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Adding to the intellectual dishonesty, when Republicans controlled the House, committees held closed hearings.

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NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL We now know how Tymar Crawford died. Inweekly writer Scott Satterwhite described in this issue what he saw after he watched the videos countless times over the weekend. He wanted to depict the footage as accurately as possible.

Detective Daniel Siemen's dashboard camera footage showed Crawford turning off his vehicle and stepping out of the car with his hands raised. Detective Siemen appeared to shove the man's head against the doorframe of his vehicle. Crawford turned back toward the officer and pushed Siemen's hands away.

Siemen then appeared to punch Crawford as a scuffle ensued.

In his bodycam video, Officer Noah Dufour tased Crawford as he was pulled from the vehicle. Crawford grabbed the taser and held it with two hands.

Dufour yelled that Crawford had his taser.

Crawford pleaded, "Man. Listen, man."

Less than a second later, Detective Siemen fired his first shot. Crawford screamed.

Then there was a second shot, followed by five consecutive gunshots. Crawford immediately fell to the ground. Blood spread across his white shirt. An officer rolled over Crawford and handcuffed him. One of the officers could be heard asking Crawford, "Hey, bro.

Still with us? Still with us?"

Crawford possibly nodded his head, but his eyes remained closed with his tongue hanging out his mouth. Dufour tried to figure out which bullet hole to cover. As

he placed a towel on Crawford's bleeding chest, he said, "Come on, man. Stay with us."

Crawford never responded.

A grand jury last week returned a No True Bill, meaning that the jurors determined that criminal charges were not appropriate.

However, the Pensacola Police Department found Detective Sieman had violated its use of deadly forces policies and terminated his employment with the city three weeks before the grand jury convened.

Mayor Grover Robinson and PPD made it clear they wouldn't shy away from dealing with the incident. At his Monday press conference, Mayor Robinson said, "After seeing the video, the Pensacola Police Department did the right thing with the termination of the officer involved."

While we would have liked to have seen the police footage released much sooner, we're pleased that the city didn't return to business as usual as it did when Victor Steen was run over by a cop in 2009. Ten years ago, the teen on a bike was pursued by a cop who tried to fire a taser at him from a moving patrol car. The chase ended when Steen was crushed by the cruiser.

The officer wasn't terminated. A few policies were changed but little else happened.

The Robinson administration was much more proactive. The question is what other lessons have been learned to avoid a repeat of this avoidable death. {in} rick@inweekly.net

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COMMUNITY REACTS TO GRAND JURY REPORT

By C. Scott Satterwhite In a move that caught many activists by surprise, the Escambia County Grand Jury declined to recommend a criminal indictment for Detective Daniel Siemen—the Pensacola police officer who shot and killed Tymar Crawford on July 5. The shooting death of Crawford led to months of community protests, led by Pensacola Dream Defenders, and the eventual firing of Detective Siemen.

"I'm in a lot of emotional pain right now," said Haley Morrissette of Pensacola Dream Defenders. Morrissette said she was ready for the non-indictment, describing grand jury decisions in officer-involved shootings as "the way it goes throughout the rest of the country."

However, she still hoped for a different outcome. "It feels familiar," she said, referencing other police shootings, "and it feels painful."

Dream Defenders plans to mobilize.

"We're ready to push for change in this city," she said. "And it doesn't mean relying on this system, which is horrible to its foundation, honestly."

Ieshia Williams, an organizer with Dream Defenders, had a similar reaction. "From an emotional standpoint, my heart dropped a little," she said. "I don't expect city officials to recognize that they had a profound opportunity to reverse hundreds of years of systemic racism, to take steps in doing that.".

"A man was killed by someone who was supposed to be protecting him, while he was supposed to be protecting the community, and he failed to do that," said Williams.

Jamil Davis, another organizer with Dream Defenders, reiterated the pain many felt upon hearing the news. "Today, we grieve. We grieve for a family that lost a partner, a brother, a son and a friend," he said. "Daniel Siemen should've met his day in court. The city and this system should be held responsible for the false sense of power it places in these officers' hands."

Among the long list of recommendations by the grand jury was more training in the use of force, more tasers and body cameras for officers, and the establishment of an advisory board to improve community relations with the police.

"The video shows that there is a dire need for an accountability committee and not an advisory board, as the mayor suggested," said Davis. "The people need to hold the city, the police department and any incoming officers accountable for their actions, and it only begins when the city recognizes its mistakes."

"I AM OUTRAGED"

The grand jury's report stated, "After a thorough review of the facts and incidents surrounding this incident, and having been thoroughly advised of the applicable laws, we have determined that criminal charges are not appropriate."

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Bill Eddins said he wanted to thank the grand jury—a group whom he described as a "crosssection of the community." Eddins said, "It's clear that they were troubled by the situation."

While choosing to not recommend a criminal indictment against Detective Siemen, the grand jury suggested using the police videos capturing Crawford's death to better train officers to "avoid a similar outcome."

Asked if he'd like to make a statement to Crawford's family, Eddins said, "I can certainly understand that they're grieving for the loss of their loved one, and I offer them my condolences."

One of Crawford's neighbors, Sarah Brummet, expressed her anger at the grand jury's decision.

"I am outraged that the police can come into my neighborhood and murder my neighbor in front of his children, make up whatever story they want, stonewall the public as we demand answers and ultimately face no meaningful consequences," she said.

Brummet was in a neighbor's yard when the shooting began. At first, she didn't know who was shooting. She made her children get down and move to the safest room in her house. When she stepped back outside, she soon learned a police officer was the shooter.

Crime tape encircled her entire neighborhood as several police officers and medical first responders arrived on the scene.

After an internal investigation into the incident, PPD terminated Detective Siemen for violating departmental policies related to Crawford's death.

The day the grand jury convened, the city released a heavily redacted 13-page report concerning the internal investigation that led to Siemen's termination.

The investigators determined Siemen violated departmental policy concerning the use of force, physical force and deadly force. The PPD defines violations of the physical force policy as "malicious assaults or batteries committed by members [constituting] gross misconduct." Use of Force policy orders officers to follow "Florida law and only use the amount of force necessary" and not use excessive force.

On the most serious charge, the report stated, "The use of deadly force by a police officer is justified when it is reasonably necessary to defend himself/herself or others from great bodily harm."

The PPD determined Detective Siemen violated these three policies, which led to his termination.

The grand jury's report criticized the PPD for conducting its internal affairs investigation "before the State Attorney or Grand Jury has their opportunity to complete their review."

Evidence reviewed by the grand jury included officer interviews, Siemen's dashboard camera footage and the bodycam film footage of a previously unmentioned officer, Noah Dufour. While Siemen's dashboard footage shows the pursuit and

shooting from afar, Dufour's 14-minute bodycam footage is up close and graphic.

"IS HE DEAD? TELL ME!"

Siemen's dashboard camera footage shows Crawford being slowly pursued by police for nearly four minutes, driving in circles around his neighborhood until he pulls over in front of his house. Visible in the video is a child in the front yard and two people on the porch as another police vehicle pulls up to Crawford's home. Crawford turns off his vehicle and steps out of the car slowly at an officer's command.

As Crawford complies, his hands raised, Detective Siemen appears to shove Crawford's head against the doorframe of his vehicle. Crawford turns back toward the officer and pushes Siemen's hands away. Siemen then appears to punch Crawford as a scuffle ensues.

As police are wrestling with Crawford, a woman screams in the background, "Stop! Get out of the car. Stop!" Children's cries are heard, occasionally yelling, "Mama."

At this point, less than 10 seconds after Crawford stops, Officer Dufour comes from behind Crawford's vehicle to assist Detective Siemen and his partner, Detective Zachary Stacy. In his bodycam video, Dufour is heard offering his taser to help the detectives. Dufour tases Crawford as he is being pulled from the vehicle. Crawford then grabs the taser and holds it with two hands. Dufour yells that Crawford has his taser. Crawford is then heard pleading, "Man. Listen, man."

Less than a second later, Detective Siemen fires his first shot. Crawford screams. Then a second shot, followed by five consecutive gunshots. All of the other officers step back.

Dufour draws his pistol. Crawford immediately falls to the ground. An officer speaks into his radio, "Shots fired. Shots fired." A woman screams in the background as another officer asks the other police, "Y'all good?"

Dufour then comes back from behind Crawford's car and holsters his weapon.

Crawford lies on the ground; his white shirt is red with blood. Officer Stacy rolls Crawford over, handcuffs him and leans his head slightly against the car. One of the officers is heard asking Crawford, "Hey, bro. Still with us? Still with us?" Crawford possibly nods his head, but his eyes remain closed with his tongue hanging out his mouth. The officers stand around Crawford's bleeding body. After a few seconds, Dufour decides to go to his vehicle, grab a towel and apply pressure to the wounds.

Crawford's entire chest is covered in blood. Dufour is heard saying, "I don't know where," as he apparently tries to figure out which bullet hole to cover. He then finds a wound and places the towel over Crawford's bleeding chest. "C'mon, man. Stay with us," he said. Crawford never responds.

Emergency medical services (EMS) arrive shortly after. A woman is heard loudly asking with a hoarse voice, "Is he dead? Is he dead? Tell me!" Another officer checks

Crawford's body for a pulse but could not find one.

EMS then transported Crawford to nearby Baptist Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

"I REALLY DO BELIEVE WE CAN WIN"

The evening State Attorney Eddins announced the grand jury's decision, two dozen people gathered downtown around the bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. Representatives from Dream Defenders, NAACP and Movement for Change as well as members of the community—including Crawford's family—held candles in a somber vigil.

"This is unbelievable," said Morrissette, head of the local chapter of Dream Defenders. In an emotional moment, Morrissette took a long pause and said, "This is not the outcome we hoped for, but we do know that around the nation, that this is the outcome we typically see."

"We were still hopeful, and we still dreamed," she said. "Today we grieve. Tomorrow we lift up our boots."

Rodney Jones, president of the Pensacola chapter of the NAACP, led the group in prayer.

After the prayer, Jones added, "Based on the things that I saw, based on the report that I read, that individual [Detective Siemen] should've been charged with homicide."

Jones then gave an impassioned plea against gun violence and suicides within the city. "We've got to start lending our hands and our voices in our own neighborhoods," said Jones. "If we don't show that, they'll continuously take us for granted … When we come together, we have the power to move them."

