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It’s time for an all winners edition. Northwest Florida has much to celebrate this July.

DOUG BALDWIN, JR. The Seattle Seahawk wide receiver returned to Legion Field, where he played football in the Southern Youth Sports Association, to put on a youth football camp with the help of his family, Lumon May and the SYSA coaches. Over 100 boys attended the two-event.

BLUE ANGELS The U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron announced the officers selected for the 2016 team on July 10. The Blue Angels selected to add to its returning squadron two F/A-18 demonstration pilots, Navy Lt. Lance Benson and Navy Lt. Tyler Davies: one C-130 demonstration pilot, Marine Maj. Mark Montgomery: a maintenance officer Navy Lt. Samuel Rose; and a public affairs officer, Navy Lt. Joe Hontz. In 2016, the Blue Angels will celebrate their 70th anniversary. Since 1946, the Blue Angels have performed for more than 484 million fans.

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UNITED STATES FLAG On July 17, 1821, Pensacola became part of the United States.

Military Gov. Andrew Jackson accepted the West Florida territory from the Spanish at 10 a.m. at what is now Ferdinand Plaza on South Palafox. The United States flag was raised over the city for the first time. Except for a 15 months at the beginning of the Civil War, the flag has flown over the city ever since.

NAS PENSACOLA Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that Naval Air Station Pensacola is 2015 Navy recipient of the Commander in Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence. The award recognizes outstanding and innovative efforts of the people who operate and maintain U.S. military

installations, Pentagon officials said. NAS Pensacola will receive a commemorative trophy and flag, as well as a congratulatory letter from the president.

INNISFREE HOTELS Innisfree founder and CEO Julian MacQueen and his wife, Kim, celebrated the success of the first season of their “From the Ground Up” community garden with an outdoor dinner. The “Lettuce Eat” event hosted Mayor Ashton Hayward and his family. It was also a fundraiser for the volunteer-driven initiative to provide fresh food and employment opportunities to disadvantaged members of our local community.

LISA REESE The publisher of the Beaver County Times, a western Pennsylvania newspaper, has been named the president and publisher of the Pensacola News Journal.

Reese spent nearly 11 years as publisher of the Times and also served as vice president of publishing for Calkins Media's western Pennsylvania division. She will assume her new duties on Aug. 10.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY Its Department of Natural Resources Management recently announced that it was awarded a $755,563 grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to fund a portion of the Beach Haven NE Stormwater and Sewer Project.

Funds will specifically be used to provide new stormwater treatment for more than 200 acres of residential neighborhoods in Warrington within the Beach Haven area. Grant funds from FDEP will be used to leverage an additional $4 million in RESTORE funding for the project.

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FINDING PEACE The sun beat down on Legion Field last Saturday. Over 100 boys—some no taller than a yard stick—huddled around a young man who was a product of Southern Youth Sports Association (SYSA), the volunteer group formed by Lumon May years ago to run inner-city sports on the west side of Pensacola.

The center of attention was Doug Baldwin, starting wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. He scored touchdowns in the last two Super Bowls. Baldwin came back to Legion Field on a hot July day because of his commitment to give back to his hometown and to help Coach May and SYSA. Nearby, inside the Theophalis May Neighborhood Resource Center, girls’ basketball teams from around the Southeast were playing a double-elimination tournament.

Coaches who were helping with Baldwin’s football camp took breaks to coach local SYSA teams in the tournament.

Across Gregory Street stood May’s office where Lumon May was pulled over by a Pensacola police officer who had mistakenly thought his truck’s tag didn’t match the vehicle. What happened at the traffic stop was videotaped, released to the media in record time and has become the daily newspaper’s viral hit.

May lost his cool and raised his voice.

No charges were filed, but he apologized

in writing, and in person, to the officer and the leadership of the Fraternal Order of Police. His apology was accepted.

On July 7, over 300 people piled into the chambers of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners. Though many spoke out in favor of removing the Confederate flag from county buildings, they also wanted to show support for their friend, coach and commissioner. No other politician could draw such a crowd to a council or commission meeting.

The Lumon May who those people know is so much more than the man in the video. All of us have bad mornings. Fortunately, our bad mornings aren't caught on video and given to the News Journal.

On Saturday, I sat for a few minutes with Coach May in the gym in the Theophalis May Center, which is named for his father. We watched his daughter playing a team from Mobile, Ala. He turned to me and quietly said, “Rick, this is where I’m at peace. Here, among these kids and their families.”

Few men in this community have volunteered as much of their time to youth as Lumon May has over the past two decades.

It’s understandable that he finds tranquility in youth sports.

After the past four weeks, Lumon May deserves peace. {in} rick@inweekly.net

Few men in this community have volunteered as much of their time to youth as Lumon May has over the past two decades.

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COUNTY COMMISSION VOTES DOWN CONFEDERATE FLAG

By Jeremy Morrison Beyond the two men out front bearing Confederate flags proudly in protest, the pews of the Escambia County Commission chamber were full. Packed, every one of them, as if for a revival on a hot summer night.

Spilling out of the pews, the crowd stood along the chamber walls. They stood threedeep in the back of the room or milled about in the lobby.

But this congregation had not come to hear a sermon. They had come to preach one.

“What we want to see you to do as a governmental body is do the right thing,” Rev. H. K. Matthews said to the Escambia commissioners. “And the right thing is to continue not to fly the Confederate flag, which is so hurtful, so harmful, so despicable, really, to members of the African-American community and, as you heard tonight, not only of the African-American community, but the community as a whole of people of good will.”

Matthews, a local Civil Rights icon, was asking for the same thing as most of the people

in attendance at the commission’s July 7 meeting: for the officials to take steps to ensure the Confederate flag would not return to the Pensacola Bay Center.

“I feel that it is time that we do away with the Confederate flag once and for all,” Matthews told the commissioners. “We don’t need to continue fighting this battle, there are so many other things that need to be tended to.”

A century and a half after the Civil War, the United States still tussles with the Confederate flag. In the wake of the recent church killings in Charleston, South Carolina—in which nine AfricanAmericans were gunned down, allegedly by a young man who flew the flag and espoused racist’s views—a wave of flag-removals has washed across the South. But Escambia’s latest Confederate flag drama started a bit earlier.

Last December, Escambia commissioners voted to remove all flags except for the U.S. and state of Florida flags from a historical flag display at the Pensacola Bay Center in downtown Pensacola. Previously, the display featured five flags—the U.S., Confederate, Spanish, British and French—to represent each nation that has ruled over Pensacola since its founding. The flag display was consistent with other city-of-five-flags displays within Pensacola.

Then in March, Commissioner Grover Robinson led the effort to have the historical display returned to the Pensacola Bay Center.

