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DONOVAN BLACK The University of West

Florida senior received two honors this semester, the 2017 Grady-Rayam Prize in Vocal Performance and the UWF Arts Advocacy Award.

Black was named the male winner of the upper division, receiving a cash award from the Negro Spiritual Scholarship Foundation in the GradyRayam competition in February in Lakeland.

Also, the UWF College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities faculty selected Black as the 2017 recipient of its Student Arts Advocacy Award, an honor that recognizes students who bring attention to the essential role of the arts in Florida's quality of life.

ALEX ANDRADE Gov. Rick Scott appointed the attorney with Moore, Hill & Westmoreland to the First Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission. A member of the 2016 Inweekly Rising Star class, Andrade maintains a general practice with a focus on civil litigation, real property, and commercial litigation. Before being admitted to the bar, he worked as a certified legal intern in the Office of the State Attorney in the 1st Judicial Circuit. Exclusively handling domestic violence cases, Alex handled multiple jury trials and a number of bench trials.

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WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS The botched handling of the firing of FBI Director James Comey will be a case study for public information officers for years. The initial explanation for the dismissal was President Donald Trump made the decision based on the independent review by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein of Comey's dealing with the Hilary Clinton emails. According to the President, that narrative was completely false. In an interview on NBC, Trump said he made the decision, and Rosenstein's report didn't weigh into the firing. The President has since said he may discontinue press briefings.

Someone cue the calliope music or the "Benny Hill" theme song.

PANHANDLING Could the third try be the

charm? Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has tried three times to curb panhandling downtown and the homeless in city parks. Three years ago, he asked the City Council to form a committee to study how to improve human services and hire a consultant for $30,000.

However, the city has done nothing to improve services for the homeless, not a good recipe for lasting success. The ball is now in the ACLU's court. Were they only bluffing to sue the city?

CITY APPOINTMENTS The Pensacola City Charter gives the City Council the power to approve the mayor's appointments of department heads. Over his tenure, Mayor Ashton Hayward has limited the approval votes to the port director, airport director, police chief and fire chief. Now he refuses to let them answer council questions in a public meeting before the vote. Next, he may ask the appointees to wear paper bags over their heads.

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THE COMING SCHOOL CRISIS The middle class is coming to the west side of the city of Pensacola. The Southtowne Apartments will be filled with young professionals, their families and retirees. The projects proposed for the Blount and Hallmark sites are promoted as bringing "workforce housing" to Pensacola. Meanwhile, lots that have been long vacant in North Hill and the Tanyards are being scooped up by real estate investors.

A decade from now, the racial mix of District 7 and District 6, which encompass downtown and most of the hot new developments, will become decidedly paler and more affluent. Today, District 6, which is represented

by Brian Spencer, has 630 more white voters than African-American voters. Jewel CannadaWynn's District 7 only has 238 more black voters than white, according to the Supervisor of Elections office.

However, there is a problem that could undermine the renaissance of the urban core: public education.

White parents won't put up with the schools than their less affluent, African-American counterparts have endured.

They want to live in neighborhoods with good public schools.

Districts 6 and 7 have some of the worse schools in the Escambia County School District. Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and his predecessors have long since abandoned the neighborhood schools in those areas.

He has invested over $60-million in new schools near Navy Federal Credit Union to

lure workers away from Baldwin County, Ala. and Santa Rosa County. Meanwhile, he has ignored the future demand inside the Pensacola city limits.

Without good public schools near the Hallmark and Blount projects, families won't stay long. White middle-class families expect good schools, low crime, and better public amenities.

A few will be pioneers maybe for a couple of years, but as their children become school age, they will be less willing to transport their children to Cordova Park, A.K. Suter, and N.B. Cook than black families have done in recent years.

They will not enroll them in Global Learning Academy, which was listed among the 300 lowest performing elementary schools in Florida last year. They will not send them to Warrington Middle School, which is the 14th lowest performing middle school in the state.

When the resale market starts, every realtor who shows a family a home in the Hallmark and Blount redevelopments will need a creative answer when the parents ask about the public schools. The smart parents will have already done their homework and will head elsewhere.

The future growth of Districts 6 and 7 will be tied to how well Superintendent Thomas improves the public education in the neighborhoods he has long ignored. Better inner-city schools may finally become a campaign issue in 2020. {in}rick@inweekly.net

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THE BATTLE OVER THE BENSON HOUSE

By Duwayne Escobedo It looks like any other brick home with brown trim, steel bars on the windows and a carport. But to many, it is special.

This is where Ella Louise and Mark X. Benson made their home. One of the first families to settle in Gulf Breeze in 1935.

They managed the Gulf Breeze Cottages.

The couple became prominent and active citizens in the community at the residence located on Live Oak and Pfeiffer Streets.

Mark Benson became the first Postmaster in 1939 and named the post office— Gulf Breeze. His wife, "Elouise," took over when he served in World War II. The Bensons bought property on U.S. Highway 98 and built up the so-called Benson Complex, which included a gas station, grocery store, hardware store and dress shop in what became the center of business. It now is home to Dunkin' Donuts, an AT&T store, and Mattress Firm. They are a short walk from the Benson Home located behind the Chevron gas station and across the street from Taco Bell.

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Late in her life Ella Louise, known as the waterfront town's "founding mother," managed the business tenants in the complex. She died Oct. 9, 2006, at age 92, while her husband, Mark, died March 27, 1994, when he was 86.

Today, the Gulf Breeze Area Historical Society is in a major bare-knuckle fight over whether to honor Ella Louise's wishes in her will for the historical society to use their house as the Mark X. and E. Louise Benson Museum and for Christian activities. The argument has gotten so heated that the 30-member organization has ballooned to about 120 members in the past month.

Betty Sprague, Gulf Breeze Area Historical Society president, represents those who want to vacate the will, tear down the Benson House, and sell the property. She said the house is simply unsuitable for a museum with one bedroom, one bathroom, and three electrical systems.

Her husband Gordon is a past president and has overseen the Benson House, which has been abandoned for 10 years. The historical society has plans to work with

the city to build a room or facility to display Gulf Breeze artifacts, historical documents, and other items.

The property that is about a half-acre is valued at about $350,000 to $400,000.

The historic society sold the property for $275,000 twice, but both offers fell through.

"The house is not historical," Sprague said. "It's a mess. It has mold and mildew and rats. We don't want to keep it."

"The house is not historical. It's a mess. It has mold and mildew and rats. We don't want to keep it."

Betty Sprague, Gulf Breeze Area Historical Society president The city deemed the Benson House unsafe and sealed it. The historic society posted "No Trespassing" signs on the front

gate, main entrance, and carport. The society, which held its board election Tuesday, May 16 at its annual meeting, plans to make a final decision on the fate of the Benson House on May 27.

