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losers COMMUNITY MARITIME PARK It’s

difficult to say who is the loser in the latest Maritime Park mess. Fingers are being pointed in all directions on how the real estate broker’s fee went from $446,326 to $2.535 million—former City Administrator Colleen Castille, CMP Executive Director Ed Spears, real estate agent CBRE and others are all under scrutiny. It’s difficult to determine if this play is a comedy or tragedy.

BP Once again, the British oil giant tried

to convince everyone that all is well on the Gulf Coast, five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees called BP out for deliberately misinterpreting and misapplying scientific data while ignoring published literature that didn’t support its claims. The NRDA Trustees are still assessing the injury resulting from the largest offshore oil spill in our nation’s history.

Some things never change.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE The Government Accountability Office released a report detailing the systemic failure of the Department of Defense to address the needs of male sexual assault survivors in its policies, prevention programming, performance metrics, or medical and mental health care. Male survivors also face unique barriers, such as they may be less likely to be believed or may have concerns about masculinity and sexuality.

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by Rick Outzen

A LESSON NEVER LEARNED When I first got into in journalism, the wisest advice I got from other alt-weekly publishers was the story is always the cover-up, not the initial act, that grabs the readers’ attention.

Watergate was more than a story of a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. It was the cover-up by the Nixon administration that eventually led to Richard Nixon’s resignation.

Today, politicians still believe they can get away with their lies, even though reporters and the public have more access to information than ever before. For whatever reason, they are convinced that we will accept what they spout as facts and never question their statements.

Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has been caught in several misstatements in regards to the PATS Center, a facility that has been teaching academically talented students of Escambia County for over 50 years.

In February, when the controversy over the possible closure of the PATS Center heated up, School Board member Jeff Bergosh, in a board workshop, asked Thomas why the board had not been kept informed of possible changes in the program for gifted students. The superintendent said his staff had only been talking about the possibility for a few weeks.

Pensacola Today requested the emails between Superintendent Malcolm Thomas,

district staff, and the School Board referencing PATS and gifted services. Those nearly 270 pages told a different story. The district had been systematically moving to shift gifted students from the PATS Center to the programs in their home schools.

Was it wrong for the superintendent to want to close the PATS Center?

No, but he should have announced his intentions publically, presented his facts and allowed parents and the school board to weigh in on the issue.

Democracy can be messy.

The public might not agree with Thomas, but the input does make for better decisions.

To make matters worse, Thomas has refused to call the PATS Center a school program. Instead, he has said it’s an educational delivery system. By law, the school board votes on school programs. The board doesn’t vote on delivery systems.

Under pressure from parents, the superintendent announced a month ago that he would create an advisory for gifted students. When parents became upset that the advisory was stacked with district employees and weren’t open to parents, Thomas declared the group wasn’t an advisory, but a working group. Working groups don’t fall under Sunshine laws.

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Democracy can be messy.

The public might not agree with Thomas, but the input does make for better decisions.

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FINDING JOBS FOR THE DISABLED

By Ben Sheffler Karen Cowan started working for Gulf Coast Enterprises (GCE), a division of Lakeview Center, 11 years ago at the Pensacola Naval Air Station as a custodian who worked three days a week.

Today she's a project manager at GCE for Baptist Health Care in Gulf Breeze, which includes the Gulf Breeze Hospital and the Andrews Institute.

It's opportunities like Cowan's that people with disabilities desire, yet they are frequently not given a chance. GCE's mission is simply to employ more people with disabilities. It's part of the government's AbilityOne program, which focuses on employing people with disabilities.

"It's federal legislation saying when the government buys goods and or services, they have to buy a certain percentage of those from organizations that hire persons with significant disabilities," said Rusty Branch, GCE Training and Community Development manger.

While someone's disability might not be as severe as others, Branch said it "impairs their ability to maintain or obtain employment.”

"If you're a person with a disability and you don’t have a job and nobody's even given you a chance, what kind of self-worth do you feel to not even have the opportunity to prove your worth?" Branch said.

Cynthia Musa, who's worked at GCE in NAS food service for fi ve years, was in a house fire in 2010 and she said she didn't know where to turn to after that.

"Someone took me down to Lakeview. I got an interview with GCE and they gave me a job," she said. "It's so wonderful. It's kept me together, kept my mind together, kept me

occupied, and I want to be there another fi ve to 10 years."

Over 50 million Americans have a disability, and 70 to 80 percent of them are unemployed at any given time, according to Branch.

He said multiple surveys have shown twothirds of disabled people prefer to have a job.

"People overlook this population, and with the national statistics where they're at, if this was any other people group there would be an uproar. And there's not," Branch said. "There really is a social justice issue that's going on."

Branch attributes the high unemployment rate to misconceptions and lack of accommodations by some employers, where a disabled employee and his or her employer mutually split.

"I think it's more of a misconception than it is discrimination," he said. "People just don’t think that people with disabilities can be productive."

But they can be productive, and much more.

"People with disabilities are going to work just as effectively, and they’re satisfaction is higher than your average employee on what you would call transitional jobs," Branch said.

Transitional jobs include custodial work, but Branch said somebody with a disability may treat it as a career.

"They're just so incredibly thankful that somebody out there just wants to treat them like normal people," Cowan said.

"They want to earn their own money; they like to be productive.”

Ashley Alverson is 25 with an intellectual disability who has done custodial work at the

Gulf Breeze Hospital for five years, said she loves her job and her supervisors are great.

"I like them because they take the time to get to know me as a person and not look at me as a person with a disability," she said. "I love my job so much that I volunteer at the hospital on Saturdays on my day off."

By having a job, Alverson said she was able to move out of her parent's house and live on her own. She likes to run races, everything from 5Ks to marathons, and live her life like everyone else.

"Sometimes I don’t even think I have a disability," she said. "I do just about everything everybody else does."

Branch said people with disabilities have also have a higher retention rate than normal.

"If I can have somebody who's going to be around much longer and be as effective as an able-bodied employee, why wouldn't I want to hire that person?" he said. "This makes business sense."

GCE has 40 government contracts and about 13 commercial contracts throughout 13 states and Washington, D.C. Locally, GCE's largest contract, for the past 21 years, is with NAS, which has nearly 400 employees in food service and about 80 doing custodial work.