The commissioners—on a 3-2 vote—decided to tie the county’s historical flag display (the county’s only such display) to the city of Pen-

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society. That’s what I tell my grandkids, but I’m lying to them, because you have the same old images in the back of your heads that I can fly my flag and it’s my southern heritage.

What is that?”

Ellison Bennett recalled numerous acts of violence and murder that occurred throughout the South during the Civil Rights era: Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, the Birmingham church bombing.

“Every time in these horrible crimes, the Rebel flag was flying in the background, the Confederate flag, as you call it,” Bennett said.

But the Confederate flag also had defenders in the chamber audience. They contended that the flag represented their Southern heritage and decried “cultural genocide.” They suggested that if the flag was scrubbed, so should be other local odes to history, such as the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial.

“It pains me we can’t show respect for one another,” Randy Turner said, taking a break from holding a large Confederate flag out front of the county offices. “I just hate to see us destroying ourselves from the inside.”

Ultimately, Escambia’s commissioners decided to permanently leave the Pensacola Bay Center’s flag display as it currently flies—five flags, sans Confederate—and also detached the county’s position on the issue from the city of Pensacola, in essence making the move as permanent as possible. Historically divided on the Confederate flag issue, the board made the decision unanimously.

Following the 5-0 vote, Commissioner Doug Underhill clued the audience in to another angle on the local Confederate flag drama. He noted that the Pensacola Bay Center is actually owned by the state, and as such the governor’s ban on flying the Confederate flag on state-owned property offered opponents of the flag an “additional level of defense.”

“Keep that in your back pockets, hopefully you’ll never need it,” Underhill told the crowd as it dispersed. {in}

sacola’s handling of its own displays. In other words, if Pensacola was keeping the five-flag displays up, including the Confederate flag, so was Escambia.

But following the killings in Charleston, the South had a gut check. Officials from South Carolina to Mississippi to Alabama began debating why the Confederate flag was still flown from countless government flagpoles.

In late June, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward joined the parade and removed the Confederate flags from the city’s historical displays. It was replaced with the state of Florida flag. As a result, the county followed suit hours later and changed its own display accordingly.

But some members of the public, represented most vocally on the board by Commissioner Lumon May, called for the commissioners to go further. They wanted the board to formalize its removal of the Confederate flag and to stop piggybacking on the city’s flag policy, which in theory left the door open for the flag’s return.

By the time commissioners took up the issue in full July 7, opponents of the Confederate flag had swollen their numbers enough to swamp the commission chamber. For more than an hour they laid out their thoughts on the Confederate flag.

They tied the flag to “hate” and “murder,” and to slavery and a modern culture that fosters fear for an entire segment of the society.

They made the argument for stripping off such cultural wallpaper.

“Take down that flag,” Pensacola City Councilman Gerald Wingate said to the commission. “It’s a symbol of racism, a symbol of slavery.”

Commissioners were told they were facing a “fork in the road.” People urged them to fall on the “right side of history.”

“Nothin’ good came out of that flag,” Gloria Wiggins said. “That flag has no right to be in nobody’s face, especially when you stole kids, killed children, took men from families, raped women, and you stand behind that? Is that OK? We don’t live in that type of

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BERGOSH SEEKS BCC SEAT Escambia School Board member Jeff Bergosh prefiled on July 7 as a candidate for Escambia County Commissioner, District 1 as a Republican for the 2016 Election. Wilson Robertson currently holds that seat, but he has announced that he doesn’t plan to run for another term.

Jesse Casey, who lost to Robertson in 2012 in the GOP primary, has also prefiled. He has collected $17,750 in monetary contributions, $15,550 of which he loaned to his campaign.

Bergosh said on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks” that he had considered running for the District 1 post in 2012, but decided to do another term on the school board when Robertson told him that he wanted to do one more term.

Commissioner Robertson has made it clear that he won’t be seeking a third term.

Bergosh is ready to make the jump from school board to county commission.

“I do feel like my skill set—as a former business owner, current small business owner, master's degree in public adminis-

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Some nursery firms submitting proposals in more than one region. Seven applications were submitted for Central Florida, while six each were submitted for Northeast Florida and Southwest Florida.

Five were submitted for Southeast Florida, and four were submitted for Northwest Florida.

Ryan Wiggins of Full Contact Strategies has worked hard for the passage of the bill and its implementation.

“The great news is the challenge period is over and applications are being accepted and the department has three months to decide which nursery,” she told Inweekly.

“There will be five of them from five different regions that will receive licenses.”

Many see the low-THC regulations as a test case for full medical marijuana in the future.

“This is a beta test and the Legislature

“I'm going to keep it clean, but I'm going hard. I'm going to go to about 10,000 houses, door to door. ” Jeff Bergosh tration, all that—lends itself to serving the people, the same people I've served in a different capacity,” Bergosh said.

He said that he expects four or five candidates in the race.

“I do think my chances are better than average,” he said. “I'm going to keep it clean, but I'm going hard. I'm going to go to about 10,000 houses, door to door. I'm going to go all in like one of those teams from the poker tournament—all chips in.”

KEY STEP FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA In a key step toward making low-THC marijuana available, the Florida Department of Health last week received 28 applications from firms that want to cultivate, process and distribute in the state.

Last year, the Florida Legislature passed

really wanted to take baby steps in legalizing cannabis,” Wiggins said. “There was a huge fear factor behind it so this is the very first step and let's see how this goes.”

She admitted implementing the bill has been a headache. The low-THC marijuana was to be made available by Jan. 1, 2015, but several legal challenges have delayed the application process. Wiggins hopes that there will no further legal delays.

“It's been really, really hard to get to where we are,” she said. “I read an article just last night where one of the associations that has just popped up in the state for medical marijuana is talking about potentially challenging us because they don't think the process is fair. I don't know could be any more fair than it's been.”

On July 10, the Stanley brothers, the creators of the most well-known strain of low-THC cannabis, “Charlotte’s Web,” announced that have licensed their product with Loops Nursery in St. Johns County, one of the nurseries that have submitted applications for the Northeastern region of Florida. {in}

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100 Things To Do This Summer

By Joani Delezen, Hope Corrigan, Ali Rae Hunt and Emily Richey

As promised, here’s the follow-up to last week’s food and booze extravaganza.

This time around, we’re focusing on getting out and about and enjoying the things that make the summer season worth sweating through.

From historical tours to ball games to outdoor concerts, 100 Things To Do This Summer is jam packed

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with activities for all ages. We included just about everything under the sun, plus a few indoor ideas too— because even the most seasoned beach bums need a break from the heat sometimes.

So read up, buy some sunscreen, and get ready to make the most of what’s left of the summer.

