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That seat could control how the RESTORE funds are spent and the job future of County Administrator Randy Oliver.

Lumon May decisively won the Democratic primary with a larger percentage of the vote than the two previous commissioners for this district. He faces Hugh King, a former Pensacola City Councilman who dropped out of the Democrat Party so that he wouldn’t have to face May in the August 14 primary, and Republican newcomer Tiffany Washington.

King has had difficulty raising money and most of his campaign funds have gone to Republican political strategist, Open Market Research Inc., that also ran the campaigns of John Powell, Jim Taylor and Jesse Casey.

The “Old Guard” of the AfricanAmerican community are backing him— Georgia Blackmon, John Jerralds, Ellison Bennett and Elvin McCorvey—and have been trying to set up candidate forums to give King publicity without having to spend the few funds he has given OMR. That group of King supporters are the same ones who opposed the new city charter in 2009 and backed Mike Wiggins

instead of Ashton Hayward in 2010. They hoped that Anne Walker would defeat May in August, only to see May run away with 69 percent of the vote.

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firm to audit the city of Pensacola’s financial statements was filled with controversy—council challenges, tie votes, protests, a motion to reconsider and now this opinion from the attorney general.

In a Sept. 19 letter to the city, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi informed officials that the original request for proposal (RFP) for an audit firm that was created by City Finance Director Dick Barker and found to be defective could not be made valid by an approval by the council’s audit selection committee.

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not solely city staff—should have input into the RFPs and also felt that the committee’s composition should be reevaluated.

“It’s for us to appoint the entire committee, it is our decision,” the councilwoman said. “This is a legislative function.”

In February, the city council had approved selecting an external auditor and the RFP process. It voted that the audit selection committee was to be comprised of: a council member, the city’s chief financial officer, a member of city staff and a citizen appointed by the mayor. The RFP was similar to the one used in 2007.

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contended that the current committee composition could potentially present a “taint to the auditor selection process” and requested that the RFP process, which began at the end of March and wrapped up earlier this month, be reassessed.

“If the process moves forward before council takes up the issue, I consider this to be an example of management override of internal controls …” DeWeese wrote.

In a May 7 letter to the council, City Administrator Bill Reynolds confirmed that the “audit selection committee should have input into the requirements of the RFP per state law,” but said “all substantive elements that the statute outlines are included in the RFP. The procedural defect in the action as outlined by the councilwoman can be easily cured by having the constituted committee ratify the actions previously taken.”

Although City Attorney Jim Messer agreed with Reynolds and said the situation could be remedied by ratifying past actions, several members of the city council were hesitant to bless the alreadycommenced RFP process. They instead favored starting the process over with a new RFP. “Basically, we did not follow our policy, is that correct?” said Councilman Larry B. Johnson.

“Most of the requirements of the law have been followed,” Messer said. “However, if you’re asking me if all the requirements of the law have been followed, then no.”

“If we don’t ratify it as you just said, we’re really setting ourselves up for a legal challenge,” Johnson said, anticipating responses from firms already engaged in the RFP process.

To support his May 7 advice to the city council, City Attorney Messer had cited the case Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance v. Magaha. In that case involving Escambia County Clerk of Court Ernie Lee Magaha, the Florida Supreme Court considered whether the county commission could ratify a contract that Magaha had executed without authority. The Court determined the Escambia County Commission had the power to approve the agreement after it was executed.

Bondi determined the Frankenmuth ruling didn’t apply because of the special statutory requirements placed on the audit committee. She wrote, “It is questionable, moreover, whether the audit committee’s statutorily prescribed functions may be

delegated to the financial officer. Absent statutory authority, the discretionary authority of a public official or entity may not be delegated to a subordinate.”

"I have a feeling there’s a little bit of backdoor politicking going on here.”

Sherri Myers

THE LONG SEARCH

The Pensacola City Council may be a bit closer to finding its long-awaited executive staff person. After meeting recently to discuss three finalists for the position, Council President Sam Hall and Councilwoman Sherri Myers decided to present the candidates to the entire board.

The most recent twist in the council’s search for a council executive was the body’s decision to turn to an employment agency for a supply of qualified applicants.

Hall and Myers had both interviewed the top three from the agency’s pool, which made it awkward when the council president threw a fourth candidate on the table

Myers said that she, too, had been approached by people interested in applying for the council executive position. Though she considered them to be “highly, highly qualified” for the post, she turned them away because the selection process had already begun.

“The process is closed,” she said. “It’s too late.”

Members of the public also took issue with adding Bailey to the mix. They complained that the process had gone on too long and singled Hall out as delaying it on prior occasions.

“I don’t remember clogging it up three times, just twice,” he told them. “And I apologize for that.”

Councilwoman Megan Pratt, who attended the Hall-Myers meeting as a member of the public, told her fellow council members that she had heard of the Bailey possibility “through the grapevine” and considered him to be a “straight shooter.”

She said she could support a six-month trial stint, and maybe more.

Pratt rejected Hall’s suggestion that a decision be delayed until newly elected council members are seated.

“They get on in the middle of November, then there’s Christmas, the there’s blah, blah, blah,” she said. “I don’t want to wait. I want to get this person here.”

Another council member in the gallery, Brian Spencer, said Bailey—who he previously had a working relationship with—had a “level of experience that is hard to replicate,” as well as “institutional knowledge,” but then argued for the sake of the process.

Charles Bare, who will soon take Hall’s council seat, said he was “flabbergasted” with the executive search thus far and also suggested that the council stick with the current process due to the “terrible message” altering from that course would send to citizens. He noted that if council didn’t accept any of the three finalists, it could then reopen the pool for anyone—including Bailey—who wished to apply.

The three finalists for the council executive position are Dr. Lila Sams Cox (who works with the SRIA), David J. Murzin (a former state legislator) and Dana L.S. Williams (former Clerk of Court in Destin). Hall had whittled that list out of a five-candidate pool provided by the Landrum employment agency. Hall and Myers will have an expanded conversation on the subject with the full city council soon. {in}

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during the pair’s Sept. 21 meeting.

“It’s been two years,” protested Myers, “and this would just be changing the process again.”

The process of finding a suitable executive has flailed in the past, with pools of candidates being ditched. The meeting to discuss the top candidates had been set up after Myers requested that the council move the process along.

“And now we’re bringing up someone named David Bailey and I have a feeling there’s a little bit of backdoor politicking going on here,” Myers said.

Hall said that he had recently spoken with Bailey— currently the city manager in Seaside and formerly Pensacola’s CRA head—and thought he’d be a good fit for the position.

“There is no hidden agenda here,” the president said. “I just don’t want to miss the opportunity to put the very best candidate in.”

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What Does the Future Hold for the City’s Urban Core?

by Jeremy Morrison It wasn’t that long ago that the heart of downtown was bordered by the funky Pensacola Municipal “Bayfront” Auditorium at one end of South Palafox and the ghost of the San Carlos Hotel at the other.

The heyday was over. The action had fled to the malls and the multiplexes in minivans. Leaving history for the new houses in the new suburbs.

Downtown Pensacola followed the lead of downtowns around the country, limping into a late century slump. Properties sat vacant as the stank emanating from the now-dismantled wastewater treatment facility wafted through the empty streets. During working hours, attorneys and tumbleweeds shuffled between offices.

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But in recent years, downtown has been experiencing what some people like to call a renaissance. Bars and boutiques and cafes line Palafox. There’s Vinyl Music Hall anchoring one end of the strip, as the new Maritime Park beckons people to the waterfront for a ballgame.

Pedicabs pedal folks from here to there underneath Saturday night fireworks. People are drinking wine on the sidewalk in the middle of a Thursday afternoon.

Palafox. It lacks the hustle and bustle of the blocks to the south. Except on Saturdays, when there’s three blocks worth of hustle and bustle squeezed into the center median.

For the past few years, the Palafox Market has grown progressively larger.

It has evolved into a considerable stroll past paintings and vegetables, past honey and soap and jewelry.

“This makes downtown a weekend destination,” said Eric Woder.

Woder has had good seats from which to watch the farmer’s market grow. He and Rhonda Keen pitch their Keen’s Beans coffee tent on Palafox every weekend.

Downtown has been experiencing what some people like to call a renaissance.

GHOST TOWN REVIVAL

On the north side of Garden Street, it’s still considered a relatively quiet stretch of

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As a steady flow of people dipped in for a cup of hot coffee or bag of beans from Costa Rica, Woder recalled how Pensacola’s downtown wasn’t always so lively.

“Use to live up on La Rua. Saturday and Sunday you could come down here with your dog and your bicycle and it was like a ghost town,” he said. “We didn’t even bring leashes.

It was like 10-cars-an-hour-kind-of-thing.”

Heading away from the farmer’s market and into the heart of downtown, Ana Stewart pushes her baby in a stroller. Neither seem to be in a hurry.

“I like downtown,” she said, stopping to talk. “It’s definitely gotten better.”

Stewart grew up in Pensacola. At 32, the young mother has taken notice of the downtown area’s change since the days of her youth.

“Today, I’m getting together with another friend that has a baby and we’re going strolling and having lunch,” Stewart said. “But at night, I like to come down here and have dinner with my husband, maybe see a play at Pensacola Little Theater or go down to Jaco’s and watch the sun set.”

The mother and baby continued across Garden and past New York Nick’s. Nestled near the corner, the bar and restaurant is one of the oldest on the strip.

“Right around 2000, urban sprawl stopped, it stopped to exist,” said owner Nick Zangari.

Betting on downtown’s revival, Zangari set up shop early. He joined the handful of businesses already in the area and grabbed a prime spot on Palafox.

“Obviously, Palafox was the number one spot,” the business owner said. “That was the spot, that was gonna be the spot.”

For a few years, the street murmured just beneath the radar. Then Hopjacks opened across the street, and other new eateries soon followed. Zangari welcomes the neighbors.

“Love it,” he said. “The more the better.”

Inside Hopjacks, the lights are low and the beer list is as long as the menu.

Taking a seat at a table near the bar, owner Joe Abston reflected on downtown’s evolution just since his arrival a few years ago.