"They've been a great partner," Branch said.

"In the military bases in Northwest Florida, we've got that pretty saturated, and those are great jobs."

Dawn Rupert, a project manager at GCE for NAS food services, has been at NAS for 36 years and said there are employees there from when GCE got the food service contract 14 years ago.

“If you're a person with a disability and you don’t have a job and nobody's even given you a chance, what kind of self-worth do you feel to not even have the opportunity to prove your worth?” Rusty Branch

"It's just been tremendously amazing to watch these people that might not have a chance in the real world with having their documented disability, and GCE has given that opportunity to them," she said.

Other local government contracts include Eglin Air Force Base, Whiting Field and Hurlburt Field.

"We've traditionally worked in the government areas, but because we’ve grown and diversified, we see more things we can do," Branch said.

One thing GCE is doing is looking to expand on its commercial contracts, according to Branch; another is its focus on advocacy.

And with AbilityOne being a federal program, Congress could vote to end it at any time.

So far, GCE has recruited four Congressional Champions, including Rep. Jeff Miller.

Champions visit worksites to meet the disabled employees and watch them work, use AbilityOne products or services and make public statements in support of the program.

GCE has to meet certain guidelines, such as at least 75 percent of its workforce must have a significant disability. It began in 1986 and currently has about 1,200 employees with significant disabilities. By 2020, its goal is to have 2,020 employees. It's already the largest AbilityOne employer in the south in terms of direct labor hours, according to Branch.

Besides food service and custodial jobs, GCE also offers administrative services, facilities management, health care environmental services and information technology jobs.

Branch said, "If we will provide these excellent customer experiences where we already have contracts, then we're going to have a better opportunity to employ more people."

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CATCHING THE CMP JAVELIN

By Rick Outzen On March 18, CBRE, the city’s real estate broker, presented to the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees its draft of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that would make Miami-developer MCM-BAP, LLC the master developer of the remaining parcels of the Community Maritime Park.

The MOU has CBRE being compensated differently than its original agreement. The city contract had the real estate broker getting a four percent commission for the lease fees of real property owned by the city. The MOU has the developer paying them over $2.5 million at close.

In turn, the city would receive $275,000 annually in lease payments, but those payments do not start for another 18-24 months.

Also it's clear that a parking garage will be needed on the property at some point, and the city will probably be expected to contribute towards that project through a bond issue.

CMPA board member Fred Gunther questioned the new CBRE arrangement at the meeting.

"The CMPA board and city executed an exclusive listing agreement with CBRE," Gunther said. "That agreement requires that the city agree to pay 4 percent of the gross lease, capped at 30 years...There was nothing in that agreement to allow the broker to pursue a separate fee from a potential tenant, buyer, whatever."

He complained that an RFP was issued in September for a master developer—that Gunther and other board members never saw— that required the sublessee to pay a success fee equal to 4 percent of the total build-out.

Gunther said he talked with a former CBRE broker who told him that he had never heard of

such a thing. Anything that the CBRE gets over and above the original agreement should go to the city or CMPA, according to Gunther.

The CBRE representative said the fee arrangement in the RFP was standard for their public-private partnerships. He said the city manager had agreed to it in September.

In the end, the CMPA voted to continue negotiations and moved to have it sent to the Pensacola City Council. Only Gunther and Justin Spence voted against it, The next day, Inweekly asked City Chief Operations Officer Tamara Fountain about the RFP. She said that she believed that it was former City Administrator Colleen Castille who approved it with the new fee structure.

“Their listing with the city and CBRE is due to expire soon, so this is their desperate effort to keep their ‘high priced’ foot in the door,” Reeves said. “I am against this maneuver, but we only voted yesterday to send it on to the City Council, without parcels 3 and 9, in hopes that the Council will take care of it instead of the CMPA ‘catching the javelin’ again.”

The fallout of the news report was Ed Spears, the executive director of the Community Maritime Park, is no longer employed at the city of Pensacola. The PNJ reported on March 20 that Fountain said the Spears “did separate from the city.”

What’s next? Will the RFP be invalidated?

What will happen to the CBRE contract with the city?

“Their listing with the city and CBRE is due to expire soon, so this is their desperate effort to keep their ‘high priced’ foot in the door.” Jim Reeves

Jim Reeves Fountain said, "Ed Spears issued the RFP without having the CMPA Board approve it. I think CBRE assumed Spears brought if before the CMPA Board. This is the reason CBRE was surprised when they got push back from the CMPA Board yesterday."

Reeves emailed after Rick’s Blog first reported on this. He said that it was the mayor who insisted on hiring CBRE.

CMPA board member Fred Gunther would like to see the excess “success commission” go to the CMPA or issue a new RFP. He told Inweekly, “I like the agents and I think they are doing a great job. I think they just made a mistake inserting this other fee. I agree they should only receive the city's full fee ($446,326) and the project should be re-bid if they are unwilling to do so.

“My issue is that CBRE inserted a provision in their RFP which requires the selected respondent to pay CBRE a success fee of four percent of the overall project value,” Gunther said. “This requires users or developers to pay CBRE a fee based upon not only the value of the land sublease, but also the infrastructure,

construction, architectural and design fees attributable to the project.”

Inweekly obtained a copy of the proposal Studer Community Investments, dated Nov. 14, 2014, for two of the parcels at the park. The letter, signed by Andrew Rothfeder, questions the wisdom of the CMPA and city allowing CBRE to change its commission structure. The Studers offered to pay a commission calculated per the original agreement and refused to pay the “success commission.”

No one on the CMPA brought up the new fee structure when the board discussed the Studers’ offer in December. The Studer Community Investments later withdrew its bid.

Inweekly followed up with Reeves. He said the board did not have any knowledge of the new fee structure for its real estate broker until the presentation on March 18.

“We were handed three documents, one of which had the new fee arrangement,” said attorney Jim Reeves, who chairs the board. “(Ed) Spears may have known what was in the MOU, but we did not.”

Reeves said, “Nowhere was there any disclosure by the real estate agent (CBRE) that he was switching from representing the seller (City/CMPA) to a transactional broker–in effect going over to the seller.”

He said the CMPA board did not approve the MOU, but instead pushed it forward to the Pensacola City Council because his board does not have the power to agree to a 99-year lease.