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Actually go into a gallery on Gallery Night July 17 (or Aug. 21 if you miss it this Friday)

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Run with the bulls July 18, sevillequarter.com

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Try to not cry when Jon Stewart says goodbye to “The Daily Show” Aug. 6, thedailyshow.cc.com

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See a classic film at the Saenger pensacolasaenger.com

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Put your “Paws on Palafox” Aug. 8, blabtv.com

Follow it up with “Bark in the Park” Aug. 9

See a documentary at Treehouse Cinema they’ve got a lot of good ones coming soon like “Amy” and “He Named Me Malala,” treehousecinemagulfbreeze.com

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Shop SoGo facebook.com/SOGODistrictPensacola

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Wear sunscreen every damn day

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Read a current bestseller because everybody’s talking about it like “The Girl on the Train” or “Modern Romance”

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Then follow it up with a classic you somehow missed like "The Grapes of Wrath" or “Don Quixote”

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Learn to surf

by Ali Rae

Have you ever thought about learning to surf? Of course you have—this is a beach town after all. This summer is the perfect time to slip into a rash guard, jump on a board and give it a try. Innerlight Surf and Skate Shop is offering multiple surf camp sessions this season on Pensacola Beach.

The Innerlight surf instructor team, lead by Ben Williams, has instilled a passion for surfing in campers ages 8 to 78 and has done so every year since 2002. In fact, many of the surfing coaches this year got their start at Innerlight’s camp when they were younger. So whether you’re a little grom looking to perfect your skills or a total ocean newbie, these camps are designed for all skill levels.

In addition to quality surf instruction, campers will also learn surfing etiquette, culture, training, techniques and basic ocean science. But the true value of the camp comes from the sport itself. “Surfing is

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great for kids who aren't big into structured sports. It helps kids build confidence, work through fears and so much more,” said Shannon Schluter, Operations Manager at Innerlight. “Being that it isn't a team sport they learn to set their own goals and many excel at reaching them. A wave is not controllable so you have to learn to go with the flow, get back up when you wipe out, and just keep practicing.”

The three-day camp is $150 and you can register online or at any Innerlight store. “Surfing is definitely a way of life, and once you have been bitten by the infamous ‘surfing bug’ there is no turning back,” said Schluter.

Innerlight Surf and Skate Shop Surf Camp innerlightsurf.com/surf-camps

Plan a day trip to 30A 30a.com

Chase an ice cream truck

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And make sure you say “hi” to our friends at Central Square Records and Sundog Books while you’re there

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Master the art of the sunset Instagram

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Make sure you tag it with something braggy like #ilivewhereyouvacation

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See the Guy Harvey exhibit at PMA before it’s too late pensacolamuseum.org

Take a tour at Pensacola Bay Brewery pbbrew.com

Charter a fishing boat bouttimecharters.net

Cook something up

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The best way to pick up a new skill or hone an existing one is to start small and gradually increase levels of difficulty. If you’re looking to up your culinary game this summer, there are plenty of cooking classes offered around town that will help you do just that.

Pensacola Cooks offers both adult and children’s interactive classes (as well as children’s summer day-camps) on a regular 010 1

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basis. SoGourmet, downtown’s one-stop culinary shop, also offers a variety of classes, including a popular one-hour lunch class. For aspiring bakers, they are offering “Hands On Icing and Frosting Techniques” on July 25.

Jennifer Knight-Shoemaker, owner of End of the Line Café, saw customers intimidated by the idea of preparing vegan food themselves, so she decided to help them out.

“I think cooking vegan for some seems as

intimidating as learning a new language.

I try to provide information, tips and tricks as well as simple starter recipes to help jump start the process of creating healthy, exciting meals at home. I wanted to start doing this after hearing so many people talk about how they tried changing to a vegan diet but quickly got bored with salads and didn't know how to prepare anything for themselves or relying on pre-packaged meals,” KnightShoemaker said.

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And bring the kiddos too—because they get free admission for the rest of the summer

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Host a backyard barbecue

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Catch a Wahoo’s game bluewahoos.com

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Try some new wines 5-7 p.m., every Thursday, Aragon Wine Market

Knight-Shoemaker’s next vegan cooking class will be on July 20 at 6 p.m., and consists of a lecture, demo, question and answer session, and a meal.

Pensacola Cooks: pensacolacooks.com SoGourmet: sogourmetpensacola.com End of the Line Cafe: eotlcafe.com inweekly.net

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Get some fresh air at Coldwater Gardens

Whether you’re looking for a hands-on farming experience or simply a relaxing space to commune with nature, Coldwater Gardens offers both and it’s just a short drive from Pensacola.

Located in Milton, Coldwater Gardens is an eco-resort, agritourism destination, and a working farm that sells fresh veggies and eggs at farmers markets in the area.

The gardens utilize completely sustainable agriculture practices and yield fresh produce year-round, as well as Shiitake mushrooms and eggs. The property also boasts a hydroponic and a koi fishpowered aquaponic garden system. The accommodations for staying at Coldwater Gardens include primitive camping that requires your own tent and amenities, “glamping” in luxury camping tents which are outfitted with a mini-fridge, fans and queen size bed, and soon-to-be finished state-of-the-art cabins with air conditioning, television and a fully functional kitchen.

Marked hiking and biking trails run through the property. For river enthusiasts, Coldwater Creek is walking distance from the gardens and though guests must provide their own equipment, this is an ideal spot for kayaking, tubing and swimming.

“It’s 356 acres that was once used by the paper mill, so our intent is to work on restoring the land. It’s part of the Florida

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Wildlife Corridor for black bears, gopher tortoises, birds, quails, woodpeckers, and we want to be on that trail,” said Sarah Flaningam, Coldwater Garden’s garden manager.

For those looking for a more immersive experience at Coldwater Gardens, volunteers are welcome through the organization Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, or WWOOF, an international community of farms that provide food and board to volunteers in exchange for labor. “WWOOFers” commit to working six hours a day at Coldwater Gardens, and even though it varies from farm to farm, daily activities at Coldwater Gardens include composting, feeding chickens, collecting eggs, harvesting produce, weeding and preparing beds for planting.