Other speakers talked about voting Eddins out of office, while one urged the parties involved to take the case to the federal level. Others shared their stories of living in fear of the police.

Williams of Dream Defenders then took the megaphone. Tears in her eyes, Williams started speaking. "Honestly, I'm pissed. I'm furious. I'm enraged," she said.

"I'm tired. I'm exhausted from lynchings," said Williams. "I'm exhausted knowing that from the time that I'm a child from the time I am laid in the ground that this will continue. I'm tired of knowing that, to white America, black Americans mean nothing," she said.

Morrissette then led the group in a "moment of silence for Tymar and for his family.

In this moment right now of pain and anger, I just want everyone to take a moment to keep them in your thoughts and keep our community in your thoughts."

"I really do believe we can win," said Morrissette. "But it's going to take time."

The event ended with Williams leading the gathering in a call-and-response chant heard at several Dream Defenders events—"It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and support one another.

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PENSACOLA EMBRACES MASTERPLAN

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By Jeremy Morrison Awaiting his plane out of Pensacola, urban planner Jeff Speck considered for a moment the impact his newly drawn up masterplan for the western swath of downtown might have on the city.

"The hearts of our cities—the most particularly walkable parts of our city—can only truly begin to thrive when they have people around the clock," he said, stressing the importance of increasing downtown's stock of residential and accompanying retail.

"The hearts of our cities—the most particularly walkable parts of our city—can only truly begin to thrive when they have people around the clock." Jeff Speck The previous evening, Speck had presented an ambitious vision for the remaining properties in Maritime Park, as well as the 19-acre former wastewater treatment facility property located across Main Street. If the vision is ever conjured into reality, it stands to alter the downtown landscape dramatically.

Currently, this area to the west of the downtown core remains relatively sleepy.

Heading away from Palafox, the energy begins to fade at Maritime Park, where several empty parcels remain clustered near the baseball stadium. From there, government buildings and the expanse of that empty 19-acres fronting Main Street spills into neighborhoods, like Sanders Beach, the Tanyards and Belmont-DeVilliers.

Speck notes how the action at Maritime has already served to draw downtown's energy westward. The plan he's just 88

handed off to the city, he says, will provide the necessary roadmap to take that next step and develop the infrastructure such energy requires to grow.

"It's a soul in search of a body, right?"

Speck said.

RETAIL RESIDENTIAL TENT REVIVAL

If you were paying attention in the spring, when Speck and his team came to town for a week of public input and collaboration sessions, then you're already familiar with the plan that's been mapped out for the western area of downtown. It's pretty much the same one he presented as a rough sketch at the end of that week in April.

"I'm now going to show you much prettier pictures of basically the same plan," Speck joked before diving into his final presentation of the West Main Master Plan Oct. 21 inside the lobby of the Studer Community Institute.

Speck was invited to town by local developer Quint Studer, who paid $270,000 for the masterplan of the area. Studer owns the minor league Blue Wahoos, which play baseball at Maritime Park, and also the 19-acre former Emerald Coast Utilities Authority property across Main Street. He secured an 18-month lease option in 2018 from the city of Pensacola, along with the go-ahead to the masterplan the area.

In addition to Speck, considered a new urbanism guru, Marina Khoury of the Miami-based DPZ firm also worked on this masterplan. Together they sketched out a vision that includes adding nearly 1,300 apartments, more than 500 condos and about 200,000 square feet of retail over the next 15 years.

As part of this masterplan process, a market study revealed an exceptionally low 1.4% vacancy rate in the downtown housing market. During his final presen-

tation, Speck offered a vivid illustration of this, pointing to how quickly units at Southtowne, a downtown residential-retail project recently developed by Studer, got rented when they become available.

"It's typically rented out within 24 minutes," Speck said. "That's the demand."

To fulfill this need for retail and residential, the West Main Master Plan calls for mixed-use developments on both the 19-acre parcel and the land surrounding Maritime Park. On the 19 acres, the pedestrian-centric developments resemble row houses, with parking located beneath multi-level residential units. Near Maritime, it's more akin to the ironwork gabled streets of New Orleans.

Waiting for his plane the morning after his presentation, Speck pointed to the city's intentions to develop nearby Bruce Beach into a public park and mused at how that might evolve the cityscape and also up the desirability of properties outlined in the masterplan.

"The beautification of Bruce Beach essentially turns Main Street into waterfront property," he said.

IN THE ZONE

When assessing an area's potential, Speck said he doesn't consider the existing landscape as it pertains to code.

"We don't let ourselves feel constrained by the zoning at all," he said.

Once a vision is realized, the planner then assesses what changes might need to be discussed with the municipality's planning department for a plan "to take its absolutely best shape."

In the case of the West Main plan, Speck said, not too many changes were necessary. In his presentation to city officials, the planner explained to accommodate the plan fully, the city would need to

create a subzone of sorts, a zone within the Waterfront Redevelopment District.

This new zoning designation of WRD-1 allows for a couple of key changes from the larger zone. Maximum building height goes from 60 feet to six stories, and buildings would be able to take up 95% of a parcel, up from 75%.

Pensacola City Council unanimously approved the new zoning for the masterplan area, despite some objections about the move amounting to spot-zoning and preferential treatment for a particular property owner and developer. President Andy Terhaar said the action was in the public interest and was necessary to attract developers to the available properties, thus strengthening the tax base and allowing the city to better pay off bonds associated with Maritime Park.

"That's the whole point of these parcels, to get them developed and get improvements on there," Terhaar said. "The more improvements we can get on there, the more taxes we collect, and we can pay off those bonds faster."

THE 'GREAT CONUNDRUM'

If the West Main Master Plan, or even elements of it, is taken up by individual developers, it will certainly change the area that falls within the plan, as well as the nearby neighborhoods.

In addition to creating more residential units, the new development will inevitably lead to the surrounding areas increasing in popularity, and with that a rise in property values. Speck explained how realizing improvements to an area is ultimately a double-edged sword, describing the duality as "the great conundrum of being a planner" and his "personal responsibility" to address.

"There's gentrification. Or, more to the point, there's displacement," Speck said. "Gentrification is a vague concept, displacement is a very real concept. People lose their homes because they can no longer afford to live in their homes."

As the West Main plan unfolds, neighborhoods like the Tanyards will certainly be impacted. Some current residents may find themselves priced out.

To combat gentrification, or displacement, Speck outlined steps local governments can take. In addition to creating a community land trust, helping renters become homeowners and supporting the production of more affordable housing, the measures include placing a freeze on property tax increases.

Speck also noted that some of the residential units outlined in the masterplan would be attainable, on the low end, by someone making $42,000 a year.

"This won't just be luxury housing," he said. "This will be a broad range of different types of units for different types of people." {in} inweekly.net

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SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. NAVY, PART 1

In early October, the commanding officer of Naval Air Station Pensacola informed a chamber of commerce luncheon that the Navy was facing challenges attracting families to serve in the Pensacola area due to the educational landscape.

On Monday, Oct. 21, Escambia County School Board Chairman Patty Hightower met with CO Capt. Tim Kinsella to discuss the issue further.

"I thought it was a great conversation," Hightower told Inweekly. The school board chairman said that she and Capt. Kinsella discussed items such as how the school district and Navy might better inform military families of already existing options, such as the ability to enroll a student in a school other than that for which they are zoned.

"I thought it was a great conversation." Patty Hightower "We made some plans about some things that will hopefully help in the future," Hightower said.

Hightower said that, in particular, she thought the district could better convey information to military families. The district has a military liaison on staff and also a dedicated section on its website catering to military families, though the chairman conceded that information wasn't easy to find.

"You've got to know what you're looking for to find it, and sometimes even then it's difficult," she said.

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suggesting that the district improve its delivery of information.

Another issue discussed, one that the school board chairman said she was unaware of previously, was the matter of some servicemen choosing to leave their families behind when stationed at NAS. "He made the comment that it might be because of the schools they were districted to," Hightower said.

The two nearest schools serving NAS, located in Warrington, are both D schools. There is the option of school choice, but when alternative schools fill up, that option disappears.

During his Oct. 10 remarks, Kinsella specifically mentioned the concept of creating a charter school that serves military families. Hightower said she was open to the idea of a charter but that she wasn't sure that was the best route to take— not to mention that the chairman is only one vote on the school board.

"As I told him, I'm a school board member; I'm one of five," she said. "I can make some suggestions and we can have some discussions, but I can't make anything happen."

"I can make some suggestions and we can have some discussions, but I can't make anything happen." Hightower Following Kinsella's comments, other school board members have assumed a somewhat defensive posture, with Superintendent Malcolm Thomas calling the CO's assessment "disparaging" and "disappointing."

"In using educational jargon," said school board member Paul Fesko last week. "It's just not fun being under the bus sometimes."

Fesko, the school board member representing the district serving NAS, noted that many Navy families utilize the district's school choice option and said that he had not heard from any constituents about the issue.

"I've never had a person in the military contact me to tell me, 'Hey, my kid's not getting what they need,'" he said.

Fesko also serves on the Greater Pensacola Chamber's military affairs committee and has discussed the issue of local education challenges with Capt. Kinsella previously.

"It was surprising that the captain would make the comment he did in that public forum," Fesko said.

Fesko stressed that military families should look at more than just a school's grade—either assigned by the Florida Department of Education or a third-party website, like greatschools.org—and that plenty of students in Escambia receive quality educations and continue on to further academic and professional success.

"Our kids got a great education," Fesko said, pointing out that his own children excelled academically while attending struggling west side schools, where his wife was working at the time.

After conceding there were certainly areas the district could improve upon, school board member Dr. Laura Edler expressed similar sentiments.

"I have received all of my education in Escambia County and done well!" Edler wrote in an email. "Children today, military or not, have more opportunities and choices than ever before. I suggest the Captain appreciate the many great educational opportunities children have within our district, learn more about the positive aspects of the overall educational system and assure our servicewomen, men and families that our mission is a quality education for all children."

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Last Friday, Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Pensacola Capt. Tim Kinsella told Inweekly that he was "an advocate for the service members and their families" and reiterated that his public remarks we're simply relaying concerns he hears from them.

"I am just voicing the concerns that I have heard from the families assigned to NAS Pensacola," Capt. Kinsella wrote in an email, replying to a request from Inweekly for further comment on this subject.

