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Downtown Crowd | June 2018

Editor’s Letter

Publisher Malcolm Ballinger Owners Malcolm & Glenys Ballinger Executive Editor Kelly Oden Editor Will Isern Art Director Guy Stevens

WILL ISERN editor Around this time last year, I noticed that the old Grand Reserve Cigar & Smoke Shop on Palafox Street had closed its doors and that a sign about a by-the-slice pizza place had gone up in the window.

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The new restaurant, Graffiti Pizza, will open this month. I had the opportunity to meet with the owners, Scott Zepp and Matt Lafon, as they were finishing the restaurant’s interior in May. Zepp and Lafon made their fortunes founding World of Beer in Tampa. They sold their stake in the brand for an undisclosed sum and conceivably could have gone anywhere. But they chose to come home to Pensacola.

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contents 7 Galvez In Bronze

9 Ride To The Beat 11 Chappie’s Place 12 Summer Guide 15 Art & Pizza 17 PMA Gets Weird 18 Reviews 21 Calendar

I failed to ask why they made that choice, but in talking to them I think it was clear. They see in Pensacola a place to raise their families, to grow their business and live the good life as they get older.

It would have been very easy, maybe even wise, for them to stay in Tampa. But by choosing to come home and invest their time and money here, they’ve helped make Pensacola a better, more interesting place for the rest of us.

I’m always fascinated to talk to people like Zepp and Lafon, who risked so much to pursue

their dreams of starting a business. Pensacola’s growth in recent year is due in no small part to people like them.

You can read my story on Graffiti Pizza’s opening in this issue. I’m excited to try it, but I’m more excited by entrepreneurs taking a risk on downtown.

The long-awaited ferry service is also scheduled to start running this month. I’ve written about my excitement for the ferries in past columns, but the start date has shifted so many times that I feel like I should say again that I believe the service will be a game changer for downtown.

Graphic Design Carly Stone Bara’ah Jaraiseh Editorial Assistant Kaitlyn Peacock Contributing Writers Carly Stone Haley Weaver Advertising Account Executives Paula Rode paula@ballingerpublishing.com Geneva Strange geneva@ballingerpublishing.com Deadline for space and information is the 15th of the month prior to publication.

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As much as private investment is responsible for Pensacola’s growth, public entities can and have had an equivalent impact.

I hope to use the ferry service on the first weekend it starts up, and I hope Pensacolians will make it a success.

As for this issue, it’s a bit of everything with a loose summer theme. Check out the summer guide on page 12. It was one of the last things our fantastic graphic artist Carly Stone did for us before she moved on to bigger and better things. We wish her well.

As always, thanks for reading.

Hope to see you downtown.

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A word from Curt Morse, Executive Director of the Downtown Improvement Board In his 2011 book, “For the Love of Cities,” author Peter Kageyama writes about why people love the places they live.

Love of place, he writes, doesn’t come from city leaders fixing potholes, lighting streets, or picking up garbage. It’s the little things – it’s that great park, a nice view, your favorite coffee shop. It’s the emotional connection you have when you are able do something fun and relaxing in the same place that you live or work. It’s the aesthetics, the social offerings and the diversity of a city that contributes to attraction people feel about a place.

Palafox Market is great example of this in downtown Pensacola.

Gallery Night and Plaza Ferdinand are other great examples.

These and others are the “love notes” that help make us more attracted to our city.

Like many of you, we love downtown Pensacola. Few others places offer so much opportunity for play in the heart of their downtown. Our mission is to constantly improve that experience.

With the leadership of private investment and the vision of public servants, we’ve come a long way.

Downtown is no longer a humdrum of shuttered storefronts and sleepy nights. Events like Gallery Night and the New Year’s Eve Pelican Drop helped to revive the

public interest in our downtown core. Today our shops, restaurants, historic areas and events are the envy of cities across the southeast.

The challenges we’re experiencing today, particularly with our parking system, are merely symptoms of a growing, vibrant downtown. As downtown continues to grow, it’s our job to keep it safe, clean, and organized. Having a fair and predictable parking system is part of that equation.

We don’t expect you to love parking. It will never be the thing that makes Pensacola great. But for downtown to continue to be the great place that it is for every person who wants to enjoy it, parking has to work. We’ve stumbled out of the gate with the new system, no doubt about it, but we’re working to get better each day. We’re committed to getting it right and believe the new system is the way forward.

There’s a line in a Mumford & Sons song that goes, “Where you invest your love, you invest your life.” Well, that’s what we’re doing in downtown. We’re investing our love to make it the best place we can for businesses to prosper and for people to live the Pensacola lifestyle we all love.

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GALVEZ

RIDES AGAIN New statue honors Spanish military leader

By Will Isern More than 230 years ago in the midst of the Revolutionary War, a Spanish count and governor of the vast Louisiana territory named Bernardo De Galvez received an order from his commander, the viceroy of Spain, to retake Florida from the British.