“The mayor is the one who hired CBRE for the port and airport,” he told Inweekly. “He pressured and pressured the CMPA to agree to use them as the listing agent for the park.”

Reeves said he never knew of or approved of the success fee. He wasn’t sure if the new fee structure had anyone’s approval, other than Spears.

He said, “But it damn sure didn’t have mine.” {in}

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Malcolm Thomas PATS FACTS Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas wanted to do away with the PATS Center, which has been a center for teaching academically talented students of Escambia County for over 50 years. Parents got wind of it, and Thomas has been backpedaling ever since.

“At the PATS Center, a number of kids, who were otherwise private school or home-schooled students, would come and later become full-time students at Brown-Barge Middle School.” Dr. Pat Kerrigan Dr. Pat Kerrigan, who served as the principal of Brown-Barge Middle School and the PATS Center until her retirement in 2011, talked with Inweekly publisher Rick Outzen on “Pensacola Speaks.”

She said the school district receives extra funding to teach and develop gifted students, between $4,000-$5,000 more per student. Individual education plans are developed for each child, not unlike the individual education plans that exist for other exceptionalities.

Kerrigan said that during her time with the PATS Center the emphasis was on the sorts of needs and requirements that the students had in order to enhance their gifted skills and to learn to apply them in real world situations.

She said, “The PATS Center excelled at developing ever-evolving curriculum, as many as sometimes 27-30 different courses which were updated or added to every year, 88

and which addressed what would occur in a number of these gifted plans as need and requirements of individual students.”

Contrary to what some may believe, the retired principal said the PATS Center helped increase the district’s state funding by attracting students into public education.

“At the PATS Center, a number of kids, who were otherwise private school or homeschooled students, would come and later become full-time students at BrownBarge Middle School,” said Kerrigan. “They would initially come just once a week to the PAT Center, like how we were teaching them and then enroll in Brown Barge.”

She said, “Kids tended to stay, and they would come in as 6th graders and three years later they would be looking at district high schools.”

Superintendent Thomas recently established Charlie Crist an advisory council for gifted students, but later changed it to a working group to avoid making the meeting open to all parents. Working groups do not fall under the state’s open meeting laws.

Kerrigan said the PATS Center had an advisory council prior to Thomas becoming the superintendent of schools.

The PATS Center was established as a separate cost center when it was relocated to Brown Barge Middle School so that it could have its own advisory council, according to Kerrigan.

“You have to have a cost center number to have, legally I believe, to have a school advisory council,” she said, “So we asked at the district level, can they please have an advisory council because it's important that parents are heard, involved and interested in what's going on with their children, and we want them to have a say.”

She said that the PATS Center even had a separate school improvement plan. Kerrigan wasn’t sure when the district did away with the advisory council.

CHARLIE CRIST ERA ENDS When former

Governor Charlie Crist announced last week that he would not run for the U.S. Senate in 2016, Peter Schorsch, creator of the most influential political blog in the state, SaintPetersBlog.com, wrote the announcement signaled the end of a political era.

“It is the end of the Charlie Crist era, which began in 1994 when he ran for State Senate and made a name for himself unlike really anybody else has been able to do in the legislature without being part of the leadership,” said Schorsch on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s Pensacola Speaks.

“He's run six times statewide in a general election ballot, probably is the most recognized forward politician even more so than Jeff Bush or Marco Rubio, but I think he took a left turn when he was not selected to be John McCain's vice president in 2008.”

In 2008, McCain chose another governor as his running mate, Sarah Palin. Instead of running for reelection in 2010, Crist decided to run for the U.S. Senate, losing badly as an independent candidate to Republican Marco Rubio.

He said, “He is the case study of political David and Goliath, getting upset by Marco Rubio in 2010. Marco was down by 53 points at some point and was an hour away from running for Attorney General.” “(For Crist) it was this series of bad decisions politically,” said Schorsch.

While the Crist era may be finished, the political pundit does not think Crist’s political career is over. “I think there is one more chapter left to be written.”

When asked about the 2018 Florida governor’s race, Schorsch said that he thought the fight for the Republican nomination will be

“He is the case study of political David and Goliath, getting upset by Marco Rubio in 2010.” Peter Schorsch

between Rubio and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. He had a surprise prediction for the Democratic nominee.

“I would say that the politician I'm most impressed is from your neck of the woods, Gwen Graham,” he said. “She's got the whole package. She is her father (former U.S. Senator Bob Graham) and then some.”

GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE Also on Pensacola Speaks, Sen. Don Gaetz talked about the bill passed by the Florida Senate that would provide health insurance coverage for the poor uninsured.

“What we have is the Obama Administration saying expand Medicaid. Put another million Floridians on a program that frankly doctors and hospitals don’t like, patients don’t like, and taxpayers don’t like,” said Gaetz.

He said that Governor Scott supports the expansion of Medicaid and the Florida House of Representatives that doesn’t want to anything about it.

“Then you have the Florida Senate, which four times in the last two years has passed legislation to provide premium assistance to uninsured people, so that they could buy into the private healthcare market,” he said.

“They could buy a health insurance plan that works for them.”

He said the Senate plan is suited specifically to people based on their age and their health conditions and has a work requirement. He lamented the federal government has about a billion nine hundred million dollars of Florida money — Florida dollars that could be used to support unreimbursed healthcare in our state.

“When we don’t get our own Florida money back to do that, then those of us who have private health insurance and go to the hospital, or go to the doctor, we have to pay not only our costs, but the costs of unreimbursed care gets shifted onto us,” said Gaetz. “It’s a good idea to have some way to provide some care to people who need temporarily at least, some help.

Otherwise, we lose a lot of money, and we cost shift onto the rest of us who pay for our healthcare or our employers pay for our healthcare.”

“Put another million Floridians on a program that frankly doctors and hospitals don’t like, patients don’t like, and taxpayers don’t like.”

Sen. Don Gaetz

Note: Pensacola Speaks airs weekdays from 5-6 p.m. on News Talk 1370 WCOA. Podcasts of the interviews are available on iTunes. {in} inweekly.net

DIFFERENCE MAKERS KUGELMAN FAMILY MAKES GIFT TO NEW DOWNTOWN Y The Kugelman Family Foundation has committed $150,000 to the YMCA of Northwest Florida toward the construction of a new facility in downtown Pensacola.