"I am not an expert in education, but I wish to work with our local leaders, including the Escambia County School District, to continue to improve the education for our community, which includes military families," Kinsella elaborated his position in the email. "I commend the school district for the improvements they have made, but my hope is that additional improvements will be made as we go forward."

"I commend the school district for the improvements they have made, but my hope is that additional improvements will be made as we go forward." Capt. Tim Kinsella Kinsella said that he's open to any potential path forward that improves the prospects in the Warrington area.

"A charter school is just one option that I have suggested, but I am open to supporting any idea that will improve the education around NAS Pensacola," he wrote.

Hightower has said she would entertain the concept of a new charter, but others on the school board have questioned the need. Superintendent Thomas has stated that there are not enough NAS students to warrant or support a new charter.

At this point, Capt. Kinsella, officials with the Escambia County School District and also area business leaders via the Greater Pensacola Chamber have indicated that they want to take active steps to improve the education front in the area. However, no concrete steps have been established, other than a general focus on the upcoming process of selecting a new superintendent.

Escambia County School District is listed by the Florida Department of Education as a B district, though it does have a fair number of C schools. Further, Escambia has historically lagged behind when it comes to education, and two of the district's four D schools are located near NAS. These things don't translate well when potential Navy transplants check out the district on a website like greatschools.org.

Some have blamed the school district's struggles on pockets of poverty in the area—Superintendent Thomas, for example, cited a low-income housing development outside the gates of NAS—as well as societal issues, such as a student's formative years ill preparing them for their foray into kindergarten.

"It's a tough situation. It takes the whole community. It takes a village," school board member Kevin Adams said. "It's going to take a village, and it's not going to happen overnight."

"I am just voicing the concerns that I have heard from the families assigned to NAS Pensacola." Kinsella MORE GREENWAYS The city of Pensacola has several greenways centered on stormwater projects. It could be in line to get another one if a Pensacola City Council member gets her way.

Councilwoman Sherri Myers gave a presentation last week during council's agenda review session concerning the creation of a park-like area off of 12th Avenue, a short distance from the Pensacola International Airport.

"This has to do with creating a green space in the north end of the city," Myers began her presentation at city hall. "We inweekly.net

a green space for people to gather and stroll, Myers also said that this potential project would have other benefits built into it. Specifically, she said, the area would serve as a habitat for pollinators.

"What we hope to do with this is to make this whole area, especially here on Market Place, is make it a pollinator and butterfly habitat," Myers explained. "So, everything that would be planted here would be native, and also a lot of it would attract butterflies and pollinators."

Such pollinators would likely include bees.

Myers reminded council that a beekeeping organization keeps hives on the airport property.

"There are a lot of bees at the airport," she said. "And [airport director] Dan Flynn is always looking for a place to plant wildflowers."

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have a lot of nice green spaces, like nice stormwater parks, but they're all in this area. But we don't have one in the north end of the city."

Providing her fellow council members with a map of the area near the corner of 12th and Market Place Road—"this gives you some kind of landmarks; it's close to the Bonefish Grill"—Myers called attention to the numerous construction projects occurring in the vicinity, then to the stormwater pond tucked behind a chain-link fence.

"Now, a lot of people don't even know this stormwater exists. It used to be a borrow pit," Myers said, describing the area behind the fence as "a huge pond with a very large right of way."

The councilwoman suggested using the sizable right of way circling the stormwater pond to create a walking path, complete with a sidewalk.

"On Market Place, the right of way is big

enough to put a sidewalk and a lot of beautiful vegetation," Myers said.

The councilwoman, who said she was working with Mayor Grover Robinson on a proposal to bring forth to council, did not get into funding particulars of the potential green space project. She did say some of the money could come from the city's tree trust fund but also said the project would take additional funding as well.

Myers told city council that it would be essential to get the buy-in of businesses located near the potential greenway site. She suggested they be approached to financially sponsor items such as park benches and planters.

"To make this project successful, we really want a lot of the businesses involved," the councilwoman said, describing an ideal scenario as a "public-private partnership."

In addition to transforming a currently fenced-off stormwater retention pond into

NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS The City of Pensacola is now accepting applications for the fall cycle of the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Pensacola Neighborhood Challenge Grant Program, which is a matching grant program that provides City of Pensacola neighborhood associations with funding to complete neighborhood improvement projects.

Applications for the program will be available on the City of Pensacola website during the grant application cycle, which runs through 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16.

Through the Pensacola Neighborhood Challenge Grant Program, funds can be used for various neighborhood initiatives, including beautification projects, signage, sidewalks or other improvements to public property. Funds can be matched by cash, in-kind contributions, volunteer labor or any combination of the three.

Each application must consist of a single project with a clearly defined goal that has a direct benefit to the neighborhood and its residents. Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to, family/home safety training, drug and fire prevention programs,

cultural exhibit areas, after school enrichment programs and youth literacy programs.

Applications will be reviewed using the following criteria—quality and scope of the project, neighborhood participation and benefit and general match information, including proof the association is able to match the city's cash contribution with any combination of volunteer labor, in-kind donations and/or cash.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR The National Flight Academy will host an open house 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, for families to explore the USS AMBITION and learn about America's premier Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) educational facility. The National Flight Academy is located at 1 Fetterman Way, adjacent to the National Naval Aviation Museum on Naval Air Station Pensacola.

The Florida PTAC at UWF offers a workshop entitled "Creating Winning Proposals" 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Synovus, 125 W. Romana St. By participating in this workshop, you will be able to identify contract opportunities that are realistic for you, understand how the government describes what it needs, prepare responsive and effective proposals and improve your chances at winning government contracts. Fee—$20. Preregistration is required. To register, visit sbdc. uwf.edu and look under Training & Events.

In collaboration with Ch. 3 News, WSRE Public Square will host a town hall production focusing on the opioid crisis in Florida. "Town Hall: Addicted Florida" will be simulcast live on WSRE, WFGX and NewsRadio 92.3 FM & 1620 AM at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7. The program will stream live at weartv.com and via Facebook Live @weartv. The public is invited to join the studio audience in the WSRE Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio at Pensacola State College. Admission is free and studio doors open at 6:30 p.m. Online reservations can be made at wsre.org/speakers. {in}

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It's (finally) fall on the Gulf Coast, which means it's time for one of our favorite annual events to take over the town and give us all a much-needed dose of culture and fun—Foo Foo Festival.

In case you're new to these parts or just need a refresher, Foo Foo Fest is a 12-day celebration of arts and culture that happens every fall in Pensacola. There is literally something for everyone and anyone. Some of the events are generously funded through grants by Art, Culture, Entertainment, Inc.

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(ACE)—which is a local nonprofit organization that receives federal, State of Florida, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, corporate, foundation and personal funds. Others are what they call "Friends of Foo" and are basically just other cultural events happening during the same timeframe.

For our annual Foo Foo guide, we covered a little bit of everything and included a comprehensive calendar for the events we didn't get to feature. So read up and start making plans to make the most of these next two weeks.

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FIRE AND RAIN WEAVES THROUGH DOWNTOWN

By Jeremy Morrison ble the sculpture, New recruited around burn," Petticrew reflected. "I was just kind 200 Artel volunteers. It didn't take long for of lost, just kind of sketching it in my mind." things to turn into a party.

The resulting public art installation, called "We started coming up with these, Fire and Rain, is an 18,500-square-foot wire what we called, 'Stapling Parties'," New sculpture featuring 90,000 strips of mylar. said. "And people were signing up in droves.

The piece flows from high atop Southtowne, The parties were so much fun." past the Saenger Theatre and World of Beer, The mylar used in the project came winding its way to Artel Gallery. rolled on 450-square-foot rolls. A fearsome Fire and Rain is a result of a more machine had to be designed to cut the tube than $90,000 Arts Culture and Education of mylar into two-inch sections. It con(ACE) grant and is being produced for Foo sisted of 18 razor blades and was driven by Foo Fest by Artel, Friends of Downtown a battery-powered drill. and Razor's Edge Design, where husband "We call it the 'Calliope of Doom' and and wife team Jared and Lainie Petticrew 'Death by a Thousand Cuts,'" Petticrew have worked to design the piece. laughed.

"Physically, it's pretty damn big," PetThe Petticrews have a friend who is ticrew said. blind. When they set up a test section of the Stretching from Southtowne to Artel, the sculpture, their friend sculpture hangs from commented on the various buildings, sound it produced. its colorful strips of "All this mylar mylar—there's blue rustling in the wind for rain and red, copmakes a pretty per and gold for fire— impressive sound," floating in the sky.

Petticrew said.

"Visually, I think New also noit's going to be a crazy ticed this audible element. thing," said Randy New, president of the Artel.

"It doesn't take very much breeze to A couple of years ago, this partnership make these things move, and when they do, produced the Umbrella Sky installation for it sounds like falling rain," he said.

Foo Foo. This time around, Petticrew said, The Petticrews' friend appreciated "was a lot more complicated." hearing the art, but she wondered if it "I had so many meetings with engimight be taken a step further. neers. All the rigging had to be approved; "She wished she could feel it," the artall the rope systems had to be approved," ist said, explaining how that notion led to he said, explaining that some buildings, like extra-long strips of mylar being placed at the Saenger Theatre, required the fabricathe sculpture's endpoint within the Artel. tion of special clamps to attach the sculp"They cascade at the end of it." ture. "There was a lot of work that went The Fire and Rain sculpture will open into it before that first tool was struck." downtown on Thursday, Oct. 31, with an The Fire and Rain project has been in the event featuring a DJ and stilt walkers and works for a while, with physical work on the will remain up throughout Foo Foo Fest. sculpture beginning over the summer. The brutal heat of summer, in coordination with the region's characteristic rain, is in fact what inspired the WHAT: A multi-block art installation piece's elemental theme.

"We were trying to come up WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 31-Monday, Nov. 11 with something Pensacola, that WHERE: Downtown, Intendencia and everyone here could identify with," South Palafox streets Petticrew said.

DETAILS: facebook.com/foofoofest When it came time to assem-

"It doesn't take very much breeze to make these things move, and when they do, it sounds like falling rain." JARED PETTICREW

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When designing—nay, engineering—the Fire and Rain art installation for this year's Foo Foo Fest, Jared Petticrew spent a lot of time studying downtown Pensacola's landscape and its urban geography.