On March 9, 1781, Galvez arrived at Pensacola with a flotilla of warships and began an amphibious assault.

On the morning of May 8, an artillery round fired from one of Galvez’s ships landed in a powder magazine at Fort George near the present-day intersection of Palafox and La Rua streets. The resulting explosion killed 76 men and the British surrendered the city two days later.

Galvez has long been revered in Pensacola history for recapturing the city from the British and starting the second Spanish period. He was an honorary citizens of the United States in 2014, on the eighth person to receive the honor. Now, he’s been immortalized in bronze near the spot that fateful artillery round fell.

A 13-foot tall sculpture of Galvez atop his horse was unveiled on May 8 at the intersection of Palafox and Wright Streets. The $400,000 sculpture was commissioned by the Pensacola Heritage Foundation and created by retired navy Capt. Robert Rasmussen and Katherine Vincze.

“This monument has been created and will stand for years to come for visitors to see a thriving downtown that is nestled in history.”

A crowd consisting of Pensacola community leaders, local elected officials, a Spanish delegation and members of the public gathered to watch the unveiling. Among the Spanish delegation was Antonio Campos, mayor of Macharaviaya, Pensacola’s sister city where Galvez was born.

“This monument has been created and will stand for years to come for visitors to see a thriving downtown that is nestled in history,” said Jim Green, chairman of the project’s steering committee. “This is our way to honor the first Spanish explorers who first explored and helped developed this area.”

A band of Spanish soldier re-enactors marched to open the ceremony and fired in salute after the statue was unveiled. Atop its base, the statue rises 19 feet into the air.

Galvez’s statue joins that of Don Tristan de Luna’s, which has stood at

Plaza De Luna since 2009, and was also crafted by Rasmussen. In 2013, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward designated May 8 as Galvez Day in Pensacola and said the city does well to tout its past.

“History is critical to the success of a country, of a state and most importantly of a city,” Hayward said.

“We are America’s first settlement, so let’s continue to tell that story.”

Original plans for the statue would have seen it constructed atop a fountain, but planners discovered an unusually high water table at the statue site which forced the fountain plans to be scrapped and increased the project cost.

“It’s taken us a while to get here, but it’s going to be beautiful thing when we’re finished with it,” Green said.

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A New Rhythym Ride Society is a newcomer to Palafox Street and will offer a new kind of spin class. The latest exercise trend from New York City and other urban areas is called “rhythm riding,” which offers

By Kaitlyn Peacock an intense cycling workout to the beat Seeking to remedy this, she set up Ride Society with her mom Patty of music.

Campbell as her business partner at “We like to call it dancing on a bike,” Claire Campbell, the owner and creator of Ride Society, said. “You are really able to get lost in the music and take the work out of exercise.”

Originally from Pensacola, Campbell lived in New York City for twelve years working as a producer. She was introduced to rhythm riding after a girlfriend dragged her to workout to take her mind off a bad breakup. Since then, she has been hooked. However, after so long in the city, she decided it was time to return to her roots in Pensacola.

After exploring the growing city, she was amazed by a downtown that had changed so much since she was gone. However, she was also surprised to find that no one offered rhythm riding.

“It was the one piece of the city that I missed the most,” Campbell said. “I really wanted my workout.”

3 S Palafox Street, which has been empty and undergone renovations since New York Nick’s closed in 2016. The venue is centrally located in downtown right across the street from the Vinyl Music Hall, Hopjacks, and Fosko Coffee Barre.

The new spinning alternative will offer what Campbell calls “meditative cardio” that focuses on detoxing from technology and finding fun in working out. The lights are turned low, the music is loud, and the focus is put on dancing to the music rather than caring about data.

Rhythm riding also offers a lowimpact workout, which is perfect for people who have injuries or those concerned about aches and pains, Campbell explained. She believes that movement is healing, something she learned from her mom, who used to tell her to go for a walk or move around whenever she was upset. Campbell hopes to build

on that philosophy with Ride Society.

“My dad, who has an injury, can get on the bike with me and we each just ride to different beats of the same music,” she said.

Ride Society will offer entry-level and intermediate classes in the mornings and evenings as well as a special lunchtime class for people trying to get their workout done in the middle of their workday.

Separate full men’s and women’s showers helps accommodate earlymorning or midday exercises.

The low-entry point for cycling also means that even newcomers should not have a problem getting into the beat of the music. Each bike has a resistance setting riders can adjust for each person’s best workout.

The bikes also lack any sort of data tracking, to keep pressure off riders and help with the technology detox.

Campbell joked that cycling is just “like riding a bike.”

“If you are inspired to move, you can get on a bike,” she said. “It’s for everyone.”

Along with rhythm riding, Ride Society will also offer a cold press juice bar, another first for Pensacola.

The bar will use a special press that pulverizes fruits and vegetables to make a very pure and nutritious juice. Although this will be under the same roof as Ride Society, anyone can come in for a healthy alternative before getting back to his or her day.