The family’s gift continues their legacy of giving back to local community organizations, a practice that the late Jack Kugelman learned from his parents and instilled in his own family decades ago. “We’ve always felt as a family that we were very fortunate to have something to give,” Jane Kugelman said. “I like giving, and I always have.”

Four generations of Kugelmans recently gathered at the family matriarch’s home in East Hill to express their support of the Y project and their love of community involvement. “My grandfather wanted to give locally because he was so proud of Pensacola,” said Jane Lauter, granddaughter of Jack and Jane Kugelman. She said the family’s gift to the Y was a natural fit because the organization’s goals go hand-in-hand with those of the family’s foundation. “For us, it was about how the Y gives back to the community,” she explained. “There aren’t enough opportunities for children to participate in all that the Y does. We love how the Y speaks for Pensacola.”

The family sees giving as a way to support local nonprofits and to sustain their family’s legacy. With a family of four daughters, the name would otherwise die out, Jackie Kugelman said. Giving is a way to build up the community and keep the Kugelman name alive in Pensacola, she said.

“The Kugelman family’s gift is yet another example of the widespread support we are so fortunate to have earned for our project,” said Board Chair Jon Kagan. “We are especially grateful for this gift and hope it will inspire other philanthropic families in the area.” Kagan added that the Y is about 75% of the way toward its goal for the new branch. Groundbreaking is slated for later this year.

Northwest Florida is served by the Downtown, Northeast, and Pullum Branches of the Y. Annually, the local Y reaches more than 12,000 children and adults in wellness, childcare, sports, camp, aquatics and community outreach programs. The Y’s total community benefit in 2014 totaled more than $639,000 in financial assistance and mission impact activities.

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*Things to see, hear and do all spring & summer long

B March 26, 2015

ecause it’s hard to tell where spring ends and summer begins here in the #upsideofflorida, we’ve decide to blend them together into one extended season in the sun: Spr-ummer. From music festivals to museums, we’ve put together a checklist to help you get organized and make the most of the months ahead.

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Slipknot

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The Relationship

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The Beach Boys

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Dave Matthews Band

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April 6, vinylmusichall.com

Pensacola Civic Band

April 17, pensacolasaenger.com

Hangout Music Festival / photo by Josh Rhinehart

Gulf Breeze Celebrates the Arts March 28-29, gulfbreezearts.org

Perdido Key Wine & Art Festival

Pensacola JazzFest

April 11-12, jazzpensacola.com

Waxahatchee

April 18, vinylmusichall.com

Waxahatchee / Photo by Jesse Riggins

Pensacola Beach Crawfish Festival

April 17-19, facebook.com/ bamboo.willies

April 2-5, visitperdido.com

Pensacola Crawfish Festival

Bayfront Wine Festival

May 1-3, fiestaoffiveflags.org

Hangout Music Festival

April 10-11, bayfrontwinefestival.com

Blues Angel Music Bluegrass and Folk Music Festival April 11, bluesangelmusic.com

May 15-17, hangoutmusicfest.com

Art in the Park

May 16-17, pensacolamuseum.org

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National Naval Aviation Museum

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Emerald Coast Tours

Evenings in Olde Seville Square

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Palafox Market

First Thursday of the month, wuwf.org

ReStore Farm Market

Every Tuesday beginning April 7 and running through Oct. 27, visitpensacolabeach.com

The 12th Avenue Flea

Evenings in Olde Seville Square

Every Saturday, palafoxmarket.com Every Wednesday, pensacola.habitatrestores.org First Saturday of the month, facebook. com/12thAveFlea

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What to order: Everything really, but if we had to pick we’d say papaya salad or pad thai and a thai iced tea

47 Gulf Breeze Pkwy., thai54cuisine.com

The Fish House

What to order: Grits à Ya Ya (obviously)

600 S. Barracks St., fishhousepensacola.com

The Magnolia

What to order: Beet salad, the mac-ncheese of the day and the “Kitchen Sink” cheesecake

2907 E. Cervantes St., magnoliapensacola.com

Bands on the Beach

Every Thursday beginning May 14 and running through July 30, eveningsinoldesevillesquare.com

Red Fish, Blue Fish

What to order: Spicy fish tacos and a margarita

Pensacola Children's Museum

facebook.com/PensacolaChildrensMuseum

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Condor Sailing Adventures condorsailingadventures.com

Fort Barrancas

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Blue Whaoos Home Opener

April 9, bluewahoos.com

The Saenger Turns 90

Pensacola Little Theatre’s Cabaret

What to order: The chef’s choice nacho plate

April 11, pensacolalittletheatre. com

1010 N. 12th Ave. #111, easthillyard.com

Record Store Day at Revolver Records

The Oar House

What to order: Key Largo shrimp and key lime pie

April 18, recordstoreday.com / .facebook.com/RevolverFL

1000 S. Pace Blvd., oarhousepensacola. com

Pen Air Grand Fiesta Parade May 15, fiestaoffiveflags.org

Hub Stacey’s

Slow Food Gulf Coast presents A Community Cooks

What to order: Hub’s Hummus (if you’re ok with garlic breath for the rest of the day) and The Government

The Fish House's Grits à Ya Ya

312 E. Government St., hubstaceys.com

(and screens “Singin’ In The Rain” to celebrate)

April 11, pensacolasaenger.com

The East Hill Yard

What to order: Jaco’s Guaco and any/all of the featured cocktails

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Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum

Pensacola MESS Hall

5 Via De Luna Dr., redfishbluefishpensacolabeach.com

Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille

997 S. Palafox, jacosbayfrontbarandgrille.com

Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier

historicpensacola.org

June 14, slowfoodgc.com

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Rubardt said Russian pianist the piece was not Ilya Yakushev’s often performed. It technical prowess will be the seasoned will be on display conductor’s first time during this year’s performing the symperformance of the phony, and he said piece. The up-andhe looked forward to coming musician— the experience. who will be making "I've had so much fun learning this his Pensacola debut at the concert—has piece," he said. "I hear all these musical ideas played in symphonies across the country and and gestures that are just pure Tchaikovsky, but garnered many accolades during his career. In executed in a fresh way. It's true, spectacular, 2005, he won the World Piano Competition in dramatic Tchaikovsky."