"There were a lot of hours spent with my arms crossed and my neck craned, looking for ideas to kind of fall down on me," he said, emphasizing the importance of the

downtown infrastructure to the installation. "That kind of dictates the shape of the sculpture itself."

One day, Petticrew spent a good long while on the roof of Southtowne, where his thoughts took form and began to shimmer their way down the apartment building and through the streets.

"I just sat there on the roof, got a sun-

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LET'S ALL SINGALONG

By Savannah Evanoff Smoke doesn't care which part you sing; and she sent me a link to that video on he just wants you to sing.

YouTube," Smoke said. "I was so impressed "When I say, 'Come sing with the Pensacola by the group and by that feeling of comChoral Society,' it's been discouraging to hear munity that the performance created that so many people respond, 'I can't sing,' or, 'You I started looking at their other videos. The don't want to hear me sing,'" Smoke said. "I more I looked, the more impressed I was. I don't think many of us are likely to be invited to thought, 'We need to bring this experience the Metropolitan Opera to do a solo or to be a to Pensacola.'" backup singer for Beyonce, but we can all sing."

This isn't a traditional Choral Society experience, but Foo Foo Fest is all about breaking out of your box, Smoke said.

"We're known primarily as a group that does the big choral masterworks, classical composers—for soloists, chorus and orchestra," Smoke said. "But I think what we're fundamentally about is singing and people making music together."

The event also ties in with the Society's upcoming annual Christmas singalong, Smoke said.

Few people can't carry a tune, Smoke Choir! Choir! Choir! will announce its said, but most enjoy singing. Scientific song choice closer to the performance, which studies show it's beneficial psychologically people can find on Choral Society of Pensacoand physically, he added. la's Facebook page and the event page.

"We don't have very many opportunities," Smokes said the group performs a wide Smoke said. "We sing 'Happy Birthday' at parrange of music from classic artists, such ties, 'Auld Lang Syne' on New Year's and some as The Beatles, Aretha Franklin and Patti Christmas carols. Offering people more opporSmith, to newer artists, such as Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. They recently tunities to sing in a friendly, informal environment might encourage a singing community." performed Billie Eilish's "bad guy."

Smoke cites a list of reasons why it's a low-maintenance chance to sing—no auditions, no solos and no reading music. When audience WHAT: An interactive singing event hosted by Choral members turn in their ticket, they Society of Pensacola will receive a lyric sheet with no WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 music notes. They will choose the WHERE: The REX Theatre, 18 N. Palafox high part, mid part or low part, and COST: $5 the Choir! Choir! Choir! members DETAILS: facebook.com/choralsocietyofpensacola will teach it to them.

"I don't think many of us are likely to be invited to the Metropolitan Opera to do a solo or to be a backup singer for Beyonce, but we can all sing." CHARLIE SMOKE

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Choir! Choir! Choir! is a call to those who sing in the shower, sing in the car or hum while they work—but might not do it anywhere else.

At this event, the audience is the choir, and everyone is encouraged to sing.

Choral Society of Pensacola will host Choir! Choir! Choir!—which is led by Canadian

artists Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman— for Foo Foo Fest.

Charlie Smoke, the executive director of the Choral Society of Pensacola, said a board member introduced him to the group just after David Bowie's death.

"The group performed his 'Space Oddity' at a Toronto art gallery as a tribute,

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ALL FOR ONE

By Jennifer Leigh

Since its debut in 2014 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, "As One," has quickly become one of the most-produced modern operas in the country.

On Friday, Nov. 1, the powerful chamber opera will make its Florida debut with Pensacola Opera.

"It's had 35 unique productions from 35 other opera companies," said Jerry Shannon, Pensacola Opera's artistic director. "We're glad we got it before anyone else did."

"As One" is a coming of age story about gender identity and navigating a complex world. Singers Elise Quagliata and Robert Wesley Mason narrate the film as Hannah After and Hannah Before, respectively.

While many opera productions are grandiose, "As One" is a stripped-down piece with just the singers, a string quartet and a projection screen.

"It's a much smaller piece, but it provides the same powerful impact of any opera," said Shannon.

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Campbell. Without an elaborate set design or costumes, "As One" allows the audience—limited to just 100 people—to soak up the music.

"There's nothing more powerful that musical storytelling," said Shannon. "We all listen to music ... those songs are three-minute operas telling a story. It's the power of the human voice. It's an instrument we all carry with us."

The opera is loosely based on Reed's documentary "Prodigal Sons," about a transgender woman reintroducing herself to her small Montana town during her 20-year reunion. Through a partnership with Stamped LGBT Film Festival, the documentary will be shown before the opera for free.

Pensacola Opera board and staff saw a production of "As One" in New Orleans three years ago and had been planning since then to bring it home. Funding from a Sunday's Child grant and a personal gift from an opera donor made it possible.

"We're so grateful they saw what we had seen," Shannon said. "The muses smiled on us that day."

cally big and grand—this is the antithesis.

When planning the production, Shannon It's a much more immersive, emotional said it was no coincidence that it would be deexperience. The room is going to be filled buted during Transgender Awareness Month. with talent and art."

For weeks leading up to the show, Pensacola Opera has hosted community discussions covering topics such as religion and health and wellness as it relates to the trans community.

WHAT: A multi-media double feature, including a film After the show closes, there will be screening and live opera one more discussion to discuss the WHEN: 8 p.m. ("Prodigal Sons" showing at 6 p.m.) Friopera and how people can move day, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2; and 5 p.m. ("Prodigal forward in advocacy.

Sons" showing at 3 p.m.) Sunday, Nov. 3.

"A majority of the opera audience are lifelong learners," said WHERE: Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. Shannon. "We've had some very COST: $25 honest discussions. I saw that DETAILS: pensacolaopera.com these people are thirsty—they're ready to learn. Through that knowledge, we can become more aware and empathetic."

WHEN: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5 "As One" might be a smaller WHERE: Pensacola Opera, 75 Tarragona St. piece with a limited showing, but its COST: Free impact should remain large.

DETAILS: pensacolaopera.com "It's a unique experience," Shannon said. "Operas are typi-

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Mannie Fresh

Mannie Fresh is an old-school guy.

Always has been. Always will be.

The legendary rapper behind hits like "Real Big" and "Designer Caskets," the longtime record producer for Cash Money Records and half of the hip-hop duo Big Tymer has dedicated his past few years to the DJ booth.

Yet, when asked about his latest musical inspiration, his answer remains the same— old-school music.

"If I listen to some old R&B like Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin or something, I get inspired," Fresh said. "It makes me want to do music. Being a DJ inspires me. The DJ's job is to make people forget about everything that's going on in their life for however long you're there DJing. That inspires

Guys at his junior high school birthed the other half of his DJ name, because he always wore a clean pair of sneakers. He still digs tennis shoes.

"I'm a tennis shoes fanatic," Fresh said.

He still prefers the Reebok Classic.

"I'm true to New Orleans, just regular Reeboks," Fresh said. "That's what we grew up on.

That's still my shoe, my go-to shoe. You can get away with it, and it goes with anything."

Fresh laid out the timeline of his career—the living room led to paid house parties in New Orleans to school dances to opening concerts. He trails off.

"My Christmas gifts were music equipment," Fresh said. "At first, I really didn't get it, but my dad saw something I didn't see young. When I really got into music and it clicked that this is something I wanted to do, for my dad to support me wholeheartedly, 100%, full on and just be like, 'Hey, go for your dream,' that right there means the world. Because there's a lot of people in the world that don't get that from parents and peers and people around them that say you should do something you love. It's full circle right now. I do a job I love doing. I don't even consider it work."

The game has changed though. While playing his hit "Back That Azz Up" is always a crowd pleaser—even if you're failing as a DJ, he said—the job itself is different.

A DJ used to just be a voice; now it's a personality.

"A DJ is a celebrity now," Fresh said.

"Personality comes with that. You gotta sell yourself as big as life to be a good DJ. It's more than just DJing. It's pretty much like politics—you are out there kissing babies, shaking hands, whatever it takes to stay in that spot. If you don't, somebody else will."

Fresh is clear about one thing, he's not done. He's only scratched the surface of his musical career's trajectory.

"I still don't feel like I've done my best work yet," Fresh said. "I'm gonna put out some Mannie Fresh songs. It's been a while.

In order for me to fall back in love with producing, I had to go back to DJing. I'm seasonal. I do things like that. DJing actually helps me figure out what's going on in the world. When you go places, you know the trends; you know what people are jamming to, what they're moving to. Now that I've been DJing for a while, I'm ready to put out some new records."

me, to take somebody away from whatever their problems are and have a good time."

You can tell he means it.

Sure, Fresh is a rapper, musician, producer, celebrity, hitmaker—and he wears all those hats well. But first and foremost, he sees himself as a DJ. Even the songs he produces are from a DJ's perspective, he said.

Fresh started DJing at 13, just like his dad.

The first half of his DJ name was his father's nickname for him.

"My dad used to let WHAT: Stompfest with performance by Marsha Amme DJ a lot of times, so I would brosius, music by Mannie Fresh and host HaHa Davis consider my first gigs our living WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 room," Fresh said. "It was a learning WHERE: Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. thing, a lesson for me to watch my COST: $10 high risers, $20 mid-level, $35 floor seats dad do this and then pick up on DETAILS: stompfest850.com or facebook.com/ what he's doing and figure out what stompfest850 would be my style and what would I

"DJing actually helps me figure out what's going on in the world. When you go places, you know the trends; you know what people are jamming to, what they're moving to." MANNIE FRESH

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FOO FOO & "FRIENDS" CALENDAR SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY 3 p.m. $18$25. Comedy featuring some of Pensacola's finest talent alongside cocktails and camaraderie. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com ON A BOAT: STOMPFEST DAY SOIREE 3-7 p.m. $25-$40. Get tickets on foofoofest.com AS ONE 5 p.m. $25. Chamber opera from Pensacola Opera. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolaopera.com

MONDAY 11.4 FIRE AND RAIN Experience the sparkling tapestry, a sculpture of mylar and holographic strands floating above Downtown on Intendencia and South Palafox streets.

