you the hits so everybody's happy. Then the core fans who still listen, they're happy."
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"I was like, 'Yo, I got this song I think you would be perfect on,'" B.o.B said. "When you play art ists music, you gotta play a decoy song at first and then you play the real song second. So I played him a song, one you would expect me and Tech N9ne to do—one of those mid-tempo tongue twister songs. He was like, 'Nah, B.o.B, give me something else.' So I was like, 'Perfect. Good. He's ready to do some different shit.'" He then unveiled the real track. "(Tech N9ne) was like, 'Yes, that's fire,'" B.o.B said. "He saw the vision immediately because we wanted to get off on some Midwest, Tee Griz zley type shit … To just be able to still collaborate with artists that I've collaborated with well over 10 years—me and Tech N9ne been making songs to gether for a minute, so it's like, 'Yeah, still pretty decent at this. Not too shabby.'"
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With their huge discographies, Deftones and Coldplay showed him how to create a setlist.
"When you go through painful situations, you always come up with the best music," B.o.B said. "I try to inspire myself when I'm in a good mood and not just when I'm going through some shit or de pressed or whatever the fuck may be happening.
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"Because people are so drunk, they're not gonna remember and they're just there to have fun. They want to sing their favorite songs. That's why I go to a concert. I want to sing my favorite songs and I want to hear them live and loud, louder than I would hear them anywhere else."
"One thing about me is, I just really like to vation. B.o.B recalls hitting up Tech N9ne while he was on tour. He's always on tour, B.o.B said.
Staying active defeats depression. You really don't have time to be depressed. But also, you gotta have the balance. You gotta have time to yourself to decompress."Butthingsare going good for B.o.B right now.
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B.O.B. "BETTER THAN DRUGS" TOUR WHAT: Thao in concert with Why Bonnie WHAT: B.o.B with a live band WHEN: 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28 WHERE: Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox COST: $25-75 DETAILS: vinylmusichall.com, @bob
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B.o.B also collaborated with up-and-coming artists, such as Ray Moon, who is "gonna blow up," he said. Also featured are Baby Tate ("she's fire") and Black Boe on "Bad Lil Bish." "It's been really dope with that one because it's a real East Side ass song from my neighbor hood," B.o.B said. "We all from the same place." He can't wait to perform that track, as well as "Ocean Waves." "I want to perform 'Scenic Route' and 'Tu lum,'" B.o.B said. "We've already tested 'Tulum' out in clubs and listening parties and meeting groups. It's gonna blow up. It's a party. I feel like at that point in the show, we're going to be hand ing out shots; we gonna be crowd surfing. It's gon na beForcrazy."B.o.B., a tour is a non-stop party, he said. "It is work; it's a grueling process, everything outside of doing the show," B.o.B said. "When it's there and it's hitting and everybody's getting lit, there's nothing like it. It's something money can't buy. And to have people want to come see you is the best shit in the world, especially not being on tour for Andyears."B.o.B values live music as much as his fans. He's been to 10 or so metal shows just this summer—The Black Dahlia Murder, Suicide Si lence, Born of Osiris, to name a few. Oh, and he also saw Coldplay, Benny and Deftones. And Par amore is a must after he's done on tour. "To be on the other side of the stage and be in mosh pits myself, it really puts it in perspective for me," B.o.BHesaid.got a lot of inspiration from seeing Snow Tha Product, he said. "I guess the thing that I learned the most from being in the crowd at con certs is that you don't have to sweat the small stuff on stage," B.o.B said.
FUNDRAISERS
Every Sunday, Easy Going Gallery and Carter J Studios present a weekly art market Sundays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Easy Going Gallery, located at 701 N. V St. Enjoy art, espresso, vintage goods, baked treats, handcrafted unique gifts and more. Ven dors can participate for a $20 fee. For more infor mation, contact easygoinggalleryart@gmail.com.
LIFE DRAWING GROUP AT ARTEL Artel's life drawing group meets every Monday, except holi days, from 6-9 p.m. in Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. For more information, contact Melvin at (850) 549-8783 or visit artelgallery.org.
IN BETWEEN: OPEN STUDIO AND RESI DENCY EXHIBITION BY MARZIA RANSOM
FLORIDA DESIGN WORKSHOP Visit Boda cious Bookstore, 110 E. Intendencia St., for a flo ral workshop, 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 28. Tickets are $65. For more information, visit facebook.com/ bodaciousbookstore.
MOVIE NIGHT AT ALGA BEER CO. Visit Alga Beer Co., 2435 N. 12th Ave., every Monday at 7 p.m. for movie night. Follow @movie_night_at_ alga_ on Instagram to find out which movies will be featured each week.
