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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study on a portion of the former Corry Naval Auxiliary Air Station, a Formerly Used Defense Site.

The property is now Pensacola State College Warrington Campus. From the 1920s to the 1970s, the Navy used this area for flight and other naval training activities. This notice is to let you know: We are conducting a Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study. Project documents are in the Pensacola State College Warrington Campus Library. We are soliciting interest in a Restoration Advisory Board.

It is important for the public to participate in the remedial process, so the Corps is considering establishing a Restoration Advisory Board. These boards include people from the community and government. They review and comment on plans and technical documents related to environmental studies and restoration activities. Members serve as voluntary liaisons between the community and the Corps and receive no compensation. If you are interested in serving, please email FUDS.Florida@usace.army.mil or call 866.279.4880.

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winners ASHTON HAYWARD The Pensacola

mayor announced that Pensacola Police officers would begin wearing body cameras as part of their regular duty gear. The body cameras will be activated anytime an officer is conducting police business and should add more transparency in how officers interact with the public. The police department purchased 55 body cameras and supporting software with $95,000 from the Law Enforcement Trust Fund.

DON GAETZ The Florida Senate Committee

on Children, Families and Elder Affairs passed a bill sponsored by Sen. Don Gaetz that creates incentives for adoption agencies that achieve their performance standards. Senate Bill 320 also re-creates a program to provide an additional adoption benefit for state employees of state agencies who adopt a child from the foster care system. Gaetz has also filed a bill to create a program that provides financial help to dentists who work in areas of Florida that lack adequate dental care.

ERIC HAINES The Florida Commission on Ethics dismissed an ethics complaint filed by former County Commissioner Gene Valentino against the Escambia County Chief Deputy. Valentino had been upset that Haines would not comply with his request to fly the flag at the ECSO administrative building at half-mast in honor of former Interim County Administrator George Touart, who passed away in January 2014.

The Ethics Commission dismissed the complaint for lack of legal sufficiency.

losers RICK SCOTT The Florida Society of News-

paper Editors, the Associated Press, Tampa lawyer Matthew Weidner and a coalition of sunshine advocates have filed a lawsuit alleging that Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet violated the state’s open meeting laws when the governor unilaterally decided to “force the resignation” of former Florida Department of Law Enforcement Chief Gerald Bailey and they consented.

FLORIDA CABINET Only one member,

Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, was adamant that there be an investigation into the departure of Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey. Putnam said that he has no reason not to believe Bailey’s accusation that the governor’s staff had forced him to resign last December. Unfortunately, he got no support for an investigation from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater or Attorney General Pam Bondi.

CONFEDERATE VETERANS Escambia County isn’t the only place refighting the Civil War. The Florida Cabinet has been asked to look into whether Confederate veterans should be eligible for the Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame. Under the interpretation of the law by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, only those discharged honorably from the United States Armed Forces are eligible for the hall. Ultimately, the Florida Legislature may be the body to decide whether the soldiers who fought against the United States should be recognized alongside those who fought for it.

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by Rick Outzen

BRING BACK TRADER JON’S Visit Pensacola hosted in January the Destination Summit 2020. The meeting brought together a diverse cross-section of business leaders and elected officials to help establish a plan to drive tourism locally for the rest of this decade.

Tourism is a $1.2-billion industry in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, accounting for more than 18,000 jobs and half a billion dollars in local annual earnings. It includes more than our beaches. Sports, history, ecology and culture are also components that attract visitors.

I would like the Destination 2020 folks to consider helping bring back an iconic attraction, which was part of our military history for 50 years, as part of its strategy.

It is a place of which generations of aviators still have fond memories—Trader Jon’s.

From 1953-2003, Trader Jon's was the top off-base destinations for military personnel and one of the most popular tourist attractions in Pensacola. Owned and operated by Martin "Trader Jon" Weissman and his wife, Jackii, the bar on south Palafox Street was frequented by flight students, astronauts and celebrities such as comedian Bob Hope and actor John Wayne.

Sen. John McCain drank there when he went through flight training at NAS Pensacola. He joked at a campaign rally for Mitt

Romney at The Fish House that he might still have an open tab at Trader’s.