Right now, Ride Society is still under construction, however Campbell said she is shooting for a mid-July opening. However, anyone interested in signing up for classes can do so through the “Mind-Body” app or through the website, which will be operational soon, ridesociety.com.

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LEGACY OF A LEGEND Chappie James’ legacy lives on in old family home

Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James Jr., a Pensacola native, was America’s first African-American four-star general.

Yet despite his accomplishments, James’ legacy remains largley unknown by many Pensacolians.

A newly completed project seeks to change that.

The City of Pensacola and the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will host a grand opening ceremony for the General Daniel “Chappie” James Museum and Flight Academy at 10 am on June 7.

The city-owned site is the historic home of the James family., and was donated to the city by the family.

The residence, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was constructed in 1909 by Chappie

James’ father; Daniel James Sr. and is located at 1608 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Preservation and adaptive reuse of the property was identified as a priority redevelopment project by the Eastside Neighborhood Association and the Eastside CRA Plan.

The CRA has restored the original 900 square foot James family home to house a museum dedicated to the life and career of Chappie James, which will be operated by the Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James Museum Board.

A new 1,500 sq. foot addition is now the home of the Gen. Daniel

“Chappie” James Flight Academy, which has been offering young people of Pensacola opportunities to train to be aviators for over two decades through their free one-week summer camps. The renovations completed at a cost of $1.1 million.

museum and future offerings, visit the “Chappie James Museum of Pensacola” Facebook page.

The Flight Academy’s classrooms, which are to be equipped with computers and flight simulator programs, will see it’s first summer camp at the new location take place June 11-16, 2018.

For more information about the Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James Flight Academy visit www. gdcjflightacademy.org.

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It’s Summertime!

Whether that means heading over to Pensacola Beach, tracking down the best raw oysters in town, or posting up on the stoop with a summer cocktail, we’ve got you covered with a soundtrack for all occasions. Now roll down the windows, crank the stereo up, and let’s make this the hottest summer ever! (Just don’t forget the sunscreen)

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Written and Curated by Carly Stone

The Sounds of Summer...

1. Hooked on Feeling- Blue Swede, Björn Skifs 2. Baby- Ariel Pink 3. What You Don’t Do- Lianne La Havas 4. Edge of Seventeen- Stevie Nicks 5. Eyes of the Muse- King Tuff 6. Like a Wave- Cat Clyde 7. Sister Golden Hair- America 8. Moonage Daydream- David Bowie 9. Black Lipstick- Chicano Batman 10. The Obvious Child- Paul Simon

11. Atlantic City- The Band 12. Young- Frankie Cosmos 13. Golden Days- Whitney 14. Mr. Blue Sky- Electric Light Orchestra 15. Hold On To Me- Mondo Cozmo 16. Come and Get Your Love- Redbone 17. Cherry- Chromatics 18. Rich Girl- Hall & Oates 19. Changes- Charles Bradley 20. This Is the Day- The The

Like Brothers- Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass

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This book explores how the Duplass brothers got started in the film industry and everything in between. From growing up in New Orleans and learning to use an oversized video camera to their feature film Baghead becoming the center of a Sundance bidding war, it shares the secrets of their success as well as the hard lessons they’ve learned along the way. Fans of independent film rejoice!

Circe- Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller’s novel follows Circe, daughter of Helios the Titan sun god. Banished to an island to live alone for eternity (because witchcraft) she is able to hone her craft and also crosses paths with many a famous chracter including the Minotaur and Icarus.

Back Talk- Danielle Lazarin

Danielle Lazarin’s beautiful collection of short stories examines how women express their wants and desires in today’s world, how they define themselves as a result of those desires and the importance of living on one’s own terms.

Enlightenment Now- Steven Pinker

Is the world about to end? Is modern civilization doomed?

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Children Of Blood And Bone- Tomi Adeyemi

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Downtown Business Owners See Success in Art and Pizza It may have taken longer than they had hoped, but business owners Scott Zepp and Matt Lafon are finally ready to launch their latest venture in downtown Pensacola ­, a marriage of street art and pizza-by-the-slice.

Passersby have anticipated the opening of the new restaurant at 200 South Palafox Street since signage first went up over a year ago.

Works will be displayed for sale on five large panels along the restaurant’s south wall.