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ARTS & CULTURE SAENGER BRINGS SUMMER MOVIES SE RIES BACK TO THE BIG SCREEN
The Grand Dame of Palafox will once again open her doors to the community with a selection of seven films this summer. Tickets for the Saenger Classic Movie Series will go sale on the night of each movie be ginning at 6 p.m. Prices for admission remain at $5 per person for general admission seating. Tickets are only available for purchase at the Saenger Theatre Box Office. The next date is Saturday, Aug. 27, with "Jailhouse Rock."
THE FEAST A Pensacola Little Theatre Studio 400 production, "The Feast" is a comedic piece about a couple who discovers the sewers under their apartment begin to speak. For mature audi ences only. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Aug. 26 and Sept. 2; Saturdays, Aug. 27 and Sept. 3; and Thursday, Sept. 1, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. Tickets are $14-$20. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com.
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GALLERY 1060 JURIED SHOW View works in all media from local artists Sept. 12-Oct. 21 at First City Art's Gallery 1060, 1060 N. Guillemard St.
309 PUNK PROJECT ARTIST IN RESI DENCE 309 Punk House will host an opening re ception and artist talk with Julia Gorton, the 309 September Artist in Residence, Saturday, Sept. 3, from 7-9 p.m. An open portrait studio will be open 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4-Wednesday, Sept. 9, and Thursday, Sept. 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. A closing reception will be 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13. All events will be at 309 N. Sixth Ave. Visit 309punk project.org for details.
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ANIMAL ALLIES BINGO Animal Allies Florida is hosting Bingo at Scenic Hills Country Club, lo cated at 8891 Burning Tree Road, twice a month. Dates are Sept. 6 and 20, Oct. 4 and 18, Nov. 8 and 22, and Dec. 6 and 20. Proceeds go to help local animals. The fun starts at 7 p.m. $10 gets you 30 cards. Winners share the pot. Food and drink will be available for purchase. You must be 18 years old to play.
EMA ART PCA is located at the Studer Com munity Institute, 220 W. Garden St. "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Sept. 17. Classic films are available for free through the PCA website. Visit pensacolacinemaart.com for more information and the latest showtimes.
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TEXTILES OF THE TIMES: REGENCY ERA DRESS MAKING The period between 1811-1820 is historically defined as the Regency Period. For the Gulf Coast, and Pensacola spe cifically, the Regency Period was a tumultuous time. It corresponded with the final days of Spanish rule in Florida, and the preparation of becoming an American territory was already underway. Thus, a mixing of cultures happened simultaneously with newer social and cultural trends. This exhibit at the Pensacola Museum of History looks at a day in the life of a Regency-era Pensacolian through fashion and garment use. Drawing on historical documentation of stores known to have operated on Palafox, inside this recreation of a seamstress shop visitors will be able to explore the dress of yesteryear. On view now. Visit historicpensacola.org for details.
NONPROFITS & COUNCIL ON AGING PRESENTS KITES ON THE COAST Council on Aging of West Florida is hosting Kites on the Coast at Casino Beach on Friday, Sept. 2, and Saturday, Sept. 3. In partner ship with Pensacola Sports and Visit Pensacola, this free event will feature kite demonstrations by Chicago Kite along with food trucks, kids' ac tivities and more. Friday's event kicks off at 4 p.m.-sunset, and Saturday's festivities will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, visit kitesonthecoast.org.
DISSONANCE A new play from Marci Duncan in collaboration with Kerry Sandell, set in the Belmont-DeVilliers district where two women discuss the hurt following George Floyd's murder. The Gordon Theatre, 306 N. DeVilliers St., 2 and 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 2, and Saturday, Sept. 3. For tickets, visit dissonanceplay.com.
PENSACOLA OPERA 40TH SEASON Pen sacola Opera's 40th season will include a onenight-only concert, Forty Forward: Celebrating Four Decades of Opera, Puccini's "La Bohème" and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel." In addition, this season will mark the 20th an niversary of the Artists in Residence program. Newly named the Jan Miller Studio Artist program, special events will be reimagined and rebranded, and a new leadership team will be set in place. Single tickets are on sale now and start at $25. Purchase online at pensacolaop era.com, in person at 75 Tarragona St. or by phone at (850) 433-6737.
