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Magic Carpet
Desperate Measures
Presented by Friends of Downtown Pensacola | Nov. 2–13
Presented by PenArts | Nov. 9–12
Poseidon’s Garden
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Presented by First City Art Center | Nov. 2–13
Presented by Pensacola Opera | Nov. 9
Rhythm and Canvas
The Living Museum: A Trip through Pensacola’s History
Presented by Pensacola State College | Nov. 2–13
Singing in the Street Presented by Choral Society of Pensacola and Pensacola Children’s Chorus | Nov. 2
Night Moves Music Fest
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Featured Events
Presented by Fiesta Pensacola | Nov. 9
Xanadu Presented by Dixon School of Arts and Sciences | Nov. 10–12
309 Punk Project
Nov. 3–4
Nov. 11
Week in the Park
Homecoming: A Musical Celebration of History and Tradition
Presented by Veterans Memorial Park Foundation | Nov. 4–11
POP Odyssey Tour: An Interactive Curated Experience
Presented by Pensacola Symphony Orchestra | Nov. 11
On Broadway
Presented by UWF Historic Trust | Nov. 8
Presented by Pensacola Civic Band | Nov. 11
Singeasy
Jazz for Justice
Presented by Pensacola Little Theatre | Nov. 8–12
Presented by Legal Services of North Florida | Nov. 12
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ROBIN BRAUN The Naval Aviation Museum
Foundation announced the appointment of retired Vice Adm. Braun as the NAMF board chair. A groundbreaking figure in U.S. military history, Vice Adm. Braun is renowned as the first female commander of the U.S. Navy Reserve and the first woman to lead any Reserve component of the U.S. military. The daughter of a career naval aviator, Vice Adm. Braun was born in Pensacola, commissioned into the Navy in 1980 and designated a naval aviator in 1981. Over her distinguished military career, she amassed more than 5,800 flight hours in Navy aircraft and received numerous accolades.
PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE The state col-
lege had a banner week. On Oct. 30, PSC held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Bear Jones Moore Reeves Center for Math and Advanced Technology, the second phase of its STEM complex. The next day, Mayor D.C. Reeves touted partnerships with the college that will allow the Pensacola Police Department to have a substation on its main campus and created a leadership training program for the City's supervisors. At the mayor's press conference, PSC president Ed Meadows joked about whether the college would make Inweekly's Winners column. The answer is a resounding, "Yes."
DAY OF CARING United Way of West Florida completed its 30th Day of Caring event in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. This year, 728 volunteers completed more than 68 projects with 3,108 hours of work ranging from yard work, food service at shelters, reading to children, painting walls and even building homes. Through the past 30 years, United Way of West Florida has coordinated 28,754 volunteers to complete 2,640 projects. UWF HR PROGRAM A University of West
Florida graduate team placed first and an undergraduate team placed second at the HR Conference Student Case Competition held during the annual HR Florida Leadership Conference in Orlando. The teams had to conduct research and craft unique, creative and relevant solutions addressing multiple questions from a provided case with human resource management issues.
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TOMMY TUBERVILLE The U.S. senator
from Alabama continues to block routine military promotions in protest of the Department of Defense policy reimbursing travel costs for troops seeking an abortion outside of the state where they're stationed. His fellow Republicans have tired of Tuberville's antics, contending the former Auburn football coach is threatening national security and pleasing Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. Since February, the Alabama conservative has blocked routine military promotions over a Department of Defense policy reimbursing travel costs for troops seeking an abortion outside of the state where they're stationed. Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) noted Tuberville blocked one advancement for a service member who had "zero" to do with the abortion policy. He told Tuberville, "You just denied this lady a promotion. You did that."
CHARLES STAMITOLES The former Pensacola dentist pleaded no contest to a felony perjury charge last week. In January, Stamitoles was rearrested for violating the terms of his bond on previous battery cases after he took a trip to Mobile, despite a judge ordering him to remain in Florida. According to court documents, he made "a false material statement by stating that he went to Mobile, Ala. to take his son a wallet, bag and/or computer, and that his wife was unable to do so because she was working." It was discovered that Stamitoles made the trip to buy a car. His sentencing is set for sentencing Jan. 11, 2024. DESANTIS-NEWSOM DEBATE Gov. Ron
DeSantis believes a debate this month with California Gov. Gavin Newsom will help his stalled presidential campaign, billing it as a debate about the country's future. DeSantis has said, "California represents the petri dish of American leftism. They're five years ahead of whatever Biden's people are cooking up in D.C." Political consultants advise never punch down. Newsom told the media, "The fact that he took the bait in relation to this debate shows that he's completely unqualified to be president of the United States." inweekly.net
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BIG BITES Mayor D.C. Reeves hasn't shied away from controversy during his first year in office. He has closed a community center and a beloved public park. He has done away with curbside recycling that the Pensacola Young Professionals fought hard to implement. He wants to double the hourly parking rate and experiment with red light cameras. Is he crazy? Or is he being strategic by tackling these issues early in his term? I think it's smart to take on these issues now. If his decisions prove to be sound, Reeves can build on those successes. However, if they don't work as intended, the mayor has time to shift and make modifications. It doesn't hurt that he won a four-candidate primary with 51% of the vote and 31 points more than his nearest competitor, which gives him plenty of political capital to work with. Reeves also supports his decisions with independent data. It hasn't stopped the haters from challenging his motives with wild conspiracy theories, but the numbers help explain the reasons behind the action. The closures of Malcolm Yonge Community Center and Bay Bluffs Park were public safety decisions. The community center, built in 1961, had seven arches severely damaged and rated in near failure condition. Since the arches were critical to the building, it made no sense to replace them. The center will be demolished to make room for affordable housing. Experts also recommended the Bay Bluffs Park walkway be torn down because of rotten wood. The City closed a section of the park in March for repairs but announced this fall it would close indefinitely due to structural concerns. The replacement cost was estimated to be more than $1 million, which the City didn't have budgeted. The mayor hopes to partner with Conservation Florida to preserve the bluffs as public property and help obtain grants for public access. The City launched curbside recycling in June 2009. Sadly, the market for recycled goods has shrunk steadily for several years. This summer, we learned recycling from City Sanitation customers averaged more than November 9, 2023
50% contamination when delivered to ECUA's recycling facility, resulting in the loads being rejected and taken to the landfill instead of being recycled as intended. City residents had a 50-50 chance their curbside recycling would end up in the landfill. Adding to the problem, ECUA increased its drop-off rates for municipal customers. The City discontinued curbside recycling Oct. 1. For those wanting to recycle, the City has opened a drop-off site on Saturdays while the mayor searches for other solutions. Reeves has often said one of his biggest headaches has been the complaints concerning downtown parking. Rather than ignoring them, he hired a consultant to assess the situation. The report recommends a new parking app, expanding the time and zones for paid parking and increasing the hourly rate to a dollar. All revenue will be spent on improving downtown infrastructure. Three decades ago, downtown parking had few parking meters and sporadic enforcement, and people do miss having free parking. However, they need to remember that few people went downtown then, except for the occasional festival or 5K. The mayor hasn't committed to implementing all the parking recommendations, but he will likely roll them out in 2024. If he can tie projects to the new revenue stream, the public should be happy. Red light cameras have been discussed at Pensacola City Hall for years, but no mayor wanted to deal with any political fallout. However, Reeves has done his research, which revealed the Pensacola Police Department is dealing with 5,000 crashes annually. Red light cameras should reduce traffic violations by 60% initially and increase to an 86% reduction over time. The mayor will implement a pilot program to develop the process and acclimate residents to the cameras. And we should see a drop in crashes. The next step is for the mayor to develop vision projects. The Hollice T. Williams Park, old Baptist Hospital and Port of Pensacola additions give him those opportunities. I can't wait to see what he proposes. {in} rick@inweekly.net
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NEW PSC STEM CENTER On Monday, Oct.
30, Pensacola State College (PSC) cut the ribbon on its Bear Jones Moore Reeves Center for Math and Advanced Technology, a new $22.5 million facility that will hold its first classes in January. "The Bear Jones Moore Reeves Center for Math and Advanced Technology will provide state-of-the-art instructional space for our math department and enable us to expand our advanced technology and cybersecurity programs," said Ed Meadows, PSC President. "Our cybersecurity programs are among our most rapidly growing degree programs." The center's name pays homage to the Bear Family Foundation, the late Bill and Jo Jones, the Pete Moore Family and James "Jim" Reeves. The group collectively donated $1 million to the College to fund STEM-related scholarships. Triumph Gulf Coast provided $12 million for the project. The Bear Jones Moore Reeves Center has eight classrooms/lecture halls, four computer labs, an emerging technologies lab, a prototyping area, 19 faculty offices and a department head suite complete with individual offices for the department head and assistant department head.
NEW PPD SUBSTATION Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves held his weekly presser at Pensacola State College to announce the Pensacola Police Department's substation at the state college and a training/education partnership with PSC. The substation, located in the Delano Student Center, will serve as a space for PPD to upload body and vehicle footage and reports, allowing officers to spend less time traveling to PPD HQ and more patrolling the streets of districts 1, 2 and 3. "This location will allow our officers to spend more time in the field, more time in the neighborhoods on the north and northeast side of our city, and less time and commute having to head back downtown," said Mayor Reeves. Police Chief Eric Randall added, "It's going to be a way to make us more effective, to be able to respond more efficiently, respond faster, and create a very unique presence not only in the campus area but here in the north end of the city as well." The substation is expected to open in early February 2024 and will not require additional personnel because it will be for administrative use only. TRAINING CITY LEADERS Mayor Reeves also announced a new partnership with Pensacola State College, allowing City employees to earn associate degrees, certifications and baccalaureate degrees. The City will offer a more uniform tuition reimbursement plan to help employees further their education. Mayor Reeves said, "There is some existing tuition reimbursement. It's been living really either department by department without consistency to dollar amount and how proactive we are. So we're trying to really consolidate that effort." 66
Inweekly interviewed Ted Kirchharr, the City of Pensacola HR director, after the press conference. "We have a program in place now, but unfortunately, it resides at the department level. So, the department director has to identify potential funding sources within their budget to do that. Some folks already had decent-sized training budgets anyway, so it's a matter of using those training budget resources to reimburse employees for other departments. They didn't quite have that availability of funds." Kirchharr said the mayor plans to take a citywide tuition reimbursement program to the Pensacola City Council in December. The mayor also wants to develop a leadership training program at PSC for its supervisors, which is expected to be rolled out in the spring. "We shouldn't expect someone who's never supervised someone to magically know how to do it the day that they're hired," Reeves said. "So instead of being complacent, let's get proactive and start to come up with a training program with Pensacola State for every supervisor in the city." Reeves added, "This should enhance our ability to make sure that our leaders, our supervisors in the city, that we're giving them the tools that they need to be successful and for their employees and their direct reports to be successful."