3D PRINTSACOLA: HANDS-ON ART WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST FRED KAHL 10

a.m.-6 p.m. through Nov.7. Free to watch, workshop registration online. First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.org

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THURSDAY 10.31 100 FACES OF WAR EXPERIENCE + JOHN MARKOWITZ On view at Pensacola Mu-

seum of Art. $4-$7. Traveling exhibit from Smithsonian on view through Jan. 19 and UWF instructor John Markowitz on view through Feb. 2. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org FIRE AND RAIN LAUNCH EVENT 6-8 p.m. Experience the sparkling tapestry, a sculpture of mylar and holographic strands floating above Downtown on Intendencia and South Palafox streets.

FRIDAY 11.1 FIRE AND RAIN Experience the sparkling tapestry, a sculpture of mylar and holographic strands floating above Downtown on Intendencia and South Palafox streets.

INAUGURAL GULF COAST QUILT TRAIL All day through Nov. 3. Two-mile radius surrounding Seville Square.

PENSACOLA WOMEN'S HALF MARATHON

A one-mile dash, 5K and a half marathon, during the weekend of November 1-3. pensacolasports.org GREAT GULFCOAST ARTS FESTIVAL 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Seville Square. ggaf.org 3D PRINTSACOLA: SKATEABLE 'SKULPTURE' FEATURING RODNEY MULLEN 7-9

p.m. $10. VIP pre-event reception from 5:30-7, $40. Pro skater Rodney Mullen and local skaters showcase creative skate culture and the "skulptures" enhanced with augmented reality. First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.org SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY 7:30 p.m. $18$25. Comedy featuring some of Pensacola's finest talent alongside cocktails and camaraderie. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com AS ONE 8 p.m. $25. Chamber opera from 818 1

Pensacola Opera. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolaopera.com THE MOLLY RINGWALDS AT 200 SOUTH PALAFOX 9 p.m.-midnight. $25-$50. Enjoy

'80s hits from The Molly Ringwalds. 200 S. Palafox.

SATURDAY 11.2 FIRE AND RAIN Experience the sparkling tapestry, a sculpture of mylar and holographic strands floating above Downtown on Intendencia and South Palafox streets.

INAUGURAL GULF COAST QUILT TRAIL All day through Nov. 3. Two-mile radius surrounding Seville Square.

GREAT GULFCOAST ARTS FESTIVAL 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Seville Square. ggaf.org QUESTIONING CORNER: SPACE 10 a.m.noon. Free with museum admission.

Hands-on activities that encourage observing, predicting, and investigating.

Pensacola Mess Hall, 116 N. Tarragona St. pensacolamesshall.org CUBED! A LIVE PAINTING EVENT 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Open to the public. UWF Historic Trust Plaza.

SIDEWALK SCIENCE LESSON 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Science presentation from Pensacola Mess Hall. Palafox and Gregory St. THE BRUNCH EFFECT PRESENTS: A DIFFERENT WORLD 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $35 and up. Brunch

with '90s vibes, including DJ Neutron. Palafox House, 196 N. Palafox. For questions, email thebruncheffect@gmail.com.

MARKET BASKET:ENCHANTED EVERGREEN

6-9 p.m. $10 for one day, $15 for two-day passes. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E, Garden St. pensacolamarketbasket.com TATT-FOO 6-9 p.m. Free and open to the public. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox.

FLYING ART: PAINTING WITH THE AXES

7-11 p.m. Free to spectators. Throw axes at paint-filled balloons to create unique art.

Grizzly Axes, 6300 N. Davis Highway.

THE TRAIL TO OREGON 7 p.m. $10. A

musical parody of the Oregon Trail computer game. NB Cook Elementary School Auditorium, 1310 N. 12th Ave. STOMPFEST 7:30 p.m. $20-$46. An artistic celebration of collegiate step teams featuring performances from various fraternities, and sororities across the nation.

Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY 7:30 p.m. $18-$25. Comedy featuring some of Pensacola's finest talent alongside cocktails and camaraderie. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com PENSACOLA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS: OHLSSON PLAYS BRAHMS 7:30

p.m. $23-$103. Pianist Garrick Ohlsson joins PSO. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasymphony.com AS ONE 8 p.m. $25. Chamber opera from Pensacola Opera. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolaopera.com

SUNDAY 11.3 FIRE AND RAIN Experience the sparkling tapestry, a sculpture of mylar and holographic strands floating above Downtown on Intendencia and South Palafox streets.

INAUGURAL GULF COAST QUILT TRAIL All day through Nov. 3. Two-mile radius surrounding Seville Square.

GREAT GULFCOAST ARTS FESTIVAL 9 a.m.4 p.m. Free admission. Seville Square. ggaf.org MARKET BASKET:ENCHANTED EVERGREEN 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $10 for one day, $15

for two-day passes. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E, Garden St. pensacolamarketbasket.com THE TRAIL TO OREGON 2 p.m. $10. A musical parody of the Oregon Trail computer game. NB Cook Elementary School Auditorium, 1310 N. 12th Ave.

show at 7; Big Bad Voodoo Daddy takes the stage at 8 p.m. This show supports Jazz Pensacola. jazzpensacola.com

PBCB AROUND THE WORLD WITH A TOUCH OF SYMPHONY 7:30 p.m. Free with

non-perishable item from Manna Food Pantry. Musical selections from around the world, featuring bagpipe soloist Alexander Kozmon. Christ Church Parish, 18 W. Wright St.

TUESDAY 11.5 FIRE AND RAIN Experience the sparkling tapestry, a sculpture of mylar and holographic strands floating above Downtown on Intendencia and South Palafox streets.

HIDDEN NO MORE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-$10. Nine women

in STEM discuss their work. Pensacola Mess Hall, 116 N. Tarragona St. pensacolamesshall.org PEN WOMEN: POETRY EVENT 6-9 p.m.

Free and open to the public. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox.

WEDNESDAY 11.6 FIRE AND RAIN Experience the sparkling

tapestry, a sculpture of mylar and holographic strands floating above Downtown on Intendencia and South Palafox streets.

SAX ON THE SIXTH 11 a.m. Free. Bring your lunch and enjoy live jazz music from jazz veteran Joe Occhipinti. Sanders BeachCorinne Jones Center, 913 I St. PENSACOLA FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY: OPEN JAM 5-7 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox.

CHOIR! CHOIR! CHOIR! 7 p.m. $5. Join

in song with hosts Toronto-based musicians Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman. Trade your ticket for a lyric sheet and be a part of the choir. Rex Theatre, 18 N. Palafox.

For more information and event listings, visit foofoofest.com inweekly.net

THE INTERSECTION OF ART, SCIENCE AND SKATEBOARDING

By Jeremy Morrison Sometimes it seems science blurs into art and vice versa. Or, perhaps, one discipline is inspiring or informing the other.

Caitlin Rhea, executive director of First City Art Center in Pensacola, recognizes these similarities between the processes of both artists and scientists.

"I think I've always been fascinated by the intersection between art and science," she said. "The approaches are rather similar, but the outcome is different."

"When you have art culture fused into skate culture fused into science culture, that to me is really exciting." DAVID FRIES

"It's allowing the technology to enable creativity and design," Fries said.

For the exhibit's Nov. 1 event, the team has also tapped one of the world's most influential skateboarders—the so-called "godfather of modern street skating"—Rodney Mullen. Hailing from the same 1980s Bones Brigade crew that produced the likes of Tony Hawk, Mullen essentially engineered the foundation of modern skateboarding.

"He reflects athleticism and scholarship in one," Rhea said. "That's why he's the perfect individual to tie all this stuff together."

In addition to being a landmark skater, Mullen—who approaches skate tricks as if he's constructing sentences or mathematical equations—has evolved into somewhat of a hot ticket item beyond the world of skateboarding. He gives TED talks and collaborates with MIT researchers.

"Rodney—he's a poster child for innovation these days," Fries said.

Fries met Mullen at an event sponsored by the Doolittle Institute, at which the audience was a mix of skaters and researchers from the U.S. Air Force. When 3D Printsacola began to take shape, he knew the skater would be a perfect fit.

"He's very mathematical," Fries said.

"He thinks spatially. The Bobcat thinks spatially. Artists think spatially."

For this year's Foo Foo Fest, Rhea has teamed up with David Fries, creative scientist in residence at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, on a project intertwining art, science and technology and, of course, skateboarding.

"When you have art culture fused into skate culture fused into science culture, that to me is really exciting," Fries said.

Both Fries and Rhea recognize the artistry and science in skating, too.

"They're responding to their environment much in the same way an artist does, but I don't think people usually think of them that way," Rhea said. "They're artists, too."

For Foo Foo, Fries and Rhea have put together an exhibit called 3D Printsacola.

The project entails building, or rather printing, ramp-like elements that can be arranged and rearranged, constructed, deconstructed and reconstructed in a variety of ways.

During the Foo Foo event, Mullen will "Most people think of 3D printing as help in designing skateable constructs extruded," Fries said, explaining that the out of the printed blocks and offer skat3D printing process being employed for ing demonstrations. After Foo Foo, the Printsacola lies somewhere between that blocks—which Fries is implanting with extrusion method and more traditional augmented reality (AR) technology and construction methods. which local artists will use as their virtual Using forms to create concrete canvas—will live on. They will likely find blocks—"basically concrete Legos"—Fries their way into the skatepark area being has designed a system that allows for a planned for a parcel of land located near design to be dreamed up, punched into a downtown Pensacola. computer, then constructed by a driver"We're hoping some of these things less Bobcat that transports each of the have an afterlife," Fries said. {in} concrete blocks into place.

"You start making blocks, and then these blocks can be built up to make a structure," Fries said.

For this project, the scientist and the artist have engaged the WHAT: An event centered around live action art-maklocal skating community, who will ing and creative skateboarding, featuring Rodney Mullen help design various constructs with the printed blocks and then WHEN: 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1 enjoy skating on their creations.

WHERE: First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. "It's a combination of machines COST: $10 suggested donation generating art and human interacDETAILS: firstcityart.org tion with those devices," Rhea said.

"He reflects athleticism and scholarship in one. That's why he's the perfect individual to tie all this stuff together."

CAITLIN RHEA

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

An Intimate Homecoming

By Savannah Evanoff

Chris Staples remembers when the album title hit him.