THE MAROON MARINES: ARCHAEOLOGY AT PROSPECT BLUFF A new temporary exhibit at The Destination Archaeology Resource Center, located at 207 E. Main St., features the story of the largest free black settlement in what is now the UnitedDuringStates.the War of 1812, a fort was built by Black British Colonial Marines and Indigenous people along the Apalachicola River. Called "Negro Fort" by American officials, it eventually became the center of the largest free Black settlement in what is now the United States. When the war ended, the U.S. believed the fort threatened the institution of slav ery and must be destroyed. To the Maroon people who lived there, however, the fort at Prospect Bluff was a beacon of freedom worth fighting for. For more information, visit fpan.us.
LADY FEST 9: THE BOG PROM Lady Fest 9: Bog Prom is Saturday, Sept. 3, at 8 p.m., at The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. This fundraiser event will benefit The Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion fund serving Alabama, Mississippi and the Deep South. Admission is $10. Show for ages 21 and up. Musical guests include Cookies and Cake, Don't Feed the Plants and SOUR! Drag performances from Terrah Card, Madame Hex and more. Dance party with music from DJ King Hale and vendors. For more information, visit facebook.com/ladyfestpensacola.
BALLET PENSACOLA SEASON SUBSCRIP TIONS AVAILABLE Season subscriptions for Ballet Pensacola's 2022-2023 season are on sale now. Don't miss your chance to see the fantastic lineup of performances, including "The Phantom of the Opera," Oct. 7-9 and 14-16; "The Nut cracker," Dec. 16-18; A Military Appreciation Gala, Feb. 10-12; and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," April 21-23 and 28-30. Visit balletpensacola.com or email officemanager@balletpensacola.org for more information.
Join the His toric Trust for a monthly lunch and learn series on the third Wednesday of the month at the Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center, located at 117 E. Government St., from noon-1 p.m. The program is free—just bring your lunch and enjoy a casual opportunity to learn about a variety of topics. For more information, please email hparchives@uwf. edu or call (850) 595-5985, ext. 125. The next date is Sept. 21 with Krystal Brown, with Keep Pen sacola Beautiful.
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GOODS OF DESIRES PMA's exhibition Goods of Desires from artist Cindy Leung is on view through Sept. 4. The exhibit uses Chinese exports to address the complex relationship between con sumerism, colonization and cultural hybridity, as they originated in the East and were popularized in the West through trading and British coloniza tion. Visit pensacolamuseum.org for details.
The Art Gallery at the University of West Florida presents "In Between," an open studio residency and exhibition by Marzia Ransom. The public is also invited to visit her open studio hours on Fri days throughout the summer from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at TAG, 11000 University Parkway, Bldg. 82. A gallery talk will take place on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 5-8 p.m., with live music and refreshments. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Cat Gambel, Gallery Director, TAG, at cgambel@uwf. edu or TAG at artgallery@uwf.edu.
TAKING A LINE FOR A WALK This new exhi bition at Pensacola Museum of Art highlights the diverse materials, techniques and subject matter artists have explored through drawing and print making over the last century. Artworks include selections from the PMA's permanent collection, works on loan from The Art Gallery at the Uni versity of West Florida and works borrowed from contemporary American artists. Featured in the show are pieces by Pablo Picasso, Käthe Kollwitz, Salvador Dali, Alexander Calder, Alex Katz, Sage Lewis and Richard Lindner. The exhibit is on view through Sept. 4 at PMA, 407 S. Jefferson St. Visit pensacolamuseum.org for more information.
GREETINGS FROM PENSACOLA Postcards were one of the ultimate promoters of person, place and thing during the first half of the 20th century. Journey through the development of the postcard and Pensacola's postcard past while becoming acquainted with Curt Teich, the world's most successful postcard publisher. On view through September 2022 at Pensacola Museum of History. Visit historicpensacola.org for details.
Enjoy shopping for a variety of handcrafted wares at Pensacola Arts Market Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 1401 W. Intendencia St. Enjoy art, espresso, vintage goods, baked treats, handcrafted unique gifts and more. Admission is free. For more information, visit facebook.com/pensacolaartsmarket.
AMERICA'S EVERGLADES: THROUGH THE LENS OF CLYDE BUTCHER With his century-old camera, Clyde Butcher has been exploring and documenting the Everglades for more than three decades. The result is a col lection of large-format black-and-white photo graphs that capture untouched parts of the na tion's largest subtropical wilderness. The exhibit is on view at Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St., through Sept. 18. Visit pensacola museum.org for more information.
POPPY GARCIA 309 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE CLOSING EXHIBITION 309 Punk Project will host a closing exhibition for its August Artist in Residence, Poppy Garcia, on Sunday, Aug. 28, from 2-6 p.m., at 309 N. Sixth Ave. Visit 309punk project.org for details.