"So instead of being complacent, let's get proactive and start to come up with a training program with Pensacola State for every supervisor in the city." D.C. Reeves RED LIGHT CAMERAS Mayor Reeves also
announced plans to install red light cameras at several intersections in the city. The decision was based on data showing a high number of accidents and red light violations. The cameras will be part of a pilot program and will focus on reducing the number of accidents caused by drivers running red lights. The mayor emphasized the goal is to improve public safety and reduce the risk of serious accidents. The specific intersections and the timeline for the program have not yet been finalized. According to the consultant who analyzed the city's most dangerous intersections, red light cameras will reduce traffic violations by 60% initially and increase to an 86% reduction over time. The intersections with the most vehicles running red lights over a 16-hour period were westbound on Gregory Street at N. 9th Avenue (33); eastbound on E. Fairfield Drive at N. 9th Avenue (30); and eastbound on Fairfield Drive at N. Davis Hwy (30). "Our primary focus is to get people to stop blowing through these red lights," Mayor Reeves said. "And as I joked on the radio this morning, for people that may be critical of this idea, I have a completely fail-safe plan for you: don't
run red lights. And that's the main goal here is that we want to ensure that everybody's safe and that they're not running red lights."
SUN TRAIL The Florida Legislature budgeted $200 million for unfunded sections of the Florida SUN (Shared-Use Nonmotorized) trail, a multi-use path throughout Florida. Pensacola's unfunded section is from the Chappie James Bridge to Bayou Chico, about 2.2 miles. The mayor has two proposals—one protected multi-use path along Bayfront Parkway from the bridge to Tarragona Street, the other from Tarragona Street to Bayou Chico. On the protected multi-use path, Reeves said, "There would be no lane reduction so that it would remain four lanes, but if you drive there now, you'll see large wide medians that we maintain as well, but we'll be able to reallocate some of the linear footage of the large medians and move it over to the south side of Bayfront Parkway." (Translation: Narrow the medians.) SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON After three attempts to choose a speaker, House Republicans elected Mike Johnson, a relatively unknown congressman from Louisiana, to lead the chamber. Dan McFaul, the managing partner of Ballard Partners' Washington D.C. office, believes Johnson's lack of notoriety helped him win the leadership position. "Mike is a person that wasn't on many folks' radar screens until a couple of weeks ago," McFaul said. "For comparison, this is the fourth term that Speaker Johnson has served. John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi had been in the House for 20 years before becoming speakers. Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy had been in for 16 years before becoming speakers. Speaker Johnson's a little less than half that." He continued, "But I think that the appetite in Washington was to break the system and go back and pull somebody out of the lower ranks that maybe didn't have quite their own personal agenda that some of the other members competing for speaker had." McFaul served as chief of staff for Northwest Florida's congressmen over the past three decades—Joe Scarborough, Jeff Miller and Matt Gaetz—before joining Ballard Partners, Florida's top lobbying firm. He thinks Speaker Johnson aligns well with our region. "Speaker Johnson is much more conservative than Speaker McCarthy was," McFaul said. "He's got a 92% lifetime voting record with the American Conservative Union. He's got a 90% lifetime record with Heritage Action. For comparison, Congressman Gaetz is at 89%. Speaker Johnson is pretty much on par with what we think about as a conservative Republican in Northwest Florida as opposed to what you think about as a conservative Republican from Ohio or, say, California." He added, "So from a Northwest Florida point of view, I think it's a very positive thing that the Speaker is more conservative."
BAPTIST'S BAILOUT Mayor D.C. Reeves
knows getting $18 million for the Florida Legislature to demolish the hospital and other buildings at its former site on E Street is a "hefty lift." Lawmakers aren't usually excited to fork over taxpayers' dollars to help a company that just invested $650 million on a new campus. If the City of Pensacola can persuade the legislature to put out the money, Baptist has indicated they would gift the land to the City. However, the devil is in the details, and the healthcare system has already reneged on its commitment to provide medical services at the old campus. "Some conversations I've had already is, what if we get $10 million now and there's some complications with the rest of the funds?" Reeves said. "I cannot responsibly take possession of the property from Baptist Hospital with half the money. I mean, I can't do that to the citizens and then now have that burden on the backs of 55,000 city residents. I can't do that." The mayor said he is working on contingency plans if the City doesn't receive the total $18 million. "Does that mean Baptist backs up the City so we could go to a second session next year and get the rest of the money, and they would put up some money in the meantime? It is not sunshine and rainbows to just walk in and get $18 million."
ED UPDATE The Pensacola-Escambia De-
velopment Commission (PEDC) met in late October. Commissioner Jeff Bergosh sits on the PEDC board. "We had an updated terms sheet for Project Laser, and frankly, most of the changes were very non-substantive," he said. "They're high-tech, research-type jobs that pay over $100,000. There will be dozens of them that will work out at the Pensacola State campus." He said a snag has developed with The Bluffs, a 6,000-acre site FloridaWest announced in late 2015, envisioned to house 60 industrial and manufacturing companies and create more than 15,000 jobs near the Ascend Performance Materials and Emerald Coast Utilities Authority. "There're some issues there that are going to have to be ironed out as we continue to invest in public dollars and infrastructure up there," Bergosh said. "We want control over the tenants that go in there, but some large landowners in that area also want to exercise complete and total control over who their next-door tenants could be." The commissioner said the new FloridaWest CEO, Brian Hilson, has "some really good out-of-the-box strategies he's going to utilize" at OLF 8, a large tract of land in the Beulah area.
PERDIDO VOTE, MAYBE The Escambia County Legislative Delegation—Sen. Doug Broxson, Rep. Michelle Salzman and Rep. Alex inweekly.net
Andrade—approved sending to the Florida Legislature a bill allowing Perdido area voters to decide whether to become a municipality with a referendum on the 2024 November ballot. While Rep. Andrade believes the bill will get before the voters, he said some details needed clarification. "There are still some questions that need to be answered on what funds can be counted towards its tax base," Andrade said. "They say have a three-mil equivalent to qualify for collecting sales tax revenue. Some of that I think is incorrect in their feasibility study. That'll have to be hashed out, but barring any other major unforeseen circumstance, it should be on the ballot." At the delegation's public forum, a question was raised about the boundaries of the proposed city meeting the population density requirement, which is 1.5 individuals per acre. "This area's got a ton of federally-owned land that can't be built and tons of wetlands and beaches," the state lawmaker said. "If you don't take into account all this government-owned land that can't be built on, they more than exceed that density requirement. That really is a bizarre technicality that folks who are afraid of a vote keep focusing on."
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Andrade added, "This probably should be decided by the voters. I'm comfortable trusting those voters to make the decision."
ADDICTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA Last month, Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm filed a lawsuit against major social media companies on the Escambia County School Board's behalf. According to the complaint, defendants' social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, are "harmfully addictive, which in turn causes additional related injuries." The case has now been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and assigned to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who is overseeing similar other civil actions in multidistrict Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Product Liability Litigation (MDL 3047). LPR attorney Emmie Paulos has been appointed to the MDL's Plaintiff Steering Committee. "We've been able to dig into some documents that really show the culpability of the social media companies in terms of what they knew and how they were designing their platforms," Paulos told Inweekly. "When they were designing their platforms, they were really de-
signing it with the intention for it to drive user engagement. They focused on developing features on their platforms that would do that." She added, "Those features are really addicting. They're very similar to the tactics used in Las Vegas on slot machines, and every feature available on the social media platform is really there to keep the user on their platform for as long as possible." Paulos said the platforms use intermittent variable rewards to trigger dopamine hits. Dopamine is known as the "feel-good" hormone that motivates individuals to do something when they're feeling pleasure. It's part of the body's reward system." "(The platform) spaces out rewards to keep you engaged and wanting to return," she explained. "They incessantly have push notifications that are released anytime, day or night. They use infinite scrolling, which just kind of puts you in that slow state where your brain never takes a break, and you're just kind of in that mode where you're just constantly looking for more and more and more." The lawsuit alleges the addiction has impacted all facets of education by creating record rates of mental health issues like anxiety and depression and causing drops in students'
school performance, increases in student absences and greater likelihood of engaging in substance abuse.