It's hard to forget subzero temperatures. The singer-songwriter who is currently based out of Richmond, Va., made a pit stop at a gas station in Montana between gigs.

"It was negative 40 degrees outside, and this lady was cleaning the windows outside, and I was like, 'What are you doing? You can't just wait for the weather to warm up,'" Staples said. "And she was like, 'Holy moly, it's cold out there.' It just made me laugh. I felt like 'holy moly' is what I've been saying a lot lately with everything happening in the world. It's what you say when you're struck with a sense of disbelief."

Staples released the 10-track album

"Holy Moly" this year— but only after writing 65 songs (give or take) over the course of a year from his garage studio. Everyone needs options, right?

"It was the longest I've spent making a record, so that was kind of interesting and maddening a little bit," Staples said.

The songwriting might seem grueling, but he's been at it for a cool minute.

Staples started a band in Fort Walton Beach at age 16.

"It was kind of a cool place to grow up, because there wasn't very much to do, so it was a creative place where you're always trying to figure out how to have fun and what to do," Staples said. "I worked on the beach growing up, worked at the Hilton Hotel and on boats and stuff."

When Staples planned an intimate living room tour for "Holy Moly," he had to stop in Pensacola—where he once played gigs with his band Twothirtyeight at The Nite Owl, The Handlebar and the original Sluggo's. He still has family in the Northwest Florida area.

Staples launched his professional music career with Twothirtyeight and has played with J. Tillman and Telekinesis. He's been releasing more chill solo material for a decade.

"It's just talking about following through, Amid churning out his own music, Staples and you can bet that I'll do what I say I'm has seen success selling it commercially. gonna do, and you can bet the horse and the Some songs were recently featured on saddle, too," Staples said, quoting his lyrics.

Showtime's "The Affair."

"It sounds like the title of a country song."

"It's pretty trippy actually," Staples said.

Staples shot a music video for "Old Friend" "I've definitely heard it when I wasn't exin Venice Beach, Calif. He thought it was fun pecting it before. I had a couple songs used they hired a stunt double for him— although on the 'Bates Motel' TV show. I really like they almost couldn't find one. that show. Sometimes I know they're going "Everyone was too expensive," Staples to use some stuff, but I don't follow up and said. "We found this guy three days before see where it's played exactly. I randomly we were gonna shoot it. He's my height. He heard my own song on that show." doesn't look like me in the face, but he has "Holy Moly," no doubt, has a song or a similar build. It was a really fun long day two worthy of a soundtrack. of shooting. It's ridiculous at the beginning "Running Out of Time" is one of of the video, you kinda might think, 'Is this Staples' favorites to perform.

"I've never written a song like it, but it's like Chris actually doing this?' Then it becomes apparent that obviously not." a teen fiction paperback," Staples said. "It's an The album cover came to Staples as apocalyptic teenage love story kind of song. organically as its title. He found the image It's got a lot of really dark lyrics in it."

Lyrics aren't just an afterthought to Staples. while skimming through photos on Flickr— one of his favorite things to do.

He's a true songwriter, through and through.

"I found this guy from Italy, and he just The song "Horse and Saddle" is about documents all these Italian vintage bikes that having a job in the arts. are kinda rare," Staples said. "I'm not really into "It's really a roller coaster experience, bicycling; they just looked so cool. They have because you have these great nights and great the U.S. flag colors, so they kind of look Ameriweeks where things are going really well," can. That was kind of the idea." {in} Staples said. "Then you have times that are very challenging and you question what you're doing and why you're doing it. It's a song about perseverance and following WHAT: Chris Staples with Stijl Calhoun through on your choices in life WHEN: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5 rather than bailing on someWHERE: Odd Colony Brewing Co., 260 N. Palafox thing that's difficult."

COST: $20 It might seem out of DETAILS: facebook.com/chrisstaplesmusic place, but it's his favorite song title, too.

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WORK ON THE FLORIDA TRAIL 8 a.m.-12:30

p.m. Every Thursday. Three miles north of Deaton Bridge Road. meetup.com/ftawesterngate YOGA WITHIN REACH 9-10 a.m. Free. Community Health Northwest Florida, 2315 W. Jackson St., Room A. healthcarewithinreach.org SAMHAIN CELEBRATION Noon-6:30 p.m.

Asher & Bee Apothecary and Tea House, 7 E. Gregory St. facebook.com/asherandbee YAPPY HOUR 5-10 p.m. Through Feb. 27.

5% of proceeds benefit Escambia County Animal Shelter. Red Fish Blue Fish, 5B Via De Luna Drive. redfishbluefishpensacolabeach.com AWM WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Free. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. facebook. com/aragonwine MEDITATION AND ENERGY HEALING 6 p.m.

Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org END OF THE LINE THURSDAY DINNER 6-9 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. Sign up for the newsletter for menu. eotlcafe.com ZUMBA WITH SHANNON AND FRIENDS 6-7 p.m. $4. Homestead Community Center, 7830 Pine Forest Road.

PANHANDLE CONSCIOUS COLLECTIVE MEETING 7 p.m. Asher & Bee Apothecary

and Tea House, 7 E. Gregory St. facebook. com/asherandbee

FRIDAY 11.1

GREAT GULFCOAST ARTS FESTIVAL 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Seville Square. ggaf.org ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP 10 a.m. Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com EVER'MAN COOKS: COOKING WITH HONEY WITH BECCA FRITSCHLE 10-11 a.m.

Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org HAPPY HOUR COOKOUT 5 p.m. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com ACOUSTIC SONGWRITERS NIGHT 6 p.m.

Every Friday through March 27. Frazier's Country Wines, 3130 Barrancas Ave. FIRST FRIDAY MAKER'S MARKET 6:30-9:30 p.m. Odd Colony Brewing Co., 260 N. Palafox St. facebook.com/barehandco MINISTRY 7 p.m. $35. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com GLOW BOWL 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Every Friday and Saturday. $12 per person. Strikerz Entertainment Center, 3200 N. Palafox St.

SATURDAY 11.2

PARKRUN/WALK MEETUP 7:30 a.m. University

of West Florida, Rec Plex North Field, 11000 University Parkway. parkrun.us/recplexnorth 35TH ANNUAL GREAT PUMPKIN 5K AND FUN RUN 8 a.m. Sacred Heart Cathedral School,

12th Avenue and Moreno Street. runsignup. com/races FOLDS OF HONOR GOLF TOURNAMENT 8 a.m. through Nov. 3. $135-$150, proceeds benefit Folds of Honor. Scenic Hills Country Club, 8891 Burning Tree Road.

OCEAN HOUR CLEAN-UP 9-10 a.m. Naval Live Oaks, 1801 Gulf Breeze Highway; Bob Sikes Fishing Pier, at the Grand Marlin Restaurant; and Park West.

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SANTA ROSA FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1

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

PALAFOX MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques. Items originate directly from participating vendors, including dozens of local farmers, home gardeners and area artists. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com YOU SELL IT HERE FARMER'S MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free admission. Every Saturday. 8600 Pensacola Blvd., facebook.com/yousellithere BEULAH CRAFT AND SAUSAGE FESTIVAL 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission. First Baptist Church of Beulah, 5805 Beulah Church Rd. GREAT GULFCOAST ARTS FESTIVAL 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Seville Square. ggaf.org EVER'MAN COOKS: DEBBY'S KITCHEN 1011:30 a.m. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org $1 OR LESS BOOK SALE 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open Books Bookstore and Prison Project, 1040 N. Guillemard St. facebook.com/openbooksbookstore ANTI-INFLAMMATORY LIFESTYLE 12:30-2 p.m. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org SAUERKRAUT: FERMENTATION WITH KAT

1-2:30 p.m. $15. Asher & Bee Apothecary and Tea House, 7 E. Gregory St. facebook. com/asherandbee DEATH CAFÉ 3 p.m. Open conversation about death. Ever'man, 327 W. Garden St. BRIAN FREE AND ASSURANCE IN CONCERT

6-8:30 p.m. $10 donation. Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Highway.

GREG BOND 6-9 p.m. Henny Penny Patisserie, 4412 W. Jackson. facebook.com/ hennypennypatisserie STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 7:30 p.m. $20-$25. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com SATURDAY SWING OUTS 8 p.m. $5. Saturdays. Breathe Yoga Studio, 505 S. Adams St. GLOW BOWL 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Every Friday and Saturday. $12 per person. Strikerz Entertainment Center, 3200 N. Palafox St. IMPROVABLE CAUSE 10:30 p.m. $11. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. pensacolalittletheatre.com

local ID. H20 Hilton, 12 Via De Luna Drive. facebook.com/hiltonpensacolabeach FALL FEST AT THE PARK 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $25$35. Premier Adventure Park, 460 Pensacola Beach Blvd. premieradventurepark.com GROVE & BROWN MARKET 1 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 17. Vendors, artists and farmers.

Henny Penny's Patisserie, 4412 W. Jackson St. PRETTY DEADLY JAZZY 2-5 p.m. $15 suggested donation. Bobby van Deusen concert and auction. Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola, 9888 Pensacola Blvd.

BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS 6:30 p.m. $30. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

MONDAY 11.4

RESUME HELP 11 a.m. Molino Branch Library,

6450-A Highway 95A. mywfpl.com RESTORATIVE PILATES 5:15 p.m. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org WOW FACTOR 5:30-8:30 p.m. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 6 p.m. Runners meet in front of Seville Quarter for a run around downtown Pensacola. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com TRIVIA NIGHT AT PERFECT PLAIN 7-9 p.m.

General knowledge trivia. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco MJ LIVE 7:30 p.m. $33.50 and up. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com

FIBER FREESTYLIN' AT STUDIO SOUTH

5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Open to all knitters, crocheters, weavers and more. Studio South, 955 E. Nine Mile Road. studiosouthon9mileroad.com FUNKY YOGA 6 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org ZUMBA WITH SHANNON AND FRIENDS 6-7 p.m. $4. Homestead Community Center, 7830 Pine Forest Road.