26TH ANTIQUE APPRAISAL FAIR AT GARTH'S AUCTION GALLERY
The Pensacola Historic Preservation Society presents its 26th Antique Appraisal Fair at Garth's Auction Gallery, 3930 Navy Blvd., Saturday, Sept. 3, from 9 a.m- 2 p.m. This will be an opportunity for the public to bring items for area antique dealers and experts to appraise. Tickets are $5 per person, which allows you to have one object appraised. Ad ditional objects may be appraised for $3 a piece. Tickets will be available at the door. For addition al information, call Beverly Stagg at (850) 3933091.Visit pensacolahistoricpreservationsociety. com for details.
ODD•IT•TIES AT GALLERY 1060 The latest exhibit at Gallery 1060 inside First City Art Cen ter, 1060 N. Guillemard St., is on view through Sept. 9. Visit firstcityart.org for details.
LOBSTAH PARTY AT ODD COLONY Cousins Maine Lobster will be on site at Odd Colony, 260 N. Palafox, from 1-8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. Enjoy wild-caught, sustainably harvested Maine lobster, lobster rolls, grilled cheese, tots and more. Visit facebook.com/oddcolony for details.
SUDDENLY AMERICAN: A MEETING OF HERITAGE AND COUNTRY
4EVER SUMMER PARTY AT EVER'MAN NINE MILE ROAD Join Ever'Man, 1000 E. Nine Mile Road, on Friday, Aug. 26, from 3-7:30 p.m., for an end-of-summer event with live music, wine tasting, pizza, drink specials and a blood drive. Visit everman.org.
This exhibit looks at the transition of Florida from a Spanish territory to an American region, which formally occurred in 1821. Florida's embattled history dates back much farther than 1821. From refusing independence during the American Revolution to wanting their own freedom in 1810, Florida loved to cause prob lems. The United States eyed the region early on, using the Seminole Wars as an excuse to seize territory before turning to diplomatic means to acquire Florida. The Adams-Onis Treaty, de bated and initially agreed upon in 1819, resulted in Spain ceding control of East Florida to the United States. At the same time, Spain also agreed to give up all claims on West Florida, in essence giving the entire Florida territory over to the United States. Ratified in 1821, the treaty was cause for celebra tion in Pensacola, the capital of West Florida, as it officially became part of America. On view at Pensacola Museum of History through Dec. 23. Visit historicpensacola.org for details.
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BAYOU BUZZ COFFEE TASTING TOUR Seville Savories Food Tour will host a coffee tour of downtown Pensacola Tuesdays-Fridays from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Tickets are available online at se villesavoriesfoodtour.com.
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CHARCUTERIE NIGHT AT BODACIOUS Learn the art of charcuterie at Bodacious, 407-D S. Palafox. The class is 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. Tickets are $65. Visit bodaciousshops.com for more details.
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BUBBLES & PEARLS Send off the summer with oyster and spritz pairings at The Well, 42 E. Garden St., 6-8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 29. Featuring three specialty drink and oyster selections. Tick ets are $55. For more information, visit facebook. com/thewellpensacola.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAYS Support your favorite college football teams at Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. Wear your game day gear and get 15% off your beer tab. Visit facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco.
OPEN MIC AT THE GORDON Show off your talents on the second Thursday of every month at The Gordon's Open Mic showcase from 7-10 p.m. Admission is free. The Gordon is located at 306 N. DeVilliers St. Visit thegordon.org for more information.
The next Atlas Beverage Class will be Thursday, Sept. 1, 5 and 7 p.m., at Atlas Oyster House, 600 S. Barracks St., featuring Barracks Street Bramble, a "House Rita" and appetizers. Tickets are $25 per person. Seating is limited; reser vations are required. Make yours by emailing tay lor@goodgrits.com or calling (850) 287-0200.
CHARCUTERIE DESIGN WORKSHOP Brush up on your charcuterie board skills Thursday, Aug. 25, from 6-8 p.m. at Odd Colony, 260 N. Palafox. Tickets are $60, and price includes one board and two pours. Visit facebook.com/oddcolony for tickets and information.
Try out some new jokes or enjoy some homegrown talent every Monday at 7 p.m. for Open Mic Come dy at Big Top Brewery, located at 21 W. Romano St. Everyone gets five minutes depending on the num ber of sign-ups. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.
SAINTS SUNDAYS Deck out in your game day gear and watch your team on the big screen at Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. Get 15% off your tab when dressed in Saint's game day gear. Sundays Aug. 13-Jan. 8. Visit facebook.com/ perfectplainbrewingco for details.