PHILANTHROPY DAY AWARDS The Association of Fundraising Professionals, West Florida Chapter has announced the 2023 National Philanthropy Day Awards nominees: Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC; Blaise Moehl; Brooke Potrezeba; Clear Title of Northwest Florida; Darrell Gooden; Escambia County Medical Society Foundation; The Eye & Coffee Guy; Gulf Winds Cares Foundation; Health and Hope Clinic; Kool Companies; Lauren Gund; Lewis Bear III & Jenn Bear; Positively Pensacola; Regions Bank; Teresa Burgess; Theresa Gail May Foundation and the UWF Student Ambassadors. All nominees will be recognized, and winners will be announced during the chapter's annual National Philanthropy Day Awards celebration 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 at UWF Museum of Commerce. All nominees, guests and community members are invited to attend. Tickets are $30 for AFP members and $35 for community members. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. To purchase tickets, visit npdwestflorida2023.eventbrite.com. {in}
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Big Night on the Tracks
309 Punk Project will bring the party to Foo Foo Fest—a block party, that is. The nonprofit organization dedicated to archiving punk culture will celebrate a year of its Night on the Track neighborhood event
series with a bigger and better night. The grant funded Foo Foo Fest event will feature an artist market, open-air film festival, food trucks, outdoor art exhibition from Panhandle Slim, songwriter sessions and a lineup of folk punk music at The Handlebar. Night On the Tracks is "essentially just a multi-venue arts and culture event where the participating venues have some sort of arts or culture related presentation for the community," explained organizer Lauren Anzaldo. "Old East Hill is kind of an eclectic artsy neighborhood," Anzaldo said. "So it's not just for the neighbors to come out, but also for people to kind of know and see what we're doing and that we're a part of this culture. We're a part of this art scene." 309 plans to build on that neighborhood
energy by inviting dozens of local artists to showcase their work for sale during the event. The film festival portion of the event at The Rails on Wright Street is an outdoor showcase of local film talent. Calliope Films curated the lineup, and the screenings begin at 7 p.m. Anzaldo and the other organizers are thrilled 309 was selected for a Foo Foo Fest grant as part of its 10th anniversary celebration. "We were a little surprised like, 'Oh, they like us,'" Anzaldo said. "We've been here in our community, and we've been very involved—as community members, as artists, as punks, as writers, as educators, as all these things for many, many years—but we're sort of just now getting more organized in terms of being an entity as a nonprofit organization." Night on the Tracks is a neighborhood affair, and many surrounding businesses will take an active part, including End of the Line Cafe, Pensacola MESS Hall and From the Ground Up Community Garden. The party is set to kick off at 4 p.m. with a small walking parade, complete with musical instruments, handmade costumes and puppetry to capture the DIY spirit of the punk scene and the artistic talents of the neighborhood. "It's very fun; it's not a protest or anything like that," Anzaldo said. "It's just strictly a fun parade, and kids are welcome." After a schedule jam-packed with all-ages activities, Night on the Tracks will conclude with a 21-and-older show at The Handlebar fea-
turing a few iconic Pensacola favorites, including Rymodee* of the mid-90s band This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb. "One of the things that This Bike is a Pipe Bomb was known for was really pioneering folk punk," Anzaldo said. "I'd say [the band is] arguably Pensacola's most famous band." Also joining the bill are singer-songwriter Dave Dondero, queer and nonbinary artist Austin Lucas and locals Rue and Fuzz Puddle. "The real thing that I want people to take away from this is that Pensacola is not what everyone always thinks it is," Anzaldo said. "We have a lot of different communities in this city, and we are all awesome, and we all have something to share." *For more with Rymodee, turn to our A&E section on page 21.
NIGHT ON THE TRACKS
WHAT: A block party hosted by 309 Punk Project WHEN: 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 WHERE: Various locations along the railroad tracks in Old East Hill COST: The block party is free to attend; tickets for the show at The Handlebar are $20 in advance or $25 at the door DETAILS: 309punkproject.org
Roll in to 'Xanadu'
Throwback to the 1980s with musical show "Xanadu," a local adaptation of the movieturned-Broadway show. Originally starring Olivia Newton-John, this musical roller-skating show will come to the Pensacola stage as part of Foo Foo Fest, benefiting Dixon School of Arts and Sciences. Dixon School Vice President Karla Ent is overjoyed to share "Xanadu" with the Pensacola scene. November 9, 2023
"It's a really, really fun show," Ent said. "It's funny. It's family friendly. What can go wrong? You know, roller skating and a fun, funny cast." The public will have four opportunities to experience the fun during the second weekend of Foo Foo Fest, starting Friday, Nov. 10. Throughout the rehearsal process, Dixon students have gotten to learn from and practice with the talented adult actors, preparing them for their own student adaptation of the play
premiering later this year as part of a program funded by the Escambia Children's Trust. "We use the arts as a vehicle to teach the students, and so just having these arts opportunities that they didn't even know existed is huge," Ent said. Proceeds from the shows will go toward additional programming and extracurriculars at Dixon, an entirely scholarship-based school. "A lot of the kids have never seen a Broadway show, or even been into a theater," Ent said. "This is an opportunity for them to be able to learn from some of the cast members and to sort of get that big experience." Funding for the show's production of the Tony Award nominated musical comes from a Foo Foo Fest grant. The cast includes a mix of New York-based actors and local talent. "I think we're really lucky with who we ended up with," Ent said. "It's a real nod to the training
that these young people got in Pensacola during their lifetimes, and then they're able to come back here as working actors to Pensacola and really show us what they've done." Filling one of two starring roles, actor Brandon Omega is a Gulf Breeze native who currently resides in New York City. Working as a union actor, they will bring their talents home for "Xanadu." Starring alongside Omega is Grace Calio and several local actors including Brooke Hardy, Michael Dennis and Jackie Robinson.
'XANADU' THE MUSICAL
WHAT: A musical presented by Dixon School of Arts and Sciences WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 WHERE: UWF Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Parkway COST: $15-$25 DETAILS: xanadupensacola.com 9
A Little Piece of the Dirty Dozen
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The newest addition to Roger Lewis' living room is a 2023 Grammy Award. The baritone saxophone player remembers telling people for years he'd like to see one of those statues on his mantelpiece. "Careful what you wish for, you just might get it," Lewis said. "I go in my living room and look at it every day. 'Hey little statue, so nice to see you here.'" Lewis didn't think Dirty Dozen Brass Band would win its first Grammy nomination for "Stompin' Ground' with Aaron Neville, because they were up against Dolly Parton and other high-profile artists, he said. But the truth is, if the category for Best American Roots Performance existed before 2015, he thinks they'd have five or six more statues—and he's probably right. Dirty Dozen Brass Band was born in 1977 and started getting popular in the 1980s. They've recorded 12 albums and collaborated with a range of artists, including Modest Mouse, Norah Jones, The Black Crowes and Dave Matthews. "Once you become mainstream, have a level of success, people want to work with you,"
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Lewis said. "People come to you because they want some of your magic. Everybody wants a little piece of the Dozen." The group has toured across five continents in 30 countries—Lewis rattles off Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Japan and Singapore. He remembers the response to their performance once being so immense, they played six or so encores. "They wouldn't let us stop," Lewis said. "(The) Buddy Rich Band was headlining. They wouldn't let us get off stage." It's probably because the band is composed of musicians like Lewis—all they've ever known is playing music. Lewis started as an 8-year-old in 1948, playing piano when lessons were 50 cents an hour. He put piano in the past two years later, when his father gifted him a tenor saxophone. Lewis competed with a couple of first cousins who also played saxophone, he said, making sure he was the one who stuck with it. Lewis started performing professionally in 1954, playing in New Orleans clubs as young as 15 and at one point having "the hottest show"
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in R&B with the cover band Deacon John & the Ivories. They went on tour with Marvin Gaye around the time he came out with "Hitch Hike" in 1963. Lewis feels the names rushing into his brain of all the New Orleans musicians he's performed with throughout the years. "I've been doing this all my life; it's just a part of who I am," Lewis said. "As a matter of fact, it's all I wanted to do anyways. When I was 8 years old, all I wanted to do was play music and travel the world. So actually, I'm living my dream." The Dirty Dozen Brass Band changed the history of New Orleans music by bringing music played in the clubs to the streets, Lewis said. "Like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk—all these jazz musicians, we brought this music to the street, but we played it where it was danceable, where people could actually dance to it—picked the beat up a little bit," Lewis said. "Along with the traditional music of New Orleans and mixed up a pot of musical gumbo and people just loved it. It couldn't they couldn't get enough of it." While the brass band's style of music hasn't changed; their instrumentation has. They were originally a traditional brass band playing acoustically. "Cut off the electricity and we could still play," Lewis said. Over the years, they've intermittently had a guitar or piano, but they've always kept the sousaphone and other horn instruments. Member changes don't pose a challenge, though. "These guys are extraordinary musicians," Lewis said. "When you've got people like that, you don't have any problems making music." Lewis cited Stephen Walker, the band's current trombonist, saying he's one of the best trombonists in the world.
The band name originated from its days playing in a second line for the social and pleasure club scene. People started calling them the Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club, though they never actually had 12 members— eight sufficed. "Eight people is enough," Lewis said. "Twelve, my God, all them different personalities." The group hasn't put out a record since 2012. Lewis hopes to have a new album next year, but then again, he says that every year, he said. Dirty Dozen Brass Band's headlining performance in the Jazz for Justice lineup at 3:30 p.m. won't mark Lewis' first performance in Pensacola. He remembers playing a Pensacola nightclub in the 1960s with his former R&B band the Royals, backing up the likes of singers William Bell and Don Covay. Some 40-plus years later, Lewis will perform a variety of music styles with Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the annual event hosted by Legal Services of North Florida. "We go in a lot of different directions, and we like audience participation," Lewis said. "So, you know, don't be surprised if we bring some ladies up on the bandstand to dance and have a good time. We're the world's greatest party. We've got music for your mind, body and your soul. "Come on out, enjoy yourself. Get baptized in this New Orleans music."
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Foo Foo Fest Calendar $15-$25. Join the kickoff party 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 at REX Theatre, 18 N. Palafox. Admission is free. Visit xanadupensacola.com for details.
309 PUNK PROJECT'S NIGHT ON THE TRACKS
Enjoy a showcase of Old East Hill with a drum line, puppet troupe, food trucks, artisan market, art from Panhandle Slim, live music and more beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. This includes free and ticketed events. Visit 309punkproject.org for details.
HOMECOMING: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF HISTORY AND TRADITION
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra presents a free Veterans Day concert featuring an ensemble of 12 brass and percussion musicians at Naval Air Station Pensacola, 1750 Radford Boulevard. The show is 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Visit pensacolasymphony.com.