Artists will keep 100 percent of the profits of work they sell. As pieces sell, they will be The World of Beer owners had replaced with new works by originally planned to call their other local artists. new restaurant P’cola Pie Bar, but decided to rebrand the Graffiti Pizza is the latest business to be called Graffiti venture for Zepp and Lafon, Pizza after working with their who founded World of Beer in architects from Dalrymple | Tampa in 2007. World of Beer Sallis Architecture. has since been developed into a nationwide franchise. Zepp “One of the architects came and Lafon sold their majority up with the cool idea to do the stake in the company in 2013. bathrooms with a little bit of Graffiti Pizza is next door to graffiti in them, so we really World of Beer in downtown liked that idea and we love the Pensacola and becomes the arts in Pensacola, it’s a very fourth brand artistic town, so we started talking about calling it Graffiti Building the new restaurant Pizza and we realized there’s has required a complete renonot really an outlet that spe- vation of the spaces that forcializes graffiti art,” said merly housed Grand Reserve Cigar & Smoke Shop and 3D Graffiti Pizza will offer pizza- Ink Tattoo Studio. An interior by-the slice and whole pies wall was torn down to comfrom 11 am to midnight on bine the two spaces. A perweekdays and from 11 a.m. manent outdoor patio and to 3 am on the weekend. The bar have been installed on restaurant will also serve as the north side along Palafox a venue for local artists to Street, just steps from the display and sell their work. World of Beer patio. The out-

Top: Zepp and Lafon inside Graffiti Pizza as interior work was nearing completion. The large black panels behind them will be hung with the works of local artists. Right: The exterior of Graffiti Pizza, including the new street-side bar and patio. door bar is the first of its kind for Palafox.

Scott and Zepp acquired the Graffiti Pizza property in 2016 and quickly began on plans to Photos by Bara’ah Jaraiseh open P’Cola Pie Bar, but had to shift gears when the 3D Ink available, and again when Graffiti Pizza becomes the Tattoo Studio space became they decided on the branding fourth brand located at Zepp change. and Lafon’s entertainment and dining complex at 200 We plan on being South Palafox, alongside “It’s definitely taken a little bit here for the rest of longer than what we thought,” World of Beer, Blend Lounge our lives and this Lafon said. “But in the end we and Taco Agave. The pair has isn’t an overnight feel confident that it will be plans to brand all four locathing for us. So if worth it. We plan on being here tions as 200 South. it takes a little bit for the rest of our lives and this longer to get it right isn’t an overnight thing for us. “It’ll be one identity and the and do what we So if it takes a little bit longer goal is to have something for want to with it, we’ll to get it right and do what we everybody,” Lafon said. always make that want to with it, we’ll always decision.” make that decision.”

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Your H s U ’ t S T a LE? h W The Pensacola Museum of Art will present the exhibition Hustle: Museum of Spectacle featuring artists Matty Jankowski, Jimbo Easter and Julia Gorton.

The PMA Gets Weird

Hustle will be on view from June 12 through August 5 in the Lewis Bear Family & Greenhut Construction Galleries as well as Stairwell Galleries and The Art Studio Gallery located on the first and second floors of the museum.

The exhibition will have an opening reception on June 29 from 6pm to 9pm featuring an artists’ talk with Jankowski, Easter, Gorton and curator Felicia E. Gail. The reception will include a live performance by Jimbo Easter, and listening bar with a playlist curated by Julia Gorton.

“The work I’m bringing is really strong,” he said. “I feel like it’s coming through my hands at all times.”

Julia Gorton, is a New York based photographer and collage artist who captured decisive moments from the likes of Lydia Lunch, David Byrne, Richard Hell, and Patti Smith from New York City’s No Wave scene in the late 1970s. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including in No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980. by Thurston Moore and Byron Coley and recently at International Center for Photography, and MoMA. Gorton is currently program director at Parsons School of Design in New York City.

This event will be simultaneous to the opening reception for Andy Warhol: Myth/Maker on loan from The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (June 22 - Sept. 2). A symposium with Robin Blyn (UWF) and Deborah Walk (The Ringling) will be Friday, August 3.

Hustle was born from looking at Jankowski’s archive, a collection that exemplifies his experiences as a tattooer, writer, bookseller, and artist who lived and worked in Brooklyn, NYC from 1948 until moving to his current home in Panama City, Florida in the early 2000s. His life and work links to early museum, circus, sideshow, and tattoo history from the mid 19th through 21st centuries as well as photography, sculpture, installation, performance, and mail art from the 1960s through the present.

Curator Gail visited Jankowski at his home and said the concept of the exhibit came together there.

Detroit native, Jimbo Easter, takes an outsider art and Punk aesthetic, matched with a mythology of drawings and performances that exhibit a post-modern, primitive revival of uncanny and private culture. Easter was one of the 2016 Kresge Artist Fellowship winners and has performed nationally and internationally, including Art Basel Miami Beach, Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, and Third Man Records in Detroit. Easter said he plans to bring a collection of entirely new work to Pensacola.

“I started thinking about how some of these subcultures came about by way of the history of the museum itself,” Gail said. “The history of museums began with people’s collections and this idea of cabinets of curiosity, they began with circuses and side shows and menageries.”

Jankowski has exhibited nationally and internationally and was a writer for Skin & Ink magazine, and began New York City Body Archive in NYC helping to lead the way for body modification in the U.S.

Also featured in Hustle is Circus! The Photographs of Frederick W. Glasier an exhibition of photographs from the collection of The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida.

For more information about the Pensacola Museum of Art, call 850.432.6247 or visit pensacolamuseum.org.