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WINE WEDNESDAY Visit The Nest General Store at 11 S. Palafox, Ste. C, every Wednes day from 4-7 p.m. for a wine happy hour. Visit thenestgeneralstore.com/events for more information. for more listings visit inweekly.net
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SCRIPTEASERS WITH PENSACOLA LITTLE THEATRE Scripteasers, Studio 400's and Pen sacola Little Theatre's Script Reading Club invites you to monthly script readings at PLT, 400 S. Jef ferson St. Want to bring your scripts for the group to read and discuss? Contact Pensacola Little The atre to get in queue. The group reads prospective scripts for future seasons as well as new scripts that need a table read before the next edit. Not a play wright but love to read out loud? This is your easy, fun theatre night. Fascinated by the play selec tion process? Sit in for a listen and usually a lot of laughs. Visit facebook.com/pensacolalittletheatre for more information and the latest dates.
FINE WINE FRIDAY Visit The Nest General Store at 11 S. Palafox, Ste. C, on the first Friday of every month for a wine tasting from 6-8 p.m. It's $35 a person and includes charcuterie and the op portunity to try their monthly wine club offerings in house. Visit thenestgeneralstore.com/events for more information.
WINE NIGHT AT ODD COLONY Enjoy $2 off glasses all night long at Odd Colony, 260 N. Palafox, Wednesday, Aug. 31. Visit facebook.com/ oddcolony for details.
MONTHLY WINE TASTING IN AGAPI GAR DEN Visit Agapi Garden, at 555 Scenic Highway, from 5-7 p.m., to sample five wines for $10. For more information, call (850) 813-5683.
Though the play promises to "go there," in Duncan's words, by touching upon many sensitive topics, both Duncan and Sandell see the play as one about love and compassion.
"DISSONANCE" A play written by Marci Duncan, in col laboration with Kerry Sandell WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3; 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4 WHERE: The Gordon Community Art Center, 306 N. DeVilliers St. COST: $30 DETAILS: dissonanceplay.com
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Sandell hopes that the audience will walk away from the play with a "willingness to accept and love others—to have difficult conversations shrouded in respect and love—and to set aside preconceived beliefs and ideas and be willing to see life from another perspective."
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"I have all the feels," said Duncan. Besides Pensacola, "Dissonance" is also play ing at FAMU, Duncan's alma mater in Tallahassee, and in Miramar, Fla. "I am so grateful to the the aters who have taken a chance on us," said Dun can. "It means the world to us."
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Duncan said that Arbery's murder, also caught on video, "lit a fire" in her, but Floyd's murder left her "devastated." About Floyd's murder, she said, "I was depressed. I felt hopeless." "I felt it was us against the world," she said. "By us, I mean Black people. I had so many questions. I couldn't understand why humans treat other hu mans that way. I was angry to say the least. I feared for all the Black men in my life—and still do." When Sandell saw the video, she said she was "shocked, frustrated, and also felt an overwhelm ing sense of helplessness."
While Floyd's murder was the backdrop for the play, the inspiration came from the emotion al conversations so many were having during the protests. Floyd's murder came in succession with two other high-profile killings—Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.
"If we put love in front of what we do and say, there is hope for a better tomorrow," said Duncan. {in}
The Pensacola production of "Dissonance" opens in the very neighborhood that the play is set. The Gordon Community Art Center is in the heart of Pensacola's most famous historical ly Black neighborhood—Belmont-DeVilliers. Both Duncan and Sandell expressed their thrill at per forming at The Gordon.
People have many reactions to traumat ic events, including those of social injustice. When that traumatic event involves the seem ingly ever-present racial issues in the United States, artists tend to create a response that al lows for a personal reflection on the larger so cial questions. These questions are at the heart of Marci Duncan and Kerry Sandell's two-woman playIt"Dissonance."goeswithout saying that few people will for get the summer of 2020. As the pandemic raged across the world, cities shut down and people be came more isolated. Many spent hours watching the news as we all tried to understand how a vi rus could change our lives so dramatically. Then something else happened. A video circulated of a man named George Floyd being murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. The 8-minute video of an officer with his knee on Floyd's neck, literally choking the life out of him, shocked the country. People from all walks of life soon took to the streets in what became one of the largest global protests ever for racial justice. As activists mobilized, many had heart-wrenching conversations about the state of racism in the United States. Artists across the world took inspira tion from the moment, including here in Pensacola. "Dissonance" is a product of this historic Directedmoment.byJames Webb, "Disso nance" is a play about two women, one white and one Black. Both women were friends for years, meeting in grad school and later becoming godmothers to each other's children. After 20 years of friend ship, the two women decided to open a café in a historically Black neighborhood in Pensacola, which offers the play's background. Despite their friendship, their relationship strains after Floyd's murder prompts difficult conversations about race, which become the center of the play.Duncan and Sandell are no strang ers to the stage, both with impressive cre dentials. Both hold degrees in theatre and have either directed or performed in numerous productions. A professor in the UWF theatre de partment, Duncan heads the university's acting program. Though she has held many titles in her career, "Dissonance" is Duncan's first time behind the pen as Sandellplaywright.hasacted in several plays herself and says she is passionate about storytelling as a means to connect people. "Dissonance" is also Sandell's first time collaborating in the writing process. "We began working on this play when every thing was still locked down during the pandemic," said Sandell. According to Duncan, this made the writing process "interesting."