“There was nothing around,” he said. “At five o’clock, the sidewalks just kind of rolled up and went away—which is a complete 180 of what it is now.”

These days, the sidewalks on Palafox stay well-walked throughout the day, with the nine-to-five crowd fading seamlessly into those looking for something to do after hours. Abston has been confident enough in downtown to open another Palafox restaurant this year—the Tin Cow—with yet another to be announced soon.

“I believe in it so heavily that I’ve hedged my bets in downtown Pensacola,” he said. “It’s almost inevitable. The growth is already hap-

pening. This is a momentum that is not going to be slowed down.”

When Zangari envisions the downtown Pensacola of the future, he hopes for a thriving, vibrant city-center. Maybe a cruise ship operating out of the port, and who knows what else.

“There is so much potential—to develop, to occupy, to redevelop,” Zangari said, tossing about the possibilities and recent milestones.

“Look at the ballpark, look at the land you have now where the old stinkfactory was.”

New York Nick’s got in early on downtown’s renaissance. Zangari thinks it may be early still.

“There’s still so much potential,” he said.

“At five o’clock, the sidewalks just kind of rolled up and went away—which is a complete 180 of what it is now.”

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DON’T SAY ‘POTENTIAL’

Brian Hooper doesn’t much care for the word ‘potential.’ As head of the Mayor’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee, he asked that the committee members refrain from using the word.

“They all say the same thing, ‘Pensacola has a lot of potential,’” Hooper said. “The word ‘potential’ to me means you are not where you need to be. We have a lot of ‘options.’”

Hooper, an attorney at Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon, wasn’t expecting to be sitting on a downtown advisory committee prior to being tapped by Mayor Ashton Hayward to lead the body.

“I’m in gym on Saturday morning and I get a call from Mayor Hayward,” he recalled.

From the get-go, the attorney said, there was speculation in some camps that the mayor would be loading the committee up with a predetermined agenda. Hooper did not find that to be the case.

“There was nothing to rubber stamp, there was nothing there,” he said. “I think he honestly wants objective recommendations and that’s what we’re going to give him.”

Since February, the advisory committee has been discussing the future growth and development of downtown. They have heard from planning experts, neighborhood associations and governmental agencies.

The have held a marathon charrette session and poured over countless reports.

“I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say there have been hundreds of reports done on downtown over the years from various entities,” Hooper said, explaining that the committee made a point of chasing down the reports, some of which could only be found in the University of West Florida’s archives. “I don’t want anyone saying to my committee, ‘Oh, if you’d just read that 1976 document it would have all been clear to you.’”

Hooper isn’t unfamiliar with revitalized urban centers. He grew up in Pasadena, Calif., where his dad worked downtown at city hall.

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“When I was growing up, downtown was blighted and depressed,” Hooper said.

“Downtown Pasadena sucked.”

In recent years, his hometown has kicked its downtown into gear. It’s become a destination.

“Now people from UCLA go hang out at Old Town Pasadena, they call it,” Hooper said. “It’s an exciting place, it’s a place you want to be.”

While his committee has not yet compiled its report to the mayor, the committee chairman did list off some key elements that would need to be considered going forward. In order to successfully continue to grow downtown, the city needed to be business friendly and needed a larger stock of affordable housing.

Seven months into his committee’s work, Hooper isn’t entirely sure of the way forward. But he’s pretty sure it’s going to require a multi-faceted plan.

“People are looking for a silver bullet. People want some grand idea to fix everything, to improve the economy, to improve downtown, to make this place cool,” Hooper said. “But that’s not how the world works.”

The committee head said he believed downtown would grow organically, taking small steps gradually, if the conditions were right.

“One business opens, then another, then a cafe next to it,” Hooper said.

“People want a silver bullet, but we need to manage expectations. There are no silver bullets, there are small incremental steps.”

This fall, the committee will issue a final report. It’s currently soliciting ideas from the public.

“I want anyone that has an idea to share that idea with us,” Hooper said.

The committee head isn’t sure what recommendations for the mayor the report will contain or what downtown Pensacola may look like in the future. When he took a moment in his office to consider what kind of downtown he wants for his children as they grow up, the attorney drifted into a zenflavored description of a place that people wanted to be simply was because it was there.

“I want downtown to be a place where you go—” Hooper said, pausing. “It’s like ‘Winnie the Pooh.’ Winnie the Pooh is talking to Tigger, he says ‘He’s my best friend.

Everyone else I do stuff with. When I’m with him we don’t do anything.’ That’s how downtown should be.”

REGULATION OF A GOOD THING

Much like its owner, New York Nick’s is a pretty passionate establishment. Classic rock memorabilia bleeds from the walls, as sporting events from around the world play on an army of television screens scattered throughout the bar. The place really gets hopping during the NFL season.

Recently, the Pensacola Planning Board sat and listened as Zangari told them about a night a few years back when the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. It had been a pretty big deal on his corner of South Palafox.

“You know what happened?” Zangari asked. “The police got called because they were spilling out into the street because the Red Sox won the World Series.”

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A few days later, he elaborated. There had been a particular downtown resident who was not a fan of the emerging scene on Palafox, or apparently, the Red Sox. His complaints, his calls to the police regarding noise were irritating to Zangari.

“He called when the damned Red Sox won the World Series!” he said, recalling a police officer’s response to the man. “He told him two things: buy earplugs or move.”

New York Nick’s Red Sox street party is illustrative of certain hurdles downtown must traverse along its evolutionary path. As the district grows, players in the downtown landscape must reckon with a few issues. What kind of party are they having and how loud is it gonna get?

In an attempt to define the parameters of the party, the city of Pensacola is looking to draw up regulations that will govern how businesses may use the sidewalks fronting their establishments. In addition to laying out aesthetic requirements, the rules will address everything from American Disability Act standards to hours of operation and noise.

“These are all growing pains and they’re great problems to have,” explained Kim Kimbrough, outgoing executive director of the Downtown Improvement Board. “There has to be some happy-medium, if you will, for all the different uses downtown.”

As far as Zangari is concerned, downtown has one primary role. It is the city’s hub. Increasingly, it’s where the action is. People just happen to live there, too.

“It is what it is,” he said. “It’s been redeveloped.”

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Recently, as the DIB’s Business and Development Committee poured over the proposed city regulations, Zangari shared this view with fellow downtown stakeholders.

“If you live downtown, you’re going to have a problem,” he told them. “It’s a commercial-business district.”

Kimbrough took issue with that designation.

“That’s a 1960s definition,” the DIB head said.

Kimbrough prefers to stress downtown’s “mixed-use” environment. He envisions the professional and personal coexisting in relative harmony.

“All of those things make downtowns alive and vibrant,” he said.

Pensacola City Councilman and Chairman of the Community Redevelopment Agency Brian Spencer agrees.

Having lived downtown for 25 years, he feels the area can accommodate multiple uses.

“This is something that is dealt with all over the world,” Spencer said during the planning board meeting. “This is not rocket science.”

In early September, during the DIB committee meeting, the councilman had explained that downtown business owners needed to let go of the “simplicity of a bygone era.” He told them that downtown’s growth demanded regulations that would guide it into the future.

“We’ve matured, we’ve become more sophisticated as a downtown,” Spencer said.

Another big proponent of mixed-use accommodation is Deborah Dunlap. The downtown resident and property owner is a passionate preacher of the Gospel of Mixed-Use. “I think we’re going to have to be a little more understanding that this is a 24-hour urban core,” Dunlap said recently.

Recently, World of Beer opened its doors on Palafox a short distance from Dunlap’s upper level residence. With its open-air street-party atmosphere—featuring live music drifting freely into the night sky—the establishment has quickly become an increasingly hopping corner.

“We’ve known for a long time that music is a blessing when done right,” Dunlap explained. “Music, when forced upon the public, is abusive.”

Dunlap is fond of the term “voluntary listener.” She has developed a reputation as someone who is serious about sound.

During a recent DIB meeting, Zangari said that the new regulations for downtown were being pushed by “a certain woman who shall remain nameless.”

“It’s not Double-D, is it?” laughed DIB Chairman Burney Merrill.

“We’ve known for a long time that music is a blessing when done right.

Music, when forced upon the public, is abusive."

Deborah Dunlap

Earlier, during the DIB’s committee meeting, Dunlap had explained her position.

“It makes sense that any noise—music—be limited,” she said. “We’re a 24-hour, mixed-use business district now. Entertainment is only part of it.”

Another downtown resident, John Peacock, was also in attendance at the committee meeting. He had a different take, arguing that downtown did not need increased noise regulations.

“It seems like it’s working out just fine,” Peacock said.

“You’re so cute, John,” Dunlap smiled.

Later, Peacock explained that he felt Dunlap was pushing for regulations that would effectively hamper the growth of downtown. She was spoiling the party.

“My concern is there’s some underlying agenda with this noise issue,” he said.

Peacock, who lives a street removed from the strip, said he thinks Palafox residents should understand how downtown is evolving. It is becoming more vibrant and lively—and noisy.

“There was a reason I picked Baylen Street, rather than Palafox,” Peacock said.

Dunlap is quick to clarify that she is not opposed to downtown’s growth and the associated scene. She’s a big fan of the comforting music piped out of DIB-installed speakers during the holiday season—“to keep people happy and shopping”—and she’s wild about The Leisure Club’s vibrant sidewalk spread.

“By george, they hit it out of the park when they put up those green and white

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But Dunlap also appreciates a compatible neighbor. More so than the nightly street party she can hear in her Palafox residence.

“Music, loud music, I don’t think anybody would consider it ‘customary urban noise,’” Dunlap told the city planning board. “So, we’ve got to have controls on it.”

Tommy El Mahdi, World of Beer’s director of operations, also spoke at the planning board meeting. He explained that sound was a slippery element, and hard to get a hold of.

Sound travels and bounces and is absorbed by variables beyond control. Sometimes the party grows organically in volume.

“We have some nights when we’ve got 300, 500 people inside singing,” he said.

“Yeah, you can hear them three blocks away.