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For those who want to learn more about This year, he will be performing with the La the featured selections before the concert, Crosse Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, UWF music professor Larry Reed will lead a Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Edmonton brief presentation on the pieces at 7 p.m. at the Symphony and Fort Wayne Philharmonic.

Saenger.

“He’s on the rise,” Rubardt said or the Rubardt said the lecture, which is free for musician. “We were very fortunate to be able ticket holders, would be a good opportunity for to get him to perform.” those who want a deeper understanding of the Rubardt said the concert would showcase music, beyond what is in the program notes. {in} Yakushev at his very best, performing music by one of his favorite composers.

“Prokofiev is his thing,” Rubardt said.

Closing out the evening will be WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, March 28 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony WHERE: Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox No. 2. The piece is also known as COST: $22—$84 “Little Russian” because of its use of DETAILS: 595-3880 or pensacolasymphony.com Ukrainian folk melodies. The composer actually wrote Symphony No. 2 in 1872, For those who can't make the evening performance while vacationing in Ukraine—a fact (or just can’t get enough Russian music) the public that might strike contemporary listenalso is welcome at the Symphony's 2 p.m. dress ers as poignant, given the current state rehearsal. Tickets for the rehearsal are $5. of international affairs in the region.

"It's just a textbook example of razzle-dazzle orchestration."

Peter Rubardt

If Vladimir Putin goes disappearing again, he’s probably just hunkered down in the balcony of the Saenger Theatre, waiting for the show to start.

As the war games rage and relations between the Kremlin and the West grow increasingly tense, the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra is preparing for a bit of “soft diplomacy” here at home.

The PSO will pay homage to the Russian musical tradition during its third annual "Russian Spectacular" performance.

PSO Music Director Peter Rubardt said the show promises to be one of the year’s best—equally appealing to first-time symphony-goers and seasoned melomaniacs alike.

"There's something about Russian music," Rubardt said this week when discussing the upcoming concert. "When you talk with people about their favorite pieces, they almost always seem to be by Russian composers."

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The evening will open with Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol. The colorful piece, written in 1887, consists of five connected movements each based on Spanish folk melodies. It is one of the composer’s bestknown works.

"It's just a textbook example of razzle-dazzle orchestration," Rubardt said of the piece, "with different melodic passages composed for each instrument. It's just a riot of fun that blows the roof off every time."

Next in the evening’s lineup will be Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Prokofiev— himself a piano virtuoso—completed the concerto in Post-War France. Despite the bleak circumstances surrounding its composition, the piece is a bright, upbeat work regarded as one of the composer's most popular.

"Prokofiev wrote incredible music for the piano," Rubardt said. "It's right up there with the (Sergei) Rachmaninoff concertos, and for technical display, there's just nothing like it."

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Ears & Fingers

by Jason Leger

Kendrick Lamar “To Pimp a Butterfly”

Kendrick Lamar seems to become more and more impressive by the day. Only 27 and on the tail end of releasing his third studio album to massive acclaim, Lamar and his name are absolutely everywhere.

Upon its surprise release last week, “To Pimp a Butterfly” was streamed a record

breaking 9.6 million times within a week, and that’s only on Spotify, without giving mention of actual purchases. Lamar took an approach to releasing his new album which is becoming all too common in hip hop today. He gave very little warning of its approach and then flipped his words and released it a week earlier than announced, a la Drake, and the next album from Earl Sweatshirt. As annoying as this fad is, “To Pimp a Butterfly” is one of my most anticipated hip hop albums of 2015, along with Action Bronson’s “Mr. Wonderful,” so I was happy to receive it with little to no warning.

Lamar’s albums don’t play out like most other hip hop albums. It doesn’t have the tongue-in-cheek skits that accompany many classic albums from Outkast or Eminem. He doesn’t seem to have much interest in the role of superstar or the money and sex that come along with it. Lamar is much more of a lyrical filmmaker, spinning lines and phrases into plot twists and grandiose morals (or at times threats) involving black culture and its place in society. He’s telling a story with every word, and if 2012’s “good kid,

m A. A. d city” was a snapshot of his life up to that point, “To Pimp a Butterfly” is now and beyond. He sends warnings to both sides of the race line and somewhere around the end of the album, during a spoken word style speech, Lamar lets fly what he really wants to sink in. “It shouldn’t be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left." “It’s flimsy and fleeting, y’all” is the underlying message from “To Pimp a Butterfly,” and Lamar encourages his audience to treat each other with respect (or else). “To Pimp a Butterfly” is out not via Interscope/Aftermath Records.

IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD: Bully

Fresh off of a seven-show stint at SXSW and tracking their major label debut, Nashville’s Bully are enjoying some attention they never really expected. Four friends who came together from different parts of the country to write music that was fun and appealing make up Bully. Last year, by working hard and trying to keep everything DIY, the band released a self-titled EP containing one

of my favorite songs of the last few years, ‘Milkman.’ It’s so damn catchy. In a recent interview with Sirius XMU, singer/guitarist Alicia Bognanno revealed that Bully’s debut full length will be released over the summer, and online they offered up the first taste. ‘I Remember’ is a vicious break up track that’s short, sweet, and to the point. This continues a string of great songs from a band who will surely be one to watch. Bully’s debut full length will be out soon via Columbia Records and Startime International.

TRACK OF THE WEEK:

Earl Sweatshirt ‘Grief’

Earl Sweatshirt (my favorite member of Odd Future) released the first track from his upcoming “surprise” album, “I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside.” The track is a pulsing slow-burner where Earl is dealing with himself and his demons through clenched teeth. This new album is the follow-up to 2013’s brilliant “Doris,” and I’m extremely excited for it. “I Don’t like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside” is out now via Columbia/Tan Cressida Records. {in}

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Adopt and Shop

by Jennifer Leigh

Last year ,Alyssa’s Antique Depot hosted its first ever Adopt a Pet Day, which resulted in more than 65 pet adoptions from various local rescue groups.

With that kind of success, they decided to do it again and top last year’s numbers.

“Last year I thought, ‘I’ll be happy if we get six groups to show up.’ And then it just snowballed to about 22 groups,” said Alyssa’s manager, Liz Ohlhorst. “At the end of the day when we adopted about 65 pets, I was walking 8-feet off the ground.