"It was clear to me that we were experienc ing—and watching unfold—an historic event," Sandell said. The historic event they were both watching was internalized differently between the two women. This eventually led to conversations about Floyd but, more importantly, about race and prejudice and the fear many have of openly discussing the issue. Though Sandell described the fear of talking about race as the "elephant in the room," she also understood the power of a dramatic response to that fear. "Theatre has a beautiful way of bringing unity," said Sandell. Both writers hoped their play would bring about what Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors described as "courageous conversations."
As many described Floyd's murder and the aftermath as traumatic, Duncan said the process of writing "Dissonance" was "thera peutic, to say the least." "It was healing for me to speak my fears and concerns to a listening ear," she said. "I never knew that some of the issues we deal with in the play were so ingrained into my psyche, my spirit … the trauma that was un derneath the way I navigated the world. I was able to start the journey through writing to resolve those hurts and misconceptions."
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"That is my desire and hope for 'Disso nance'—that it encourages dialogue steeped in respect and love." Though audiences will take what they will from the play, Duncan ultimately hopes that "peo ple will not choose sides but choose love."
As this was her first time writing a play, Dun can wanted the content and dialogue to be the focus of their process. "I am an actor first," said Duncan. "I know what good dialogue sounds like; I know how it feels when I perform it. It moves me, so I just tried to stay in that lane."
"We started writing during lockdown, so we met a lot on Zoom," said Duncan. "We first had the tough conversations about race, George Floyd and so on, and then we mapped out a form to what story we wanted to tell. Then the writing began."
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LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Libran blogger Ana-Sofia Cardelle writes, "I look back on past versions of myself with such love and tenderness. I want to embrace myself at different parts of my life." I hope you're inspired by her thoughts as you carry out the following actions: 1. Cre ate an altar filled with treasures that symbolize major turning points in your destiny. 2. Forgive yourself for what you imagine to be old errors and ignorance. 3. Summon memories of the persons you were at ages 7, 12, and 17 and write a kind, thoughtful message to each. 4. Literally kiss seven different photos of your face from earlier in your life. 5. Say "thank you" and "bless you" to the self you were when you succeeded at two challenging tests in the past.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): My Aquar ian reader Georgie Lee wrote to tell me what it's like being an Aquarius. I offer it to you because you are potentially at the peak of expressing the qualities she names. She says, "Accept that you don't really have to understand yourself. Be at peace with how you constantly ramble, swerve and weave to become more of yourself. Appre ciate how each electric shift leads to the next electric shift, always changing who you are for ever. Within the churning, ever-yearning current, marvel at how you remain eternal, steady and solid—yet always evolving, always on a higher ground before."
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Here's a good way build your vibrancy: Use your emotional intel ligence to avoid swimming against strong currents for extended periods. Please note that swimming against strong currents is fine, even advisable, for brief phases. Doing so boosts your stamina and fosters your trust in your resilience. But mostly, I recommend you swim in the same direction as the currents or swim where the water is calm and cur rentless. In the coming weeks, I suspect you can enjoy many freestyle excursions as you head in the same direction as vigorous currents.