Laugh your ass off at the The Comedy Get Down

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See “I’ll See You in My Dreams” if you haven’t already

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Go roller skating

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Beat the crowds (and heat) by showing up to Palafox Market before 10 a.m palafoxmarket.com

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And Bands on the Beach Tuesdays through Oct. 27, visitpensacolabeach.com

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See downtown on a Segway emeraldcoasttours.net

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Take a SUP lesson coastalpaddlecompany.com

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Check out Space Week at Pensacola MESS Hall July 19-25, pensacolamesshall.org

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Vote in Inweekly’s annual Best Of the Coast poll Page 20 in this issue or online at inweekly.net

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Re-read “To Kill A Mockingbird”

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Go tubing adventuresunlimited.com

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Then read “Go Set a Watchman”

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And zip lining too adventuresunlimited.com

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Go sailing condorsailingadventures.com

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Have a Wes Anderson movie marathon

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Check out the new farmers market on the beach facebook.com/MarketontheBeach

And Blues On the Bay July 19, Aug. 2 and Aug. 16,

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See some live music for free at Evenings in Olde Seville Square Thursdays through July 30, eveningsinoldesevillesquare.com

Build a DIY slip and slide

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Binge watch an entire season of something in one weekend netflix.com

Coldwater Gardens coldwatergardens.com or wwoof.net

Celebrate national Park and Recreation Month playpensacola.com

Aug. 6, pensacolabaycenter.com

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pensacolacommunitymaritimepark.com

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Buy a record you love on vinyl (even if you already own it digitally) facebook.com/RevolverFL

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See “Home” at the Hill-Kelly Drive-In Movie Series July 31, pensacolacommunitymaritimepark.com

Explore Big Lagoon State Park floridastateparks.org/park/BigLagoon

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See Alabama Shakes at The Wharf Aug. 22, amphitheateratthewharf.com

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Conquer Jumanji bigkahunas.com

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Hike Bay Bluffs Park pensacolascenicbluffs.org

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Experience the “thrill of flight” navalaviationmuseum.org

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Try aerial yoga purepilatespensacola.com

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Set your DVR for “I Am Cait” (Come on, you know you want to)

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Go camping at Johnson’s Beach/Fort McRee nps.gov/guis/planyourvisit/perdido-key-area.htm

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Check out Tuesday Night Poetry at Sluggo’s facebook.com/TNPNS

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Climb the Pensacola Lighthouse pensacolalighthouse.org

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Make time for story time mywfpl.com/calendar

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Have a group sing-along at Rosie O’Grady’s Dueling Piano Show 8 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday, sevillequarter.com

Hangout at the Hangout thehangout.com

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Go outlet shopping in Foley, Ala. tangeroutlet.com/foley

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Rent a bike on the beach coastalpaddlecompany.com

by Ali Rae

Belmont Arts and Cultural Center, reaches over 7,000 adults and children each year through classes, camps and community outreach programs. Now on North Guillemard Street, First City Art Center has room to grow in the years to come, and based on the growing popularity of their classes and workshops, they are going to need it.

Anonymous and African-American history.

There are also many requests for educational books, ranging from the elementary to college level, crosswords, word searches and Sudoku.

While some requests are from first-timers, many prisoners have been using the project resources for years.

“If we get a particular request and we don’t have it, we always try to send them something close. Most of the time we can hook them up with something else,” said Johnny Ardis.

Volunteers are always welcome to drop by on Wednesday nights to participate in book packing night. Open Books plans on expanding their book packing nights to two nights a week and encourages volunteers to just show up if they would like to help.

Open Books Bookstore openbookspcola.org

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Have a sunset picnic on the beach

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Try your skills at bubble soccer bubblebumpersports.com

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Attend the Sea Turtle Baby Shower Aug. 15, Park West on Ft. Pickens Road

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Rent a kayak at Bayview Park outdoorgulfcoast.com

Or downtown emeraldcoasttours.net

Go bowling

Take a workshop

If you’re looking to get creative and learn something new this season, check out the art workshops at First City Art Center.

The self-proclaimed “little art center that could” has been enriching our community’s culture and inspiring people of all ages to experiment in visual arts since its inception in 1999. The center, originally the 212 1

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Summer is the season of long road trips, outdoor excursions and plenty of downtime for reading. Picking up your next beach read at Open Books Bookstore allows you to purchase your summer reading material and help out with a good cause at the same time— the Prison Book Project, which is the heart and soul of this independent book shop.

Dozens of incarcerated individuals from around the state write letters to the Prison Book Project at Open Books every week, requesting books from a range of topics. Every Wednesday these books are packaged and shipped off to their new owners by volunteers.

In addition to just purchasing a book from Open Books Bookstore, book donations are always accepted too. These books replenish both the bookstore and the library for the Prison Book Project. Some of the most requested books include dictionaries, westerns, how-to books, books on yoga, meditation, mindfulness, Alcoholics and Narcotics

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The helpful staff welcomes people from all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels and encourages them to tap into their creative spirit. Opportunities to create are available in the forms of glassblowing, glass bead making, clay sculpting, pottery on the wheel, hand-built pottery, drawing, painting and metalworking. The center also offers dance, fitness, and movement classes, music lessons for

youth, and Shakespeare workshops, with the constant emphasis on expanding. The glassblowing and pottery on the wheel workshops are local favorites, with each being offered weekly at various times and difficulty levels.

First City Art Center Workshops firstcityart.org/workshops

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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Clueless” by re-watching the movie

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Rent a jet ski

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And reading “As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as Told by Amy Heckerling, the Cast, and the Crew”

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See “Hamlet” July 24-26 and Aug. 1-2, pensacolalittletheatre.com

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Go on a two-hour dolphin cruise chase-n-fins.com

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Tour Historic Pensacola Village historicpensacola.org

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Get cheesy at Sweet Home Farm sweethomefarm.com

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Leave your mark on Graffiti Bridge

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Find a new favorite beer at Top of the Hops Beer Festival Aug. 15, amphitheateratthewharf.com

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Enter a photo into the 22nd Annual Power of Photography (POP) Exhibit Accepting submissions now-July 25, wideanglephotoclub.org

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Step-up your line dancing game Thursdays and Fridays, wildgregssaloon.com

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Ride it out

by Ali Rae

Waterboyz’s Tim Bustos has been working on bicycle advocacy, planning, and design programs for nearly 30 years. He wants to see more bicycles on the streets of Pensacola, and with help from Waterboyz and fellow cycling enthusiast Christian Wagley, he’s doing something about it.

They recently started hosting “Slow Rides” the first Friday of every month.

These group rides are designed for the casual cyclists who don’t feel experienced enough to navigate the streets. At the rides, Bustos and Wagley also offer information on bicycle laws, safety tips and cycling tricks in order to boost the riders’ confidence and allow them to feel as comfortable on two wheels as they do on four. By participating in these rides, you can expect to learn skills such as lane positioning, safe ways to make left turns, and traversing railroad tracks.

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people to ride bikes more often, for different purposes. Many people don't ride because they don't feel like they have an expensive bike, or because they're inexperienced, or because they don't feel safe riding on the road,” Bustos said. He also stressed that the rides are intended for all cyclists—regardless of experience or type of bike. “We ride as fast as the slowest rider and nobody gets left behind,” Bustos said.