Barbara Udit, Gulf Breeze Area Historical Society secretary, has led the charge to honor Benson's will and save the house. She said the Benson Home might be one of the original cottages from the early 1900s when Pensacola residents would cross Pensacola Bay by boat to stay there and camp. Her father, John Schlif, was the second mayor of Gulf Breeze after the family moved there in 1958.

"They were one of the founding families of Gulf Breeze," Udit said. "We can turn it into something positive for children. We hope to break through this and save the house. We've seen a tremendous change in the community."

Benson not only gave her home and all its furnishings and personal property to the Gulf Breeze Area Historical Society but also donated $30,000.

Benson is reported to have wanted her buildings to be saved as examples of early Gulf Breeze architecture, culture, and history, which she believed would be educational.

Before her death, she typed her will and wrote: "Reasonable charges for the admission of the public to the museum may be assessed for the continued maintenance, repair and improvements deemed necessary to the establishment and continuance of the museum."

If the historic society sells the Benson House, it won't be the first time her wishes went unheeded. The Benson complex was left to the Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church, which the Bensons helped establish along with the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Midway.

The Gulf Breeze church went to court to vacate her will. It ended up selling the property for $1.65 million in August 2007, which caused a lot of bad blood in the small Pensacola bedroom community.

Clayton Coker, the owner of the Antiquarian Traders, rented space in the old Benson complex for about 15 years for his unique store. He remembers Benson as being "sweet," a person who would "help anyone" but "strong willed."

Coker, whose business is now in another building behind the complex, is staying tightlipped about the historical society controversy over the Benson House.

But the business owner admitted, "It does seem to be in a bit of an obscure place.

The historic society can do something better in a better location. I hope something good comes from it. I'd like to see something that honors their names at that location or a better location." {in} inweekly.net

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BLOUNT REDEVELOPMENT ON FAST TRACK

By Duwayne Escobedo In 2011, Mayor Ashton Hayward announced his plans to transform the W.A. Blount Junior High School site. He planned to turn it from the rundown building, built in 1930 and empty for nearly three decades, into workforce housing.

Six years later, two development groups have submitted proposals to convert the formerly blighted city block into 30 single-family homes, with prices possibly in $199,000 range.

That's fine with Robin Peagler. The 54-year-old, who works with individuals with disabilities, and lives in a bright purple house on the corner of Chase and D Streets across from the former school. The property is also bordered by Gregory and C Streets.

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"It doesn't look like my dream will come true.

I'm all for it if it looks attractive and brightens up the area even more. It'll bring my property value up."

The Blount redevelopment is one of the first major projects as part of Mayor Hayward's neighborhoods initiative that seeks to improve low-income areas. His idea is to make sure that police, educators, and others can afford quality housing that is less than 30 percent of their gross income.

Hayward and his administration have received a lot of scrutiny over the lack of public input into the redevelopment of the Blount property, not to mention the six years it took to request proposals.

"By moving city-owned property back into productive use we can create more opportunities for families to live in the city where they work and play," Hayward wrote in an Oct. 6, 2016, viewpoint. "Instead, we are seeking to spur the development of innovative, aesthetically pleasing housing that preserves the character of neighborhoods."

The neighborhood around the former Blount school is spotty from house to house.

Two homes near the site look like they might collapse with a good shove. Another corner is vacant. An abandoned couch, used tire and other debris litter the area.

After the City Purchasing Department solicited bids, the city received only two proposals for the project, an 112-page proposal from the ParsCo development team and another 3-page proposal from Gunther Properties.

ParsCo would create "The Cottages at Five Point." The development includes 30 two-story, two-bedroom and two-bathroom homes. The 1,216-square-foot floor plan has a porch and balcony. It would create a greenspace in the center of the homes that could be developed into a park, community garden, playground or common area.

Based on a median household income of $60,220 for Pensacola, ParsCo priced its homes at $199,000.

ParsCo also proposed paying the city $240,000 for the property.

Meanwhile, the Gunther Properties team would also build 30 single-family homes and said it would pay the city $320,000 for the land. It did not submit plans or drawings for its proposed houses, and it did not name a sales price.

Both plans are based on the original 1906 subdivision plan for Maxent Tract that called for 30 homes.

The city was scheduled to hold a selection committee meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 at City Hall's sixth-floor conference room. The bid is set to be awarded Thursday, May 25. The contract will probably come before the Pensacola City Council in June or July.

ParsCo developer Amir Michael Fooladi and Gunther Properties Fred Gunther spoke with Inweekly.

"We feel like our design is technically pleasing," Fooladi said. "It has an open floor plan, and we are not using cheap materials."

Meanwhile, Gunther is relying on his experience in similar past projects since 2005 that he has delivered to the city.

For example, he pointed to the Lofts on the northeast corner of Reus and Intendencia

streets. He noted the price range was $162,500 to $175,000 and sold to residents that met the city's criteria for income restrictions.

"I'm confident," Gunther said. "We will work with the mayor, council, and neighborhood and build what they want there."

The city paid $225,000 for the 2.65-acre site on Sept. 20, 2011, to Blount Redevelopment, a company held by John M. O'Neill III, Donald Moore, and Dr. Sunil Gupta.

The city completed the demolition of the Blount school in late 2012 at a total cost of $466,700. Escambia County contributed $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant dollars toward the project to demolish the buildings.

Neither proposal comes close to reimbursing the city for what it has already invested in the major redevelopment project.

Fooladi said he is willing to negotiate with the city on the price for the site and other costs if needed to make the Blount redevelopment worthwhile for all the entities involved.

The city did meet with residents in June 2013 about their expectations but have not met with them since then. Suggestions ran the gamut including a park, senior center, recreation center with swimming pool, museum, and regional campus for the University of West Florida or Pensacola State College.

Peagler, a nearby resident, said she felt the ParsCo suggested sales price of $199,000 was fair.

"That's excellent," she said when told by an Inweekly reporter about the project.

Chris Lee, who recently moved into the neighborhood, said he liked the plan for more housing. On his morning walks with his dog, he can't help but notice the quality of housing and the debris strewn on some lots.

"Anything would be better than what it is," the 30-year-old Lee said of the former Blount school site. "I don't see kids playing outside. But I haven't had any issues in this neighborhood thus far." {in}

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FANT FOR AG State Rep. Jay Fant (RJacksonville) visited Pensacola last week to introduce himself to locals and raise funds for his Florida Attorney General campaign.

On "Pensacola Speaks,� he talked about what the voters can expect from Attorney General Jay Fant.

"If and when elected in 2018, you're going to see someone who is zealous for the Constitution and zealous for letting Floridians know that the Constitution is for us," he said. "The First Amendment is for us. The Second Amendment is for us, normal, everyday people. That's what makes us different, it is our Constitution and the Declaration before then."

He said he would be an Attorney General that is "friendly to small business and friendly to families."