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CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Cancerian poet Danusha Laméris discovered that earthworms have taste buds all over their bodies. Now she loves to imagine she's giving them gifts when she drops bits of apples, beets, avocados, melons and carrot tops into the compost bin. "I'd always thought theirs a menial life, eyeless and hidden, almost vulgar." But now that she understands "they bear a pleasure so sublime," she wants to help the worms fulfill their destinies. I men tion this, Cancerian, because I suspect you may have comparable turnarounds in the coming weeks. Long-held ideas may need adjustments. Incomplete understandings will be filled in when you learn the rest of the story. You will receive a stream of interesting new information that chang es your mind, mostly in enjoyable ways.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): In the Spansh language, there's the idiom "pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo." Its literal transla tion is "thinking about the immortality of the crab." It applies to a person engaged in creative daydreaming—her imagination wandering freely in hopes of rousing innovative solutions to practical dilemmas. Other languages have similar idioms. In Finnish, "istun ja mietin syn tyjä syviä" means "wondering about the world's early origins." Polish has "marzyć o niebieskich migdałach," or "dreaming about blue almonds." I encourage you to enjoy an abundance of such explorations in the coming days, Capricorn. You need to fantasize more than usual.
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TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): A blogger named Chaconia writes, "I've cultivated a lifetime of being low maintenance and easy-going, and now I've decided I'm done with it. Demanding Me is born today." I'm giving you temporary permis sion to make a similar declaration, Taurus. The astrological omens suggest that in the coming weeks, you have every right to be a charming, enchanting and generous version of a demanding person. So I authorize you to be just that. Enjoy yourself as you ask for more of everything.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): You know more about how karma works than all the other signs. Scorpio-style intelligence typically has a fine intuitive grasp of how today's realities evolved out of the deep patterns and rhythms of the past. But that doesn't mean you perfectly understand how karma works. And in the coming weeks, I urge you to be eager to learn more. Become even savvier about how the law of cause and effect impacts the destinies of you and your allies. Medi tate on how the situations you are in now were influenced by actions you took once upon a time. Ruminate on what you could do in the near future to foster good karma and diminish weird karma.
22 inweekly.net22 WEEK OF AUGUST 25 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): In the com ing weeks, I urge you to flee from stale and rigid certainty. Rebel against dogmatic attitudes and arrogant opinions. Be skeptical of unequivocal an swers to nuanced questions. Instead, dear Aries, give your amused reverence to all that's mysteri ous and enigmatic. Bask in the glimmer of intrigu ing paradoxes. Draw inspiration and healing from the fertile unknown. For inspiration, write out this Mary Oliver poem and carry it with you—"Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company with those who say 'Look!' and laugh in astonishment and bow their heads."
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): The witch Lisa Chamberlain writes about the magical properties of colors. About brown, she says it "represents endurance, solidity, grounding and strength." She adds that it's used in magic to enhance "balance, concentration, material gain, home and com panion animals." According to my reading of the astrological omens, the upcoming weeks should be a deeply brown time for you Geminis. To move your imagination in a righteous direction, have fun wearing clothes in shades of brown. Grace your environment with things that have the hues of chestnut, umber, mahogany, sepia and burnt sienna. Eat and drink caramel, toffee, cinnamon, almonds, coffee and chocolate.
According to my astrological analysis, your deep motivations are likely to be extra noble and gener ous in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. So I expect that your soul's fire will be very constructive.
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LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): You should never al low yourself to be tamed by others. That advice is always apropos for you Leos, and even more cru cial to heed in the coming weeks. You need to cul tivate maximum access to the raw, primal sources of your life energy. Your ability to thrive depends on how well you identify and express the beautiful animal within you. Here's my only caveat—If you imagine there may be value in being tamed a little, in harnessing your brilliant beast, do the taming yourself. And assign that task to the part of you that possesses the wildest wisdom.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Kab balistic writer Simon Jacobson says, "Like a flame, the soul always reaches upward. The soul's fire wants to defy the confines of life. It cannot toler ate the mediocrity and monotony of sheer ma terialism. Its passion knows no limits as it craves for the beyond." That sounds both marvelous and hazardous, right? Jacobson concludes, "Whether the soul's fire will be a constructive or destructive force is dependent on the person's motivation."
Ruminate on what you could do in the near future to foster good karma and diminish weird karma.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Whenever you are contemplating a major decision, I hope you raise questions like these: 1. Which option shows the most self-respect? 2. Which path would be the best way to honor yourself? 3. Which choice is most likely to help you fulfill the purposes you came to earth to carry out? 4. Which course of action would enable you to express your best gifts? Are there questions you would add, Virgo? I expect the coming months will require you to gen erate key decisions at a higher rate than usual, so I hope you will make intensive use of my guiding inquiries, as well as any others you formulate.