You can’t tell the people to stop singing.”

El Mahdi urged the board not to get too specific with its sound regulations. It would be, he explained, an uphill expedition.

“There is no way you can even measure this, you can’t,” he said, relaying WOB’s similar experiences in other locales. “We have been in court six times.”

window. “Our downtown suffers from the illusion of having greater density than it does because we have a disproportionate inventory of one and two-story buildings defining our downtown streetscape.”

Spencer sees downtown growing vertically—“it’s called build up, not out”—and refers to the notion as “the responsible design of growth.”

He also envisions a diversification of downtown.

He’d like to see more well paying jobs flow into the area, and a better stock of affordable housing to accommodate younger residents and servicelevel workers.

“We have to make that happen,” Spencer said. “We have that responsibility to retool the machine.”

By some measure the retooling is underway. There’s a near tangible excitement up and down South Palafox. It’s apparent when roaming bands of tourists snap photos of historic buildings for no reason at all, or a Segway tour hums down the street.

As the sun dropped behind the streetscape and the afternoon gave way to Friday night, patrons lined up for a table at the Tin Cow. On the stage at the front of the restaurant, musician Phil Proctor set up his gear and tuned his guitar.

Proctor’s from Mobile, Ala. He’s noticed the uptick in Pensacola’s downtown.

“My impression is a real good thing is going on,” Proctor said, motioning out the window toward the flow of foot traffic on Palafox’s sidewalks. “I was telling my wife, there seems to be a lot going on over here.”

After months of exploration on the mayor’s urban advisory committee, Hooper is still wrapping his head around what the future of Pensacola’s city core might look like, and how it might arrive at such a place. He’s pretty sure it’ll be a many-step journey and, after avoiding the adjective all afternoon, finally leans on the p-word.

“Since day one I’ve been thinking of how to describe the Pensacola I envision in my mind’s eye,” Hooper said, explaining that he can’t quite pin down the vision. “But that’s really the beauty of it—the potential.” {in}

“It is what it is. It’s been redeveloped.”

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ELUSIVE VISION IN THE MIND’S EYE

On a recent Friday morning, Dunlap and El Mahdi sat underneath the bright green and white umbrellas in front of The Leisure Club.

The two Palafox players basked in the morning sun, enjoying the dropping temperatures flirting with fall.

Inside TLC, it’s sleek and sharp and modern. Hipsters in tight pants lounge with their Apple laptops as baristas behind the counter fuss over coffee at the drip bar.

At a table near the door, Councilman Spencer sips his morning cup and surmises about downtown. In addition to being on the city council, CRA and DIB, he is also an architect who lives and works in the city’s core.

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Your Food Makeover

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raw is still better than eating a pizza, Brown said. But when you consume the nutrients in your vegetables, you’re not just feeding hunger, but fueling your body with loads of energy.

GOING COMMANDO

Jodi Brown It might be time for a makeover—but not with cosmetics. The saying goes that you can’t out-exercise a bad diet and so the best way to get healthy and stay that way is by what you choose to eat.

After 25 years in the food service industry, Jodi Brown is passionate about sharing how you can improve your health— and yes, waistline, with food.

“Everyone thinks I’m a whack job,” Brown joked.

Brown is a self-taught nutritionist, but does hold a certificate in plant-based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Foundation at Cornell University. And then there are her years of experience preparing and eating foods from all over the world.

She is passionate about keeping nutrients in food, not counting calories.

“Ask yourself, ‘How much food is in your food?’” she said about healthy eating.

“The more we process our foods the less nutrition they have. I’m not suggesting everyone eats a raw, vegan diet, but eat foods with at least 50 percent of nutrient density in it.”

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When Brown entered back into the food world after a stint in the music business—another passion of hers—she set out to inform people about truly healthy foods with a program she calls Ultimate Kitchen Commando.

“No one responds to people wagging fingers in their face,” she said. “People are confused about all the conflicting information [about food]. I want to help them make a better decision.”

Brown offers varied levels of Ultimate Kitchen Commando lessons. There’s a two-day package, a full weekend intervention and group classes. Or you can sign up for Your Food Makeover retreat scheduled for this weekend at Escape Spa at Wind Creek Casino & Hotel.

The Ultimate Kitchen Commando packages are fairly comprehensive.

“I teach people how to organize their foods,” she said. “When you have time you can half prepare dishes. I show them how to store foods so that when you come home you’re more likely to make that healthy dish.”

Since the program is geared more toward adults who will hopefully pass on their knowledge to children, Brown’s clients have to erase years of unhealthy choices, which isn’t always easy.

“People are forced to look at what they’re doing, it can be un-pretty,” she said.

That’s why Brown calls everyone who signs up for a Kitchen Commando package to assess if it’s the right program for them.

“If they’re not ready for me, I’m not taking them on,” she said. “I’m not taking anybody’s money unless they’re ready.”

Brown recalls one woman who contacted her seeking help for her husband.

Sticking to her word, Brown went to their home and met the husband.

“He said, ‘My wife is under the misconception that I’m going to drink this KoolAid,’” she explained.

Brown did not take him on as a client.

“I’m good, but I’m not that good,” she said.

An important part of the Kitchen Commando program is learning to navigate the grocery store. Just like any nutritionist, Brown says to shop the perimeters of the store versus the inner junk foodfilled aisles. And be weary of labels that boast “All-natural” and “Organic.”

“If it looks too good to be true, it usually is,” she said. “Just because you bought it at Whole Foods doesn’t make it good for you. Look for USDA Organic. Labels also take wide liberties with the word ‘natural.’”

Even the nutrition facts labels can be misleading.

“Labels are done by weight,” she said.

“And sugar is broken down into five different sugars. It just takes a little bit of education.”

Brown also shares shopping tips such as buying in bulk and seasonal foods, which save money.

“Every week, buy what’s on sale—it’s what’s plentiful in season,” she said. “Buy berries and freeze them, use them for a shake.”

“I’VE BEEN AT MY ROCK STAR WEIGHT”

cuisine. Blame it on her current residence, which is New Orleans.

“I still imbibe very infrequently,” she said. “It’s not easy. Want to be a social pariah? Eliminate drinking.”

COMPELLED TO HELP

Brown has always been a lover of food, but wasn’t a proponent of healthy eating until the late 1980s when her then boyfriend had fatally high blood pressure. When she learned to cook food that was healthy and delicious, she decided to share her newfound knowledge.

“I feel compelled to help people,” she said. “I want to be a part of the solution not the problem.”

Because she’s passionate about helping people—her Facebook page is constantly updating with facts, quotes, recipes and shared articles—she’s forgiving and doesn’t give up on her clients.

“It doesn’t happen overnight,” Brown said. “You have to keep moving forward. If you want to be good at anything you have to practice, pick yourself back up.”

Once you give your body the food it craves, unprocessed foods, you’ll notice it’s easier to than you thought.

“The body wants to be fed what it needs,” Brown said.

Brown explains that when you eat processed junk foods, your body is still craving what it needs, which is why you still feel hungry.

“You actually eat less when you eat healthy,” she said.

Healthy lifestyles usually equate to less medical expenses, too. So go ahead and splurge at local farmers’ markets if you can.

“It all works out in the end since your doctor bills are cheaper,” Brown said.

And just like Brown is compelled to help others, be compelled to help yourself.

“It’s really important to respect yourself,” Brown said. “Treat yourself right.” {in}

For those that choose to let the Ultimate Kitchen Commando in their home, the benefits are endless. And Brown is living proof of them.

“I have more energy, my skin cleared up, even some grey hairs went away,” she said. “Since I’ve been eating for health, I’ve been at my rock star weight.”

Brown even indulges in dessert, although it is unconventional.

“There are healthy chocolate desserts,” she said. “I make chocolate pudding with avocadoes, even though I don’t tell my clients what’s in it.”

Brown frequently visits Pensacola and even has her favorite local stops, Ever’man, being an obvious choice, Beach Pops and Flora Bama Farms.

It’s important to note that Brown is still very human. She doesn’t just shop at co-ops and farmers’ markets, which makes her program achievable.

“There are certain places I go for certain items,” Brown said.

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Baptist Hospital was recognized for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care, and Gulf Breeze Hospital for pneumonia and surgical care.

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produce and goods, but Williams points out If you can’t enlist the expertise of Jodi the best one.

Brown, you can still shop for fresh foods “It just tastes better,” she said. locally, with little to no hassle.

For those time-crunched people who Many folks are happy to see Flora Bama venture to grocery stores in the middle of Farms selling fresh produce again since it the night, there is a way to make good food re-opened two months ago. Sandy Veilleux, more accessible. co-owner, said there were many people who Jen Barnett and Sam Brasseale both came up to her to share their excitement of wanted to eat more fresh, but couldn’t find shopping at Flora Bama once again. much in Birmingham, Ala., where they live. As “It has a cult following,” she said. web experts, the set out to create a website Veilleux and co-owners Barbara and that allows people to shop for their produce Barrie Williams—with the guidance of Janet online and choose a pick-up location. After Etheridge at the Small Business Development winning a new business completion, Freshfully Center—are not only bringing back what has launched in November 2011 and has been been missed, but also adding to it. growing since.

“The customers like their basics,” said “Originally we were going to be purely Barbara Williams. “But we’d like to introduce web-based, like Amazon,” Barnett said. “But them to new things, too.” people started bringing products to us and “We’re reaching out to farmers,” Veilleux customers and farmers showing up, so we added. “We want to have the farm-to-chef or decided to open a market for retail space.” farm-to-table aesthetic.”

But the market is just the tip of the iceAt Flora Bama Farms you will find familiar berg. Freshfully is slowly adding more cities Pensacola products such as East Hill Honey to its customer reach, including Pensacola.

Co. and Keens Beans, and as much local “We’d like to add two cities a week until produce that Flora Bama can find. we reach the entire south,” Barnett said.

“There’s great farmers everywhere,” VeilBarnett and the Freshfully team are also leux said. “We try to buy local produce. We working to help farmers reach customers like putting a face on the food.” through social media.