ON BROADWAY
Pensacola Civic Band presents a musical journey of Broadway music featuring guest artist Megan Hilty 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox St. Tickets are $20-$60 and available at pensacolacivicband.org.
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Saturday, Nov. 11 at Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. Tickets are $28 and available at pensacolalittletheatre.com.
Enjoy a day of jazz music featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and more Sunday, Nov. 12 starting at 1 p.m. at Museum Plaza, 300 S. Tarragona St. Admission is free. Sponsors and VIPs can purchase tickets which benefit Legal Services of North Florida. For more information, visit jazz.lsnf.org.
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Poseidon's Garden presented by First City Art Center
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POSEIDON'S GARDEN PRESENTED BY FIRST CITY ART CENTER
Located in the protected area of the tidal basin at Maritime Park, the installation includes more than 300 various-sized blown glass orbs and spikes rising from the water as an offering from Poseidon to recognize our area's stewardship of our beautiful surroundings. This installation is on view throughout the festival.
MAGIC CARPET IN DOWNTOWN PENSACOLA
The 2023 downtown installation is a colorful mosaic located at Museum Plaza, 300 S. Tarragona St., throughout the festival.
I CARRY MY LANDSCAPE WITH ME
This exhibition featuring the work of New Orleans-based artist Scott Andresen will be on view through Friday, Dec. 15. It is part of collaboration between the Visual Arts Department and the Performing Arts Department at Pensacola State College for the Rhythm and Canvas series. For more information, visit visualarts.pensacolastate.edu.
WEEK IN THE PARK
Pensacola and Veterans Memorial Park will showcase and celebrate all the park has to offer during a weeklong Veterans Day celebration featuring Comedy in the Park 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 (tickets $15). The celebration ends with a Veterans Day ceremony starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. More information is at veteransmemorialparkpensacola.org.
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A musical re-telling of William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" from PenArts offers showtimes 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, Friday, Nov. 10, and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12 at The Gordon Community Art Center, 306 N. DeVilliers St. Tickets are $18 and available at penarts.org.
SONGS DOWN SOUTH
A celebration of Southern culture with food, music and comedy from emcee and drag artist Loosey LaDuca appearing as Dolly Parton is 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at the WSRE Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio, 1000 College Boulevard. Tickets are $75-$125 and available at pensacolaopera.com.
THE LIVING MUSEUM: A TRIP THROUGH PENSACOLA'S HISTORY
This interactive experience will feature diverse characters from Pensacola's storied history, beginning in 1559 with the discovery of Pensacola by Don Tristan de Luna to present day. Event is 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at Pensacola Museum of History, 330 S. Jefferson St. Details at fiestapensacola.org.
XANADU
Watch the roller-skating musical adventure, "Xanadu," with local talent while benefiting Dixon School of Arts & Sciences. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, Saturday, Nov. 11 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12 at the University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Parkway Building 82. Tickets are
FRANK BROWN INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS' FESTIVAL
The 39th annual Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival brings Grammy award-winning and up-and-coming songwriters to the Pensacola area Nov. 9-19 at various venues in Perdido Key, Innerarity Point and downtown Pensacola. Visit frankbrownsongwriters.com for details.
MONDE FASHION EVENT
Scout Boutique presents the MONDE Fashion Event 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox St., in support of Andrews Research & Education Foundation (AREF). Tickets are $75 and up and available at vinylmusichall.com.
MAHABHUTA YOGA VEGFEST
Head to Sanders Beach, 913 S. I St. for a weekend of yoga, vegan cuisine, slackline, live music, art and more. This year celebrates the Water Rabbit. Event kicks off 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 with a cacao ceremony. Event continues through Sunday, Nov. 12. Tickets are $30 to $250. Visit Eventbrite to purchase tickets.
CLASSICAL SOUNDS AT BAYVIEW
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra presents a special concert 10-11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10 at the Bayview Senior Center, 2000 E. Lloyd St. Concert is open to ages 50 and older.
ZARZAUR LAW'S MURAL ALLEY
Zarzaur Law's "Mural Alley" takes place at the intersection of Palafox and Romana streets begin-
ning Friday, Nov. 10 and concluding Sunday, Nov. 12. The project allows the artists a three-day timeframe to paint their artwork designs to completion. The final pieces will be on display in conjunction with a silent auction. The public can take part and watch the live painting for free.
PENSACOLA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL A showcase of local and regional artists in the Pensacola Early Music Consort is 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12 at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave. Admission is free.
JARRED MCCONNELL AT BAMBOO WILLIE'S
Catch Jarred McConnell 8 p.m.-midnight Friday, Nov. 10 and Saturday, Nov. 11 at Bamboo Willie's, 400 Quietwater Boulevard. Admission is free.
PENSACOLA ARTS MARKET
Check out a roundup of local artisans and makers at Cordova Square, 1101 N. 12th Ave. from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11.
PENSACOLA MAKER FAIRE
Explore various makers and artists around the area in one place—from scientists to artists to crafters at Museum Plaza, 300 S. Tarragona St., on Saturday, Nov. 11. Visit pensacola.makerfaire.com for details.
BTB COMEDY SHOW
Catch a lineup of comedians including Shep Kelly of New Orleans, Ryan Adams, Hunter Stuart and Dallas Nelson 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at Odd Colony, 260 N. Palafox St. Tickets are $5 and available at Eventbrite.
WINTER BREWFEST
O'Riley's Irish Pub, 321 S. Palafox St., presents the best of "wintery" craft beers up for grabs 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Tickets are $20-$25 and available at orileyspub.com.
BOURBON, BACON, BREWS AND CIGARS
It's all in the title. Indulge in a flight of three spirits, one brew, one cigar and tasty treats 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at O'Riley's Irish Pub, 321 S. Palafox St. Tickets are $25 and available at orileyspub.com.
PENSACOLA EGGFEST
Pensacola EggFest hosts barbecue teams and backyard cooks from all over the U.S. who share two things: a love of cooking and the joy of giving back to their communities. Event is noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 at Pensacola Blue Wahoos Stadium, 351 W. Cedar St. VIP ticket holders can enter early at 11 a.m. Get tickets at pensacolaeggfest.com.
PENSACOLA BEACH ART AND WINE FESTIVAL
Sip, stroll and shop your way around the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk viewing art from more than 30 regional artists 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12. Admission is free. Wine tastings are $40-$55 per person. Tickets available at Eventbrite.
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures What do William Shakespeare, the Wild West and musicals have in common? Nothing really, until you see "Desperate Measures," the latest production from PenArts. "This is a musical that's very accessible to audiences," explained Christine Kellogg, artistic director at PenArts and director of "Desperate Measures." "There's a mistaken identity, cowboys in the old West, a saloon lady, a nun—it's a fun romp." The show is based on Shakespeare's comedy "Measure for Measure" but set in the Arizona Territory at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. It tells the story of Johnny Blood, a man in danger after a saloon brawl. The book was written by Peter Kellogg (no relation). This will be the show's first run in Pensacola thanks to a Foo Foo Fest grant. Winning the grant was two-fold for Kellogg. It funded the company's 14th production, but it also validated the organization, she said.
"It means the world to me," she explained. "We're in a vibrant, vibrant arts community … the grant is an acknowledgement that we're here. We're determined to keep growing." PenArts was founded in 2017 by Kellogg and a group of creatives as the city's small professional company. One of the differences between a professional company and the community theaters is that PenArts pays its actors. Kellogg sings the praises of other local theaters. "There's room in the sandbox for everyone," she said. Driving the local theater scene are the actors, many of whom have "day jobs" outside of acting. They may be getting paid, but productions only last a couple of weeks, Kellogg pointed out. "Our goal is to appreciate the local talent here in Pensacola," Kellogg said. "I have been blown away by the talent. We want to foster that."
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this—as long as they have a good attention span "Desperate Measures" is a show accessible and like theater." to everyone, though Kellogg believes anyone Alongside community outreach events, Pencan—and should—appreciate theater no matArts produces about four shows a year. "Desperter if it's highbrow or not. She paraphrases Tom ate Measures" is one that is unique to the comBaroco, the company's music director, saypany and a good introduction to theater. ing "sometimes, it's fine to do something just "We've been around a while but under the for fun." Even more than an appreciation for radar," Kellogg said. "We're thrilled and thankful." Shakespeare, Kellogg hopes people come to the show and appreciate being in a room with people having a shared experience. There will even be a live band accompanying the cast. "Folklore is one of the tradiWHAT: A musical adaption of Shakespeare's "Measure tional ways to communicate," she for Measure" said. "In this day of AI, it's nice to WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9-11 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 11-12 be in a room with other human beWHERE: The Gordon Community Art Center, ings. That's why we wanted to reach 306 N. DeVilliers St. across the board and make this acCOST: $18 cessible to everyone. This one is kind DETAILS: penarts.org of goofy. Even little kids will laugh at
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Foo Foo Fest 2023 is well underway, and the week two lineup of the 12-day festival is stacked with can'tmiss events. There's also still time to try some of the specials being offered around town as part of the new "Foo Foo on the Menu" program. With the goal of celebrating the culinary arts of Pensacola, Foo Foo Fest called on a small selection of business partners to create menu items that represent the vibe of Pensacola in the fall. The collection of items is diverse—ranging from doughnuts and gelato to vegan pho. For more details on "Foo Foo on the Menu" and the festival in general, visit foofoofest.org.