Slow Rides waterboyz.com/slow-ride

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Explore the Edward Ball Nature Trail at UWF

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Act like a kid at the splash pad at Plaza de Luna

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Learn all the words to “Bad Blood”

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“Crossing” History With Jonathan Fink

by Christopher Scott Satterwhite

was able to stay for a third year beyond that as a visiting professor as she was going to Yale for a year. So I taught classes for a year. She’s one of the people who had the perfect balance between being a wonderful writer and also being a wonderful champion of young writers. I think that’s reflected in her willingness to do this, as well as in the work that she’s done as the Poet Laureate.

Jonathan Fink teaches creative writing at the University of West Florida. He’s debut book of poetry, “The Crossing” was just released by Dzank Books. The poetry in Fink’s book crosses the boundaries of his upbringing in West Texas to historical moments such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factor fire. In advance of his coming reading at Open Books, Inweekly talked with Fink about his poetry, history and how the two come together.

IN: In your book you discuss crossing in many different ways. Do you see this book as a crossing for you as a poet with his first book?

FINK: You know, I try not to think of it as a singular instance. I’ve been publishing for a long time. All of these poems have been published previously. This is a precursor for my second book. My second book is under contract and will be coming out within a year. So, yes, absolutely. On one hand, I try not to think of it as a completed milestone. On the other hand, it feels great to have a book because it give me opportunities to give readings and reach more people.

IN: This is your first major book of poetry and you have the Poet Laureate of the United States of America writing the introduction. How did that come about?

FINK: Well, I was fortunate enough to work with Natasha Trethewey several years ago.

Prior to my job here at UWF, I was selected to be the Creative Writing Fellow at Emory [University]. This position was for someone who was working on a book and had a recent MFA, and she was the person who hired me before that. I got to know her through that process. I

IN: A number of your poems deal with history. In another interview, you said that you wanted people to move away from seeing poetry as a translation of the experience, but as the experience itself. How do you see your historical poetry, not as a translation of an experience but as the experience?

FINK: When I’m drawn to writing poetry formed by historical experience, it centers on those moments where there’s enough material to engage my interest. So I simultaneously have to base my events around that material

and circumstance. For example, in one of my poems about a plane crash, I came across an anecdote about the Komodo Dragon being discovered after a plane crash during World War I when the pilot discovered [the Komodo Dragon]. That [anecdote] seemed to me a compelling entry point into imagining what that experience might’ve been like…to survive a crash and swim ashore, discovering these Komodo Dragons. Then questioning whether or not he even survived, with the surreal nature of that experience.

I haven’t invented anything that isn’t verifiable historically. But what I’ve tried to do is invent perspective, basically taking the lens, like that of a cinematographer instead of a historical lens, not thinking of it as a history professor, then I whittle it down to the individual perspective. To try to imagine what the individual experience would’ve been like to be in that circumstance. The benefit to writing a poem informed by history is that it allows your work to be more compelling but also to develop empathy on an individual level.

IN: So how do you talk to students and other poets about using history in poetry?

FINK: When I talk about a poem being its own experience, not only do I mean with the narrator and the plot of the poem, but I also mean the construction of the poem itself. From the experiential imagery of the poem to the rhythm of the poem, the tone, the sounds, all of that contributes to the construction of the poem’s experience—the way in which we experience the poem on a sensory level. When I talk to students about the reading of a poem being its own experience, I certainly do mean the plot of the poem and the material of the poem, but I also mean the aesthetic of the poem.

IN: Considering your interdisciplinary approach to writing, what drew you to poetry?

FINK: I’m not one of those people who’s always wanted to be a writer or who said, “ever since I was a child, I knew I wanted to be a writer.” I went to college to study engineering, but one of the things I appreciate most about poetry is that it allows for you to combine all of your interests into a poem. Everything from a poem’s structural integrity, to its musicality, to its narrative and story—all of those things are what have always drawn me to poetry. {in}

IN: How do you deal with historical events when constructing something that, in your words, is just as much an experience in itself?

FINK: In one of my other historical poems, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire poems, I think it’s extremely important to be accurate about historical information.

JONATHAN FINK BOOK RELEASE AND READING

WHEN: Reception at 6:30 p.m.; Reading at 7 p.m., Friday, July 17 WHERE: Open Books, 1040 N. Guillemard St. COST: Free, but donations are accepted for the Prison Book Project DETAILS: openbookspcola.org or jonathanfink.com

Calling All Pets!

Our 4th Annual Pet Issue is next month. We know you all have super photogenic pets & we want to see them.

Please send pictures of your furry, scaly &/or feathered friends to Joani@inweekly.net by Monday, July 20 for a chance to be featured in the issue.

Make sure you include pet and owner(s) names.

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Ears & Fingers

by Jason Leger

Tame Impala “Currents”

Massive Australian import Tame Impala was built on the back of smooth psychedelia and vibrant dissonance. For their third album, “Currents,” the band have added nuanced disco and Fleetwood Mac’s purity to their list of compositional building blocks. While making leaps this large may feel like a shift in the entire make up of an artist, this is still very much Tame Impala, albeit a very focused and driven one. The tracks that were released leading up to the LP, specifically ‘Let it Happen’ and ‘Cause I’m a Man,’ offered an initial taste of the new paradigm which could be expected, with pulsing electronic flourishes and ‘90s style R&B/pop respectively. The finished product blends these new found frontiers with the psych tendencies of the band’s debut “Innerspeaker” and the pop confidence of their breakthrough “Lonerism.” At times, Michael Jackson is channeled, while at other times, The Bee Gees, and at other times Edgar Winter or Yes, displaying the full range of curator/guitarist/vocalist/professional sandal-wearer Kevin Parker’s influences and leanings. All in all, after my first listen, I could easily say that “Currents” ranks with “To Pimp a Butterfly” and “Carrie & Lowell” for the best albums 2015 has brought us

so far. Stream the singles on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Music, and then snag the album. “Currents” is out July 17 via Interscope Records.

If You Haven’t Heard: Damaged Bug

John Dwyer seems relentless in his pursuit to put music out into the world. His usual vehicle for this mission is his garage band Thee Oh Sees, a band who has not only put out a prolific amount of records since its inception in 1997, including this year’s “Mutilator Defeated at Last,” but has also been included on a ridiculous amount of 7”s, compilations and live albums. So when Dwyer begins to pour himself into a less chaotic, more electronic, and equally as passionate side project, the first question that comes to mind is, ‘How does he find the time?’ Well, if Thee Oh Sees is Dwyer’s day job, Damaged Bug is the wife he comes home to at night. Last month, Dwyer released his second album under this moniker, “Cold Hot Plumbs,” on his own Castle Face imprint. While Thee Oh Sees albums span a wide array of genres, complexities and levels of chaos, “Cold Hot Plumbs,” is lush and sprawling, preferring to graze and meander than to

rush itself. The first single that made its way to me was ‘Jet in Jungle,’ a succinct, catchy track that had me hitting repeat for several days. The album is a gift from ambitious phaser heaven. I highly recommend giving Damaged Bug (and Thee Oh Sees for that matter) a listen. “Cold Hot Plumbs” is out now via Castle Face Records.