“And highlighting the farmers,” Williams “I can’t grow anything, but I’ll tweet,” added.

Barnett joked.

With just five employees, Veilleux finds While Barnett isn’t averse to Freshfully herself working the sales floor, which she being available around the country, she notes doesn’t mind. As a self-professed “food dork” that the south is where it’s needed most. she enjoys seeing what people buy and how “We tend to get left behind,” she said. low the cost is.

“People want to eat healthy foods, but there “When I started ringing people up I are still a lot of people that don’t underrealized I was feeding people at such an afstand the difference between an apple from fordable amount,” she said. “I wouldn’t trade Argentina and one from 45 minutes away. It all this for the world.” seems the same.” {in} And they’re not just helping the community by selling good food, but through donating too.

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of stroke patients admitted to the hospital's emergency department. The Stroke Center is always equipped to provide brain imaging scans, has neurologists available to conduct patient evaluations and uses clotbusting medications when appropriate. To receive the award, Sacred Heart achieved 85 percent or higher adherence to quality standards for two or more consecutive 12-month intervals. Sacred Heart Regional Stroke Center's targeted, quality program of care is designed to reduce the number of deaths related to stroke, minimize disability, create awareness of prevention, and help reduce the cost of healthcare.

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Just Beachy: Recap of the 3rd Annual DeLuna Fest

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Day One

by Kate Peterson with contributions from Michael Osley Our motto for the day was that if there is a music festival on our beach, we should support it. The third annual DeLuna Fest on Pensacola Beach supplied all we needed for a great music festival. The weather was great and the beach was lovely. It is so nice to have a music festival moments from where you live and work. Myself, and my contributor, were able to scour the festival and report on what each aspect was like.

The entrance was a mix of those that were just purchasing their tickets, and standing in line, and those who had already purchased their tickets, and needed a wrist band. It created a long wait to get in. A suggestion for less congestion at the entrance would be to send out wristbands in advance, so those who already have their tickets can sail through the entry point.

Arriving at about 2:50 p.m. and not getting through the line until about 3:45 p.m., shows were missed. Two entrances would also alleviate the back up. Everyone liked that you could exit and re-enter.

The absence of a tent stage was felt by many. Most major festivals have a tent where you can recharge out of the sun and it provides a great viewing area for DJ’s, because they can have a better lighting and sound experience that heightens their music.

Having the event in a parking lot was kind of carnival-like. Not as many people visited the other beach stage, the Heritage Stage.

There was a moment or two where you could hear 12th Planet’s bass booming while Pearl Jam was playing. The Red Bull stage, and the DJ stage by the main entrance played old school hip hop. The Marlboro tent was nice to be able to get $1 smokes and sit down at a table to recharge.

There were plenty of bathrooms and having the hand washing stations was a big plus.

However, the bathrooms were placed too far away from the main stage. Water was not close enough either. A beverage station on the beach or on either side of the main stage would have been great. Food vending prices were good, beer price was fair, although the price on cold bottled water was high, $2 would be fair—people need cool water at a lower price. The water refill stations were great to have. There was a lot of swag given away during the festival, Marlboro was giving away a choice of sunglasses or a utility knife (banned by security), Mediacom and Tito gave away sunglasses.

We caught Dwight Yoakum, Ben Folds Five, who were vey beatle-esque, Ivan Neville’s Dumstaphunk on the Heritage Stage – they put on a great show that really got the crowd going, Pearl Jam, the consummate rock band, 12th Planet, DJ Jazzy Jeff, both of whom put on great DJ sets, Guided by Voices who were chugging tequila. We would like to see the organizers focus on booking more mid-level bands and not spend all the money on huge bands. There were not enough mid-range bands, and not enough diversity. The line-up was

either, bands that would play the Civic Center or play Vinyl Music Hall, not as many in between.

There was some scuttlebutt about the VIP area. It turns out that there was a competition between the Pearl Jam fan club, and those that had purchased VIP access.

The VIP area got full, and the security folks would not allow VIP wristband purchasers into the Pearl Jam VIP area, because it was full. In addition, there were instances of DeLuna officials erasing comments on Facebook if they were negative. Many have been asking for their money back. An adjustment should be made on the size of the VIP area, allowing more fans to get closer to their favorite artists.

Some festivalgoers commented that there were not enough trolleys and that they were not on time to make the shows.

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Day Two

by Sarah McCartan While fest-goers gradually recovered from pumping their fists and singing along to the two-hour plus Pearl Jam set Friday evening, the crowd slowly gathered just around lunchtime Saturday as the gates opened for day two of DeLuna Fest.

This bright and sunshiny day kicked off with local acts—one of these being Paloma.

This is the second year in a row that Paloma has played DeLuna Fest. Paloma’s performances last year included a daytime show as well as a late night set on the Dock Stage. This time friends and fans braved the heat to gather in the early afternoon at the WindCreek Stage.

“I’m honored to be a part of local music representing Pensacola at the fest and proud of local production for putting on such a stellar event,” said band member Hale Leal.

Just after Paloma completed their set, Austin, Texas was represented by back-toback rock bands The Canvas Waiting on the GoPensacola Stage and Saints of Valory on the WindCreek Stage.

Although this year the WindCreek Stage was disappointingly not in the sand, making for a hotter and harder surface to manage when it came to long periods of standing and intense dancing sessions, the close proximity of the four stages to each other served as slight redemption.

The early afternoon hours of Saturday provided a prime opportunity to leisurely meander about and sample some mouthwatering treats from this year’s vendors, including crowd favorite Geaux Popsicles, serving up an assortment of delectable exotic popsicle flavors. Free Lovin’ Foodery was another standout vendor, specializing in flexi-tarian cuisine, satisfying hunger pains of carnivores and vegans alike all weekend with their giant burritos.

If you weren’t in the football lounge keeping up with the score of your college football game of choice, the Dock was the place to be Saturday afternoon to seek welcomed shade, catch more tunes and grab a frozen drink.

Sporting leopard print pants, country singer Maggie Rose got people singing and swaying along to her rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” and then up and dancing to her new single “I Ain’t Your Mama.”

An hour later, the Dock kicked it down a notch with Chris Staples, frontman of Twothirtyeight. Not only did Twothirtyeight play a reunion show in Atlanta Friday night, but they also played two Sunday shows, one at the fest and again at an unforgettable afterparty back in town at the Handlebar.

Just as a breeze began to blow over the fest and the sun started to inch its way down, the WindCreek Stage and surrounding areas were infiltrated with no shortage of enthusiasm or leather jackets as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts took the stage. Not only is Jett one hell of a badass, Saturday was her birthday and she looks damn good at age 54.

While longtime fans swarmed the GoPensacola Stage to catch legendary punk band Bad Brains, Welsh band, Joy Formidable took the main stage. Guitarist and energetic frontwoman Ritzy Bryan wowed the crowd, while the night sky officially rolled in and beach balls were tossed about.

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Next up back at the WindCreek Stage was Band of Horses, kicking off their set with their new single “Knock Knock.” By the time they played tunes from their breakthrough album “Cease to Begin” including “No One’s Gonna Love You,” the crowd was harmoniously singing along. Longtime fans erupted into a full choir as the band played their debut single, “Funeral.”

Immediately after Bands of Horses completed their short but very sweet set, the crowd quickly turned and made their way back over to the sand for the Foo Fighters.

Thousands lined the sand and outlying areas anxiously awaiting their favorite Foo Fighters songs. Slight equipment malfunctions did not slow Dave Grohl down when it came to delivering an epic two-hour set to awestruck fans.

“I would have never considered I would be rocking out to the Foo Fighters but Dave Grohl made me a believer,” said Gio Lugo, member of Paloma. “I was mesmerized by the rock and roll powerhouse that they are.”

Foo Fighters / photo by Hana Frenette

Not only did the Foo Fighters perform epic encores, they even brought Joan Jett onstage at one point during the show to sing happy birthday to her while she blew out candles on her birthday cake. They then joined forces to perform a rendition of “Bad Reputation.” By the end of the night many were asking themselves, Pearl Jam who?

“Pensacola is rapidly becoming a monumental scene for music in this country,” shared local resident Grant Tyson. “Nowhere else can you see Band of Horses play a perfect set and watch Joan Jett join the Foo Fighters for a killer rendition of ‘Bad Reputation’ on her birthday.”

Meanwhile, back on the WindCreek Stage, a dance party was erupting. First it was Paper Diamond, high-energy dubstep and Mad Decent label mates of Diplo. Then it was the man himself. If you looked to your left and to then back to your right scanning the sweatdrenched crowd during Diplo, you were sure to spot hula-hoops, mobs of dancing and even a unicorn.

“If you’ve got a girl beside you, put her on your shoulders!” Diplo yelled at one point during the set. As if girls on shoulders and Diplo stage diving into the crowd wasn’t enough, the true highlight came near the close of the show when it was time to “Express Yourself.” Diplo even brought girls onstage to do the dance. In case you are unfamiliar with this signature “dance,” it involves making your way into a position that is somewhere between a handstand and downward facing dog yoga pose and shaking it.

Crowds filtered out of the gates and into the streets as Diplo shut down DeLuna in the post-midnight hour. Many attended select after-parties including a second night of chaos at local beach bar the Islander with Timberhawk, while rumor has it, a mix of VIPs and artists ended up partying to DJ Jazzy Jeff in the presence of the Foo Fighters.

Ultimately, Saturday proved to be another jam-packed day and night of killer music and endless fun, so much that it’s a wonder anyone made it out in one piece. But they did, and it all started over again Sunday for the final round of fun in the sun.

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Day Three

by Hana Frenette

Day three. Still sunny. Still hot as hell.

Most of the crowds were a little bit tanner than they were on Friday.

Twohtirtyeight took to the Go Pensacola stage early in the day, at 1:15 p.m.

They give way to a Pensacola ‘90s nostalgia that’s not easily rivaled. People love this band, not only because it reminds them of their adolescence, but because they are still damned good. Crowd members loyally sang the words to songs and wiped the sweat from their brows as the direct sunlight beat down on their heads.