Fant was one of the few Republicans in the Florida House who spoke out against Speaker Richard Corcoran's efforts to eliminate Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida during the 2017 session.

"It's always right, and it's always correct to scrutinize every element of government spending," said Fant. "If we're allocating taxpayer money to get programs like Visit Florida and Enterprise Florida because we want to make sure they're doing it right, that's our job to do it."

He continued, "Where I depart from our Speaker is eliminating those programs because when you eliminate business development and tourist development programs, you don't get new business or new tourists."

Being from Jacksonville, Fant understood the need for incentives to compete with other states for businesses and jobs.

"That's one of the reasons why I like coming to Pensacola so much. I feel at home here...We are on the Georgia line and the Alabama line, and it's competitive," he said. "We can't have our citizens driving across the line for work, and that's what it's gotten to."

He added, "If you're in other parts of the state and you don't feel like you need tourist money and business development money, I wish those folks would come up here to see what we're fighting for."

DIB AND PARKING The Downtown Im-

provement Board is studying how to meet the future parking needs of the district, but building another parking garage is not the first option, according to DIB chair John Peacock.

"We've taken it upon ourselves to go ahead and do it because we are the management of parking," said Peacock on "Pensacola Speaks" last week. "That's our job to do that. We want to get ahead of the curve."

As part of his 2016 goals, Mayor Hayward commissioned the West Florida Regional Planning Council (WFRPC) to do a downtown May 18, 2017

parking study for $30,000, which was presented to the city council in August 2016. The study identified the number of spaces needed, potential spots for parking garages, and several options for financing the projects.

WFRPC estimated that 1,989 more parking spaces were needed in the Palafox Commercial Core and 1,557 more in the West End Zones.

Since then, projects have been presented to the city that would eliminate parking lots on South Palafox and Baylen streets and behind the T.T. Wentworth Museum.

The DIB chairman is reluctant to add more parking garages. He said, "Those things are dang expensive. If you look at some of the studies as far as in the future with ride sharing and walkable cities, a parking garage is going to be less and less utilized."

Peacock added, "We wouldn't want to build a parking garage that 10, 15, 20 years from now was a bad move. We're going to want to build a parking garage as the last resort. Are there ways we can transport people, using ride share or trolleys, those kinds of things, from the assets we do have before we spend multiple, multiple millions of dollars building a garage structure?"

The DIB intends to do its own study to determine how to better utilize the current parking spaces.

"We're going to put a RFQ (Request of Qualifications) out and pull in some experts, and say, ‘How do we make this system work better?' Whether it's in parking garages or use of different kinds of meters," he said.

Parking is part of life in most downtowns, according to the DIB chairman.

"People are used to paying for parking," said Peacock. "If we can monetize those spots, we can do a lot of other things with infrastructure needs that come downtown.

I want to get away from that negative reinforcement of the ticket and get back to the positive; I'm contributing to the growth and infrastructure part of paying for parking. "

WHITE'S REPORT The 2017 Florida Legislation Session had its challenges, especially because of the fight over economic incentives, according to freshman lawmaker Frank White (R-Pensacola).

"As a Republican, I hated seeing the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate and the governor, especially the governor and the House leadership, kind of going at each other on some pretty significant policy debates," Rep White told Inweekly.

"I think for us it was a unique challenge because we do have an exhibit on one of the issues, on the use of economic incentives as part of economic development," he said. "We have 'Exhibit A' of success at Navy Federal Credit Union right in our backyard."

The legislature put in the budget $16 million to maintain general operations at the businessrecruitment agency Enterprise Florida, down from $23.5 million in the current year. For the second consecutive year, the budget does not include money for business incentives that Scott has relied on to help lure businesses to expand or relocate in Florida.

Scott asked for $85 million a year ago for incentives. House Speaker Richard Corcoran (R-Land `O Lakes) repeatedly called business incentives "corporate welfare," and Corcoran got his way in the budget.

The state can still offer tax rebates to businesses through programs such as the Qualified Target Industries, which typically requires a local government match.

Meanwhile, the tourism-marketing agency Visit Florida is budgeted to receive $25 million for the fiscal year, which is short of Scott's request for $100 million. Lawmakers also issued a new set of Visit Florida operational guidelines about travel and marketing contracts.

Rep. White continued, "In Visit Florida in the debate over that funding, obviously we have tourism being a key driver of our local economy.

It was another issue that really hit us, that put us on the spot. Really right out of the gate, we have got to go right at two big issues, but we just stuck to our principles and stuck to the way we campaigned."

He hoped the voters understood his votes. White said, "Hopefully, knock on wood, voters will support us next time around and recognize that."

Rep. White also discussed his accomplishments during the past session on "Pensacola Speaks" on May 10. He credited the entire Northwest Florida delegation for delivering the Triumph Gulf Coast funds.

"Every legislator, in the House and Senate, worked together as a team to make that happen," he sad. "That was the number one accomplishment I think for all of us."

The freshman legislator said that he fought for policies that promoted growth.

"I know there are so many families in our community that either through generational poverty or through decline in manufacturing, there is kind of an erosion of the middle class in our area," said White. "People are hurting, and the kitchen table economics today are very different than they were so I wanted to support policies that provide good economic growth, better jobs, more jobs for the area."

White had eight bills this session that ended on Monday, May 8.

"Of those I had all eight, well seven passed the House," he said. "One I ended up amending onto another bill that was a bigger priority bill and had better chance of making it the whole way."

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He continued, "I got all eight of those across the House. Four of them made it to the Senate. …The governor's already signed one of them and he's got I think a stack of others that I suspect he will like and will be hopefully signing soon."

TANYARD PROJECT DELAY Pensacola

City Administrator Eric Olson last week told the Pensacola City Council that the Government Street/Corrine Jones stormwater pond will not be completed on May 31 as he told them in January.

Olson said the contractor, Utility Services of Gulf Breeze, notified him of the delay on Friday, May 5.

"They had given us a schedule March 24, saying that they would be completed by May 31," he told the council. "Unfortunately, that is not the case. The schedule has slid. I'm just going to be very conservative, and I think it slid by two months for the total completion of the project."

Trying to put a positive spin on the situation, Olson said, "To mitigate some of that, what we are asking the contractor to do is to complete the recreational amenities that are

planned for the West Side–that's the playground equipment, the basketball court. Get the contractor to get that completed, we'll fence off that section of the park, and we will open that."

The city administrator did not explain what caused the delay. He said, "The public is going to see a nice new park with a sidewalk around it and lights, and they're going to want to get in there. Unfortunately, they're going to have to wait longer, but we will open up as much of the park as we can as soon as it's completed."

Olson also reassured the council that water remediation done from October 2016-December 2016 successfully reduced the contamination below EPA levels.

"After the cleanup work on the contamination was completed, we learned that there was a 97-percent reduction in lindane, he told the council. "This was the chief chemical that was found there from the levels that were there in September 2016."