KIKI CHURRO FOO FOO GLUTEN-FREE WAFFLE STICKS Head to fully gluten-free kitchen and coffee shop Jitterbug for a festive take on its popular cornmeal waffles. The special is served with dipping chocolate and miso-apple caramel sauce. Jitterbug Beverage Co., 2050 N. 12th Ave., drinkjitterbug.com FOO FOO MATCHA MONSTER DOUGHNUT You can also satisfy your sweet tooth with a decadent matcha and cinnamon maple-glazed doughnut from Parlor Doughnuts. The specialty treat is filled with raspberry jelly and topped with crushed pistachios. Parlor Doughnuts, 120 S. Palafox St., parlordoughnuts.com FOO FOO FRITTO MISTO Bringing an Italian treat stateside, Brother Fox presents Fritto Misto (or "Fried Mix" in Italian), which is a squid ink-fried calamari with Spanish romesco sauce. Brother Fox, 415 N. Alcaniz St., brotherfoxsisterhen.com FOO FOO ANNIVERSARY ALE Try the Foo Foo Anniversary Ale, which is a hazy grapefruit IPA, at Alga Beer Co. on draft
or bottled to take home. Be one of the first 50 to order a draft and take home a specialty pint glass. Alga Beer Co., 2435 N. 12th Ave., algabeerco.com FOO FOO PHO Enjoy a plant-based bowl of comfort from End of the Line Cafe. The limited time pho soup features potato, carrot, enoki mushrooms, rice vermicelli and an herbal broth. End of the Line Cafe, 610 E. Wright St., eotlcafe.com FOO FOO GINGERBREAD LATTE Lamonte Gelato's festive special features a scoop of gingerbread gelato (a blend of its Biscoff Cookie Butter and Fall Spice flavors), plus a scoop of Espresso Gelato (made with an Alla Prima Coffee Roaster custom coffee blend). Lamonte Gelato, 1010 N. 12th Ave., lamontegelato.com FOOFANA CUBANA SANDWICH Enjoy an afternoon downtown at Carmen's Lunch Bar and sample its special sandwich with slow-roasted pork and Boars Head ham. Carmen's Lunch Bar, 407 S. Palafox St., facebook.com/carmenslunchbar
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Rymodee and the Authenticity of Boiled Peanut Eating Country Punks By C. Scott Satterwhite
performing artists, including two of Modee's former This Bike is a Pipe Bomb bandmates—Dave Dondero and Scott Stanton (aka Panhandle Slim). I recently interviewed Modee in advance of his homecoming performance. Full disclosure: From 1999 to 2007, Modee and I shared space at 309, the oldest punkhouse in the South. After catching up and sharing stories about our lives, family, martial arts and 309, we talked about what first brought us together—his music.
Ryan "Rymodee" Modee/ Photo by Mike Brodie
Ryan "Rymodee" Modee has long been a fixture in the Pensacola punk scene. Modee played in several bands over the years, from Earl's Killer Squirrel to the Blank Fight, but is most known for fronting This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb. That band is arguably one of Pensacola's most successful exports, traveling the world with songs about love, labor and the city— among other topics. Modee and his band helped popularize a genre of music that became known as folk punk, which is a musical blend of Woody Guthrie-style folk and Johnny Cash-style country, with punk ethos played at the speed of early Black Flag. A gifted songwriter, Modee has released several recordings and performed solo for years. Outside of an impromptu set at chizuko about a half dozen years ago, Modee has not performed in his hometown since leaving Pensacola for San Francisco. This month, Modee returns to Pensacola to play at The Handlebar for Night on the Tracks, a Foo Foo Fest sponsored event that will incorporate several other November 9, 2023
SATTERWHITE: A lot of your fans here will know you from your work with Blank Fight or This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, or maybe your solo work, but will probably be surprised with what you call your "Fake Ass Country Dude" persona. Do you see this as a change in your trajectory or a natural progression in your music? MODEE: I don't see it as a change, but it is a trajectory. The songs from This Bike is a Pipe Bomb were my folk songs. They were always songs that I would play with an acoustic guitar, but just faster and with a full band and a lot more alcohol and energy. But I was always playing with an acoustic guitar—playing music, the blues, Delta Blues and country music.
"I am from the South. I'm very Southern. I don't have much of an accent, but it comes out sometimes." Ryan "Rymodee" Modee Some of the songs are songs I play with my new punk band, Squishers. It is a trajectory that's different, but I don't see it as much of a change. It's more like something I've always
been doing. But the twang, the extra Southern accent, that's definitely fake. That's why I say it's "fake ass." There are people that do what I'm doing and pretend that it's real. You always hear about L.A. songwriters failing and moving out to Nashville, putting on cowboy hats and a fake country accent and becoming popular country singers. I always thought was bullshit, so I said "Well, I'll do that, too, but I'll fully embrace that it's fake." There are so many city slickers in cowboy hats and fake Southern accents in country music that it's disgusting. SATTERWHITE: But you're actually from the South. Nothing fake there. MODEE: I am from the South. I'm very Southern. I don't have much of an accent, but it comes out sometimes. But yeah, I'm a Southern kid. My parents are from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I was raised in Pensacola and a naval base in Cuba. I'm little Southern brat. I'm a boiled peanut eating Southern motherfucker.
ing on myself, and that's something I never did before. I was always working on the rest of the world, which was always shit. You know? Like, I'm the only person here, and I guess I have to live in it. But now I'm 50, and I realize that I do have to live in it, and I realize that I also have to grow a bit. I'm sure if I looked, that I could find elements of my music where I see that it's all the same thing, but at first glance, I don't think that it is. I'm more focusing on myself and trying to be a better Modee than I have been.
"I guess that's all music, really. People screaming at the top of their lungs so people will pay attention to them. That's country and that's punk." Modee SATTERWHITE: Well, I think you've been a good Modee, and I appreciate you. Back to the music, some people seem a bit surprised when we tell them that the 309 Punk Project is putting on a show that's basically a country show. So my last question is—what's so punk about country? MODEE: It's the same thing that Pipe Bomb used to say about folk music. It's people that don't have much money, hate the government and are screaming passionately about their rights. For me, country and punk have always been the same thing. You don't have a ton of money. You're from this counterculture, but you're still pretty passionate about the rest of the world being pretty terrible. I guess that's all music, really. People screaming at the top of their lungs so people will pay attention to them. That's country and that's punk. {in}
SATTERWHITE: I think I found the title of the article [laughter]. So I've been listening to you since we were roommates—before that, actually. I've seen you play a million times, I have all of your records and even put out a record with you once. I'm curious. You're a pretty prolific songwriter. What do you think is the most common theme in your songwriting? MODEE: I think it's changed. I guess I hadn't thought about that. Well, I think it's changed a lot. With Pipe Bomb and my earlier solo stuff, it's mostly about the mistreatment of other people. Whether it be about women's rights, racism and worker's rights. It's hard to say because I did have a lot of personal issues, so I'd say it was also about family and that [social issues]. I was just always so upset about how my family worked. My father died, and my mom just moved to Indiana. My family has always WHAT: A live show feature Rymodee, Austin Lucas, been, not very tight. We love Dave Dondero, Fuzz Puddle and Rue each other and we're there WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 for each other, but we're not WHERE: The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. super tight. That was always gnawing at me, painfully, and COST: $20 in advance or $25 at the door I was also always upset with DETAILS: rymodee.bandcamp.com, how people treated each 309punkproject.org, thehandlebar850.com other. Now I'm more focusing on getting past that and work-
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PANCAKES WITH SANTA HOLIDAY MARKET Join Gulf Coast Kid's House for a
holiday-themed market and professional holiday photos with Santa 8-11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Kid's House, 3041 N. 12th Ave. Visit facebook. com/gckidshouse for details.
ANIMAL ALLIES FLORIDA BINGO Animal
Allies Florida hosts bingo twice monthly at Scenic Hills Country Club, 8891 Burning Tree Road. The cost is 10 rounds of bingo for $10, with cash prizes for winners. Food and drinks are also available for purchase. The full bar and restaurant offer special adult beverages just for bingo nights. You must be 18 to play. For more information, visit facebook. com/animalalliesflorida.
ANIMAL ALLIES CAT AND KITTEN ADOPTION Visit Pet Supermarket 11 a.m.-3
p.m. every first and third Saturday of the month at 6857 N. 9th Ave. to meet your furever friend. Visit aaflorida.org for details.
CARING & SHARING MINISTRY FOOD DRIVE The Gloria Green Caring & Sharing
Ministry is attached to the Historic St. Joseph Catholic Church, 140 W. Government St. The ministry feeds the homeless at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays. The ministry's food pantry opens at 10 a.m. and has clothing. Food donations needed are pop-top canned goods, Beanie Weenies, Vienna sausage, potted meat, cans of tuna and chicken and soups. Clothing donations needed include tennis shoes for men and women as well as sweatshirts and new underwear for men in sizes small, medium and large. Call DeeDee Green at (850) 723-3390 for details.
CALL TO ARTISTS
JAZZ PENSACOLA'S JAZZFEST POSTER
Jazz Pensacola invites fine artists and graphic designers to submit renderings for the official 2024 Pensacola JazzFest poster. The commission is $500. The Jazz Pensacola Board of Directors will consider all renderings and make a selection. Initial drafts are due by Jan. 31, 2024. If selected, the completed submission deadline is Feb. 28, 2024. The poster design should reflect the deep, rich and diverse jazz music heritage of Pensacola and communicate a sense of place. Submissions
should conform to a vertical orientation using a ratio that will fit with margin on a final poster size of 18 inches wide by 24 inches high. All content must be the submitter's original creation, and must be unpublished. The submitter must have all rights to images and graphics used in the final artwork and during the design process. The poster must include the name of the festival: 2024 Pensacola JazzFest. Rough drafts or sketches can be submitted, but, if selected, the final art must conform to the submitted draft or sketch. Substantial deviation from the submitted sketch or draft will result in forfeiture by the artist of the cash prize and the selection of a new winner by Jazz Pensacola. Submissions must be in low-res (72 ppi) JPEG format and emailed to info@jazzpensacola.com. There is no limit to the number of entries by a single artist. Each entry must include the artist's name, address, email and phone number. The selected artist is responsible for the preparation of the art for high-resolution reproduction. The artist will be contacted following the selection process and receive technical specifications for the production file.
ARTS & CULTURE
BIG SCREEN ON THE BAYOU MOVIE NIGHT Bring your blanket, chairs, family and
friends to watch "Shrek" on the jumbo screen 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 at Bayview Park. Visit myeasthill.org for details.