Through the years, Weissman collected aviation artifacts such as flight suits and model airplanes and put them on the walls of the old bar. According to Pensacola lore, many of the items were given to pay off bar tabs.

Visitors flocked to the place to share drinks with aviators—some of which may have actually been Blue Angels. The movie “An Officer and a Gentleman” depicted the bar as “T.J.'s.”

When Bob Hope celebrated the 75th anniversary of Naval aviation with a TV special on the Lady Lex in 1986, Trader Jon was included in one of the sketches. In 1992, Trader Jon’s was designated a historical site by the state. The historic marker is all that lasts for retired aviators who still have fond memories.

After Weissman had his stroke, the bar was closed for two years. It reopened in 2000 with a new owner, but he had to close the doors in 2003. A local law firm bought the 10,000-piece collection of military memorabilia. The late Jack Fetterman had wanted to rebuild Trader’s Jon in a maritime museum at the Community Maritime Park, but that never happened.

It is time we resurrect Trader Jon’s and draw the old fly boys and their families back to Pensacola. {in} rick@inweekly.net

The historic marker is all that lasts for retired aviators who still have fond memories.

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BRAGG KICKS OFF SPEAKER SERIES

Rick Bragg

By Ben Sheffler Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Rick Bragg writes stories about the South and people who went through hard times. His tales range from conversations with Jerry Lee Lewis to a biography of his grandfather who was a bootlegger during the Depression, and his work has attracted loyal readers and critical praise.

Bragg has been chosen as the inaugural speaker to launch the WSRE Public Square Speaker Series on Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at WSRE's Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio. The event is open to the public and admission is free.

Born in Piedmont, Alabama, Bragg grew up as a hard-working southerner doing pickand-shovel work, cutting timber, bailing hay and driving a dump truck.

"I am from the foothills of the Appalachian's, from the red dirt section of Alabama.

That's what we all did for a living," he said. "I am descended from roofers, people who worked in cotton mills, textile mills and bricklayers; I've toted a lot of concrete blocks in my life."

It's this upbringing that gave Bragg his voice in writing, his heart always being with the working man.

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"If I have any writing life at all, I owe it to the fact that my people were interesting," he said. "They could tell their own stories, but no one ever wrote it down until I came along."

Bragg attended Jacksonville State University but left after one year, saying he wanted and needed to work, although he was awarded an honorary doctorate last year. He began writing for the weekly Jacksonville, Alabama News in the mid 1970s.

"I got the job because the guy they offered the job to first had a real good job at the Kentucky Fried Chicken, and he didn't wanna take a cut in pay, so they settled on me," he said.

For the next 20 years, Bragg wrote feature stories for newspapers, covering everything from militant Islamic fundamentalism to mass murders to inner city gun violence.

After a stint at the then St. Petersburg Times, one of the best mid-size newspapers in the country, it seemed logical to move to a bigger paper— The New York Times.

"I wanted to tell stories at a high level, because it can be frustrating to tell them and not have anybody hear them," he said. "And in that, yeah, I guess The New York Times would've been a dream job."

In 1996, through a culmination of intriguing stories, Bragg won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. One story was about an old woman in Mississippi who saved money her whole life from pressing shirts and doing laundry, and when death was imminent, she gave it all away. He also covered the Oklahoma City bombing.

"I think those are two of the stories that probably resonated, and I lucked up and won it somehow," he said.

But Bragg said writing books is what he always had in mind.

Bragg's first and, to him, most important book was "All Over but the Shoutin'," which is about his mother. He said it seems to mean a lot to people, especially those who went through hard times, such as the Depression, poverty and alcoholism.

"They see this book I think as, and I don't wanna overstep this, but they see it as kind of an anthem, and I'm honored that that has happened," he said.

Bragg said he had the most fun writing "Ava's Man," a story about his grandfather, a bootlegger during the Depression who died before Bragg was born.

"To be a 40-year-old kid basically and be able to build yourself a grandfather from the memories of your people, that was pretty cool," he said.

Another book, "Prince of Frog Town," is about his father.

"The fact that people have responded and they kind of cling to those books has been probably the most satisfying thing in my life," Bragg said.