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Albums: What we’re listening to this month H.C. MCentire Hatchie LIONHEART SUGAR & SPICE MERGE RECORDS

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by CARLY STONE – Every once in a while I’ll go back and look through the albums that have been released throughout the year and realize I’ve let a good one slip on by without so much as a listen. Such is the case with this massive beauty by H.C. McEntire appropriately titled Lionheart and released on January 26th of this year. McEntire, of the band Mount Moriah, is from rural North Carolina and often writes songs that paint Southern living in a way that conservative country songs on the radio do not. Living openly as a gay woman and raised in a rural farming community in the Bible Belt, McEntire has stated that being gay and out was often a dangerous thing for her. Attempting to reconcile her sexuality and religion was a driving force behind Lionheart and although there is a certain sadness to the songs at times, it’s worth noting that not all Southerners share the same experiences growing up and McEntire lets listeners know that as often as she can. Instrumental in helping her find her voice on this album was Kathleen Hanna, formerly of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. When McEntire felt her own

by Will ISern – Harriette Pilbeam is a 24 year old from Brisbane, Australia who has just released some of the finest dream pop in years. Putting the Cocteau Twins, The Sundays and Sixpence None the Richer into a blender, Pilbeam manages to come out with something more saccharine than its ingredients. The result is Sugar & Spice, Pilbeam’s debut EP under her stage name Hatchie. As the name might suggest, this brief collection of just five songs is sweet on the ears, but its lyrics suggest a love derailed and longing for second chances.The songs are bright and poppy, heavy on the reverb and acoustic guitars and sparkling with synth lines. The standout single is the song “Try,” which Pilbeam uploaded to Australia’s Triple J Unearthed wesbite where it was quickly discovered and sent to the top of the Triple J Radio charts. The songs “Sleep” and “Sure” are equally good and recall some of the best pop choruses of the late 90s. If there is one gripe to be had with Sugar & Spice its that Pilbeam’s lyrics can feel like an afterthought, and that much of the best material sounds the same. But perhaps

voice was lost while working with other musicians, Hanna urged her to listen to greats like Wanda Jackson for inspiration. Heartbreakingly lovely, songs like “When You Come For Me” feature lyrics like “Mama, I dreamed that I had no hand to hold / And the land I cut my teeth on wouldn’t let me call it home.” As the times are a-changin’, someday we will look back to these words as reminders of a time when it wasn’t so simple for some to call the South their home.

STANDOUT TRACKS Red Silo When You Come For Me A Lamb, A Dove

you can really never can have too much of a good thing.

Standout Tracks Try Sure Sleep

Movie reviews (based solely on the trailer)

BY Will ISern

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

George Clooney and Brad Pitt are washed up and now the women are striking out on their own. It would be easy to dismiss Ocean’s 8 as placating to the feminst movement, but the movie actaully looks like fun. It certainly can’t be any worse than the later installments in the original franchise. And even if the story is predictable and the writing canned, having Sandra Bullock, Kate Blanchet, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter all on the same screen should make for a good time.

The island is erupting and we have to save the dinosaurs! But wait, an evil coorporation plans to breed killer raptor-hybrids! The only person who can stop them is Andy from Parks & Rec! He’ll team up with his raptor buddy Blue and Victoria from Twilight to save the day!

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The problem with Jurassic Park movies is that none can live up to the original. Every installment since has just packed in more and more action, to the detriment of the story’s potential.

That said, this may be the box office smash of the summer.

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Charlie Puth VOICE NOTES

The Front Bottoms

ATLANTIC Records

FUELED BY RAMEN

BY Haley Weaver – To shake up my pattern of sad girl reviews, I present: Voicenotes by Charlie Puth. What’s so refreshing about this album is that it’s the first solid pop album of the year (though definitely not the last), with pure, enjoyable, catchy as hell pop that isn’t political or even lyrically memorable, but worth diving into nonetheless. In fact, it’s almost a relief that the only attempt at something political (“Change” featuring James Taylor) falls so flat that it’s almost laughable. On the bright side, the throwback production is so tight and fun that it makes the rest of the album like an Easter egg hunt for the one song you’ll wear out over the next few months. Puth’s sophomore album is memorable and catchy, and a tribute to his ability to produce solid radio hits (“Attention” and “How Long” are two of the best pop singles of 2017). Songs like “Slow It Down” and “Done For Me” have the fuzzy backing piano of late-seventies hits, with the former sounding particularly akin to early Michael McDonald. “Empty Cups” is probably going to make it on every beach party playlist this summer, while “LA Girls” has the driving bassline and falsetto of a

by Rita Johnson – Long awaited by devoted fans, indie rock band The Front Bottoms second “Grandma Series” EP has finally been released, after a four year gap. Before the group reached commercial success, and released their first studio album, the band released several entirely self-recorded albums. These albums, not available for purchase anywhere, and rather difficult to find online, are nonetheless still beloved by avid fans. The band would receive requests for old songs while on tour, and were still attached to some of their old songs, so they decided to re-record and re-release some of them as an EP. The songs featured were also some of drummer Mat Uychich’s recently deceased grandmother Rose’s favorites, and the EP was named after her.