INSPIRED BY PLACE EXHIBIT RECEPTION Inspired by Place brings together the work
of four photographers (Todd Bertolaet, Don Clark, Mark Alan Francis and Roland Miller) who have collaborated in their academic and artistic endeavors for more than 30 years. The exhibit is on view through Dec. 15 at the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, 1000 College Blvd. A gallery talk and reception is 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14.
BROWN BAG OPERA Visit The Opera Center, 75 S. Tarragona St., for a special performance from Pensacola Opera artists noon-12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14. Visit pensacolaopera.com for details. Admission is free. MONTPELIER IN 25 ARTIFACTS: HOW WE USE OBJECTS TO TELL STORIES OF THE PAST Pensacola Archaeological Society
Lecture: Mary Furlong Minkoff, the executive di-
rector of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) will lecture on "Montpelier in 25 Artifacts: How We Use Objects to Tell Stories of the Past." Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, is best known as the plantation home of James and Dolley Madison. Lecture is 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3400 Bayou Blvd. Visit pasfl.org/meetings for details.
PULL OUT COMEDY AT ODD COLONY
Enjoy this audience interactive show, where you pick the topics and comedians make the jokes based on selected topics. Show is 8-10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 at Odd Colony, 260 N. Palafox St. Tickets are $10 and available at facebook. com/oddcolony.
JIM BREUER: SURVIVAL WITH LAUGHTER Performance is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16
at Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox St. Tickets are available at pensacolasaenger.com.
GALLERY NIGHT The next Gallery Night is 5-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 on South Palafox. The theme for November is "Fall Shop Small." For a list of artists and vendors, visit gallerynightpensacola.org. 24-HOUR THEATRE Watch an original per-
formance put together by a group of writers and actors—seasoned and novice. Auditions are 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 and the performance is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 at The Center, 400 S. Jefferson St. Tickets to the performance are $10 and available at pensacolalittletheatre.com.
BIG DEAL BURLESQUE Show is 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 at Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox St. Tickets are $25-$500 and available at vinylmusichall.com. ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW WITH SHADOW CAST The UWF Department of
Theatre presents the Rocky Horror Picture Show with Shadow Cast. Performances are 8 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. Saturday, November 18 at the Mainstage Theatre of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, 1100 University Parkway. Visit visualarts.pensacolastate.edu for details.
SCRIPTEASERS Join writers at Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St., for Scripteasers the second Saturday of every month. The next date is 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Visit pensacolalittletheatre.com for details.
CABARET DRAG SHOWCASE AT AMERICAN LEGION POST #193 Don't miss Cabaret
Drag Showcase every second and fourth Saturday at the American Legion Post #193, 2708 N. 12th Ave. Doors open at 8 p.m. Showtime is 10 p.m. For more information, contact show director Taize Sinclair-Santi at taizesinclairsanti@gmail.com.
PENSACOLA ARTS MARKET Shop small and buy art at Pensacola Arts Market 11 a.m.-4 p.m. every fourth Saturday of the month at Cordova Square, 1101 N. 12th Ave. Enjoy a local artisan and farmers market with more than 50 vendors, food trucks, plants, vintage clothing and décor, live musical performances, kids' crafts and games. This is a free event. Pensacola Arts Market is set up 4-9 p.m. every first Friday of the month and 2-6 p.m. every third Sunday at Gary's Brewery & Biergarten, 208 Newman Ave. BODY, MIND, SPIRIT MARKET AT EVER'MAN Local vendors, artisans, holistic
practitioners, speakers and more come together 10 a.m.-4 p.m. the first Saturday of the month at Ever'man Downtown, 315 W. Garden St. This is a free indoor and outdoor event with door prizes, entertainment and children's activities. For a vendor table, call (850) 941-4321 or go to empowermentschoolhouse.com.
ROLL-CALL: 2023 ART AND DESIGN FACULTY EXHIBITION The Art Gallery at UWF
presents "Roll-Call: The 2023 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition" on view through Dec. 8. The Art Gallery is located at 11000 University Parkway Building 88. Visit facebook.com/ tag82uwf for details.
FOOD + DRINKS
YAPPY HOUR Join Wolfgang event for Yappy
Hour 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at Pensacola Bay Brewery, 225 Zaragoza St. Enjoy $5 when you bring your dog.
HARRY POTTER TRIVIA Test your Harry Potter knowledge at Gary's Brewery 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at 208 Newman Ave. Visit facebook. com/garysbrew for details. HOT DIGGITY DOGS FEST This inaugural hot
dog eating contest is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at Community Maritime Park, 351 W. Cedar St. Admission is $5.
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BIRDS AND BREW Join fellow birders at Navy
Point Park, 400 NW Syrcle Drive and then go to Gary's Brewery, 208 Newman Ave., for brews and conversation. Event is 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12.
BRUNCHIN' WITH MY TURKEYS Brunch with friends at Bodacious, 407-D S. Palafox St., 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 12. Tickets are $50 and available on eventbrite.com. AGAPI X JACQUART CHAMPAGNE DINNER Enjoy a champagne dinner hosted by Agapi
champagne dinner 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 at Angelena's, 101 E. Intendencia St. Tickets are $225 per person. Reservations can be made at greatsouthernrestaurants.com.
SUNDAY BRUNCH AT CAFÉ SINGLE FIN
Partake in brunch specials, full café menu, espressos and bottomless mimosas until 1 p.m. Sundays at Café Single Fin, 380 N. 9th Ave. Live music begins at 10 a.m. Visit cafesinglefin. com for details.
Bistro + Garden, 555 Scenic Highway. Dinner is 6-9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13. Tickets are $195 per person. Visit myagapi.com for details.
GREEN THUMB WINE TASTING Join Green Thumb Wines every first Friday of the month for a free wine tasting 6-8 p.m. at 9 E. Gregory St.
TASTE OF ITALY: ITALIAN DINNER DEMONSTRATION Dinner is 6 p.m. Monday, Nov.
SIPPIN' IN SUNDRESSES LADIES' NIGHT AT FELIX'S Pop-up shops, pink drink specials and
13 at Bodacious, 407-D S. Palafox St. Tickets are $70 and available at eventbrite.com.
VINO MAGNIFICO Sample five wines and meet with fellow wine lovers at this monthly tasting. Event is 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 at V. Paul's, 29 S. Palafox. Tickets are $15 per person and available at vpauls.com. PUPS & PINTS Enjoy $2 off craft beers with
your dog 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at Perfect Plain, 50 E. Garden St. Blackout Bingo begins at 7 p.m.
LAURENT-PERRIER: A CHAMPAGNE DINNER Join Angelena's chef James Briscione and wine director Brooke Parkhurst for a
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live music is 5-8 p.m. Thursdays at Felix's Restaurant and Oyster Bar, 400 Quietwater Beach Drive.
JACKSON'S STEAKHOUSE FRIDAY LUNCH SERVICE Jackson's Steakhouse, 400
S. Palafox St., is now open for lunch service 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays. Chef Irv Miller has created a new lunch menu, which includes selections of appetizers, salads, sandwiches, featured plates and hand-selected steaks. Visit jacksonssteakhouse. com to see a full menu.
GAMER/JACKBOX NIGHT AT O'RILEY'S Gamers unite 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Mondays at O'Riley's Irish Pub, 321 S. Palafox St. Visit orileyspub.com for details.
BINGO NIGHT AT CALVERT'S IN THE HEIGHTS Play a game (or two) of Bingo 6-8
p.m. Mondays at Calvert's in the Heights, 670 Scenic Highway. For more information, visit calvertsintheheights.com.
BAR BINGO AT O'RILEY'S Visit O'Riley's
Irish Pub for Bar Bingo 8-10 p.m. Tuesdays at 321 S. Palafox St. Visit orileyspub.com for details.
SECOND TUESDAY THEMED TRIVIA
Visit Perfect Plain Brewing Co. for themed trivia nights 7-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at 50 E. Garden St. Visit facebook.com/ perfectplainbrewingco for details.
TRIVIA AT O'RILEY'S Test your trivia knowl-
edge 8-10 p.m. Wednesdays at O'Riley's Irish Pub, 321 S. Palafox St. Visit orileyspub.com for details.
TRIVIA AT CALVERT'S IN THE HEIGHTS
Take part in trivia nights 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays at Calvert's in the Heights, 670 Scenic Highway. For more information, visit calvertsintheheights.com.
PITCHERS AND TAVERN TRIVIA O'Riley's Tavern hosts trivia 8 p.m.-midnight Thursdays at 3728 Creighton Road. Visit orileystavern. com for details.
TRIVIA AT WISTERIA Trivia is 6 p.m. Thursdays at Wisteria Tavern, 3808 N. 12th Ave. Visit wisteriatavern.com for details.
THURSDAY BIERGARTEN TRIVIA NIGHT Gary's Brewery Trivia Night is back by popular demand 7-9 p.m. Thursdays. Test your trivia skills with a glass of beer or wine. Arrive early to grab a spot. Gary's Brewery is located at 208 Newman Ave. For more information, visit facebook.com/garysbrew.
TRIVIA AT SIR RICHARD'S Flex your trivia knowledge 8-10 p.m. Fridays at Sir Richard's Public House, 2719 E. Cervantes St. Visit sirrichardslounge.com for details. FREE POOL AND BAR BINGO AT O'RILEY'S TAVERN Enjoy free pool and play
bar bingo 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays at O'Riley's Tavern, 3728 Creighton Road. Details at orileystavern.com.
LIVE MUSIC
VULCANO, SADISTIC RITUAL, ROTTED REMAINS Show is 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. Tickets are $12-$15 and available at thehandlebar850.com.
PENSACOLA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT ARTEL GALLERY Catch PSO inside Artel
Gallery, 223 S. Palafox St. for a free performance 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9. Details at pensacolasymphony.com.
TINY MOVING PARTS, WORLD'S GREATEST DAD Show is 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 at The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. Tickets are $22$25 and available at thehandlebar850.com.