Track of the Week: Blood Orange “Do You See My Skin Through the Flames?”

Since 2013’s “Cupid Deluxe,” Dev Hynes has spent much of his time producing music for others (Samantha Urbani, Carly Rae Jepsen) and not outputting much under his Blood Orange project. But he just released a nearly 11 minute track, ‘Do You See my Skin through the Flames?’ as an immediate response to the Charleston shootings, and in it he holds no punches. “I have nothing left to give when you don't notice what’s wrong. Charleston left me broken down, but it's just another day to you.” Check out this song on the Blood Orange Soundcloud page, as it is not slated for a proper release as of yet. {in}

MARKET ON THE BEACH 4 p.m.

Check out Pensacola Beach's new farmers market, held every Thursday from 4 p.m. until sunset. Casino Beach parking lot, 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd. facebook.com/MarketontheBeach/info WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m.

Try something new every week at Aragon Wine Market’s regular wine tasting, only a few blocks from downtown. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. 9th Ave. aragonwinemarket.com BALL ROOM DANCING 6:30 p.m.

Learn how to waltz, hustle, and tango at this weekly class, which is followed by a social dance at 8:45 p.m. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7 p.m. Mass Konfuzion

performs this week at Evenings in Old Seville Square, the free summer concert series held each Thursday through the end of July. Seville Square, 311 E. Government St. eveningsinoldesevillesquare.com SPANISH WINE DINNER 7 p.m.

To kick off Running of the Bulls

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Movement and Manual Therapy Pilates, GYROTONIC, Myofascial Release and The Rolf Method of Structural Integration

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Voted “Best Lunch” 2 years running!

Lunch Bar 11-4 * Tapas & Wine Bar 4-8 * Open Monday-Saturday 407-B S. Palafox St. | 850-542-4334 | facebook.com/carmenslunchbar inweekly.net

calendar Weekend Seville Quarter will be hosting a festive Spanish dinner paired with fantastic Spanish wines. Festive Spanish attire encouraged. Apple Annies, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. $55. sevillequarter.com MODERATE CHOP 9:45 p.m. With Kevin Hohn and Bad Luck Benton. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. $5. pensacolahandlebar.com

live entertainment, food, beverages, and a procession honoring San Fermin, the patron saint of Pamplona, Spain. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com BLACK CAT ATTACK 9 p.m. With the AntiQueens, Operation Hennessey, Destroy Orbison, and 10th Inning. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. $7. pensacolahandlebar.com

FRIDAY 7.17

SATURDAY 7.18

above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $15. sogourmetpensacola.com WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Out and about in East Hill on Friday night? Stop by City Grocery for their free weekly wine tasting before settling in or heading out for the night. City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. LATIN DANCING 6:30 p.m. Learn the basics of salsa dancing. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com GALLERY NIGHT 5-9 p.m. Stroll through the charming brick walkway of Downtown Pensacola to experience an eclectic array of music, art and cuisine. Explore galleries and businesses featuring works of dozens of local artists. Soak up the sounds of local musicians and the aromas of local cuisine as the energy of the evening carries you from venue to venue. Palafox St. downtownpensacola.com CHUPINAZO 5-9 p.m. Continuing the celebration of Fiesta de San Fermin, Seville will be hosting an opening celebration with

Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods, and live music. PARA FootBall Complex, 5400-5551 Limbaugh Lane, Pace.

PALAFOX MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques are just a few of the items offered at the weekly Palafox Market. 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 PIPPI LONGSTOCKING 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

Director Caroline Bone and Music Director Heidi Branch lead Pippi and her gang through this classic tale of a pirate’s daughter and her imaginative adventures.

Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. $6-$12. Pensacolalittletheatre.com RUNNING OF THE BULLS 10 a.m. Seville Quarter hosts the annual Running of the Bulls to celebrate Fiesta de San Fermin en Pensacola. Instead of bulls, the Pensacola Roller Gurlz chase participants down while wielding

WINES WITH HILARY 4 p.m. SoGourmet,

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SANTA ROSA FARMERS MARKET 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

wiffle bats. Following the Running of the Bulls the festival will continue in the street in front of Seville Quarter. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. Free. sevillequarter.com BEER, BEACH & BIKINI’S 3 p.m. Head out to the beach for the 2nd annual Pensacola Beach Craft Beer Festival. Attendees will be able to sample craft beers from various breweries and have the opportunity to determine their taste preferences. Casino Beach, 2 Via De Luna Dr. $35-$40. pensacolacraftbeer.com JAWS 7 p.m. When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. The Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. $5. pensacolasaenger.com THE SCARIES, COCKFIGHT & AMERICAN SUICICDE 8 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S.

Palafox. $8. vinylmusichall.com TWO STATE NATION 9 p.m. With Whyte Caps and the S.A.T.S. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. $6. pensacolahandlebar. com

SUNDAY 7.19

PIPPI LONGSTOCKING 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

Director Caroline Bone and Music Director Heidi Branch lead Pippi and her gang through this classic tale of a pirate’s daughter and her imaginative adventures.

Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. $6-$12. Pensacolalittletheatre.com

Brunch: 10-2 Saturday & Sunday • Sushi, Apps & Cocktails: 4-5 Daily Dinner: 5-10 Sunday-Thursday • Dinner: 5-11 Friday & Saturday Indoor and Outdoor Dining

MONDAY 7.20

COOKING FROM THE GARDEN WITH CAT MCCREERY 5-6:30 p.m. BYOB. Pensacola

Cooks Kitchen, 3670 Barrancas Ave. $25. pensacolacooks.com COUNTRY & WESTERN DANCING 6:30 p.m.

Learn the Country Two-step at this weekly class, which is followed by a social dance at 8 p.m. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com BLUE WAHOOS BASEBALL 6:35 p.m. Pensacola Bayfront Stadium, 351 W. Cedar St. Ticket prices vary. bluewahoos.com BRIT FLOYD 7:30 p.m. Come get the Pink Floyd experience! The Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. $42.50-$58.50. pensacolasaenger.com

TUESDAY 7.21

DANCECRAFT BALL ROOM DANCING & SWING CLASS 6:30-9 p.m. This class

teaches the skills necessary to become a practitioner of Ball Room and West Coast Swing, a popular partner dance that can be enjoyed with virtually any kind of music.