Ben Sollee and his band appeared on the same stage shortly after the Twothirtyeight set and played their clean and crisp version of Kentucky mountain soul. Sollee played a guitar and a mandolin, eventually switching both out for his cello, and winning over the audience with several beautiful strummed melodies. National Public Radio named Sollee one of the top ten unheard of musicians, and for good reasons.

His shows are less demanding of attentionyou can’t hear the drums or guitar thrashing from football field away, but if you were walking by, it’d be almost impossible not to stop. One girl in the crowd summed it up well in a drunken amorous declaration.

“You’re amazing! No one gives you credit but you’re awesome!”

Sollee smiled at her, shrugged modestly, and said, “Well, you know, we’re just playing music, that’s all.”

Across the festival, on the Deluna main stage, people were anticipating The Wallflowers. “Always Be True” by The Beatles came on over the loudspeakers and then the band was walking across the stage,

complete with a Jakob Dylan who looked like he might be incognito.

Dylan wore large sunglasses, a hat, and was covered from head to toe in clothing.

The band played several new songs from their latest album, before Dylan told the crowd, “We’re not going to torture you with just the new stuff,” before breaking into introspective throwback jams “6th Avenue Heartache” and “One Headlight.”

During The Wallflower’s set, thousands of dragonflies appeared in the crowd, landing on people’s hands as they danced, in beards and braids, and even the microphones of the band.

After The Wallflowers, people anxiously headed over to the Windcreek Stage.

Indie rock legends Superchunk were getting ready to take the stage, and tons of people were already staking their claim on a good spot for Florence, who was scheduled immediately after on the same stage.

Superchunk played with high en-

ergy and the spirit of the ‘90s. Jumping, screaming, and generally having a good time as the sun began to set on the festival.

The sky was pink and purple as stagehands brought out golden harps and pink guitars for Florence and The Machine.

They unrolled a giant backdrop that was made to look like the purple stained glass of the inside of a church.

Florence appeared on the side of the stage and walked across to the front, her long black chiffon dress flowing in the breeze.

The set was enigmatic, theatrical, and completely captivating. The colors on stage, and the lighting, her ethereal haunting voice– all came together to create a magical experience. It could have easily served as a modern, musical interpretation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Early in the set Florence addressed the crowd saying, “We need a few human sacrifices!” And continued on, “If you are with someone, and you love them—or you like them, or you just met them or you gave birth to them, raise them up!”

People in the crowd began hosting their loved ones and strangers alike onto their shoulders while Florence excitedly counted them as they appeared.

She fluttered offstage and ran through the middle of the crowd, waving her long white limbs and shaking her bright red hair with the upmost elegance of a ballerina.

They ended the set with “Dog Days are Over” while the crowd jumped and danced until the last drum was hit and Florence bid Pensacola a good night.

It seemed like everyone left the show on a high. Some went over to watch the Zac Brown Band close out the festival with beachy country covers of Nirvana, in addition to many of their sing-along originals. The other half sped to the Handlebar to see the encore set of Twothirtyeight and relive nostalgia and sweat from the afternoon all over again. {in}

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The run kicks off the fall racing season in Pensacola and will commence at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 29 at Seville Quarter. Run or walk the new certified course through downtown Pensacola's historic district, through the new Vince J. Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park, and by the Pensacola Blue Wahoos stadium.

Advanced registration is $30. Race Day registration,

photo courtesy of Fiesta of Five Flags The Gulf Coast yields some of the best seafood in the country, and the Pensacola Seafood Festival is the perfect place to savor the best of what the coast has to offer.

Downtown Pensacola comes alive with food, music and good times during the 35th annual festival, sponsored by Florida Blue. The festival will take place in Seville Square, Fountain Park and Bartram Park, and the good news is admission is free.

The Festival features 17 carefully selected food vendors. The vendors will offer seafood dishes and other festival food. Some favorites are grilled conch, seafood gumbo, oyster croquettes, soft shell crab, coconut shrimp, Caribbean crab cakes and more.

Festival Chairman, Gene Pereira, grew up in Louisiana, and was a local restaurateur. He got involved in the Fiesta of Five Flags Association because, as he said, “It is a great way to meet people and to be involved in the business community.”

“We have a unique opportunity to put on and host a great festival, while at the same time fill the hotels, restaurants and bring business to everyone,” Pereira said.

“We carefully choose the vendors and the music, we specifically want to provide a wide variety to appeal to everyone from children to adults.”

There are so many things to enjoy while you’re busy sampling the tasty treats. The Festival is one of the largest arts and crafts celebrations in Northwest Florida. More than 160 artisans and craftsmen, traveling from various cities across the country, par-

filmed on the main stage of Pensacola Seafood Festival between 10 a.m. and noon. Prior to the filming, there will be performances by Team Green Songwriters, Donna Britton and CJ Watson as part of the Pensacola Beach Songwriters’ Festival.

Pensacola dance teacher/choreographer, Nancy Haller, will choreograph the dance video, which will feature students from her dance studio. Members of the audience will be invited up to participate in the video.

Saturday’s events will also feature performances by Tobacco Road, Heritage, the Wes Loper Band and the Molly Ringwalds.

The Lee Boys and Papa Grows Funk will conclude the festival’s musical entertainment on Sunday.

The Pensacola Seafood Festival has teamed up with the 4th annual Pensacola Beach Songwriters’ Festival for SongFest2012. Songwriters will be performing in a special listening tent at the Fiesta Seafood Grille throughout the weekend. This will be your opportunity to get a sneak peak of the Pensacola Beach Songwriters’ Festival to be held the first week of October.

In the Fiesta Seafood Grille Tent, located in Fountain Park, there will be performances on Friday by Jourdan Pace, Jim Pasquale, Edwina Hayes, CJ Watson and Donna Britton. Then on Saturday, students from the Gulf Coast School of Music will be showcasing their original music.

L ater that night, Pearl Clarkin, Jourdan Pace and Billy Ryan Droze will per form.

L ast but not least, is the Gulf to Table area in Fountain Park . This area will feature local restaurants and caterers who are ser ving tapas st yle dishes of their signature recipes. Restaurants included will be: Angus Steak House and Restaurant, Dharma Blue, Five Sisters Blues Café, Fisherman’s Corner, Jerry’s Cajun, Landry’s Seafood, Sons of Italy Buona Fortuna Lodge, The Oar House and Nancy’s Haute Affairs. {in}

“We carefully choose the vendors and the music, we specifically want to provide a wide variety to appeal to everyone from children to adults.”

ticipate in this festival.

The vendors showing their wares are those in line with the Gulf Coast lifestyle. The arts and crafts vendors will be located in Seville Park.

On Friday, The Fiesta Seafood Grille will be set up for local chefs to show the curious how they make their seafood dishes. The Grille will be in Fountain Park and is sponsored by Distinctive Kitchens. Festivalgoers can enjoy demonstrations on Friday by Distinctive Kitchens, on Saturday by The Oar House, Nick's Boathouse, Crabs on the Beach, and H20, and on Sunday by Angus Steak House and Restaurant, Trigger's, and McGuire's.

The 2012 Pensacola Seafood Festival artwork was created by native Floridian, Victor Bokas. Bokas grew up on the Gulf Coast. The images of the Gulf Coast are infused in his poster design and are frequently incorporated into his paintings.

Posters and t-shirts highlighting his art will be sold at official merchandise booths.

Bokas will also be signing limited edition posters. Only 200 signed and numbered reprints are available. Posters will be $25 and he will only be signing on Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.

Each year there is a way for you to kick off the event, and work up an appetite with a run/walk. The Don McCloskey 5K Run/ Walk is sponsored by the Pensacola Run-

Gene Pereira $40. This event is restricted to 1,000 participants so it is recommended that you sign up early.

The Festival will also include a children's area set up in Bartram Park where children can enjoy fun-filled activities designed with them in mind. The children's area will be open Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Children can express their artistic side with hands-on crafts including sand art and marble painting. Activities such as a rock-climbing wall and jump houses will be on-site. Face painting will be available in Bartram Park and Seville Square.

The musical entertainment on tap for the festival has something for everyone. Friday afternoon, Nate Pennington and Parmalee will be performing. Roger Creager will round out the evening with his performance in Bartram Park.

On Saturday, the Lean Green Dancing Machine music video with Eco the Butterfly will be

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Music Video Release Party

By Sarah McCartan

to share some of their new tunes. They will be joined by local act Seagull Blue, along with friends from New Orleans, Gold and the Rush.

For an added bonus, rumor has it members of The Gills are decked out as girls in their video, making this a night of all-around fun and entertainment we just couldn’t possibly let you miss out on. {in} The Gills have just finished their first music video for their new single with Now Records entitled “Feel It.” This weekend they are returning home to share the video and celebrate with family, friends and fans at their release party and show, hosted Saturday evening at The Handlebar. In addition to their new music video, The Gills have been doing plenty of writing and are equally excited

THURSDAY 9.27

THE GILLS MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE PARTY

WHAT: The Gills with Seagull Blue, and Gold and the Rush WHEN: 10 p.m. (9 p.m. doors) Saturday, Sept. 29 WHERE: The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. COST: $7 at the door

‘RITUALS’ 7 a.m. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15 , Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 484-2550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘HIKING THE WILDERNESS TRAIL: AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS’ 10 a.m. until Sep 30. The Wright Place, 8 E. Wright St. 434-1434 or fumcpensacola.com.

‘THE EXPERIENCE COLLECTION’ 10 a.m. through Sep 29. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND ALL THINGS STILL’, ‘ALTERED SHOES’ AND ‘JUST PEOPLE’ 10 a.m. through Oct 4. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘YONDERLY: AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF JULIE HUGHES’ 10 a.m. through Nov 1.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

JOE OCCHIPINTI JAZZ WINE TASTING 5 p.m.

Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragonwinemarket.com.

HERB STUDY CLASS 6 p.m. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

VEGAN DINNER AT EOTL 6 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

AFRICAN DRUMMING CLASSES 6:30 p.m. $2$5. Gull Point Community Center, 7000 Spanish Trail. For more information contact, 291-2718, 324-4928 or hurreyupstageandfilmworks.com BRAD BARNES OPEN COLLEGE JAM 7:30 p.m.

Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

live music

BO ROBERTS, RHONDA HART & MARK SHERRILL 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

ELAINE PETTY 5:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

THE DAVENPORTS 6 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

RUDY APPLEWHITE 6 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

CODY COLLINS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

CHARLIE ROBERTS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

HOLLY SHELTON 7 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

LOCKWOOD DUO 8 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. 332-7952 or wobusa.com/palafox.

RICKY & DAVID 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-

2211 or sandshaker.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LESS THAN ZERO 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd.,Pensacola Beach.

932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

COLLEGE DANCE NIGHT 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TIMBERHAWK 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

DAVEY & NATE 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

NEWBURY SYNDICATE TRIO 9 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

EXTREME KARAOKE WITH G.C.P.C 10 p.m.

Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or gulfcoastpartycrew.com.

LUCKY DOGGS 10 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

LEFTMORE, THE HOT MANICS, THE PEOPLE’S KEY 12 a.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

FRIDAY 9.28

‘RITUALS’ 8 a.m. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15 , Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 484-2550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘HIKING THE WILDERNESS TRAIL: AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS’ 10 a.m. until Sep 30. The Wright Place, 8 E. Wright St. 434-1434 or fumcpensacola.com.

‘THE EXPERIENCE COLLECTION’ 10 a.m. through Sep 29. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND ALL THINGS STILL’, ‘ALTERED SHOES’ AND ‘JUST PEOPLE’ 10 a.m. through Oct 4. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘YONDERLY: AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF JULIE HUGHES’ 10 a.m. through Nov 1.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

WINE TASTING AT DK 4:30 p.m. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m.

Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

GULF BREEZE NIGHT GOLF 5 p.m. Tiger Point Golf Club. 932-7888.

WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5:15 p.m.

City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. 469-8100.

WINE AND GLIDE SEGWAY TOUR 5:30 p.m. $45. Emerald Coast Tours, 701 S. Palafox. 4179292 or emeraldcoasttours.net.

WINE TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 p.m. 1216 N. Ninth Ave. PENSACOLA SEAFOOD FESTIVAL 6 p.m. Bartram Park. 433-6512 or fiestaoffiveflags.com.

JOE OCCHIPINTI BIG BAND 6:30 p.m. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 307-8633.

RASCAL FLATS 7 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com.

SWING DANCING 8:30 p.m. American Legion, 1401 Intendencia St. $5. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com

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JACK ROBERTSON – BIG EARL 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

LEA ANNE & RICK 5:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

3 AMIGOS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

TIM SPENCER 6 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

SAWMILL & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Rd., Pace. 9949219 or farmersopry.com.

KNEE DEEP 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Fridays through Sep 28. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

MIKE BOCCIA 7:45 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

JB LAWSON BAND 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

HOLLY SHELTON AND DAVID SHELANDER 8 p.m. Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 4299655 or ragtyme.net.

COOL RAYZ 8 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

KONTRABAND 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

CLASS X 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

LOCKWOOD DUO 9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. 332-7952 or wobusa.com/palafox.

BANANA REPUBLIC 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

KATAGORY 5 9 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

SCHOFIELD 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TIMBERHAWK 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

PETTY CASH 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

HURRICANE WARNING 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

ADAM HOLT BAND 10 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

RYAN BALTHROP 10:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

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PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m. Martin Luther King Plaza on North Palafox Street between Chase and Garden streets. palafoxmarket.com.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

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REPTICON 10 a.m. Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds, 6655 Mobile Highway. 944-4500.

‘MELANIE AND BUD BILLINGS CHARITY FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT’ 11:30 a.m. $75. Perdido Bay Golf Tournament, 1 Doug Ford Drive. 492-1223.

‘THE EXPERIENCE COLLECTION’ 12 p.m. through Sep 29. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 12 p.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘YONDERLY: AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF JULIE HUGHES’ 12 p.m. through Nov 1.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

PENSACOLA SEAFOOD FESTIVAL 1 p.m. Bartram Park. 433-6512 or fiestaoffiveflags.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF THE OPRY 4:30 p.m. $22. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Rd., Pace. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

‘COOKING CLASS: SWEET CREAMS’ 6 p.m. Free$2, reservations requested. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

‘PINK FLOYD’S DARK SIDE OF THE MOON’ 7:30 p.m. $18. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittletheatre.com.

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Upscale Chinese Dining

Where you can have a great meal and a great time Featuring a Full Bar & a Full Sushi Bar

Live Music at Shark Fin every Tuesday Night with Jones & Company Ste C, 5912 North Davis Highway (behind Rooms to Go) * (850) 912-8669 Monday-Thursday: 11am - 10pm | Friday-Saturday: 11am - 11pm | Sunday: 11am - 9pm

JOE OCCHIPINTI SMALL GROUP JAZZ 10 a.m.

The Drowsy Poet Coffee Company, 86 Brent Lane. 434-7638.

LEA ANNE & RICK 12 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

TIM SPENCER 12 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

DAVE JOHNSON, TROY BRANNON 1 p.m.

Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

CURT & FRIENDS 3 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

JEZEBEL’S CHILL’N 5:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

CADILLAC ATTACK 6 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

3 AMIGOS 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

PAUL KILLOUGH 6 p.m. Crabs We Got ‘Em, 6 Casino Beach. 932-0700 or crabswegotem.com.

KRAZY GEORGE KARAOKE 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 4691001 or hubstaceys.com.

THE BLENDERS 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9343141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

TERRIFIC KID, THE OFFER, THE HELVETICA EFFECT 7:30 p.m. $15. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

COOL RAYZ 8 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

LIMOUZINE 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

NICK WING KARAOKE 9 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

BANANA REPUBLIC 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

KONTRABAND 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

MAINSTREAM 9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. 332-7952 or wobusa.com/palafox.

THE GILLS, GOLD AND THE RUSH AND MORE 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 4349060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

KATAGORY 5 9 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

SCHOFIELD 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TIMBERHAWK 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

CLASS X 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

KYLE BRYANT AND THE NOONDAY DRIVERS 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

NEWBURY SYNDICATE 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com BIG MUDDY 10 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

LEE YANKIE & HELLZ YEAH 10:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

SUNDAY 9.30

PENSACOLA PARACON 10 a.m. Free-$10.

Pensacola Fair Grounds, 6655 Mobile Highway.

941-4321 or pensacolaparacon.com.

WORSHIP ON THE WATER 11 a.m. Tent Stage, Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 12:30 p.m. through Oct 6. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 4299100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

PENSACOLA SEAFOOD FESTIVAL 1:30 p.m.

Bartram Park. 433-6512 or fiestaoffiveflags.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

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CLARENCE BELL 11 a.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

TROY BRANNON 12 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

DADDY MAN 12 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

COWBOY JOHNSON 1 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

JEZEBEL’S CHILL’N 3 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

FREEWAY 98 3 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

KEITH LEE & MYSTIC SPRINGS 4 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

LEKTRIC MULLET 4 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9343141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

TERRY LEE POOL BAND 4 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

TOMATO 4 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

HUNG JURY 4:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

RON WILLIAMSON OPEN MIC JAM 6 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

CADILLAC ATTACK 6 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

JON COWART 7:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

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MAGGIE KOERNER 8 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LEE YANKIE TRIO 9 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

MUSIC & KARAOKE WITH DJ VIC 9 p.m.

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

CARTRIGHT, ALPHABET CITY, DINOSAUR DAZE AND MORE 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

‘FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND ALL THINGS STILL’, ‘ALTERED SHOES’ AND ‘JUST PEOPLE’ 10 a.m. through Oct 4. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘YONDERLY: AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF JULIE HUGHES’ 10 a.m. through Nov 1.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

MONDAY 10.1

‘RITUALS’ 7 a.m. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 484-2550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

OYSTER NIGHT AT ATLAS 5 p.m. First dozen are 25 cents apiece and $2 Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob Ultra drafts until close. Atlas, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or atlas.goodgrits.com.

BURGERS & BEER NIGHT AT SURF BURGER 6 p.m. Surf Burger, 500 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-1417 or thesurfburger.com.

TEXAS HOLD’EM 4 FUN 7 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

GAMER’S NIGHT 8 p.m. Fast Eddie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

EXTREME TRIVIA 9 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

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OPEN MIC WITH CATHY PACE 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

PAUL KILLOUGH 6 p.m. Crabs We Got ‘Em, 6 Casino Beach. 932-0700 or crabswegotem.com.

TROY BRANNON 6 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

‘JAZZ JAM’ 6:30 p.m. $5-$10. The Unique Café, 51 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. 433-8382 or jazzpensacola.com WES LOPER 7 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

MUSICIANS ALLIANCE 9 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LIVIN’ THE DREAM 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

ELAINE PETTY 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

TUESDAY 10.2

‘RITUALS’ 7 a.m. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15 , Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 484-2550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘HIKING THE WILDERNESS TRAIL: AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS’ 10 a.m. until Sep 30. The Wright Place, 8 E. Wright St. 434-1434 or fumcpensacola.com.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

HALF-PRICE SUSHI 5 p.m. Atlas, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or atlas.goodgrits.com.

PRIME TIME TUESDAYS 5:30 p.m. Jackson’s, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons. goodgrits.com.

YOGA WITH BECKIE SATHRE 6 p.m. $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

ANCHOR STEPS SWING NIGHT 7 p.m. $3-$5.

Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

FACULTY VOCAL RECITAL FEATURING SHEILA MURPHY, LEO DAY AND COREY MCKERN 7:30 p.m. University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82. 474-3247 or uwf.edu.

TOSH TUESDAY 8 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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DAVE JOHNSON 5:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

PAUL KILLOUGH 6 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

LEA ANNE & RICK 6 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

KITT LOUGH 6 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse. goodgrits.com.

BANDS ON THE BEACH FEATURING PEARL CLARKIN & BIG JIM BROWN 7 p.m. The Gulfside Pavillion, 1 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 932-1500 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

HOPE CASSITY 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebargrill.com.