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Show is 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 at Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox St. Tickets are $20 and available at vinylmusichall.com.
UNCLE KRACKER Show is 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at Wild Greg's Saloon, 22 S. Palafox St. Tickets available at unclekracker.com/tour. REGGAETRON RAVE Show is 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox St. Tickets are $20 and available at vinylmusichall.com.
BAROQUE IS BACK … ALONG WITH MARCHES, GALOPS, DANCES Pensacola
Bay Concert Band performance is 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13 at the Jean and Paul Amos Amphitheatre, 1000 College Blvd. Admission is free, but donations of non-perishable items for Manna Food Pantries are welcomed. Visit facebook.com/pensacolabayconcertband
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLLER CHRISTMAS Performance is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. Tickets are available at pensacolasaenger.com.
RUNGE STRINGS The UWF Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the Runge Strings Orchestra in concert 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 14 at the UWF Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Parkway. Visit uwf.edu/cfpa for details.
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UWF SINGERS: FILLED WITH JOY The UWF Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the UWF Singers in their "Filled with Joy" concert 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 at the Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Parkway. Visit uwf.edu/ cfpa for details.
LIVE MUSIC AT FIVE SISTERS BLUES CAFÉ Visit Five Sisters, 421 W. Belmont St., for
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PENSACOLA PICK NIGHT AT ODD COLONY Music pickers of all levels are invited
Show is 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 at Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox St. Tickets are $30 and available at vinylmusichall.com.
GULF COAST CHORALE HOLIDAY SHOW
Gulf Coast Chorale's "A Swingin' Christmas" is 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 at First Baptist Church, 555 Fairpoint Drive. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger in advance of the show. Tickets are $15 at the door. For more information, visit gulfcoastchorale.org.
CANDLELIGHT: A TRIBUTE TO TAYLOR SWIFT Enjoy a performance of Taylor Swift songs by candlelight at First United Methodist Church, 6 E. Wright St. with two performances 6:15 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18. Tickets are $32 and up and available at feverup. com/m/136272.
MARIACHI SOL DE MEXICO DE JOSE HERNANDEZ - A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMAS Performance is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
18 at Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox St. Tickets are available at pensacolasaenger.com.
live music on select days. •Tuesdays: Greg Bond from 5:30-8:30 p.m. •Thursdays: John Wheeler from 6-8 p.m. •Saturdays: Glenn Parker Band from 6:30-10 p.m. •Sundays: Curt Bol Quintet from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
to play 7-9 p.m. every last Monday of the month at Odd Colony, 260 N. Palafox St. Bring your acoustic instrument and jam. Visit facebook. com/oddcolony for details.
MONDAY NIGHT BLUES AT SEVILLE QUARTER Seville Quarter and the Blues Soci-
ety of Northwest Florida bring the "Blues" back to the Seville Quarter Entertainment District at 7 p.m. every Monday at 130 E. Government St. in End O' the Alley. For more information, visit sevillequarter.com.
TUESDAY NIGHT JAZZ AT SEVILLE QUARTER Enjoy smooth jazz with Melodi-
ous Allen and The Funk Heads every Tuesday night at Lili Marlene's in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Visit sevillequarter.com for more information.
KARAOKE AT O'RILEY'S UPTOWN Sing your heart out 8 p.m.-midnight Tuesdays at O'Riley's Uptown, 3728 Creighton Road. Visit orileystavern.com for details.
OPEN MIC NIGHT AT GARY'S BREWERY
Open mic night is hosted by Renee Amelia at 6 p.m. every other Wednesday at Gary's Brewery & Biergarten, 208 Newman Ave. Visit facebook. com/garysbrew for details.
KARAOKE AT WISTERIA Wisteria Tavern, 3808 N. 12th Ave., hosts karaoke 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Details are at wisteriatavern.com. WHISKEY WEDNESDAY KARAOKE Karaoke starts at 9 p.m. Wednesdays at Mugs and Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway. Visit mugsjugsbar. com for details. KARAOKE NIGHTS AT SIR RICHARD'S
Bring your singing talents Monday and Thursday nights at Sir Richard's Public House, 2719 E. Cervantes St. Festivities are 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Visit sirrichardslounge.com for details.
EASY GOING DJ LAB Show is noon-4 p.m.
Saturdays at Easy Going Gallery, 701 N. V St. Visit facebook.com/easygoinggallery for details.
SOULFUL SUNDAYS Listen to lo-fi hip hop,
downtempo and acoustic open mic noon-4 p.m. Sundays at Easy Going Gallery, 701 N. V St. There is no cover charge. Visit facebook.com/ easygoinggallery for details.
SUNDAY KARAOKE AT MUGS AND JUGS Karaoke starts at 9 p.m. Sunday at Mugs and Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway. Visit mugsjugsbar. com for details.
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OCEAN HOUR WEEKLY CLEANUPS Ocean Hour Pensacola hosts weekly cleanups 7:45-9 a.m. Saturdays. Follow Ocean Hour at facebook. com/oceanhourfl for more details and locations.
HERON TROT 5K RUN/WALK A nature-inspired run/walk for the family 6-8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at Big Lagoon State Park, 12301 Gulf Beach Hwy. Registration is $40. Reserve your spot on Eventbrite.com. GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE FEE FREE DAY Visit the Gulf Islands National
Seashore for no fee on Saturday, Nov. 11. This includes Fort Pickens, Opal Beach, and Perdido Key. Visit nps.gov for details.
PENSACOLA ICE FLYERS The Pensacola Ice Flyers 2023-24 season home games are held at Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. Tickets are available at pensacolabaycenter.com. Upcoming dates: •7:05 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 •7:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 •7:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 PUBLIC SKATE Ice skating sessions are available through April at Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. Tickets are $12-$15. Season passes and group rates available at the box office or by emailing sjette@pensacolabaycenter.com. Upcoming dates: •9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 •9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 •9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 GOAT YOGA Namaste with goats at Gary's
Brewery, 208 Newman Ave. 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Tickets available at facebook.com/garysbrew.
BIKE PENSACOLA SLOW RIDE The next
Bike Pensacola Slow Ride is 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 leaving from Admiral Mason Park, 200 S. 9th Ave. This ride will be dedicated to the life of Jessica Bibza and her work to protect manatees and other marine life. More information at bikepensacola.org.
YOGA WITH MARNI AT HA-YA Visit Ha-Ya Wellness for integrative yoga with Marni 10 a.m. the first and third Saturday of the month at 4301 Spanish Trail Road. Visit facebook.com/asherandbeeapothecary for more information. HOOK, LINE & SINKER MONTHLY FISHING SEMINAR SERIES Hot Spots Charters
hosts a monthly free fishing seminar held at Flounder's Chowder House, 800 Quietwater Beach Road on Pensacola Beach the first Monday of every month. A free fish dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. with the seminar beginning at 7 p.m. and typically lasting about an hour. Visit facebook.com/hlsseminar for details.
FREE YOGA CLASSES AT EVER'MAN Take a free yoga class at Ever'man, 327 W. Garden St. Visit everman.org for full calendar of events. FREE YOGA CLASSES AT COMMUNITY HEALTH NORTHWEST FLORIDA Com-
munity Health Northwest Florida offers free yoga classes to people ages 18 and older. No experience is required. The classes are led by Justin Nutt. Visit facebook.com/healthcarewithinreach for more information. November 9, 2023
Schedule: •Mondays 10-11 a.m. Community Chair Yoga at Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W. Desoto St. •Tuesdays 10-11 a.m., Gentle Movement at Palafox Two, 1380 N. Palafox St. •Wednesdays 10-11a.m., Community Chair Yoga at Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W. Desoto St. •Thursdays 10-11 a.m., Gentle Movement at Palafox Two, 1380 N. Palafox St. •Fridays 10-11 a.m., Community Chair Yoga at Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W. Desoto St.
Way You Move Dance Studio, 918 Winton Ave. The cost is $15. More information at thewayyoumove.us.
LIVE JAZZ AND SWING DANCING From 6:30-11 p.m. the first Friday of each month, enjoy a live band for dancing Lindy, Foxtrot, East Coast and West Coast Swing. This is a fun, friendly atmosphere with lessons for all levels, no partner required. Location is at The
BALLROOM, LATIN, SWING DANCE From 6:30-11 p.m. the second Saturday of each month, enjoy a mix of music for all dancers. All levels welcomed; no partner required. The Way You Move dance studio is at 918 Winton Ave. The cost is $10. More information is at thewayyoumove.us.
WEST COAST SWING DANCE Join the fun 6:30-10 p.m. Wednesdays for $5 and 6:30-11 p.m. the fourth Saturday of each month for $10. All levels welcomed; no partner required. The Way You Move dance studio is at 918 Winton Ave. More information is at thewayyoumove.us.
FREE YOGA IN THE PARK Breathe Yoga and Wellness Center will offer free yoga throughout 2023 as a part of its Wellness in the Park Series. One-hour outdoor yoga classes will be led by Breathe Yoga and Wellness Center at 9:30 a.m. the first Sunday of every month at Bayview Park. The next date is Sunday, Dec. 3. FREE PILATES IN THE PARK The City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department and PURE Pilates presents free one-hour outdoor Pilates classes at 10:30 a.m. the third Sunday of every month at Community Maritime Park, 351 W. Cedar St. The next date is Sunday, Nov. 19.
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free will astrology WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Your victories-in-progress are subtle. They may not be totally visible to you yet. Let me describe them so you can feel properly confident about what you are in the process of accomplishing. 1. A sustained surge of hard-earned personal growth is rendering one of your problems mostly irrelevant. 2. You have been redefining what rewards are meaningful to you, and that's motivating you to infuse your ambitions with more soulfulness. 3. You are losing interest in a manipulative game that doesn't serve you as well as it should. 4. You are cultivating more appreciation for fascinating and useful problems. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Taurus phys-
icist Richard Feynman was a smart and accomplished person who won a Nobel Prize. He articulated a perspective that will be healthy for you to experiment with in the coming weeks. He said, "I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything, and there are many things I don't know anything about." Give Feynman's approach a try, dear Taurus. Now is an excellent time to explore the perks of questioning everything. I bet you'll be pleased with how free and easy it makes you feel.