He added, "We will continue to monitor the ground water in the park, but that's good news that we've cleaned up the ground water in the park."

HALLMARK APPROVAL The Pensacola Planning Board reluctantly approved 76 lots at the 5.1-acre Hallmark School — the second largest redevelopment site in downtown Pensacola.

The Escambia County School Board closed the historic school in 2011, which was first constructed in 1936.

349 LLC, which bought the property for $1 million in April 2013, plans to line the city block with two-story townhomes with a common private park area in the center. South F Street, South E Street, West Romana Street and West Government Street surround the site.

Planning Board members and residents spoke out against the designed dwellings that have a driveway and garage located in the front of the dwelling, claiming it reduced the walkability and visual appeal of the area.

Project engineer Jason Rebol said parking will be in the garages, driveways or streets.

Christian Wagley, a local advocate, said "great" cities are embracing urban design that would require 349LLC to provide parking on the side or behind the home to make it more "pleasant."

"Cars blocking sidewalks is an epidemic in

our city," Wagley said. "Maybe this case can be teachable."

Alexis Bolin, a Pensacola area real estate agent, echoed Wagley and said she would take building codes a step further. New city regulations should require new developments to fit the character of the neighborhood where it's being built.

"We need to have character to them, not something that sticks out like a sore thumb," she said.

Planning Board members said they would push new building codes with the City Council to address future development in Pensacola. Areas of the city would have to be designated and urban design concepts spelled out in detail, which is something Wagley said he was putting together.

"In the near future, we should have a discussion on the aesthetic qualities of developments such as this one," said Paul Ritz, planning board chairman.

The property appraiser lists the land value of the location at $386,840 and the overall value at $873,941.

Only the 19-acre ECUA property on Main Street is larger than the Hallmark property. {in}

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I N W E E K LY M U S T S E E Why we love them:

Because their sound drips with that kind of cool, effortless, chicness only French people possess

Photo by Emma Le Doyen

Random facts:

•Phoenix aren’t the only Phoenix in the music world •There’s also a Romanian folk rock group, a Hungarian rapper and a few others who go by that name •Their lead singer, Thomas Mars, is married to an Oscar winner—filmmaker Sofia Coppola •‘Lisztomania’ isn’t just a random word, it’s a term used to describe the intense fan frenzy directed toward 19th century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt

We really hope they play:

PHOENIX

If I Ever Feel Better Consolation Prizes Girlfriend Trying to Be Cool Long Distance Call Lasso J-Boy (because it totally has us hoping for a new album soon)

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10 Sets You Really Shouldn't Miss

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Weezer

Franz Ferdinand

Band of Horses

Warpaint

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Strand of Oaks

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Local Natives

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The Head and the Heart

Hurray for the Riff Raff

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White Reaper

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New Respect for The New Respects

By Shelby Smithey

The New Respects / Photo by Cody Myers Newcomers The New Respects are bringing a bit of old school soul to Hangout Fest this year.

With twins Zandy and Lexi Fitzgerald on guitar and bass, brother Darius on drums and their cousin Jasmine Mullen on vocals and guitar, the Nashville-based group is a family affair.

"The pros are that we know each other well already so we can skip the ‘getting to know you' phase when starting a band," Lexi said. "I guess that could also be a con because we know exactly how to get on each other's nerves. It's up to us to choose to use our powers for good or for evil."

Influenced by Aretha Franklin, The Beatles and Led Zepplin, the group just released a their debut EP "Here Comes Trouble."

"We didn't play music together until high school," Darius said. "We always sang together, but it was just for fun until we started the band."

The New Respects started last year after Jasmine and Zandy wrote a song together and someone heard it and told them to start a band.

"So we did," Zandy said.

"Growing up in Nashville we were always aware that there were better musicians and writers everywhere," Mullen said.

"Instead of being a big fish in a little pond, we were little fish in a huge pond. I think that's why we work so hard now. We want to be great, and because we grew up around the greats, we know what it looks like."

Both of Jasmine's parents are musicians

and songwriters, and the Fitzgerald's dad moved to Nashville in hopes of making a career rapping which he did for a while but ended up becoming a pastor.

"As far as soul is concerned, we all grew up listening to gospel and Motown, so I feel like that's a crash course in soul," Mullen said.

The band just released their third single ‘Money,' which they wrote while overcoming financial adversity when trying to get the band up and going.

"It's funny because that was one of the first songs we wrote for the band and we had no money at all," Zandy said. "It's not like we're rolling in it now, but I think that season was important because we learned that we love making music because we love music and not because we love making

money. Now if this music happens to bring us a 2.4 million dollar check, we'll take that too."

Mullen said that their name had to be changed when we first got signed due to legal reasons. Their first name was the John Hancock Band, but Mullen said that she's glad they changed it.

"It took probably eight or nine months to find the name ‘The New Respects,’ but we felt like it was perfect timing when we finally landed on it," she said. "It's so easy to lose respect for people you're working, with whether that's band members, label folks, producers or anyone really. But we've learned that everyone deserves grace and respect and even when things don't go our way we still wanna give a ‘New Respect' to all those around us. The rule is you reap what you sow. Hopefully, we'll receive the same grace and respect when we mess up because we will."

This will be the band's first time to the Gulf Coast.

"The beach has been calling our names for a while now, so that's going to be fun," Lexi said." It's an honor to be playing Hangout Fest this year. We're getting paid to play music and watch amazing acts like Mumford and Sons and Chance the Rapper. It's a dream come true." {in}

THE NEW RESPECTS

11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Sunday BMI Stage

Bag it up One thing you have to love about Hangout Fest is that it really is on the beach—which means bathing suits and bare feet are totally acceptable festival attire.

But there are a few things we think should be mandatory for everybody, no matter what they choose to wear. Don’t worry though, this stuff will easily fit into a tote bag, maybe even a fanny pack, so your style won’t be cramped too much.

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•Sunscreen Because the sun is not your friend.

•Water bottle But water sure is.

•Sunglasses, a hat and/or a cover-up of some kind Bonus points if you can rock all three simultaneously and still look carefree.

•Cash Yes, some vendors take plastic. But good ‘ol cash money really will make things easier (and faster) for you this weekend.

Just make sure to keep it somewhere safer than your pocket.

•Wet wipes and/or hand sanitizer Port-O-Potties. Need we say more?

•A paper copy of the schedule and map* Sure, there's an app, but you don't want to waste your phone battery on that.

•Battery support Even if you heed that last tip, you’re more than likely still going to need some extra juice to get through a full day. If you don’t have a portable charger or backup battery, there’s a phone charging station that you’ll want to make note of on the map.