LANI NASH 8 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebargrill.com.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

TUESDAY JAM NIGHT 8 p.m.

LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

BLIND SHAKE, THE SPANX AND MORE 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

CJ WATSON, DONNA BRITTON 9 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach.

916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

MIKE QUINN 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

KARAOKE WITH GEORGE 9 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

KARAOKE AT PADDY O’LEARY’S 9 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

JAY WILLIAMS & JOHN SEYMOUR 9:30 p.m.

Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

WEDNESDAY 10.3

‘RITUALS’ 7 a.m. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg 15. 484-2550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050,

ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘ADORN-ART JEWELRY’ 10 a.m. through Oct 6.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

‘HIKING THE WILDERNESS TRAIL: AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS’ 10 a.m. until Sep 30. The Wright Place, 8 E. Wright St. 434-1434 or fumcpensacola.com.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND ALL THINGS STILL’, ‘ALTERED SHOES’ AND ‘JUST PEOPLE’ 10 a.m. through Oct 4. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘YONDERLY: AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF JULIE HUGHES’ 10 a.m. through Nov 1.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

LUNCH & LEARN AT DK 12 p.m. $15. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL 12 p.m. Old Christ Church, 120 E. Church St. 474-3247 or uwf.edu.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

LADIES NIGHT 5 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

WINE DOWN WEDESDAYS 5 p.m. All bottled wines are 50 percent off. Jackson’s, 400 S. Barracks St. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

ART NIGHT ON THE BAYFRONT 5 p.m. Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille, 997 S. Palafox. 432-5226 or jacosbayfrontbarandgrille.com.

SURF MOVIE NIGHT AT SURF BURGER 7 p.m.

Surf Burger, 500 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach. 932-1417 or thesurfburger.com.

BAR GAMES-WEEKLY TRIVIA NIGHT 8 p.m.

Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

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NEIL DROVER 5:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

ELAINE PETTY & RHONDA HART 6 p.m.

Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

CHARLIE ROBERTS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

PADDY’S OPEN MIC NIGHT 7 p.m. Paddy O’Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

OPEN MIC NIGHT 7 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

ROCK STAR KARAOKE WITH MICHAEL JENCKS 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

I100 WEDNESDAYS 8 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

EXTREME KARAOKE WITH G.C.P.C 9 p.m.

Ticket Sports Bar 1, 7100 N. Davis Highway. 4761099 or gulfcoastpartycrew.com.

MIKE QUINN 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

J. HAWKINS & JAMES DANIEL 9:30 p.m.

Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

ELECTRONIC WEDNESDAYS TURBULANCE 10 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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They Write the Songs, They Write the Songs Currently, there are 15 stages you can visit during the festival: The Grand Marlin, Sandshaker Lounge, Castaways, Flounders, Laguna’s, Lillo’s Tuscan Grille, Aloha Wine and Liquors, Paradise Bar and Grill, Sabine Sandbar, Quietwater Amphitheatre; The Wine Bar and Bamboo Willies will host the Art and Wine stage. In Pensacola, Blues Angel Music and StudioAmped at WSRE. Along with seeing your favorite songwriters at a variety of stages, you can partake in other events. One such event is a workshop, scheduled for Wednesday, October 3, called “Singing with Your Speaking Voice, Speaking with Your Singing Voice.” This workshop features Beth Nielsen Chapman, a Nashville-based singer, songwriter and recording artist.

Chapman has written numerous hits, and written songs for many top artists including: Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler, Elton John, Neil Diamond, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Michael McDonald, Amy Grant, Keb Mo’, Roberta Flack, Faith Hill, Willie Nelson, Bettye LaVette and Waylon Jennings—just to name a few. Elton John performed her groundbreaking song, “Sand and Water,” on his 1997 U.S. tour in place of the song “Candle In The Wind” to honor the memory of Princess Diana.

There are also boat cruises scheduled for the festival. On Wednesday, October 3, there will be a sunset cruise, featuring Beth Nielsen Chapman. The other is scheduled for Friday, October 5. Dubbed “The Good News Cruise,” it will feature Charlie Black, Dana Hunt Black, Chas Sandford, and Jim “Moose” Brown.

Representative from Bigger Picture Group, Donna Britton, will discuss how to place songs in film/TV and pitch them to artists. She has had over 30 placements since the last festival, so there will be plenty of new information. CJ Watson will talk about his experience getting four songs in the movie “Halloween Party” and

how that led to being commissioned to write four additional songs.

The Songwriters’ Festival will team up with Pensacola Beach Elementary School and play putt-putt golf on October 5. This will be the 3rd Annual Celebrity Mini Golf Tournament. Proceeds from the tournament are earmarked for the music programs in participating local schools.

Throughout the year, the Pensacola Beach Elementary School kids write lyrics

“We are putting on a successful festival on a shoestring.”

Reneda Cross

James Otto Everyday you come across a song that resonates with you; it makes you either smile, cry or conjures up a plethora of other emotions. These thought provoking songs are written by someone, and often performed by another.

At the Fourth Annual Pensacola Beach Songwriters’ Festival, you have the unique opportunity to experience songwriters not only performing their own songs, but also telling you the back-stories that inspired the songs in the first place.

The origin of a song can be very different from what you think it is, and hearing it directly from the songwriter can be enlightening.

The ringmaster of this event is festival cofounder, Reneda Cross. She has been organizing the growing event for four years now, with a staff of two or three people.

“The Songwriters’ Festival is in its infancy, not on its feet yet,” Cross said. “We are putting on a successful festival on a shoestring.”

Pensacola Beach lends itself naturally to a pub-crawl style festival. You can start out at one venue, and plan the rest of your day to end up at the other end of the beach.

and send them to the songwriters in Nashville. The songwriters then set the lyrics to music and come back to perform the songs.

WSRE will be filming a special edition of StudioAmped, featuring songwriters from the Pensacola Beach Songwriters’ Festival. It will be taped on Tuesday, October 2 at WSRE’s Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio on the campus of Pensacola State College. The public is invited to be part of the studio audience and admission is free. Doors WHEN: Tuesday, October 2 through Sunopen at 6 p.m. and the concert will day, October 7 start at 7 p.m. The program is schedWHERE: Various locations on Pensacola uled to air on WSRE at a future date.

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will host a gospel singing. “A Sunday Gospel On The Sound” will feature some of the best in Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music.

A big surprise scheduled for the festival is the appearance of American country artist, James Otto. He is part of MuzikMafia, a group of musicians known for creating country music without prejudice. Otto has many singles that have charted on Billboard’s Hot Country Song charts. On top of that, his album, “Sunset Man,” was produced by John Rich of Big and Rich fame, and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts fame, generated his number one hit, “Just Got Started Lovin’ You.” For Otto’s appearance, the plan is to have a general public performance at Bamboo Willies, with a more intimate ticketed event planned at the Grand Marlin.

“He is super talented, and we are very excited to bring him down,” Cross said of Otto.

Most stages are free. However, some stages are designated as listening rooms; the price for admission is $15 each. A VIP weekend pass wristband can be purchased for $50, which will give you access to all listening room stages with the exception of the Sunset Cruises. {in}

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Under-loved and Misunderstood Public radio in general is the underdog in news media. It’s only fitting that WUWF’s mascot is a dog.

“People get the wrong concept about us,” said Program Director Joe Vincenza.

“They think we’re long-haired hippies or they think of the ‘Delicious Dish’ skit on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ We’re under-loved and misunderstood.”

But as WUWF—the local portal to National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and more—enters into new changes, perhaps it can get more of the listenership it deserves.

Starting September 29, new and exciting programs will be added to the station’s menu. As the hosts of NPR’s popular show “Car Talk” retire, Vincenza and staff decided to introduce new voices.

The decision to discontinue airing a popular show when you depend on your listeners’ donations is not easy. In fact, when news broke that the “Car Talk” hosts were retiring it created a debate among public radio listeners. To syndicate or not to syndicate, and do they get to keep a coveted Saturday morning timeslot? Even Ira Glass, “This American Life” host, weighed in.

“We need to make space for new shows, new talent, new ideas,” Glass said in a public statement. “That’s our mission, and ultimately, it’ll be good business too to have exciting new shows bring in new audiences.”

“We’re going to add some additional programs, shift things around,” said Trish Allison, director of member services. “Joe did all the research on the new programs.”

As the station bids farewell to “Car Talk” and the local show “Swing Chronicles” with the late Charlie McIntosh, you can look forward to anticipated shows such as the “TED Radio Hour,” “Travel with Rick Steves” and “On the Media.”

Hopefully, these shows will be well received.

“You’re never going to make everyone happy,” said Allison.

But that doesn’t stop the station from trying. When they stopped playing classical music in between programs and created a second, 24-hour classical radio show or when they switched to high definition, they had to work twice as hard to make listeners happy.

“Pat [Crawford, executive director] went to members’ houses with HD radios and helped them set it up,” Vincenza said.

It’s important that WUWF has a good relationship with its listeners. They are, after all, what keep the station running.

“We do faith-based budgeting,” said Allison. “We just [crosses fingers]. The programming costs for 2012 are $368,000.

We’re now responsible for raising 51 percent of the budget. If we lose federal funding, we’ll be responsible for more.”

And that six-figure number is just for programming costs.

WUWF is lucky that it has benevolent supporters. The station is usually able to meet its budget needs in two 10-day membership drives throughout the year. The next one starts October 10.

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“It’s hard because you can’t control behavior especially in this economy,” Allison said of fundraising. “It’s inspiring when listeners donate. When they do come through, it’s a love fest.”

Sometimes, it’s easy to take something that is free to use for granted, but WUWF is an asset to the community, and it’s that same community that the station enjoys serving.

“Our mission is to serve the community,” Allison said. “Hurricane Isaac is a

“The content we provide is unique, what we do is not going to be replaced.”

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perfect example, we’re the emergency alert station. The university shut down and we went to work.”

The station does more than read weather reports though. Allison said one of the most significant outreach programs is the reading service for seeing impaired, called SightLine.