The band then decided to do a whole “Grandma Series” where they would rerecord old songs and release them as an EP titled after the band member’s grandmothers.

The “Ann” EP is good enough, but lacks the obvious heart and spark of the first EP, “Rose.” The songs on the EP have received the pop-like sheen that the Front Bottoms began to adopt with their ju-

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Maroon 5 song (from the era in which they still used instruments). What Puth lacks in vocal talent, he makes up for in production and an obvious, meticulous appreciation for music that feels good. Voicenotes is definitely worth a listen.

STANDOUT TRACKS Empty Cups Slow It Down How Long

nior album “Back on Top,” this is to the detriment of some of the old songs and to the advantage of others. On some, the new, polished instrumentals, as opposed to the old more raw ones, sometimes they don’t quite fit with the lyrics of the song. But on others, such as “Pale Beneath The Tan (Squeeze),” the new instrumentals are energetic and invigorating. Overall though, this new EP is an inviting release that offers newcomers a chance to hear some of their old work in a new style that is more polished than their old one.

Standout Tracks Pale Beneath The Tan (Squeeze) Lonely Eyes

Incredibles 2

UNCLE DREW

The original Incredibles came out in 2004. Two more years and this movie could have surpassed the gap between The Godfather 2 and The Godfather 3. Perhaps it should come as encouraging that this movie wasn’t rushed. The orginal Incredibles was just Pixar’s sixth film and earned the studio two Academy Awards. This sequel finds the Incredble family living a suburban life out of the spotlight when they’re called back into action.

MegaMind long defeated, it seems the Screenslaver is the new badie in need of a beating. At the end of the day, it’s Pixar, how bad could it be?

A Pepsi commercial gets the major motion picture treatment. Johnny Knoxville’s old man routine steps on the basketball court. And every NBA analyst on TV gets in on a movie together. None of these are good ideas. The plot of this movie is essentially the same as Dodgeball, only here Irving, as the nimble geriatric Uncle Drew, must assemble his crew of old dudes to win a street ball competition.

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Maybe if Kyrie Irving wasn’t busy doing this he could have stayed healthy and helped the Celtics to the Finals this year. It certainly would have been more worthwhile than this will be.

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magazine 100th Watchman Procedure Performed

by Baptist Heart & Vascular Institute Baptist Heart & Vascular Institute (BHVI) has performed its 100th Watchman™ procedure.

The procedure was completed May 17. The 101st procedure was performed on Glenys Ballinger on May 16.

“This is a tremendous milestone for BHVI and a great benefit to the people in the Northwest Florida area who need this level of advanced care,” said Victor Hall, vice president, Baptist Heart & Vascular Institute.

Patients who may be considered for the Watchman™ procedure have non-valvular atrial fibrillation, issues with long-term warfarin use and are at increased risk for stroke.

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, occurs when the upper chambers of the heart beat out of coordination with the lower chambers, causing sporadic heart palpitations that can allow blood to stagnate in the left atrial appendage (LAA) and eventually clot.

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AFib patients are five times greater risk for stroke.

Because of this risk, many AFib patients take warfarin, an anti-coagulant or blood thinner. The Watchman™ device is a self-expanding nickel titanium frame with fixation anchors and is covered by a surgical fabric (it looks like a tiny jelly fish). The device can be threaded through a vein in the leg and into the heart where it is implanted at the opening of the LAA. This serves as a barrier to prevent clots from entering into the blood stream.

The procedure is performed under general anesthesia in the catheterization laboratory and usually lasts about an hour followed by a 24-hour hospital stay.

For more videos about Watchman™ LAA closure and other procedures available at the Baptist Heart & Vascular Institute, visit http:// www.ebaptisthealthcare. org/Heart/videos.

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Date line D ow n t ow n Fiesta of Five Flags May 30 – June 8

The 69th annual Fiesta of Five Flags is going on right now and will last until the closing ceremony June 8. This 10-day event is a celebration of the founding of Pensacola in 1599 by Spanish explorers. Its name comes from the five flags that flown over the city in its history: Spanish, French, British, Confederate and American. Upcoming events include the Boat Parade and DeLuna Landing Ceremony both happening June 2. For more information and a list of festival events, visit www. fiestaoffiveflags.com.

Improvable Cause Show June 2

Pensacola Little Theater will host a Improvable Cause (IC) show June 2 at 10:30 pm and will continue to have shows the first Saturday of every month. IC is Pensacola’s only professional improv comedy troupe. Everything is created in the moment with audience suggestions, so each show is different.

IC shows are edge-of-yourseat theatre where anything can happen, and usually does. For more information or to buy tickets, visit www. pensacolalittletheatre.com.