*We've included both of these in this issue for you on pages 18 and 19 inweekly.net

I N W E E K LY M U S T S E E

Photo by Zoe Rain Photography

Why we love him:

Because he’s a true original who became successful on his own terms (and he can rock a pair of overalls like nobody else)

Random facts:

•“Coloring Book” is the first streaming-only album to win a Grammy •He was also the first independent artist to perform on Saturday Night Live •He’s currently sitting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100—with Justin Bieber, Quavo and Lil Wayne on DJ Khaled's track ‘I’m the One’ •This isn’t his first time at Hangout Fest—he played in 2014 too

We really hope he plays:

Mixtape (fingers crossed Lil Yachty shows up for this one too since he’s also playing Sunday) Same Drugs Juke Jam Angels Juke Juke Ultralight Beam (Don’t tell Kanye, but his version is almost better than the original)

CHANCE THE RAPPER 7:15-8:45 p.m.

Sunday Surf Stage

Soul Suffers

By Stephanie Sharp

The Suffers is a 10-piece band out to prove that they aren't just "another soul revival band." Their particular style blends influences from all over the musical map into a signature sound that they refer to as ‘Gulf Coast South,' which they'll bring right to the sands of Hangout Fest this Friday. Inweekly caught up with lead singer Kam Franklin for a quick Q&A in advance of the festival.

INWEEKLY: What is the biggest change you've noticed in your sound or approach to music since you started performing?

FRANKLIN: We are more focused on releasing better content. We all had day jobs when the world first heard about us. We are wearing business casual in our first few rounds of press photos. Our album was recorded in a rush in May 18, 2017

order to have a product to tour on. Now that we've paid our dues on the road, and we've discovered the type of artists we want to be, we are taking our time to focus on building that. It's a fun place to be in.

INWEEKLY: What's the most underrated aspect of performing and/or attending music festivals?

FRANKLIN: The sense of community. After a while, playing all the festivals almost starts to feel like a summer camp. We're on the road so often that these other acts become like a second family that we get to see a few times a year.

INWEEKLY: Do you have any superstitions or rituals around performing live?

FRANKLIN: We yell on stage, with our hands in the air, to get all of the bad energy out.

Some folks think we look crazy, but we go into that first song with a clear mind.

INWEEKLY: If you could choose how people discover your music for the first time, what would be your ideal scenario?

FRANKLIN: Live. It's the most sincere way for us to connect with our fans and deliver our music.

INWEEKLY: What is one thing your fans would not be able to guess about you?

FRANKLIN: More than half of the people in the band are black belts.

about the music industry, what would it be and why?

FRANKLIN: The rush to put out new content. There's no patience, just this rush to create art. Most great art takes time. Some of our favorite albums took years to create, and I wish more people in the industry acknowledged that fact. {in}

THE SUFFERS 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Friday Surf Stage

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Susto is a word in Latin American cultures for a cultural illness, characterized by anxiety, listlessness and emotional trauma. It's also the name of Charleston-based indie-rock band Susto, fronted by Justin Osborne.

"The literal translation is soul loss," Osborne said. "It's a medical term, wrapped into Catholicism, describing a stressful moment or panic attack or just not feeling quite like yourself."

Osborne majored in Anthropology, with a focus on Latin American studies, in college.

That's where he discovered the term.

"I totally related to that feeling," he said. "I had been in a band that wasn't going anywhere, I had just lost my religion and was going through a breakup. My life was in a serious transitional phase, so it was a very fitting name."

Osborne started to write songs and played his first show in ninth grade, and from there was in a couple of punk bands in high school.

At 17, Osborne started the band Sequoyah Prep School which he played in until he was 26.

The band had some local success, but starting Susto, Osborne said, has given him a wider audience and a national draw.

Osborne has been living in Charleston since 2005, but was born and raised in a rural town an hour and a half away.

"My granddad had this guitar he gave us when he passed away," Osborne said. "It only had three strings, and he left it to me and my siblings. My parents kept it in the closet, and we weren't allowed to touch it because we would always break shit. But whenever my family would leave I would say I wasn't feeling well so I could stay home and I would pull it out and learn how to play it."

Osborne grew up in a religious household, and he said that his decision to leave the church was a difficult time in his life.

"My family wasn't super strict or anything, but the belief was there," he said. "We went to church every Wednesday and Sunday, and we all went to church camp. Being from the south that is so many people's experience and it's so much a part of the cultural fabric, so when I started to go through moments of doubt I was like what the fuck? My mind was blown."

Osborne said that it was a process that he had to come to terms with it.

"Something happened to where I fundamentally stopped believing, and that's hard when everyone you grew up with still does," he said. "That's why the band has been so nice to have an outlet and to talk to people that have been through the same thing."

Band members include Corey Campbell, guitar, piano and backing vocals, who has been with Osborne since the beginning, bassist Jenna Desmond, guitarist Dries Vandenberg and drummer Marshall Hudson, who was Osborne's neighbor and wanted to join the band after hearing the their first album.

"Our bassist Jenna started playing only four months before joining the band, and now has played close to 400 shows with us," Osborne said. "Lastly is our newest bandmate Dries who is from Japan and used to be in a band called Human Resources. He also is our videographer.

Everyone from the band comes from a different background."

What inspired him to initially start Susto was living in Cuba for a few months.

"I first went there on a school trip and loved it, so I came home, sold some of my stuff and went back," he said. "I made a record there with some people and really got inspired. I came back and dropped out of school."

The band just released a new album called "& I'm Fine Today" at the beginning of this year. Osborne said that he likes to take

a couple of years to make records, but that a new one is already in the works.

"The process of songwriting and planning timelines has already started," he said. "The more I've made music my job, the more I've started to really enjoy songwriting. The times that I get to sit down, reflect and write are so therapeutic so it's been a wonderful creation process."

Osborne said that he's looking forward to recording the upcoming record in a brand new studio this time around.

"We've been recording on a shoestring budget in a storage unit, but a friend of ours just built a new studio, so a lot of positive shit is going on," he said. "Our music community is in a good spot right now."

Susto has an upcoming tour of Florida scheduled with fellow Hangout band The Head and the Heart and is excited to get a taste of the Gulf Coast.

"One of my friends has got a couple of new members in his band which I'm excited to check out," he said. "I'm also excited for the beach, of course. Anyone we've talked to in the music business or who just has even been has told us that it's the most fun festival. The best part is getting to see so many great artists all in one place." {in}

SUSTO

4-4:45 p.m. Saturday BMI Stage & 12:30-1:15 p.m. Sunday Fitz's Stage

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Photo by Coley Brown

I N W E E K LY M U S T S E E Why we love him:

Because he’s always offering up fresh takes on old sounds

Random facts:

•His real name is Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV •But his mom changed it to McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco •He originally started writing and releasing music under the name Makeout Videotape •He once gave out his actual address in a song •And fans really showed up for the cup of coffee he promised them

We really hope he plays: My Kind of Woman On the Level Annie Baby You’re Out The Way You’d Love Her Salad Days

MAC DEMARCO 5-6:15 p.m.