Tuesday class fee is $10 per person or free for people 30 years of age and younger.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com BLUE WAHOOS BASEBALL 6:35 p.m. Pensacola Bayfront Stadium, 351 W. Cedar St. Ticket prices vary. bluewahoos.com LEON RUSSELL 7 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $25--$60. vinylmusichall.com

FIORE

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local art balloons

pressed & dried floral art

300 S. Alcaniz • 850.433.1275

6 p.m. Wednesday

www.dharmablue.com • Or Find Us On Facebook

Waterboyz Single Fin 380 N. 9th Ave. 476-5667

Free to the public

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unique gifts

events parties

holiday decor

cake stands weddings

Grace Lutheran Church 6601 N. 9th Ave. 476-5667

6 p.m. Thursday

gardens

jewelry wine champagne candles

unique & affordable

Join us for Wine Tastings Thursdays 5-7 p.m.

classes & demonstrations Deliveries Daily

Free Parking

27 S. 9th Ave.

15 W Main Street Pensacola, Florida 32502

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ANNUAL MEMBERS’ JURIED EXHIBITION

The PMA takes this opportunity each year to highlight their talented members.. This year’s juror Donan Klooz, Curator of Exhibitions at the Mobile Museum of Art, will be on hand to distribute awards for Best of Show, first place, second place and third place.

The top honor will have a solo show in Gallery 5 of the Museum during the 2016 calendar year.

Throughout the exhibition, visitors to the Museum will be able to cast their vote for People’s Choice and this award will be determined upon closing of the

exhibition (Aug. 22).

Museum hours and location: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and military; members and children 11 and under are free for the rest of summer.

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

THE LURE OF THE OCEAN: ORIGINAL WORKS BY GUY HARVEY HARVEY

In this exhibition Harvey combines his artistic gifts with his background as a marine biologist, diver, photographer and angler to create his unique and colorful pieces. On display through Aug. 9.

Museum hours and location: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $10 for adults; $8

for seniors and military; members and children 11 and under are free for the rest of summer.

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

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2015 WILD SHOTS PHOTO CONTEST

The Gulf Breeze Zoo is calling shutterbugs of all ages to enter their photos into the official 2015 Wild Shots Photo Contest. With over 800 animals, the Gulf Breeze Zoo’s diverse wildlife and interactive animal experiences create the perfect backdrop for any photographer.

Snap funny family pictures or the perfect animal poses.

Scenery, silly faces and animal antics

are encouraged.

The grand prize is a 4 pack of season passes, among other “wild” prizes!

Submit your photos online by August 31st at www.GBZoo. com.

POSTER COMPETITION FOR 2015 GREAT GULFCOAST ARTS FESTIVAL

Here is a chance to become a part of Pensacola’s art history! The winning artist receives a $1,000 cash award, and the winning design will be featured on posters, T-shirts and other GGAF promotional items for the festival. The Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival is accepting submissions to it’s 2015 poster design competition from July 1st to August 28th. All entries need to be mailed or delivered

to Duncan McCall Advertising, 4400 Bayou Blvd, Suite 11.

Competing artists can find a complete list of rules and requirements at www.ggaf.org/page/ poster-contest.

22ND POWER OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW & PRODUCT EXPO THE ANNUAL

Power of Photography Show, at the Pensacola Cultural Center, is accepting submissions from July 1 until July 25.

Enter to compete for 85 ribbons and over $4,000 in cash and prizes. The event is coordinated by the Wide Angle Photo Club and benefits ARC gateway. Photo entries and fess will be accepted during business hours at Calagaz Photo (6895 N. 9th Avenue) or CCP Gallery (126

Palafox) in Pensacola, or Calagaz Photo in Mobile (90 Springdale Blvd.)

You may also mail to one of these by July 25. wideanglephotoclub.org

≥classes & workshops

“MAKE-YOUROWN-GLASS” CLASS

10a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, July 17th and Saturday, July 18th.

Held weekly on Friday and Saturdays, First City Art Center offers weekly “MakeYour-Own-Glass” classes, no previous glassblowing skills necessary. The classes are open to anyone age 8 and older and range in price from $25-$45.

Pre-registration and pre-payment is required and can be made by calling 429-1222. First City Art Center, 1060

N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.org

INTRODUCTION TO POTTERY ON THE WHEEL 6-8:30 p.m.

Monday, July 20th.

During this weekly workshop held on Monday evenings at First City Art Center, instructor Pearl VanHoove works individually with students to develop consistency in throwing on the wheel. Participants receive and introduction to materials, equipment and throwing techniques. Each session begins with a brief demonstrations followed by hands-on time at the wheel.

The class is $40 and open to individuals age 14 and up.

Pre-registration and pre-payment is required and can be made by calling 429-1222. Class is

limited to two participants. First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.org

bars & nightlife

≥bar games Thursdays

POKER 8 p.m. The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Rd., ticketsportsbar.com POOL TOURNAMENT

8 p.m. The Ticket 2, 2115 W. 9 Mile Rd., ticketsportsbar.com Fridays

DRAG BINGO 6-8 p.m. Ages 21 and over. Emerald City’s The Other Side, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola. com POOL TOURNAMENT

8 p.m. The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Rd., ticketsportsbar.com Mondays

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—Creative Organic Vegan Cuisine, Coffee & Catering—

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610 E. Wright St. | 429-0336 | eotlcafe.com Personal Injury • Criminal Justice

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calendar p.m. The 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 MONDAY NIGHT TRIVIA 9:30-10:30

p.m. Mugs and Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway. facebook.com/ MugsJugs

Tuesdays

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p.m. The Bridge Bar and Sunset Lounge, 33 Gulf Breeze Parkway. facebook.com/ thebridgebargb

TICKET TEAM TRIVIA

8 p.m. The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Rd., ticketsportsbar.com POKER 8 p.m. The Ticket 2, 2115 W. 9 Mile Rd., ticketsportsbar.com TEAM TRIVIA 9 p.m. Hopjacks. 10 S. Palafox. hopjacks. com DRAG BINGO 10 p.m.-Midnight. Ages 18 and over. Emerald City’s The Other Side, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com Wednesdays

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

TICKET BAR BINGO

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

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

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VFW Post 706, 6 p.m. 5000 Lillian Highway. vfw706.org July 16, 2015

Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m.

130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com The Cabaret, 9 p.m.

101 S. Jefferson St. cabaretpensacola. com Hub Stacey’s At the Point, 9 p.m.

5851 Galvez Road. hubstaceys.com

Saturdays

Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 9 p.m.

312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com Sundays

Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m.

130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com 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

The Sandshaker Lounge, 8 p.m. 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker. com Play, 9 p.m. 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. iplaypensacola.com

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THURSDAY 7.16

ADAM HOLT 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd. peglegpetes.com

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 P.M. The

Deck, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola. com 30 X 90 6 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradise-bar.com GREG LYONS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com RICH McDUFF 9 p.m.

McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St.. mcguiresirishpub. com

FRIDAY 7.17

ADAM HOLT 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd. peglegpetes.com 30 X 90 6 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradise-bar.com THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. . Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com THE RED FIELD 9 p.m. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com RICH McDUFF 9 p.m.

McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St.. mcguiresirishpub. com

SATURDAY 7.18

ALEXA BUROUGHS 6

p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd. peglegpetes.com 30 X 90 6 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradise-bar.com RICH McDUFF 9 p.m.

McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St.. mcguiresirishpub. com

Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter,com

JOHNNY SANSONE

6 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar.com MIKE VAN 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd. peglegpetes.com BROOKS HUBBARD

10 p.m. McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St.. mcguiresirishpub.com

TUESDAY 7.21

TIM ODONOVAN 6

p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd. peglegpetes. com

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 P.M. The

Deck, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola. com

LITTLE MIKE AND THE TORNADOS 6

SUNDAY 7.19

p.m. Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar.com MIKE QUINN 8 p.m.

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

Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequart

p.m. McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St.. mcguiresirishpub.com

KATHY LYON JAZZ BAND 11 a.m. Seville

JOHNNY SANSONE

3 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar.com RAY COLEY 4:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com ANTHONY MICHAEL

6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd. peglegpetes.com

BROOKS HUBBARD

10 p.m. McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St.. mcguiresirishpub.com

MONDAY 7.20

PAPER STREET SOAP CO. 8 p.m. Seville

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WEDNESDAY 7.22

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5 P.M. The DECK, 600 S.

Barracks St. fishhousepensacola. com CONTINUAM 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd. peglegpetes.com EDWARD DAVID ANDERSON 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar.com DESTINY BROWN

7:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com

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DIFFERENCE MAKERS UWF Foundation announces 2015-2016 Board of Directors The University of West Florida Foundation, Inc., today announced its 2015-2016 Board of Directors, as new members were appointed to four-year terms beginning July 1, 2015.

“We are pleased to welcome incoming members to our Board of Directors, who give so much of their time and talents to ensure the future success of this University,” said Dr. Brendan Kelly, president of the UWF Foundation, Inc. “Together with our returning directors, they will be of great service to the Foundation and its long-term goals.”

The new directors beginning their terms are: Brett Barrow, senior vice president of commercial banking for Regions Bank; Linda Brotherton, chief technology officer, ConnectWise, Tampa; Jason Crawford, chief executive officer, Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems, Pensacola; Kathie Jeffcoat, senior vice president, Rodney Rich & Company, Pensacola; Louis A. (Trip) Maygarden, III, attorney at law, Shell Fleming Davis & Menge, Pensacola; John L. Peacock, Jr., financial advisor, Edward Jones, Pensacola; Bruce Vredenburg, president, Hancock Bank, Pensacola; and Jake Hebert, vice president of the UWF Student Government Association.

The 2015 – 2016 officers are: John Hutchinson, chair; Gordon Sprague, vice chair; Richard Peterson, secretary; David Hightower, treasurer; and C. Ray Jones, immediate past chair.

Returning members of the board include: Scott Barrow; Judy Bense; Dave Cleveland; Doug Dobson; Gail Dorsey; Ray Flores; Rick Fountain; Tim Haag; James Hosman; Kim MacQueen; Dan McMillan; John Platt; Steve Riggs; Melinda Webb-Schwartz; and Brian Wyer.

The following members are retiring from the board: Alan Gieseman; Richard Sanfilippo; Luke van Bla ricom; and Devonte Wilson.

The UWF Foundation, Inc., was established in 1965 for the purpose of accepting, managing and administering private gifts to support the University’s mission and programs. Its Board of Directors encourages such gifts and provides financial oversight of the Foundation’s investments and annual budget.

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news of the weird OUTSOURCING Among the protesters at New York City's Gay Pride Parade on the Sunday after the Supreme Court's historic gay-marriage decision was a group of men outfitted in Jewish prayer garments and representing the Jewish Political Action Committee, carrying signs reading, for example, "Judaism prohibits homosexuality." However, the men were very likely not Jewish, but in fact Mexican laborers hired for the day. A representative of the committee told The New York Times that the men were "supplemental" -- necessary because the committee's rabbis would not permit their students (who normally staff such protests) to be exposed to the sights of same-sex exuberance typical for the parade.

NEW WORLD ORDER In 1993, the owner of the iconic 5Pointz building in New York City began allowing graffiti artists to use the walls for their masterpieces, but by 2013 had grown weary of the building's look and had the walls whitewashed. In June 2015, nine of the artists filed a federal lawsuit demanding that the owner compensate them, substantially, for destroying their creations -- and they stand a good chance of collecting (under the Visual Artists Rights Act) if they prove their particular works are of "recognized stature" and not merely art of an "ephemeral nature." At its height, 5Pointz attracted more than 350 artists' works from around the world.

PERSPECTIVE To cover various general expenses (such as helping the indigent), the average hospital mark-up for patient care in the United States is about 3.4 times costs (according to a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report in June), but 50 of the nation's 5,000 hospitals charge more than 10 times the cost, with the North Okaloosa Medical Center near Pensacola, Florida, billing at 12.6 times costs. According to the co-author, professor Gerard Anderson, the 50 "are marking up the prices because no one is telling them they can't." (Forty-nine of the 50 are for-profit hospitals, and 20 are in Florida.)

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PEOPLE WITH ISSUES Former British Navy sailor Alan Reynolds, 55, of Porthleven, England, was convicted in April of a burglary in which he stole items from the home of a colleague to pursue his fetish for waterproof clothing -- to enrich his fantasy, he told a judge, of imagining himself a prisoner of war. Photos and videos taken from his home show him in bright yellow waterproof trousers and green waterproof poncho, removing layers of clothing from underneath and "smelling" them.

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS Adultery is illegal in Japan -- except, as a Tokyo District Court judge ruled in a "psychological distress" lawsuit filed by the jilted wife, when it is done by a company to retain a good customer. A night club hostess who had carried on with the married man proved that she did so only as "makura eigyo," or "pillow sales tactic." Said the judge, "As long as the intercourse is for business, it does not harm the marital relationship at all."

(The ruling, from 2014, was first publicized this year.)

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Confused: (1) Christopher Furay, 33, pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh in April to six bank robberies -- the first four in which surveillance video revealed him to have a reddish beard and the last two in which the video revealed him to be wearing a fake red beard covering his reddish beard. Furay did not explain.

(2) In June, police in Roseville, Minnesota, quickly located J&J Construction's missing equipment trailer (stolen from a work site) -- parked near the Washington County Courthouse, where the thief apparently had left it while he answered a court summons.

WCCO-TV reported that the man was soon jailed on a separate charge. {in}

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