AS ONE POST-SHOW DISCUSSION 6:30-8 p.m. Free. The Opera Center, 75 Tarragona St. pensacolaopera.com COUNTRY TWO-STEP DANCING 6:30 p.m. $12. Whiskey Runners Saloon, 610 E. Nine Mile Road. dancecraftstudios.com

credited back with your first pre-sale bottle purchase. Pot Roast & Pinot, 11-B S. Palafox. potroastpinot.com HALLOWEEN BASH WITH MIKE NORRIS

6-10 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Drive. paradisebar-grill.com

SECOND ANNUAL PET COSTUME CONTEST 6-9 p.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co.,

50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco JAY HOLLOWEEN SITAR SÉANCE 7-9 p.m.

Dolce and Gelato, 2050 N. 12th Ave. facebook.com/dolcegelatopensacola CARNEVIL HAUNTED HOUSE 7-10:30 p.m. $20. Hadji Shrine Temple, 800 W. Nine Mile Road. hadjihauntedhouse.com

GREAT GULFCOAST ARTS FESTIVAL 9 a.m.-4

p.m. Free admission. Seville Square. ggaf.org

THEMED BRUNCH AT PERFECT PLAIN 10 a.m.

Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco

Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org BRUNCH WITH LIVE MUSIC 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Café Single Fin, 380 N. Ninth Ave. facebook.com/cafesinglefin $1 OR LESS BOOK SALE 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fill a bag for $5 begins at 3 p.m. Open Books Bookstore and Prison Project, 1040 N. Guillemard St. facebook.com/openbooksbookstore VEGAN BRUNCH 11 a.m.-2 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. Sign up for the newsletter for menu. eotlcafe.com SUNDAY BRUNCH AT H20 11 a.m. $28.95 for adults. Free valet parking and 15% off with

YOGA WITHIN REACH 9-10 a.m. Free. Community Health Northwest Florida, 2315 W. Jackson St., Room A. healthcarewithinreach.org BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE 11:30 a.m. National Naval Aviation Museum viewing area, 1878 S. Blue Angel Parkway. Use West Gate Entrance.

TRYON FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT 4 p.m. Tryon Branch Library, 1200 Langley Ave. mywfpl.com COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING 4-6 p.m.

Bodacious, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com PILATES FUSION 4:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

HALLOWEEN EVENTS

SUNDAY 11.3

TRANSMISSION MEDITATION WORLD SERVICE 10:30 a.m. Ever'man Educational

TUESDAY 11.5

THURSDAY 10.31

HALLOWEEN AT SAM'S FUN CITY 5-9 p.m.

$14.99 includes rides and attractions.

Sam's Fun City, 6709 Pensacola Blvd. samsfuncity.com TENT OR TREAT: A FAMILY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN STREET PARTY 5-7 p.m.

Face painting, games and candy. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox.

HALLOWEEN WINE TASTING AT POT ROAST & PINOT 5-7 p.m. Featuring

Chronic Cellar's wines. $15; $5 will be

SEVILLE QUARTER HAUNTED HALLOWEEN PARTY AND $5,000 COSTUME CONTEST 7 p.m. sign up (sign up at Apple

Annie's) contest begins at 9 p.m. at Phineas Phogg's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com O'RILEY'S HALLOWEEN CONTEST 8 p.m. $5. Best costume contest begins at midnight with $1,000 in cash and prizes for top three costumes. O'Riley's Irish Pub, 321 S. Palafox. orileyspub.com THRILLER DANCE SHOW 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

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calendar CHRIS STAPLES 8 p.m. $20. Odd Colony Brewing Co., 260 N. Palafox. facebook. com/chrisstaplesmusic

WEDNESDAY 11.6

PILATES FUSION 10:30 a.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE CRUISE 10:45 a.m.-1 p.m. $85 per person, kids 12 and under are $25 off. Condor Sailing Adventures, 997 S. Palafox. condorsailingadventures.com ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP 3 p.m. Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com VEGAN AND VINO SUNDAYS 4-7 p.m.

Skopelos at New World, 600 S. Palafox AFRICAN DANCE FITNESS 5:30 p.m. Every Wednesday through Dec. 18. Henny Penny's

Arts & Culture

≥Events

PMA GALLERY TOURS

2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free with museum admission. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

PRINTMAKING 101— SKYLINE 9 a.m.- 1

p.m. Nov. 2. $25.

Call 860-0906 to sign up. Studio South, 955 E. Nine Mile Road, Ste. 101.

ART RECEPTION FOR CHRISTINE COMMEAU 2-5 p.m. Sun-

day, Nov. 3. Dolce and Gelato, 5020 N. 12th Ave. facebook. com/dolcegelatopensacola

ferson St. pensacolamuseum.org COTTON FIELDS TO CONGRESS: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF EARL HUTTO On view at

the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, 330 S. Jefferson St. historicpensacola.org

GALLERY DAYS

Noon-4 p.m. Saturdays. Featuring local artists. To be featured, contact Angel at 941-7354586 or call the restaurant at 4770035. TGI Fridays, 1240 Airport Blvd.

Workshops & Classes

PINS AND NEEDLES SEWING CLASS

Tuesday, Nov. 5.

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

Six-week workshop begins on Nov. 1.

Learn basic sewing skills/make your own items. First City Arts Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. facebook.com/ pinsandneedlessewingdesign

≥Current Exhibits

POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Six-week

JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR TALK: ELEANOR RUDOLPH 5 p.m.

RADIO'S GOLDEN AGE: THEN AND NOW

On view through Oct. 31. WUWF, 11000 University Parkway, Bldg. 88. wuwf.org

100 FACES OF WAR EXPERIENCE On view

through Jan. 19 at Pensacola Museum of Art. $4-$7.

Traveling exhibit from Smithsonian.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. JefOctober 31, 2019

workshops are held Tuesdays from 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays from 9 a.m.-noon, Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon at First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. Cost is $157.25 for members and $185 for non-members. For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

INTRODUCTION TO

Patisserie, 4412 W. Jackson St. facebook. com/ facebook.com/hennypennyspatisserie CAST IRON PIZZA COOKING CLASS 6 p.m.

So Gourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com VINYASA YOGA 6-7 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org WEST COAST SWING DANCING 6:30 p.m. $12. Whiskey Runners Saloon, 610 E. Nine Mile Road. dancecraftstudios.com THE WAILERS 7 p.m. $25. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com TRANSMISSION GROUP WORLD SERVICE MEDITATION 7:15 p.m. Free. Ever'man

Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org POTTERY ON THE WHEEL Every Mon-

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

CLAY HAND BUILDING Six-week

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

CLAY SCULPTURE

Six-week workshops held Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon at First City Art Center.

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

For more information, visit firstcityart.org.

Bars & Nightlife

≥Live Music

THURSDAY 10.31

LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com BOBBY VAN DEUSEN

6:30 p.m. The District, 123 E. Government St. districtsteaks.com

PLATINUM PREMIER

7 p.m. Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com OPEN COLLEGE JAM WITH MIKE BOCCIA

7:30 p.m. Goat Lips Chew and Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road.

HORSESHOE KITTY 8 p.m. Apple Annie's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DUELING PIANOS

8 p.m. Rosie O' Grady's Dueling Piano Show. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com OPEN MIC/JAM 8-11 p.m. Goat Lips Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. Use our instruments or bring your own.

TYLER LIVINGSTON

8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com

BEN LOFTIN& THE FAMILY 9 p.m.

End O' the Alley Courtyard, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com SIX PIECE SUITS 9 p.m. Lili Marlene's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

FRIDAY 11.1

LIVE JAZZ WITH JOE OCCHIPINTI Noon.

The Drowsy Poet Coffee Co., 655 Pensacola Beach Blvd.

LIVE MUSIC Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco DOUG AND JIMMY'S MUSICAL CHAIRS

5 p.m. End O' The

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calendar Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com THE BLENDERS 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Drive. paradisebar-grill.com RAY 'BIG DOG' COLEY

6-9 p.m. Cazadores Mexican Restaurant 8183 W. Fairfield.

AL MARTIN 6:30 p.m. The District, 123 E. Government St. districtsteaks.com JOHN RIPLEY 7-10 p.m. Skopelos at New World, 600 S. Palafox.

MIKE BOCCIA 7:45 p.m. Goat Lips Chew and Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O' Grady's Dueling Piano Show.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MIKE & FRIENDS 8 p.m.-midnight. Goat

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Lips Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road.

OLIVER TWIST 8 p.m.

Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com LIVE MUSIC 9 p.m.

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com BEN LOFTIN & THE FAMILY 9 p.m. End

O' the Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com SLIGHT RETURN 9 p.m. Lili Marlene's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DJ MR LAO 10 p.m.

Phineas Phogg's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com HORSESHOE KITTY 10 p.m. Apple Annie's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SATURDAY 11.2

LIVE JAZZ WITH JOE

OCCHIPINTI 10 a.m.

The Drowsy Poet Coffee Co., 655 Pensacola Beach Blvd.

LIVE MUSIC Noon4 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com AL MARTIN 6-11 p.m.

The Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Highway.

LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com THE BLENDERS 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Drive. paradisebar-grill.com MUSCOGEE RIDGE BAND 6:30 p.m.

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com CYNTHIA NEVES DOMULOT 6:30

p.m. The District Steakhouse, 123 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DUELING PIANO SHOW 8 p.m. Rosie

O'Grady's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com OPEN MIC/JAM 8 p.m.-midnight. Goat Lips Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. Use our instruments or bring your own.

LIVE MUSIC 9 p.m.

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com COLM KELLY 9 p.m.

McGuire's Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com SLIGHT RETURN 9 p.m. Lili Marlene's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com THE BUSKERS 9 p.m.

End O' the Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com HORSESHOE KITTY 10 p.m. Apple Annie's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com LIVE DJ: MR. LAO 10

p.m. Phineas Phogg's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SUNDAY 11.3

BILLY BARROW AND THE WESTSIDE PLAYERS 10:30 a.m.

Apple Annie's Sunday Brunch, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com CURT BOL JAZZ QUARTET 11 a.m. Five

Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St.

JAZZ BRUNCH WITH AL ALVARADO 11

a.m.-2 p.m. McGuire's Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. jazzpensacola.com LIVE MUSIC Noon4 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com GOSPEL AT GOAT LIPS WITH HOST CLINT DAVIS 12:45-

3:15 p.m. Goat Lips Chew and Brew-

house, 11 Copter Road.

CROSSTOWN 4-8 p.m.

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com OPEN MIC/JAM

4-10 p.m. Goat Lips Brewhouse, 2811 Copter Road. Use our instruments or bring your own.

LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com NICK ANDREWS 9 p.m. End O' the Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

MONDAY 11.4

JOE OCCHIPINTI'S JAZZABOUTS 11

a.m.-1 p.m. The Drowsy Poet Coffee Company, 86 Brent Lane.

LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com MONDAY NIGHT

BLUES 7 p.m. Blues Society of Northwest Florida featuring Skyla Burrell Band.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com HIGH DEMAND WITH JEREMY & MITCH 9

p.m. End O' the Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

TUESDAY 11.5

LIVE MUSIC 6 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com GINO ROSARIA'S JAZZ NIGHT 6:30

p.m. Lili Marlene's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DJ TONEY 7 p.m. The Deck Bar, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola.com COLM KELLY 9 p.m.

McGuire's Irish Pub,

600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com DOUG AND JIMMY'S MUSICAL CHAIRS 9

p.m. End O' the Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

WEDNESDAY 11.6

GREG LYON 4-8 p.m.

Hemingway's Island Grill, 400 Quietwater Beach Road.

MY FAVORITE JAZZ NIGHT 5 p.m. My

Favorite Things, 2813 Cervantes St. jazzpensacola.com DENISE D'ANGELO

6:30 p.m. The District, 123 E. Government St. districtsteaks.com LIVE MUSIC 6-10 p.m.

Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. peglegpetes.com FALSE IDENTITY 8 p.m. Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com

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free will astrology WEEK OF OCTOBER 31 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Do you have any skill in fulfilling the wishes and answering the prayers of your allies? Have you developed a capacity to tune in to what people want even when they themselves aren't sure of what they want? Do you sometimes have a knack for offering just the right gesture at the right time to help people do what they haven't been able to do under their own power? If you possess any of those aptitudes, now is an excellent time to put them in play.

More than usual, you are needed as a catalyst, a transformer, an inspirational influence.

Halloween costume suggestion—angel, fairy godmother, genie, benefactor.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Author

Amy Tan describes the magic moment when her muse appears and takes command—"I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the writing is freed, the language is full, resources are plentiful, ideas pour forth, and to be frank, some of these ideas surprise me. It seems as though the universe is my friend and is helping me write, its hand over mine."

Even if you're not a creative artist, Taurus, I suspect you'll be offered intense visitations from a muse in the coming days. If you make yourself alert for and receptive to these potential blessings, you'll feel like you're being guided and fueled by a higher power.

Halloween costume suggestion—your muse.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): More than

a century ago, author Anton Chekhov wrote, "If many remedies are prescribed for an illness, you may be certain that the illness has no cure." Decades later, I wrote, "If you're frantically trying to heal yourself with a random flurry of half-assed remedies, you'll never cure what ails you. But if you sit still in a safe place and ask your inner genius to identify the one or two things you need to do to heal, you will find the cure." Halloween costume suggestion— physician, nurse, shaman, healer.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Cancerian artist Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a playful visionary and a pioneer of modernism.

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He appealed to sophisticates despite being described as a dreamy, eccentric outsider who invented his own visual language. In the 1950s, Picasso observed that Chagall was one of the only painters who "understood what color really is." In 2017, one of Chagall's paintings sold for $28.5 million. What was the secret to his success? "If I create from the heart, nearly everything works," he testified. "If from the head, almost nothing." Your current assignment, Cancerian, is to authorize your heart to rule everything you do. Halloween costume suggestion—a heart.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): The Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel, is far saltier than the ocean. No fish or frogs live in it. But here and there on the lake's bottom are springs that exude fresh water.

They support large, diverse communities of microbes. It's hard for divers to get down there and study the life forms, though. The water's so saline, they tend to float. So they carry 90 pounds of ballast that enables them to sink to the sea floor. I urge you to get inspired by all this, Leo. What would be the metaphorical equivalent for you of descending into the lower depths so as to research unexplored sources of vitality and excitement? Halloween costume suggestions—diver, spelunker, archaeologist.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): "We have

stripped all things of their mystery and luminosity," lamented psychologist Carl Jung.

"Nothing is holy any longer." In accordance with current astrological omens, Virgo, your assignment is to rebel against that mournful state of affairs. I hope you will devote some of your fine intelligence to restoring mystery and luminosity to the world in which you dwell. I hope you will find and create holiness that's worthy of your reverence and awe. Halloween costume suggestions—mage, priestess, poet, enchantress, witch, alchemist, sacramentalist.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): "One language is never enough," says a Pashto proverb. How could it be, right? Each language has a specific structure and a finite vocabulary that limit its power to describe and understand the world. I think the same

is true for religion: one is never enough.

Why confine yourself to a single set of theories about spiritual matters when more will enable you to enlarge and deepen your perspective? With this in mind, Libra, I invite you to regard November as "One Is Never Enough Month" for you. Assume you need more of everything. Halloween costume suggestion—a bilingual Jewish Santa Claus; a pagan Sufi Buddha who intones prayers in three different languages.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): In his novel "Zone One," Scorpio author Colson Whitehead writes, "A monster is a person who has stopped pretending." He means it in the worst sense possible: the emergence of the ugly beast who had been hiding behind social niceties. But I'm going to twist his meme for my own purposes. I propose that when you stop pretending and shed fake politeness, you may indeed resemble an ugly monster—but only temporarily. After the suppressed stuff gets free rein to yammer, it will relax and recede—and you will feel so cleansed and relieved that you'll naturally be able to express more of your monumental beauty. Halloween costume suggestion— your beautiful, fully exorcised monster.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): "I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice," testified poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.

"Had I abided by it, I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes."

This is excellent advice for you. I suspect you're in the midst of either committing or learning from a valuable mistake. It's best if you don't interrupt yourself! Halloween costume suggestion—the personification or embodiment of your valuable mistake.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Cleopatra was an ancient Egyptian queen who ruled for 21 years. She was probably a Capricorn.

All you need to know about her modern reputation is that Kim Kardashian portrayed her as a sultry seductress in a photo spread in a fashion magazine. But the facts are that Cleopatra was a well-educated, multilingual political leader with strategic cunning. Among her many skills were poetry, philosophy and mathematics. I propose we make the REAL

Cleopatra your role model. Now is an excellent time to correct people's misunderstandings about you—and show people who you truly are. Halloween costume suggestion— your actual authentic self.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Around the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the 11th sign of the zodiac, Aquarius, will be capable of strenuous feats; will have the power to achieve a success that surpasses past successes; will be authorized to attempt a brave act of transcendence that renders a long-standing limitation irrelevant. As for the 11 days and 11 hours before that magic hour, the eleventh sign of the zodiac will be smart to engage in fierce meditation and thorough preparation for the magic hour. And as for the 11 days and 11 hours afterward, the 11th sign should expend all possible effort to capitalize on the semi-miraculous breakthrough. Halloween costume suggestion—eleven.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Author

Robert Musil made a surprising declaration: "A number of flawed individuals can often add up to a brilliant social unit." I propose we make that one of your mottoes for the coming months. I think you have the potential to be a flawed but inspiring individual who'll serve as a dynamic force in assembling and nurturing a brilliant social unit. So let me ask you—what would be your dream-come-true of a brilliant social unit that is a fertile influence on you and everyone else in the unit?

Halloween costume suggestion—ringleader, mastermind, orchestrator, or general.

THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK: "Be homesick for wild knowing," wrote Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Try that out. Report results to freewillastrology.com.

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news of the weird SPOOKTACULAR! Fans of fright this Halloween may want to travel to Summertown, Tennessee, to see if they can become the first visitor to make it all the way through the haunted house experience called McKamey Manor. The rewards are compelling—along with notoriety, a person who completes the tour will receive $20,000.

But the demands are great, too: Along with bringing a bag of dog food for owner Russ McKamey's dogs, you need to be at least 21 years old, watch a two-hour video of other contestants failing, complete a sports physical with a doctor's letter, pass a background check, bring proof of medical insurance, sign a 40-page waiver and pass a drug test. WFLA reports McKamey doesn't allow cursing during the visit; if you utter a curse word, he'll subtract money from the $20,000 prize. But don't despair: McKamey does have a "safe" phrase for those who want to bail out: "You really don't want to do this." You're right. We don't.

QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENT On-air reporter Angel Cardenas with KMAX TV in Sacramento, California, was fired on Oct. 21 after a bizarre incident at the Sacramento International Auto Show the day before. During a broadcast before the show opened, Cardenas climbed on at least two of the privately owned show cars and dinged another when he opened a door against it. "No one is out here to tell me which car I can't go in ... so I'm just gonna live on the wild side," he told viewers before posing atop a Ford Thunderbird. "I feel like a kid in a candy store," he said, according to Fox News.

The producer of the auto show contacted the general manager of the TV station and was told Cardenas had been terminated.

RECENT ALARMING HEADLINE The San Diego Humane Society was summoned to a convenience store parking lot in Del Mar, California, on Oct. 8 after law enforcement officers responded to calls of concern about a van parked there, near one of San Diego's toniest neighborhoods. Officers

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found a woman living in the van with more than 300 pet rats. Humane Society Capt.

Danee Cook told The San Diego UnionTribune, "This was not a cruelty case. This was a relinquishment." The unidentified owner said she had started with two pet rats, but the situation had gotten out of control, and she agreed to surrender all of them, many of which were juveniles or pregnant. Officers spent several days tearing the van apart and recovered 320 animals, about half of which were put up for adoption. Meanwhile, the woman has found a place to live with the help of a GoFundMe page.

OVERREACTION Truck driver Cesar Schmitz of Eneas Marques, Brazil, was just trying to make his wife happy when he launched an effort to rid their backyard of cockroaches. "She ... begged me to destroy their nest under the ground once and for all," Schmitz, 48, explained. After chemicals failed to do the job, The Daily Mail reported, Schmitz decided setting fire to the hole would work, so on Oct. 18, he poured a capful of gasoline into the hole and tossed in a lighted match. After a couple of misfires, caught on his home's security camera, a match landed, and Schmitz and his dogs are seen ducking for cover as the resulting explosion sends turf and lawn furniture flying through the air. The gasoline itself had ignited but it had also set off the highly combustible methane from the bugs' venom that had accumulated in an air pocket under the grass. "I wish I'd thought this through," Schmitz said. He admitted it made a huge mess, but said, ultimately, his scheme was a success: The cockroaches are gone. {in}

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