Friday Surf Stage

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Map it out

Take it or leave it Most of the stuff you can and can't take into Hangout Fest is common sense. But there are a few things on the prohibited list that might surprise you, like glow sticks and coolers.

To help you out, we've included the festival’s official lists of allowed and not allowed items, just in case you have specific questions while packing.

Take It

•Liquid sunscreen (in non-aerosol container of 3oz or less) •Bug spray (again in non-aerosol containers of 3oz or less) •Small backpacks, bags and purses (no larger than 20” x 15” x 13”) •Blankets and beach towels •Sunglasses and hats •1 empty water bottle (up to 2 liters in size) or an empty CamelBak (these are subject to specific guidelines, so make sure you consult the Hangout website before bringing one) 818 1

•Prescription and over-the-counter medications (again these are subject to specific guidelines, so make sure to visit hangoutmusicfest.com/ festival-info beforehand to get the scoop)

Leave It

•Tents, umbrellas or temporary structures of any kind •Weapons, knives or firearms of any kind (including any item that can be used as a weapon) •Narcotics, including marijuana, drug paraphernalia and any other illegal substances •Large bags, purses or backpacks (larger than a 20 x 15 x 13) •Alcoholic beverages of any kind •Drones or any other remote flying device •Vitamins •Kites •Glow sticks •Focused light devices, including laser pointers •Refillable vapor or electronic cigarettes

•Unsealed: cigarette packages, tampons, packs of gum and chapstick/lip gloss •Marker pens and spray paint •Air horns and megaphones •Items intended for sale or promotion (including flyers, stickers and posters) •Water guns, water balloons and/or any other kind of water projectile •Glass in any form, including glass bottles •Outside food or beverages •Skateboards, rollerblades, hoverboards, scooters, bicycles and/or motorized carts or scooters •Fidget spinners •Bicycles inside festival grounds (bike racks will be available near the entrance) •Large chains or spiked jewelry •Fireworks, sparklers, firecrackers and/or incendiary or explosive devices of any kind •Chinese Lanterns •Umbrellas •Chairs of any kind (including inflatable loungers)

•Coolers of any kind (including hardsided and softsided coolers) •Pets (unless they are service animals with current rabies vaccinations) •Video equipment of any kind (including personal camcorders and GoPro cameras) •Professional photo equipment (SLR/DSLR cameras, detachable/removable lens cameras) •Audio recording equipment of any kind •Portable audio equipment of any kind, including portable “boom box” stereo systems •Professional radios or walkietalkies •Flags and flagpoles •Selfie sticks •Hammocks •Any item that can be used to disturb the peace, endanger the safety of the crowd, and/ or inflict damage to people and goods *And remember all guests (and their belongings) are subject to search and any prohibited item that is surrendered to security will not be returned. inweekly.net

Friday

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Charli XCX 3:45-4:45 p.m.

RÜFÜS DU SOL 3:45-5 p.m.

Lukas Graham 3:30-4:30 p.m.

MGMT 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Band of Horses 6:15-7:30 p.m.

Young the Giant 6-7:15 p.m.

Phoenix 9:30-11 p.m.

Twenty One Pilots 9:30-11 p.m.

Mumford & Sons 9:15-11 p.m.

SURF STAGE

SURF STAGE

TCHAMI 7-7:45 p.m.

Cherub 8:30-9:15 p.m.

Migos 10-11 p.m.

MERMAID STAGE NAWAS 6:15-7 p.m.

Shaun Frank 7:45-8:30 p.m.

DJ Jazzy Jeff 9:15-10 p.m.

•A separate ticket is required for the Thursday Kickoff party.

•This schedule is up to date as of Tuesday, May 16 and is subject to change.

For updates, go to:

hangoutmusicfest.com May 18, 2017

Shaggy 1:30-2:30 p.m.

SURF STAGE

The Strumbellas 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Local Natives 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Lil Yachty 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Mac DeMarco 5-6:15 p.m.

Tory Lanez 5-6:15 p.m.

DJ Snake 4:45-6 p.m.

Weezer 7:45-9:15 p.m.

Major Lazer 7:45-9 p.m.

BOOM BOOM TENT

BOOM BOOM TENT

Chance the Rapper 7:15-8:45 p.m.

Phantoms 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Kungs 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Louis the Child 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Cash Cash 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Snakehips 3:45-4:45 p.m.

A$AP Ferg 6-7:15 p.m.

Cheat Codes 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Dillon Francis 9:45-11 p.m.

Sigur Rós 9:15-10:30 p.m.

FITZ'S STAGE

FITZ'S STAGE Mondo Cozmo 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Missio 2:45-3:30 p.m.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Bishop Briggs 4:30-5:15 p.m.

Lewis Del Mar 5-6 p.m.

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness 6:30-7:30 p.m.

The Head and the Heart 7:45-9 p.m.

Russ 8:30-9:30 p.m.

MERMAID STAGE

MERMAID STAGE

Joshua James 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Jimmy Lumpkin & the Revival 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Tkay Maidza 2:45-3:30 p.m.

White Reaper 2:30-3:15 p.m.

LP 5:15-6:15 p.m.

Coin 5:15-6 p.m.

BMI STAGE

PVRIS 7:30-8:30 p.m.

BMI STAGE

Fletcher 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ARIZONA 1:30-2:15 p.m.

BOOM BOOM TENT CVBZ 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Gryffin 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Matoma 4-5 p.m.

Nightmre 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Marshmello 9:30-10:45 p.m.

FITZ'S STAGE Susto 12:30-1:15 p.m.

Lany 1:45-2:30 p.m.

Bob Moses 3:15-4:15 p.m.

Franz Ferdinand 5:15-6:30 p.m.

MERMAID STAGE Pardison Fontaine 12:30-1:15 p.m.

Strand of Oaks 2:45-3:45 p.m.

Towkio 5-6 p.m.

Warpaint 7:30-8:30 p.m.

BMI STAGE

The New Respects 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

BASSH 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Susto 4-4:45 p.m.

The Heydaze 1:30-2:15 p.m.

Cobi 6:15-7 p.m.

The Worn Flints 1:30-2:15 p.m.

MALIBU BEACH HOUSE

Grace Mitchell 3:30-4:15 p.m.

Foreign Air 4-4:45 p.m.

Barns Courtney 6:30-7:15 p.m.

MALIBU BEACH HOUSE DJ Hashim 12:30-1:15 p.m.

Nora En Pure 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Le Youth 5-6:15 p.m.

Le Youth 12-1:15 p.m.

Jillionaire 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Kap Slap 4:45-5:45 p.m.

Nora En Pure 7-7:45 p.m.

5/21

HANGOUT STAGE

Hurray for the Riff Raff 12:30-1:15 p.m.