Showing of “Florida’s Surfing History – The Panhandle” June 2

From The Ground Up Garden is happy to welcome Mike Cotton and Dave Barnes

The Fiesta Boat Parade takes to the water on June 2 activities will be taking place for a showing of their film across the site. Children’s “Florida’s Surfing History activiites throughout with a - The Panhandle.” The sensory break area available film features footage of Pensacola surfing icon Yancy in the Walsh Education Building. Litte Green Bees Spencer, a World Champion will be in Historic Pensacola surfer who is honored with a statue depicting him carrying Village. Historical tours, living history, music and a surfboard at Pensacola more. The new Rose Garden Beach. The showing will be Storytelling Circle will come June 2, with gates open at to life with visits from Susan 7 pm and the event starting Alexander Simpson (c. 1845) 7:30 pm. Tickets are $10 in and Isaac Pugh (c. 1815). advance and $12 at the gate.

John Appleyard will be at the Appleyard Storytelling 28th Anuual Open Cottage sharing his stories House at Historic of Pensacola as well. For Pensacola more information, visit www.

June 2 historicpensacola.org.

Historic Pensacola will have its 28th annual open house June 2. The entire museum complex including the Pensacola Children’s Museum, the Pensacola Museum of Art, Historic Pensacola Village, the T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, and the Voices of Pensacola will be open free to the public. Many special

Blue Angel Practices June 5, 20 and 26

Warm days, sunny skies and the Blue Angels! Come out to the National Naval Aviation Museum’s Flight Line and catch a Blue Angels practice June 5, 20 and 26 at 11:30 am. Admission to view the practice is free. Following

most Wednesday practices, members of the Blue Angels visit the Museum to meet fans and sign autographs in the Atrium. For more information, visit www. navalaviationmuseum. org. For show weather updates, visit the Blue Angels Facebook or Twitter before show time.

take place June 11 to 16. For more information, visit www. gdcjflightacademy.org or the “Chappie James Museum of Pensacola” Facebook page.

Grand Opening of “Chappie” James Museum and Flight Academy

Join Saenger Theatre for the 2018 LaBelle Performing Arts Showcase “Tale as Old as Time” June 8 and 9 at 6 p.m. Featuring LaBelle’s youngest dancers ages 3 to 6 and the award-winning LaBelle Performing Arts Company LilPAC and The PAC dancers. LaBelle will also be showcasing our dancers celebrating their fifth, 10th, and 15th years of dancing and graduating seniors. Tickets cost will be $19 for pit rows 1 through 4, orchestra rows A through K and balcony rows A through C and $16 for orchestra rows L through DD and balcony

June 7 The City of Pensacola and the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) invite the public to attend the Grand Opening Ceremony for the General Daniel “Chappie” James Museum and Flight Academy June 7 at 10 am. The Flight Academy’s classrooms, which are to be equipped with computers and flight simulator programs, will see its first summer camp at the new location

“Tale as Old as Time” at the Saenger Theatre June 8 and 9

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rows D through V. For more information, contact the Saenger Theatre Box office at 595-3880.

Brit Floyd’s “Eclipse” World Tour June 12

Brit Floyd, the world’s greatest Pink Floyd tribute show returns to the stage in 2018 for a very special 45th anniversary retrospective of Pink Floyd’s iconic 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. The Brit Floyd show has truly become a phenomenon, widely regarded as the world’s greatest live tribute to Pink Floyd. Faithfully recreating the scale and pomp of the final 1994 Division Bell tour, complete with a stunning million dollar light show, large circle screen and arch plus moving lights, lasers, inflatables and theatrics.

Brit Floyd will be offering Catch Maggie Koerner at Vinyl on June 9 an incredible VIP meet and greet soundcheck package Life’s a Dance Show to Father’s Day weekend due for $166 for a limited number to the suggestion of many June 16 of guests. Ticket prices are mothers who were without $66 for pit rows one through The 10th and final “Life’s a husbands and children on four and orchestra rows A Dance” performance will take Mother’s Day weekend. through C, $57 for orchestra center stage at the Pensacola The Hargreaves Fishing rows D through DD and Saenger Theatre June 16, Rodeo has grown into a balcony rows A through M at 6:30 p.m. This year’s four-day event, starting with and $47 for balcony rows N performance is “The Last Thursday’s Registration and through V. Group discount of Dance,” and features celebrity Captain’s Meeting and ending more than 10 available at the with the Awards Ceremony performers Mark Ballas and Saenger Box Office only. For Tristan MacManus from and Fish Fry on Father’s Day more information, visit www. popular television dance Sunday. This year’s rodeo will pensacolasaenger.com or take place June 14 through 17 shows, singer/songwriter contact the Saenger Theatre and will feature three different BC Jean and emcee Fabian Box office at 595-3880.

Sanchez, as well as an divisions. Registration tickets impressive cast of nationally are $40 for anglers 13 years acclaimed, award-winning and older, which includes tax Bill Hargreaves dancers, including Shannon and a Fish Fry ticket.

Anglers Fishing Rodeo and Shane Jensen. Local 12 and under fish free.