“When WSRE gave up the service due to budget cuts, Pat thought we could absorb it,” said Lynne Marshall, promotions director. “What we do for the community is as important as what we do on air.”

Volunteers donate their time to read newspapers, which is broadcasted on one of the WUWF channels. There’s even a children’s hour and through Gateway Radio Reading Service, listeners can hear a wide-range of magazines.

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“That’s my baby,” Marshall said about the gallery. “We’ve used the space for an alternative outreach—in-reach too because it brings people into the station. It’s so awful when the art has to come down.”

There is one piece of art in the station that doesn’t move. It’s the Radio Torii, modeled after the entrance to a Shinto shrine, created by Peter King in 1992.

Also contributing to the community are the local stories, although Vincenza wishes there were more.

“We might have 10 to 15 minutes of local programming an hour, but it’s not enough,” he said.

With only two full-time news reporters, Vincenza said that the station does put out an amazing amount of stuff.

“We never look back, we’re always on to the next project,” Allison said.

“Which is why I give them chocolate,” Vincenza said. Sure enough, there is a bowl of individually wrapped chocolates on the conference table.

And even though state funding has been cut and public radio risks a cut from federal funds, the staff at WUWF are positive that their hard work is worth it.

“Public radio is bucking the trend,” Vincenza said. “We’re seeing more listeners all the time. People are always worried about the next platform. The content we provide is unique, what we do is not going to be replaced.” {in}

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news of the weird ROACH RESPONDERS At a conference in August, researchers from North Carolina State University demonstrated their latest technological advance in aiding “first responders” to peacetime and wartime disasters: cockroaches. Outfitting Madagascar hissing cockroaches with electronic backpacks that include antennas, batteries, cameras and microphones, the scientists hacked the bugs’ nervous systems to steer them remotely into the tiniest of openings—a crucial step toward finding survivors of earthquakes or bomb damage in densely built-up and populated areas. Said one researcher, to ABC News, “(S)omewhere in the middle (of tons of rubble) your kid is crying,” and huge machines are “not very efficient” at finding him.

THE CONTINUING CRISIS Cue the Black Helicopters: A website that tracks sometimes-obscure federal government purchases disclosed in August that the Social Security Administration had recently requested a price for 174,000 hollow-point bullets and that the National Weather Service had requested a price for 46,000 rounds of ammo for semi-automatic pistols. (The latter was subsequently corrected; it was actually the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Office that needed bullets.) Both agencies told reporters that they have armed officers investigating potential crimes.

• Weapons for the 21st Century: Thousands of farmers in the northeastern India state of Assam are growing the world’s hottest chili peppers and selling them to the army to make weapons, reported London’s The Guardian in a July dispatch. One expert said a “few drops” of “bhut jolokia” “could make you senseless.” Blasting a container of it into a terrorist hideout, he said, would “make them all drop their guns” after “just one breath.” (Bhut jolokia has also been used traditionally to repel elephant attacks.)

• In a tactical risk, Russian gay rights leaders went to court in Moscow in March to demand the right to hold a rally not only this year but, daring the city to oppress them, also a rally every year for the next 100 years.

However, the city did not blink. It rejected the demand, and in August, a Moscow city court ruled that the city could be gay-rightsrally-free until the year 2112.

• Because the words were not those ordinarily used by vandals keying a car’s paint, Newcastle, England, police looked immediately to a better-educated vandal and arrested University of Newcastle professor Stephen Graham, who had been a prominent critic of neighborhood parking rules that allowed outsiders to use the few spaces on his street. Scratched into several outsiders’ luxury cars’ exteriors were words such as “arbitrary” and “really wrong” and “very silly” (as opposed to the usual crude vandal references to anatomy and maternal promiscuity).

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NOT THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1) Arrested in New York City in August on charges that he used a tiny camera in a folded newspaper to crudely peek up female subway riders’ skirts: Dr. Adam Levinson, assistant professor at the prestigious Mount Sinai school of medicine. (2) Arrested in Beverly Hills, Calif., in July and charged in a string of vandalism incidents (shooting metal marbles from a slingshot at windows of dozens of businesses and homes): investment banker Michael Poret, 58, of the Rodeo Drive office of UBS Financial Services.

COURTROOM FOLLIES Carl Funk, 58, told Broward County, Fla., judge John Hurley (on a video feed from jail to a courtroom) that he is innocent of the seven-year-old charges (trespassing and open-alcoholic-container counts) and that, besides, he is now wheelchair-bound in pathetic medical condition and should be allowed to go home. The judge was skeptical, but finally, according to a South Florida SunSentinel report, he offered to fine Funk only $50 on the charges, and Funk agreed to plead guilty. “Good luck, Funk,” said Judge Hurley.

At that point, Funk rose from his wheelchair and quickly walked away. Wrote the SunSentinel: “Raising both hands, Judge Hurley declared, ‘He’s been cured.’”

• Missouri Associate Circuit Judge Barbara Peebles was suspended in September and recommended for removal by the state judicial commission for various offenses, including being late for work and destroying a court document in order to avoid embarrassment. The most serious charge, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report, was that she allowed her “clerk,” Whitney Tyler, who was Peebles’ personal friend and hairdresser (and apparently without formal legal training), to dispose of as many as 350 cases as Tyler saw fit. Said one lawyer, “Until the judge (showed up), (Tyler) was the judge.”

PERSPECTIVE A sign at the entrance of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor asks that visitors “conduct yourself with dignity and respect at all times. Remember, this is hallowed ground.” However, as the New York Post reported in September, visitors to the National September 11th Memorial in New York City show no such restraint, with some treating that hallowed ground more like a “Disney attraction.” They sit (or worse, lie down) on the bronze-plaque names of the dead, and lay (and spill!) their drink cups on them, creating an “almost cheerful” atmosphere, the Post said. The head of New York City’s retired association of emergency medical service firefighters said the elegant memorial more resembled a visitor’s “kitchen table.” {in} From Universal Press Syndicate Chuck Shepherd’s News Of The Weird © 2012 Chuck Shepherd

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Day Job: Adjunct English Instructor at UWF, Starbucks barista

Pensacola Resident Since: 1985—minus a year here, a few months there. I’ve tried to leave, but I keep on coming back.

Good Eats:

It goes without saying—or at least it should—that Cactus Flower is one of the best restaurants in town. Lately, I’ve also been frequenting the adjoining coffee shop, Maximilian. Comfortable atmosphere, pastries and fancy breakfast choices, friendly folks, outside seats, and best of all, taquitos.

Delicious, delicious taquitos. Plus, they feature a lot of local products made from folks right here in East Hill. Awesome new addition to the neighborhood.

Another East Hill favorite is definitely Ozone! Whoever decided to put pesto, cream cheese, artichokes, and cashews on a pizza was clearly a genius. Plus, they have great specials: Thursday is Ladies Night and Monday is half off large pizza night.

Come on!

Just to throw a wrench in your Monday nights, I can’t forget about sushi at Dharma Blue. Every Monday night you can get $2 off of every roll, and their prices are already good to begin with! Try the Toshi Roll or the Zoo Roll…you won’t be sorry! Plus, their awesome porch dining overlooks Seville Square. Cheap, good eats with a view.

Done and done.

Watering Holes: Make new friends but keep the old, right? Keeping that in mind, an old favorite is Hub Stacey’s. Best patio, awesome staff who remember you and your order, and the kicker, half off for ladies all the time! Hubs is definitely my favorite place to grab a beer, whether it’s a casual afternoon, night out, or Sunday Funday.

A new kid in town that is quickly becoming a favorite is The Magnolia. For a smaller, quaint bar, they have an awesome beer and wine selection, and owners Bill and Kiley are just about two of the friendliest business folks you’d ever want to meet. Plus, Bill introduced me to Shiner Bock’s seasonal Ruby Redbird, bless his dear heart.

Outdoors: I’ve lived in Pensacola nearly

my whole life, and I gotta say, you haven’t seen Pensacola until you’ve seen it by kayak. With our various coastlines, inlets, and bays, there is so much to explore when you travel by water. I bought a kayak at the beginning of the summer, and it’s been one of my best purchases to date. However, if

you’re not looking to own, there are several places to rent a kayak or paddle board at good prices: I recommend Key Sailing underneath Surf Burger if you’re on the island and Pensacola Paddle Sport Rentals at Bayview Park if you’re in town.

Growing up in Pensacola, I have awesome memories of camping and day trips out to Ft. Pickens—biking, fishing, walking the trails, clambering around the forts, ghost hunting. As an adult, I’ve found that my love of Ft. Pickens has only grown, although now I keep a more watchful eye for snakes! You can buy a year-long pass for only $25! If you haven’t watched a sunset from the pass or climbed Fort Battery for a 360-degree view of the island, go do it. Today.

Nightlife: For a karaoke junkie like me,

no night out is complete without a little drunken public warbling. Even if you’re too shy/sober to participate yourself, rest assured that karaoke is never boring. You can find Krazy George, Pensacola’s resident karaoke MC, at Hub Stacey’s on Saturday nights and Play on Tuesdays. Also, Cabaret features awesome karaoke on Mondays and Thursdays starting at nine. So take a nap, stay out late on a school/work night, and show the crowd that Christina Aguilera has nothin’ on you!

Arts/Culture: The Culture Club on the first Thursday of each month at the Pensacola Museum of Art is such a fun way to start an evening out! From five to seven, you can enjoy the PMA’s awesome monthly exhibit, live music from a featured local artist, raffles, free eats and drinks, and the company of an eclectic mix of young Pensacola folks. Good times indeed!

Never Miss Events/Festivals: Bark-

toberfest! An early-October festival in Seville Square dedicated to families and their pups. Seriously, one of the funniest and most fun events of the year! Dogs in costume everywhere you look. Plus, many shelters and rescues use Barktoberfest to promote their causes, collect donations, and attract volunteers and potential parents for furry babes needing homes.

Bring your friends (of the two and fourlegged variety) and check out this great fall event! {in}

Do you want to tell us how you see our city? Email Joani at joani@inweekly.net for all of the details.

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