888 12:30-1:30 p.m.

BOOM BOOM TENT

Mutemath 1:30.-2:30 p.m.

Magic!

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Elephante 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

KICKOFF SCHEDULE

Sunday

HANGOUT STAGE

The Suffers 12:30-1:30 p.m.

5/18

5/20

HANGOUT STAGE Joseph 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Thursday

Saturday

Lawrence 6-6:45 p.m.

MALIBU BEACH HOUSE Kap Slap 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Nora En Pure 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Le Youth 5-6:15 p.m.

Kap Slap 7:15-8:15 p.m.

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WEEK OF MAY 18-24

Arts & Entertainment art, film, music, stage, books and other signs of civilization...

What's New at PMA?

By Shelby Smithey

"These creative projects interrogate the intersections of visual and literary art forms by experimenting with the relationships of image and text." Amy BowmanMcElhone

"Hatching Pattern" by Jasper Johns

LEGOS RETURN

It's true, the Pensacola Museum of Art is bringing back LEGOS. This time its "Piece by Piece," an exhibition that features the work of NYC-based artist Sean Kenney and consists of sculptural and 2D works crafted with LEGO bricks. The exhibition is on display through September 3 and features an interactive LEGO brick-maker space for all ages.

The content of the works in the exhibition attend to a variety of subjects that include sustainability and urban commuting, Claes Oldenburg-esque over-scaled pop cultural objects and industrial design and abstract mosaics that pull from the artist's own narrative as a designer.

Amy Bowman-McElhone, Director and Chief Curator at the Pensacola Museum of Art at the University of West Florida, said that Kenney also depicts his journey from corporate designer to independent artist in a series of playful LEGO brick vignettes.

"Accompanying the exhibition is an interactive LEGO maker-space that aims to engage 020 2

visitors of all ages in the process of making, by turning the gallery space into an activated lab for creativity," Bowman-McElhone said.

"When you think about it, a LEGO brick is the essence of creativity. From its basic rectangular form, everyone from a professional artist to children and hobbyists alike can manifest their creative vision."

Furthermore, Bowman-McElhone said, LEGO bricks and the LEGO brand hold a special position in visual culture, both as a staple toy for children and in relation to the brand's growth into the world of adult LEGO subcultures and mainstream Hollywood films.

"As such, the LEGO brick as an artistic medium engenders a sense of play and nostalgia that connects with many visitors," she said.

Bowman-McElhone said that there are a handful of makers who are certified LEGO professionals who show their work.

"Sean Kenney left his corporate career for this art form to become a ‘professional kid,'" Bowman-McElhone said. "Quickly

becoming the LEGO Company's biggest customer, with almost 5 million LEGO bricks, he turned his hobby into a career. His work starts out as a sketch, and through engineering, design and creativity, Sean captures the more than just the shape of the original. The essence of the original piece is captured with LEGO bricks."

the avant-garde novelist and poet Samuel Beckett," she said.

"These creative projects interrogate the intersections of visual and literary art forms by experimenting with the relationships of image and text."

She said that the exhibition is part of Justin C. Baldwin's personal collection, which has been assembled through travels, dealers, auctions and artists across the globe.

"The nineteen lithographs by Motherwell included in this exhibition are the artist's response to a poem written in 1980 by Alberti to the artist," BowmanMcElhone said. For Motherwell, the moral struggle embodied by the Spanish Civil War served as a central metaphor in his art. The civil war in Spain, which marked the beginning of an international struggle against Fascism, became a vehicle through which Motherwell explored the archetypal themes of freedom and loss." {in}

METAPHOR AS MANIFESTATION

"Metaphor as Manifestation," an exhibition of prints by Jasper Johns and Robert Motherwell is also currently on display and will be throughout the summer, until August 27.

Bowman-McElhone said that Johns and Motherwell were two very significant and well-known artists of the post-World War II and contemporary periods.

"The exhibition features prints produced in cross-disciplinary collaborative efforts between Motherwell and the Spanish poet Rafael Alberti, Jasper Johns and

PIECE BY PIECE & METAPHOR AS MANIFESTATION DUAL OPENING RECEPTION

WHEN: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 18 WHERE: Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. COST: Free DETAILS: pensacolamuseum.org

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WORK ON FLORIDA TRAIL 8 a.m. Regular meet up of Western Gate Florida Trail Association to work on National Scenic Trail and side trail. Meet at Blackwater River Forestry Center, 11650 Munson Highway. meetup. com/ftawesterngate ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP 11 a.m. Molino Branch Library, 6450-A Highway 95A. mywfpl.com VICTORIAN TEA PROGRAM 2:30 p.m. 19th century tea customs in the Clara Barkley Dorr house. 311 S. Adams St. $4-$8. Free for UWF students and EBT cardholders with photo ID. VETERAN'S MEETING 4-8 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org PENSACOLA NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 5:30 p.m.

Sonny’s BBQ, 630 N Navy Blvd.

TOAST OF THE COST: SUSHI ROLLING 5:30 p.m. $45. Fish House, 600 Barracks St. fishhousepensacola.com MICKEY NEWBURY GATHERING 6 p.m. Tribute show. New Malibu Lounge, 1000 Gulf Beach Highway.

RACE AND RECONCILIATION: DISCUSSION OF WHITE PRIVILEGE WITH DR. CHRIS COTTEN

6-8 p.m. Bowden Building, 120 Church St. For more information, jpatton@uwf.edu CHRISTOPHER'S CONCERTS 6-8 p.m. Free.

Infusion. St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave. GED CLASSES 6 p.m. Molino Branch Library, 6450-A Highway 95A. mywfpl.com

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SELECT LATIN DANCE LESSONS AND PARTY

6:30-9 p.m. $10. Salsa, Cha Cha, Bachata and more. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com BLUE WAHOOS VS. MOBILE BAYBEARS 6:35 p.m. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 351 W. Cedar St. bluewahoos.com HOW I GOT THAT STORY 7:30 p.m. $7-$11, free for PSC students. Lyceum, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. pensacolastate.edu

FRIDAY 5.19

VICTORIAN TEA PROGRAM 2:30 p.m. 19th

century tea customs in the Clara Barkley Dorr house. 311 S. Adams St. $4-$8. Free for UWF students and EBT cardholders with photo ID. historicpensacola.org WINE TASTING 3-6 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org GALLERY NIGHT 4-8 p.m. After party until 12 a.m. S. Palafox. gallerynightpensacola.org WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Free. City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. HAPPY HOUR COOK OUTS 5 p.m. Drink specials, free cookout. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MICKEY NEWBURY GATHERING 6 p.m. Tribute show. New Malibu Lounge, 1000 Gulf Beach Highway.