We knew we wanted to make it an annual thing.”

Ohlhorst said she and owner Alyssa Schepper are big supporters of rescue animals. They thought the store would be a great spot for a fun afternoon of adoptions, donations and a little bit of shopping.

“As a previous rescue director, I knew I wanted to do something to give back to local rescues,” she said. “I’d love to have an even bigger event this year and shatter

last year’s record.”

But the event isn’t specifically about taking home a new pet. Ohlhorst herself says she has “all of the rescue pets you could ever consider.”

“A lot of it is education,” Ohlhorst said. “We’re going to have Ark Animal Hospital, pet trainers, pet sitters to give out education about caring for pets.”

Alyssa’s will be donating a portion of their proceeds from their weekly online auctions to split among the dozens of rescue groups attending. Anyone stopping by can get in on the giving spirit by bringing back a bag of dog or cat food or pet items to their favorite rescue group.

You can also learn about volunteer and foster opportunities.

“You don’t even need to bring an animal in your home to help,” Ohlhorst said.

“It’s important to help these rescues that are doing incredible work on a minimal budget.”

But the spotlight, Ohlhorst said, is on the animals themselves.

“They provide unconditional love and are wonderful additions to your life,” she said. “It’s often the animals that become the rescuers.” {in}

ALYSSA’S SECOND ANNUAL ADOPT A PET DAY

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Out and about in East Hill on Friday night?

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p.m. Learn how to make sauces with a kick; samples provided. SoGourmet above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $10. sogourmetpensacola.com STRUT YOUR MUTT 6:45 p.m. Join fellow dog owners for a 45-minute leisurely stroll in East Hill. Dogs must be leashed and well behaved.

Owners should be prepared to pick up after the pets. Meet at the entrance of Bayview Park, 20th Ave. and E. Mallory St.

TUESDAY NIGHT POETRY NIGHT AT SLUGGO’S 7 p.m. Free open mic poetry event every

Tuesday. Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 101 S. Jefferson St. facebook.com/TNPNS DANCECRAFT SWING CLASS 7:30-9 p.m. This class teaches the skills necessary to become a practitioner of West Coast Swing, a popular

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POOL TOURNAMENT

8 p.m. The Ticket 2, 2115 W. 9 Mile Rd., ticketsportsbar.com Fridays DRAG BINGO 6-8 p.m. Ages 21 and over. Emerald City’s The Other Side, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola. com

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

Mondays

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7 p.m. The Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker. com TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. wobusa.com/locations/ Palafox BAR BINGO 8 p.m.

Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MONDAY NIGHT March 26, 2015

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partner dance that can be enjoyed with virtually any kind of music. Additional classes and a social dance are held each Wednesday for a chance to put your skills to use. Tuesday class fee is $10 per person or free for people 30 years of age and younger. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com

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PITY DA FOOL LUNCH CLASS noon-1:30 p.m.

This class is all about surprise ingredients substitutes in honor of April Fool’s day.

SoGourmet above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $35. sogourmetpensacola.com WEST COAST WEDNESDAYS 6:30 p.m. Learn the West Coast Swing at this weekly class, which is followed by a social dance at 8:30 p.m. DanceCraft instructors are among the foremost experts in West Coast Swing in the Pensacola area. Wednesday classes are $10 per person and the social dance is $5 per. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com THE BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR 7 p.m. With Migrant Kids. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $10-12. vinylmusichall.com

p.m. Hopjacks. 10 S. Palafox. hopjacks. com BAR BINGO 10 p.m.

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

≥karaoke Thursdays

VFW Post 706, 6 p.m. 5000 Lillian Highway. vfw706.org Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m.

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

101 S. Jefferson St. cabaretpensacola. com Hub Stacey’s At the Point, 9 p.m. 5851 Galvez Road. hubstaceys.com Saturdays

Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 9 p.m. 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com Sundays

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

130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com The Sandshaker Lounge, 9 p.m. 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker. com Mondays

The Cabaret, 9 p.m.

101 S. Jefferson St. 607-2020 or cabaretpensacola.com

Tuesdays

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

≥live music

THURSDAY 3.26

AL MARTIN 6 p.m.

The Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Highway. facebook. com/QualityInnScenicHwy DADDY MACK BLUES BAND 6 p.m. Para-

dise Bar and Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar-grill.com

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD

6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhouse.goodgrits.com BAD HABITS 9 p.m.

End o’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DJ LAO COLLEGE NIGHT 9 p.m.

Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SHAM ROCKER KELLY

9 p.m. Traditional

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FRIDAY 3.27

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD

5 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhouse.goodgrits.com AL MARTIN 6 p.m.

The Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Highway. facebook. com/QualityInnScenicHwy JOHN HART BAND

6 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar-grill.com

DUELING PIANO SHOW 8 p.m. Rosie

O’ Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. Hub Stacey's Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com

DJ ORLANDO RICARDO 9 p.m. Emerald

City, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com BAD HABITS 9 p.m.

End o’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

JORDAN RICHARDS 9

p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SHAMROCKER KELLY

9 p.m. Traditional Irish folk, Rebel Songs. McGuire's Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com SOMETHING HUGE

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

SATURDAY 3.28 AL MARTIN 6 p.m.

The Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Highway. facebook. com/QualityInnSce-

nicHwy

LEKTRIC MULLET 4

p.m. Hub Stacey's Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com

PAXTON NORRIS BAND 6 p.m. Para-

dise Bar and Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar-grill.com DUELING PIANO SHOW 8 p.m. Rosie

O’ Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DJ JAY-R 9 p.m.

Emerald City, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com BAD HABITS 9 p.m.

End o’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SHAM ROCKER KELLY 9 p.m. Traditional

Irish folk, Rebel Songs. McGuire's Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com J. WALLANCE BAND

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

SUNDAY 3.29

DAMIEN LOUVIERE 11

a.m. McGuire's Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub. com THE UPSTARTS 3 p.m.

Paradise Bar and Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar-grill. com DUNNOTYAR 4 p.m.

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker. com DJ JAY-R 9 p.m.

Emerald City, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com BROOKS HUBBARD

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

MONDAY 3.30 THE UPSTARTS 6

p.m. Paradise Bar and Grill, 21 Via De

Luna Dr. paradisebar-grill.com

BLUES SOCIETY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA’S MONDAY NIGHT BLUES 8 p.m.

Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

PAPER STREET SOAP CO. 8 p.m.

End o’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

OPEN MIC AT BIG EASY TAVERN 9 p.m.

Bands, individual musicians, comedians, poets, and other artists are invited to participate in weekly open mic sessions known as "Monday Night Jams." Admission is free. 710 N. Palafox. bigeasytavern.com

BROOKS HUBBARD

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

TUESDAY 3.31

WEDNESDAY 4.1

Paradise Bar and Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar-grill. com

Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhouse. goodgrits.com

VICTOR WAINWRIGHT 6 p.m.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The

Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhouse. goodgrits.com

TUESDAY JAZZ JAM: THE GINO ROSARIA QUARTET 6:30 p.m.

Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SHAMROCKER KELLY

8 p.m. Traditional Irish folk, Rock, Rebel Songs. McGuire's Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com MIKE QUINN 9 p.m. End o’ the Alley Courtyard at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5 p.m. The

VICTOR WAINWRIGHT 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar and Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar-grill. com FOLK MUSIC NIGHT 7 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. eotlcafe.com SHAMROCKER KELLY

8 p.m. Traditional Irish folk, Rock, Rebel Songs. McGuire's Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com DJ JAY-R 9 p.m.

Emerald City, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com MIKE QUINN 9 p.m. End o’ the Alley Courtyard at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

arts & culture

≥opening reception

“ARTFUL SISTERS’ SHOW” AT QUAYSIDE 5-8 p.m. Friday,

March 27. Mary Lou Nicolai, Joy Sims, and Dixie Ferrer, are three very different sisters. They have very strong bonds: their love of creating art, and their love and support of each other. Mary Lou Nicolai is a professional artist in many mediums. Her latest artwork, using beautiful, transparent, water media pours will be in the show. Joy Sims is an accomplished stained and etched glass artist. She has recently expanded her talents to fused glass and drawing.

She will be showing some of her new

PensacolaJazzFest 2015 April 11 – 12 • Seville Square Free admission • 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

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excited to display in the gallery. On display through April 17. In the Vault, Faces, by Dottie King is also on display through April 17. Walking into the Vault you will find yourself among people from all corners of the "Queen of Hearts" by Michael Boles, Archival world. Museum Ink-Jet Print hours and location: Tuesdaywork in the show.

Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 Dixie Ferrer has been p.m. Artel Gallery, able to take a break 223 S. Palafox, Old from running her County Courthouse. busy Ferrer Gallery in artelgallery.org Nashville, Indiana, to “METAMORPHOSIS: join the show. Dixie THE WORK OF CINDY is an award winning MATHIS LEWIS”AT collage, and mixed MAINLINE ART media artist. She HOUSE Cindy Mathis also is bringing her (Lewis) is a selffantastic oil paintings taught, multi-disciand her popular artful plinary artist with an spirit. The show is on extensive background display through May in both visual and ap2. Gallery hours and plied arts. Best known location: Monday – for her sought-after Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 skills as a decorap.m.; Sunday, 1-5p.m. tive artist, Cindy has Quayside Gallery, executed murals, faux 17 E. Zarragossa St. finishes and custom quaysidegallery.com artwork for private

≥current exhibits

“ART EXHIBIT BY ALUMNUS PATRICK JACOBS” AT TAG UWF

Currently based out of Brooklyn, internationally-recognized artist Patrick Jacobs creates miniature dioramas which are installed behind the gallery walls. The dioramas depict both interior and exterior landscapes that transport the viewer to a place between illusion and reality. On display through April 18. Gallery hours and location: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 12 - 4 p.m.

TAG UWF, Pensacola Main Campus, Building 82, 11000 University Pkwy. tag82uwf. wordpress.com “THE GO SHOW” AT ARTEL This is a fun

one-time event that brought Artel many new artists they are March 26, 2015

residences and commercial entities across the United States, Costa Rica and Paris, France. Gallery hours and location: Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mainline Art House, 442 S. Palafox. mainlinearthouse.com “OBJECT: SCULPTURES, PRINTS, AND DRAWINGS” AT THE PMA Michael Boles,

Pensacola State College Professor of Art and active member of our community’s art scene, is exhibiting his body of work at the Pensacola Museum of Art through April 18.

Exhibit includes work from the past ten years of Boles’s life.

“Sketches of Spain”

by Nina Fritz, also remains on display through April 18.

“Color of Freedom: Journey Along the

Underground Railroad” remains on display through April 4.

This exhibit displays a collection of 49 paintings, etchings and drawings by painter and printmaker, Joseph Holston. Gallery hours and location: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults; $8 for members, children 17 and under, seniors and active duty military. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

≥exhibits ending soon

“VISITING ARTIST SHOW” AT BLUE MORNING GALLERY

This visiting artist show features the works of Dharbinder Singh Bamrah. Bamrah is world renowned for capturing the spirit of African wildlife in his work. Bamrah, born in Kenya and raised in India and the UK, began skipping school at age 14 to spend time in central London galleries and museums. An article about the massacre of a herd of elephants in Africa, butchered for their tusks, inspired him to paint wildlife.

After becoming a full time artist at age 24, he exhibited and sold paintings all over the world, raising and donating tens of thousands of dollars to wildlife preservation. Exhibit on display through March 28. Gallery hours and location: MondayWednesday 10 a.m.

– 5 p.m; Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 8:30 pm; and Sunday 12:30 4:00 p.m. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 Palafox Place, bluemorninggallery.com

≥call for art

“FOR THE LOVE OF

BROWNSVILLE” The Escambia County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), in partnership with Lamar Advertising and Artel Gallery, is proud to bring urban art to the Brownsville area. Our goal is to plant a seed of pride within the community by creating an outdoor urban art gallery throughout the Brownsville area.

This art gallery will display large-scale images from local artists and will become an ongoing gallery.

The theme of this year’s competition is “For the Love of Brownsville.” Artists are invited to create a work of art that shows a loving, artful and united side of the Brownsville Community. Drop off deadline is Friday, April 10, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Artel Gallery.

Submissions will be juried by a panel of artists, business leaders, and community leaders. Email info@ artelgallery.org for more information and guidelines, or call 4323080. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox, Old County Courthouse. artelgallery.org

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“Don’t you forget about me…”

• What is your closet staple?