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UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT Keisha Bazley, a mother of nine children in Houston, turned to Child Protective Services for help with her 14-year-old daughter, who had been running away and getting into trouble at school. Instead, according to Fox26 Houston, her daughter told her that a "worker had been telling her she should (become a prostitute)," so the girl vid eotaped the CPS support staff member. "If me, the parent, was to do something like this to my child," Bazley said, "I would be called a horrible parent. I would lose my kids." She filed an of ficial complaint, and the commissioner of CPS in Texas, Jamie Masters, came to Houston to personally apologize to Bazley and her daugh ter. The worker was dismissed from her position on Aug. 10.
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FLORIDA James Hunt, 41, and his girlfriend got into it at a Clearwater, Florida, Burger King on Aug. 13, because "the victim was not eating her food," The Smoking Gun reported. When the 53-year-old woman left the restaurant, Hunt followed her and launched his cheeseburger at the back of her head, allegedly causing her to fall over a curb onto the ground and hit her chin and lip. How did cops know? There was blood on her shirt and shorts and cheese in her hair. Hunt admitted hitting her with the cheese burger but didn't think it caused her to fall down. Nonetheless, he was charged with felony domestic battery and held on $15,000 bond.
SWEET REVENGE A 31-year-old man in Seoul, South Korea, has been ordered to pay his exgirlfriend $1,150 after an argument ended with him urinating into her Louis Vuitton handbag, Oddity Central reported. The incident took place in October as the couple argued about her spending habits; the spiteful boyfriend re trieved the bag, unbuttoned his pants and let loose into the bag as the woman looked on. He later tried to cover up the evidence by pouring liquid deodorant into the bag, but DNA tests confirmed the presence of urine and tied it to him, and he confessed.
THEY BURIED THE LEAD Skydiver Gary Connery, 53, was sentenced in Oxford Crown Court in England on Aug. 16, the BBC reported, for grievous bodily harm after he threw his girlfriend, Tanya Brass, down a staircase. The assault, which shattered Brass' shoulder, took place in October 2020. The now-infamous abuser previously achieved his 15 minutes of fame when he served as Queen Elizabeth II's stunt double in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, when he and "James Bond" (another stunt double) leapt out of a he licopter and parachuted into the Olympic sta dium. After the stunt, Connery told the BBC it had been "an amazing experience." Perhaps he can relive it during his 18 months in prison.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE Residents of South Auckland, New Zealand, were the lucky—or not-so-lucky—recipients of the contents of an abandoned storage container, Stuff reported. But when they got the loot home, they discov ered a surprise among the items: human re mains. The new owners called police on Aug. 11, whose first priority was to identify the remains, detective inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaeula said. A neighbor who previously worked at a nearby crematorium noted "a wicked smell" coming from the home: "I knew straight away and I thought, where's that coming from," he said. His mother reported that detectives and forensic teams had been seen recoiling in shock from the scene. The investigation is ongoing.
PRECOCIOUS Aug. 12 started as a pretty typi cal day for 1 1/2-year-old toddler Ethan and his mom, Brittany Moore, of Senoia, Georgia. They were playing with bubbles in the backyard of their home when Ethan chased one to the fence and noticed something in the woods beyond, ABC4 News reported. When his mom asked him what he saw, he said, "Feet." Ethan had discovered 82-year-old Nina Lipscomb, who had been missing for four days. Lipscomb was alive but disoriented; her daughter said she had wandered away from a nearby home where she was visiting family. "Her sister lived here in this house, but she passed away in March," Karen Lipscomb said. The Lipscombs and the Moores got together to celebrate the little boy who probably saved Nina's life. "It took a child ... that was being worked by God," Brittany said. •A 911 operator in San Luis Obispo, California, received a call on Aug. 12 from the Zoo to You facility in Paso Robles, but when the dispatch ers tried to call back, there was no answer, ABC7-TV reported. Sheriff's deputies respond ed to the zoo, but no one there would take credit for the call—except one 10-month-old Capuchin monkey named Route. The depu ties determined that the monkey had gotten his hands on a cellphone left in a golf cart and made the call. "We're told Capuchin monkeys are very inquisitive and will grab anything and everything," the sheriff's office remarked.
JUST KEEP DIGGING Stephen McCarthy, 31, a physician's assistant in Allentown, Pennsylva nia, has been under suspicion of trafficking ste roids and stimulants, LehighValleyLive reported. Federal agents were on the case, but no charges had been filed. That is, until McCarthy got in touch with one of the DEA agents, threaten ing to disfigure and rape him, on July 8. "I hope you get into a car accident and die," McCarthy added for good measure. His attorney, John Waldron, said his client was frustrated with the ongoing investigation and "couldn't deal with it anymore." McCarthy was indicted on Aug. 4 and released on $100,000 bond on Aug. 9.
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