DATE NIGHT DANCING 6:30-8 p.m. $15. Learn the basics of several romantic ballroom and country dance styles in group classes that keep partners together. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com

BLUE WAHOOS VS. MOBILE BAYBEARS 6:35 p.m. Blue Wahoos Stadium, 351 W. Cedar St. bluewahoos.com OPEN MIC 7-11 p.m. Single Fin Cafe, 380 N. 9th Ave. facebook.com/singlefincafe WONDER OF THE WORLD 7:30 p.m. $10-$17.

Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com HOW I GOT THAT STORY 7:30 p.m. $7-$11, free for PSC students. Lyceum, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. pensacolastate.edu

SATURDAY 5.20

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

Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods and live music. Pace Presbyterian Church, Woodbine Road, Pace.

CLEAN UP WITH OCEAN HOUR 8:45 a.m.

Project Greenshores is at the Three Mile Bridge and Bayfront Parkway. 745 Bayfront Parkway. Buckets, grabbers, gloves and trash bags will be supplied. For more information, contact oceanhourfl@gmail.com.

COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com FREE BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE UKULELE CLASS 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Free. Blues

Angels Music, 657 N. Pace Blvd.

PENSACOLA SYMPHONY OF ORCHESTRA: MUSIC FOR FAMILIES 9:30 a.m., concert

begins at 11 a.m. $5. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com HANDS ACROSS THE SAND 10 a.m. Live

music, education and speeches. At 11 a.m., there will be a walk to the water’s edge to hold hands in silent remembrance of the 2010 oil spill and in support of a transition to clean energy. Casino Beach Pavilion, 20 Casino Beach Blvd. facebook. com/350pensacola 3RD ANNUAL LIONFISH REMOVAL & AWARENESS DAY 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Plaza de Luna, 900

S. Palafox. reefrangers.com

LEAPS 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Free. Ever'man

Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

SECRET GARDENS OF THE EMERALD COAST TOUR 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $20. Self-guided tour

through six local gardens. pensacolagardencenter.com/events JACKSONIAN GUARD 12 p.m. Colors ceremony. Plaza Ferdinand, S. Palafox.

GMO FILM SCREENING 1-2:30 p.m. Free.

Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org GULF BREEZE OPTIMIST FAMILY FISHING RODEO 2-5 p.m. $25. Shoreline Park. face-

book.com/gboptimistclub

VICTORIAN TEA PROGRAM 2:30 p.m. 19th

century tea customs in the Clara Barkley Dorr house. 311 S. Adams St. $4-$8. Free for UWF students and EBT cardholders with photo ID. historicpensacola.org

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news of the weird PEDESTRIAN CALMING Officials in charge of a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal heritage site recently installed "speed bumps," similar to those familiar to Americans driving residential streets­—but on a pedestrian walkway, with row upon row of risers to resemble a washboard. A Western travel writer, along with editors of People's Daily China, suggested that officials were irked that "disorderly" tourists had been walking past the ancient grounds too rapidly to appreciate its beauty or context.

WEIRD SCIENCE Medical researchers have been frustrated for years at failures in getting certain cancer-fighting drugs to reach targeted areas in women's reproductive tracts, but doctors in Germany announced in April a bold technique that appeared to work: sending the drugs via sperm cells, which seem to roam without obstruction as they search for an egg.

The process involves coating active sperm cells with an iron adhesive and magnetically steering them to their internal targets.

NEWS THAT SOUNDS LIKE A JOKE Sean Clemens, now awaiting trial in Liberty, Ohio, in the death of an 84-year-old woman, allegedly confessed his guilt to a co-worker after telling the man that something was bothering him that he needed to tell someone about—but only if the co-worker would "pinkie-swear" not to tell anyone else. (The co-worker broke the code.)

• In the course of pursuing claims against Alaskan dentist Seth Lookhart for Medicaid fraud, government investigators found a video on his phone of him extracting a sedated patient's tooth—while riding on a hoverboard. (He had apparently sent the video to his office manager under the title "New Standard of Care.") Lookhart had been indicted in 2016 for billing Medicaid $1.8 million for patient sedations unnecessary for the procedures they received.

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS (1) In March, WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C., broadcast surveillance video of a 7-Eleven armed robbery in the city's northeast sector—since some footage offered a clear picture of the suspect's face. Moments into the robbery, the man peered upward, caught sight of the camera and, shocked, reached for his apparently forgotten ski mask on top of his head, where (better late than never) he pulled it into place. (2) In November, three teenagers were arrested after stealing superfast Dodge cars in the middle of the night from a dealership in St. Peters, Missouri.

(After driving less than a mile, police said, the three had lost control of their cars, crashing them, including "totaling" two 700-horsepower Challenger Hellcats.)

BRIGHT IDEAS Compared to busy coastal metropolises, Indiana may evoke repose, and

by Chuck Shepherd

entrepreneur Tom Battista is suggesting the state's largest city capitalize on the sentiment by reserving a destination site on a low-lying hill overlooking the chaotic merge lanes of two interstate highways—affording visitors leisurely moments watching the frantic motorists scrambling below. He plans three rows of seats and a sunshade for the relaxed gawkers to take in the "ocean"-like roar and imagine overwrought drivers' rising blood pressure (while their own remains soothingly calm).

•Several treatments are available to combat the heart arrhythmia "atrial fibrillation," but all require medical supervision, which John Griffin, 69, said he tried to acquire at the emergency room at New Zealand's Waikato Hospital in April, only to be met with delay and frustration. Griffin went home that day, took notice of his neighbor's 8,000-volt electric security fence and, with boots off, in a fit of do-it-yourself desperation, nudged it with his arm. He got quite a jolt, he said, but he walked away, and his heart returned to natural rhythm. The medical director of the Heart Foundation of New Zealand said that Griffin was lucky and sternly warned against the "procedure."

THE JOB OF THE RESEARCHER "Marine mammologist" Dara Orbach's specialty is figuring out how bottlenose dolphins actually fit their sex organs together to copulate.

When dolphins die of natural causes, Orbach, a post-doctoral fellow at Nova Scotia's Dalhousie University, is sent their genitals (and also those of whales, porpoises and sea lions) and fills each one with silicone to work from molds in understanding the sex act's mechanics. Dolphins' vaginas are "surprising" in their "complexity," she told Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News in April, for example, with the ability to twist inner folds to divert the progress of any sperm deposited by undesirable mates.

IRONIES (1) The Wall Street Journal reported in February that among the most popular diversions when Syrian households gather to escape the country's bombs and bullets is playing the Hasbro war board game Risk (even though the game's default version contains only five armies —not nearly enough to simulate the many Syrian factions now fighting). (2) The parliament of Australia's New South Wales, entertaining a February citizen petition to cut societal "waste," admitted that the petition's required 107,000 signatures (already on a USB stick) would, by rule, have to be submitted in hard copy (4,000 pages), even though the pages would immediately be electronically scanned into a format for data storage. {in}

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