Early June 14 – 17 celebrity dancers include registration is encouraged.

Madrina Ciano, Brent and For more information The Bill Hargreaves Fishing Angela Lane, Ashley Ruiz or to register, visit www.

Rodeo started in 1971 with and Gus Silivos. Alumni billhargreavesfishingrodeo.

18 anglers on Mother’s Day. dancers from the previous com.

The rodeo event was changed nine years of Life’s a Dance

performances will reunite for a celebratory dance.

Ticket prices are $50 for orchestra rows H through L and balcony rows D through E, $35 for orchestra rows M through DD and balcony rows F through M and $20 for balcony rows N through V. For $100, there will be an exclusive cast party in the ballroom with hors d’oeuvres and drinks following the performance and includes a seat in orchestra rows A through G or balcony rows A through C. For more information, visit www. pensacolasaenger.com or contact the Saenger Theatre Box office at 595-3880.

Pensacola Bud Light Fishing Rodeo June 22 – 25

The 2018 Pensacola Bud Light Fishing Rodeo is set for June 22 through 25.

This year’s event includes a general rodeo, the Synovus In-Shore Challenge, the Vince Whibbs Automotive King Mackerel Challenge and the Academy Junior Rodeo. The event kicks off June 22 with late registration and the captains meeting at Flounders on Pensacola Beach. Fishing is all day Saturday and Sunday with the scales being open each day at Flounders.

On Monday, an awards ceremony will be held at Flounders. Over $15,000 in prizes will be awarded for

the top three fish weights in 20 fish species. Registration for the 2018 Bud Light Fishing Rodeo is open. To register or for more information, visit pensacolafishingrodeo.com.

Revolution Talent Competition June 25 – 29

Revolution Talent Competition takes great pride setting the bar for what competition should be by striving to be the best dance competition in America. This year, the Championship is coming to Pensacola’s Bay Center June 25 through 29. Be amazed by top tier performances and incredible talent. For more information, visit www.revolutiontalent.com.

Pensacola International Billfish Tournament June 28 – 30

Since its inception in 1970, the

Pensacola Big Game Fishing Club has been the host to the country’s largest billfish tournaments. The International Billfish Tournament will be held June 28 through 30 at the Pensacola Yacht Club. This event continues to take pride in presenting the most affordable and family friendly tournament on the Gulf Coast. The annual competition will be filled with the best in fishing, sizable crowds and memorable award celebration. For more information, visit www.pbgfc.com.

Ronald McDonald House and Firecracker 5K Run June 30

Join the annual Firecracker 5K in historic downtown Pensacola and benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida June 30 starting at 8 am. Wear your most patriotic attire and run or walk the 5K for the annual costume contest.

The race begins and ends at Seville

Quarter. Directly after the 5K, there will be a free Kid’s Fun Run. Beat the heat by joining the post-race event inside Seville Quarter. For more information, contact Lauren Stimmell at lauren@rmhc-nwfl.org. To register, go to www.raceentry.com.

White Tie Rock Ensemble June 30

The White Tie Rock Ensemble presents a tribute to The British Isles. Featuring the unparalleled White Tie Sound, this full rock band, along with the Tied Up String Quartet will recreate all your favorites from this classic era of rock and roll. In a rock theater environment, with an expanded and enhanced Light and Sound Experience, these timeless bands will live again, passed from one generation to the next and enjoyed by all. Tickets prices are $38 for pit rows one through four, orchestra rows A through DD and balcony rows

A through H, $33 for balcony rows J through N and $28 for balcony rows P through V. For more information, visit www.pensacolasaenger.com or contact the Saenger Theatre Box office at 595-3880.

Pensacola Blue Wahoos Baseballs are still flying as the Blue Wahoos’ 2018 baseball season continues. Come cheer on the team and enjoy America’s favorite pastime along the beautiful Pensacola Bay. All games listed below are home games hosted at Community Maritime Park.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.bluewahoos.com.

June 3 – 7: Vs. Bixoli Shuckers June 13 – 17: Vs. Mobile BayBears June 28 – July 3: Vs. Mississippi Braves

Vinyl Music Hall Schedule The historic Vinyl Music Hall has a varied and lively lineup of musicians and performers every month. This month, the music hall will host a free screening of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” Maggie Koerner with the Tyler Mac Band and other performances. Below are all currently scheduled shows.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.vinylmusichall.com.

• June 1: Obituary with Pallbearer, Skeletonwitch and Dust Bolt • June 2: Free screening of Pink Floyd’s The Wall • June 3: The Coathangers with Phlegmboyant • June 8: Raelyn Nelson Band with Southern Heartburn • June 9: Maggie Koerner with Tyler Mac Band • June 15: Appetite for Destruction with Coastal Fire • June 22: Station to Station • June 23: BustOut Burlesque’s: Bad Girls of Burlesque • June 30: Chris Tomas King – King of Nola Blues with Betsy Badwater and Spearman Brewers

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