A) Fingerless gloves, so people know who the leader of the gang is B) A hoodie, which goes great under a letterman jacket C) Leather boots, charged with dad’s credit card D) A knitted sweater, picked out by mom from the boy’s department E) A cross-body bag to carry all of your random “shit”

The brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal are returning to theaters for Saturday detention.

It was 30 years ago that the John Hughes classic “The Breakfast Club” was first released. With a budget of $1 million and a cast including Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson and Farmer Ted himself—Anthony Michael Hall—the movie has sustained decades of rebroadcasts on TV and fans of all ages.

To celebrate the film’s re-release, we made this fun quiz to determine who your inner high school stereotype is.

• What did you get for Christmas?

A) A carton of cigarettes B) A new pair of wrestling shoes C) Diamond earrings D) A Texas Instruments graphing calculator E) Head and Shoulders shampoo • What’s your perfect Saturday?

A) Miraculously not getting detention B) Practice the sport of the season in the morning and go to a house party that night C) Shopping with friends and wearing your new outfit to said house party D) Fly fishing with Dad E) Stowaway at school and sit through detention • Who’s your ideal partner?

A) Someone that won’t judge your social status B) Someone who’s a little bit crazy and surprisingly beautiful

C) Someone your parent’s won’t approve of D) Someone you met on a trip to Niagara Falls E) Someone who takes notice of only you • What’s in your lunchbox?

A) You don’t have a lunchbox B) Just about everything from the fridge C) Sushi D) A well-balanced meal E) Cap’n Crunch

• If you got mostly A’s….

You’re John “The Criminal” Bender You might be a little rough around the edges, but you tell it like it is. And you know how to sneak out of the library, so you’re an asset to the friend group.

• If you got mostly B’s You’re Andrew “The Athlete” Clark Your need to always be No. 1 can be a bit stressful to be around, but you’re also a stand up guy (or girl). You’re not afraid to talk back to bullies, even if you were one at one time.

• If you got mostly C’s You’re Claire “The Princess” Standish You may have been a follower at one time, but you’re ultimately just as complicated as the rest of your peers. And when no one’s watching…you’re really generous.

• If you got mostly D’s You’re Brian “The Brain” Johnson You might be a little oblivious—and you can’t make a lamp—but you’re nice to everyone and always willing to help. And you’re a great author of letters.

• If you got mostly E’s You’re Allison “The Basket Case” Reynolds

Five things you probably didn’t know about “The Breakfast Club” • The film’s poster—the one where the gang is all cuddled together with moody faces—was shot by Annie Leibovitz toward the end of the film’s shooting.

• John Hughes wrote the screenplay for the movie in only two days, July 4 and 5 1984. This was the second film he directed.

• The dandruff Allison shakes onto her drawing was actually parmesan cheese.

• The song “Don’t You Forget About Me” by Simple Minds was written specifically for the movie.

• The title of the movie comes from a nickname for detention invented by staff and students at New Trier High School in Illinois, where Hughes’ friend’s son attended.

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news of the weird WITNESS PROTECTION Even dangerous felons sometimes serve short sentences, but Benito Vasquez-Hernandez, 58 -- guilty of nothing -- has been locked up for nearly 900 days (as of early March) as a "material witness" in a Washington County, Oregon, murder case. The prosecutor is convinced that Vasquez-Hernandez saw his own son, Eloy, murder a woman in 2012, and the case is on hold until the victim's body is found. The judge has given Vasquez-Hernandez two opportunities to leave, both impractical (pay a $500,000 bond or give a video deposition, but he speaks no English, is illiterate in Spanish and, said his lawyer, might be mentally incompetent). (Consolation: Material witnesses in Oregon earn $7.50 a day.)

THE CONTINUING CRISIS The trendy St. Pauli neighborhood in historic Hamburg, Germany, suffers its share of uncouth revelers who wander out from nightclubs seeking restroom facilities but too often choose walls of storefronts and private homes, reported London's The Guardian in a March dispatch. The solution, according to the civic group IG St. Pauli: paint jobs with an "intensely hydrophobic" product known as Ultra-Ever Dry," which somewhat propels liquid aimed at it right back toward the source by creating an air barrier on the surface. In other words, said an IG St. Pauli official, it's "pee back" time, and shoes and trouser legs should expect splashes.

• We have "139 frogs, toads, lizards, turtles," Ms. Thayer Cuter told Seattle's MyNorthwest.com in March, touting her Edmonds, Washington, amphibian rescue shop, especially the heroic job done recently on Rocky, the Texas toad who came with stones in his tummy. "He had to have a lot of enemas (but) Rocky is rock-free now" and, after passing all the pebbles, is finally able to eat. Added Cuter, turtles are underrated pets, "very social" and love massages and "cuddl(ing)."

• The Job of the Researcher: Cockroaches can be bold explorers or shy and withdrawn, according to recent work by researchers at Belgium's Universite Libre de Bruxelles, who

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caught a bunch of them, affixed radio tags and studied their movements. "Explorers" are necessary for locating food sources, although, obviously, they are also most likely to find Roach Motels; "shy, cautious" roaches are necessary for survival and group stability, and a mixture of the types ensures cockroaches' legendary survivability. A Mother Nature News commentator wrote, hopefully, that understanding roaches' personalities might make us "less quick" to "grab a shoe."

CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE Ranson IB Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina, has a strict dress code (requiring, for example, only "hunter green" outerwear). Thus, on Jan. 27, when parent Chanda Spates dispatched her three kids in improperly hued coats, Ranson officials confiscated the "contraband" clothing, leaving the three (along with 20 other sartorial miscreants) to make their way home after classes with no outerwear at all -- though the temperature that afternoon was in the 30s. (Following parental outrage, the administrators apologized.)

• A female teacher working for the Arizona Department of Corrections was brutally assaulted in prison by a sexual predator and has sued the department, but in February the state attorney general's office, contesting the lawsuit, told the judge, basically, that the teacher understood all along that she could get attacked in prison. She was administering inmates a GED exam, but that day had no guard support, not even one to hear her screams, and was given an emergency radio tuned to an unmonitored frequency. Nonetheless, Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Weisbard essentially shrugged: "The risk of harm, including assault, always exist(s) at a prison like Eyman." {in}

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