Now is an excellent time to explore the perks of questioning everything. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): To earn money,
I have worked as a janitor, dishwasher, olive picker, ditch-digger, newspaper deliverer and 23 other jobs involving hard labor. In addition, I have done eight artistic jobs better suited to my sensitive temperament and creative talents. Am I regretful or resentful about the thousands of hours I toiled at tasks I didn't enjoy? A little. But mostly I'm thankful for them. They taught me how to interact harmoniously with a wide array of people. They helped forge my robust social conscience. And
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they motivated me to eventually figure out how to get jobs I really loved. Now I invite you to take an inventory of your own work life, Gemini. It's an excellent time to evaluate where you've been and where you want to go in the future.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): There are so
many kinds of sweetness. Zesty spicy sweetness. Tender balmy fragrant sweetness. Sour or bitter sweetness. Musky piquant sweetness. Luscious succulent sweetness. One of my favorite types of sweetness is described by Cancerian poet Stephen Dunn. He wrote, "Often a sweetness comes as if on loan, stays just long enough to make sense of what it means to be alive, then returns to its dark source. As for me, I don't care where it's been, or what bitter road it's traveled to come so far, to taste so good." My analysis of the astrological omens suggests to me you are about to commune with at least three of these sweetnesses, Cancerian. Maybe most of them.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Author Dan Savage advocates regular indulgence in sloth. He notes few of us can "get through 24 hours without a little downtime. Human beings need to stare off into space, look out the window, daydream and spend time every day being indolent and useless." I concur, and I hope you will indulge in more downtime than usual during the coming weeks. For the sake of your long-term mental and physical health, you need to relax extra deep and strong now—to recharge your battery with delicious and delightful abandon. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): According to my deep and thorough analysis of your astrological rhythms, your mouth will soon be a wonder of nature. The words emerging from your lips will be extra colorful, precise and persuasive. Your taste buds will have an enhanced vividness as they commune with the joys of food and drink. And I suspect your tongue and lips will exult in an upgrade of aptitude and pleasure while plying the arts of sex and intimate love. Congratulations, mouthy maestro! LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): In addition to be-
ing a masterful composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) played the piano, violin, harp, bassoon, clarinet, horn, flute, oboe and trumpet. His experience led him to believe musicians
best express their skills when they play fast. It's more challenging to be excellent when playing slowly, he thought. But I will invite you to adopt the reverse attitude and approach in the coming weeks, Libra. According to my astrological analysis, you will be most successful if you work gradually and incrementally, with careful diligence and measured craftiness.
You are smarter and wiser than you realize about the pressing issues now vying for your attention. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): In my horoscopes for Scorpios, I tend to write complex messages. My ideas are especially thick and rich and lush. Why? Because I imagine you as being complex, thick, rich and lush. Your destiny is labyrinthine and mysterious and intriguing, and I aspire to reflect its intricate, tricky beauty. But this time, in accordance with current astrological omens, I will offer you my simplest, most straightforward oracle ever. I borrowed it from author Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey: "Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Play with abandon. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love." SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): In her poem "Requiem," Anna Akhmatova says, "I must kill off memory . . . and I must learn to live anew." I think most of us can benefit from periodically engaging in this brave and robust exercise. It's not a feat to be taken lightly—not to be done more than once or twice a year. But guess what: The coming weeks will be a time when such a ritual might be wise for you. Are you ready to purge old business and prepare the way for a fresh start? Here are your words of power: forgiveness, clearing, cleaning, release, absolution, liberation. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): We need
stories almost as much as we need to breathe, eat, sleep and move. It's impossible to live without them. The best stories nourish our souls, stimulate our imagination, and make life exciting. That's not to say all stories are healthy for us.
We sometimes cling to narratives that make us miserable and sap our energy. I think we have a sacred duty to de-emphasize and even jettison those stories—even as we honor and relish the rich stories that empower and inspire us. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Capricorn, because you're in a phase of your cycle when you will especially thrive by disposing of the bad old stories and celebrating the good ones.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): I could be wrong, but I don't think so: You are smarter and wiser than you realize about the pressing issues now vying for your attention. You know more than you know you know. I suspect this will soon become apparent, as streams of fresh insights rise from the depths of your psyche and guide your conscious awareness toward clarity. It's OK to squeal with glee every time a healing intuition shows up. You have earned this welcome phase of lucid certainty. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): In Indige-
nous cultures throughout history, shamans have claimed they have the power to converse with and even temporarily become hawks, coyotes, snakes and other creatures. Why do they do that? It's a long story, but one answer is they believe animals have intelligences that are different from what humans have. The shamans aspire to learn from those alternate ways of seeing and comprehending the world. Many of us who live in Western culture dismiss this venerable practice, although I've known animal lovers who sympathize with it. If you are game for a fun experiment, Pisces, I invite you to try your own version. Choose an animal to learn from. Study and commune with it. Ask it to reveal intuitions that surprise and enrich you. HERE'S THE HOMEWORK: What increasingly unnecessary duty could you abandon and thereby fuel your drive to be free? {in}
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news of the weird BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR A store in Swansea, Wales, that supports the Barnardo children's charity has circulated a request to its donors, United Press International reported on Oct. 27: Please don't send us your sex toys. "Please be mindful that we are a children's charity and as such we have a range of ages on our wonderful volunteer team," the statement read. "We therefore ask that you refrain from donating your used and unused marital aids! ... The branch has CCTV so that these items can be traced back to their owners." In other words, we know who you are. EWWWWW! Desirae Kelly of Farmington, Missouri, woke up at 5 a.m. on Oct. 24 to a strange feeling. "I actually felt something move in my ear," Kelly said in a TikTok video. Fox News reported that Kelly was in such discomfort, she started to cry in the waiting room at urgent care. As a nurse started to flush her ear with water, Kelly "felt whatever that was crawl out of my ear ... and I watched out of the corner of my eye something fall and land on my sweater," Kelly said. "I watch this black spider with all eight legs crawl across the floor." She said she screeched and threw up as the nurses trapped the spider in a container. "The nurses were so sweet and passed no judgment like I thought they would," Kelly said. "I don't think I could ever sleep without earplugs again." IT'S COME TO THIS A 75-year-old woman in Pavia, Italy, had to get the courts involved to get her two sons, ages 42 and 40, out of her house, CNN reported on Oct. 27. Mom described her sons as "parasites" who had been living with her without contributing financially, even though both had jobs. Judge Simona Caterbi called the brothers "bamboccioni," or big babies, and declared they have until Dec. 18 to vacate the woman's home. "Once a certain age has been exceeded, the child can no longer expect the parents to continue the maintenance obligation within limits that are no longer reasonable," Caterbi said. The brothers hadn't decided whether they would appeal the decision. WHAT'S IN A NAME? Too many words, according to officials in Spain. Fernando Fitz-James Stuart, the 17th duke of Huescar, recently baptized his second child with a name 25 words long, Sky News reported. The name pays tribute to the baby's mother and father, other members of the family and religious devotions. But register rules limit a child's name to one compound name and two simple ones, and the duke and his wife will need to shorten the name for legal purposes. THE CONTINUING CRISIS An unnamed teacher at Mesa High School in Arizona is on paid administrative leave and under investigation after he dressed up in devil horns and waved a pitchfork over students' heads on Oct. 25, KPNX-TV reported. Student Nathaniel Hamlet, who reported the incident to his dad, said the teacher said, "Hail, Satan" as he waved the pitchfork. "Some people thought it was funny, some people didn't like it," said Hamlet, who was insult-
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ed by the costume. For his part, the teacher said he was dressing up for Spirit Week at the school and was part of a "dynamic duo" with the teacher next door, who dressed as an angel. "Participating in spirit weeks like this is a way for me to engage with my students and bring fun to my classroom," he said. "It's truly not any more complicated than that." Mesa Public Schools said in a statement that the investigation is ongoing. •The Toccoa Riverside Restaurant in Blue Ridge, Georgia, has updated its menu with an addendum: Patrons will get a surcharge if they are "unable to parent"—$50 per bill for misbehaving kids—NBC10 Philadelphia reported. A Google review from diner Lyndsey Landmann described a "huge scene" made by the owner in front of the whole restaurant: "He got in our faces and told us that we belonged at Burger King and not at his restaurant," Landmann said. "He was yelling." The owners, however, said they weren't going to "comment on a policy we've had for years. We just want to live in the woods and cook." QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENT As college antics go, it stands up: On Oct. 25, someone wearing a giant penis costume was escorted out of the stands at a football game between Sam Houston State University and the University of Texas at El Paso, Huff Post reported. A school spokesperson said the prankster was given "the option to take the costume off or leave the stadium." Sam Houston was winning the game until the phallic fan was removed; they lost 37-34. NEWS YOU CAN USE Bet you didn't know that every year, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials distribute oral rabies vaccines to raccoon populations in 14 states, driving around and targeting areas where the critters will find and eat the bait. But, as NPR reported, in rural communities, it's more efficient to drop the little packets from low-flying planes. "The planes have a tube and a conveyor belt that just drops these vaccines to make sure they're sort of evenly dispersed," said journalist Emily Mullin. Jordona Kirby with the USDA said the trick was to make the vaccines palatable to a raccoon, so they come in a fish flavor and a sweet flavor. If other animals find and eat the packets, it won't hurt them. CRIME REPORT Officials in Melbourne, Australia, raided a home on Oct. 31, where they found a meth lab, boxes of gemstones and so many Legos that they'll need a truck to haul them away, The Guardian reported. Police found 1,130 boxes of the plastic blocks valued at more than $200,000 and arrested a 36-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman. "This is the first time our detectives have seized a Lego collection," said Detective Inspector Anthony Vella. {in}
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