"We've lucked into some best-sellers over the years. More than anything though, I've gotten to write about the people I care about in this world—my people."

Bragg's most recent book is the biography "Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story," and he said he never had a dull afternoon while interviewing Lewis.

"That was more fun than a drunk goatropin'," he said. "It was a hoot from the very first interview."

Bragg has always been workmanlike when writing, saying that he doesn't believe in the muse.

"I mean a guy who lays bricks for a living can't wake up and go 'You know, I'm not inspired to lay bricks today,'" he said. "My inspiration has always been the contract or the deadline. This is my job."

“The books are the spine of my writing life, and I'll keep doing 'em as long as anybody wants 'em.”

Rick Bragg

But like any writer, he's experienced his share of writer's block, and “man, there's nothing worse," he said.

Currently, Bragg teaches writing in the journalism department at the University of Alabama, where he's been for 10 years. And he calls it an honor.

"They’re very kind in calling me a professor," he said. "I'm that old fudge-bucket who gripes about where they put the comma.

Never thought that would happen to me."

Bragg also continues to write for magazines, everything from ESPN to Garden & Gun to Southern Living, he said. More books are also a possibility.

"The books are the spine of my writing life, and I'll keep doing 'em as long as anybody wants 'em," he said.

There will be a time, maybe in his 60's Bragg said, when he won't be writing.

"Maybe I'll get to catch a fish," he said.

"I go probably once a year, and that's just embarrassing."

Bragg does believe that the "long story" has been partly lost due to the digital age and social media. But even in today's world, if he were just starting, he'd still write.

"If I were going into a career in the year 2015, I'd still wanna be a writer, and I would still begin in journalism," he said. "And I would hope that someone still valued a good story." {in}

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ATTRACTING MILLENNIALS TO SERVE AND PROTECT Deputies can’t be hired until they're 21, so the Escambia County Sheriff ’s Office (ECSO) focuses its attention on recruiting at local colleges.

The ECSO will even pay for a deputy's bachelor's and master's degree.

"One of the things we're pushing at the job fairs, knowing that the new generation doesn’t want to be trapped in a job their whole career, we're pushing the idea of the different jobs (in law enforcement)," said Chief Deputy Eric Haines. "You can be a school Deputies hold proclamation from county commission in honor of resource officer, you can be First Responders Week a civil officer, you can work at court security, you can work in three or four majorly different areas of investigation."

Generational differences and retiring Haines said the deputies have left the Escambia County sheriff ’s office used Sheriff 's Office currently 33 deputies to lose about 20 short. deputies a year, but "It's grim," said Escambia County Sheriff now that number David Morgan. "There's been a tremendous is around 50. More societal shift probably over the last, I would than 70 deputies say at a minimum, generation. There was a were hired last year, time when serving in the military and going bringing the total to 388, including trainees, into law enforcement were honorable professergeants, lieutenants, captains, the chief and sions; it's not so much anymore." the sheriff.

Because of long hours, not the best pay— "That's a tremendous burden on our starting salary is $34,000—a high divorce rate training, our HR and everything else, where and recent bad press, people are weighing we used to hire 15 or 20 a year to triple that," their options when thinking about a career in he said. law enforcement.

"Law enforcement recruitment across the United States is down about 90 percent. Throw into the mix some bad press Two new cadet programs have been involving Ferguson and New York, then implemented in order to fill the open posiyour numbers are going to get worse not tions. One program hires recent college better," Morgan said. graduates for non-law enforcement jobs

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“There was a time when serving in the military and going into law enforcement were honorable professions; it's not so much anymore.”

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES

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and then pays for them to attend the police academy, keeping the academy part of their 40-hour work week. Previously, since the academy starts in August, graduates would have to find another job during the summer and attend the academy at night.

The other cadet program, which begins in April, will hire candidates and put them through a full-time, four-month academy. Five hundred people applied for 15 positions, and after they were screened, the ECSO decided on about 70 to move forward, Haines said.

To be hired, applicants must complete the academy, be interviewed, be psychologically evaluated and pass a physical agility test, polygraph review and background check. In total, there are 29 steps in the application process.

Two years ago, the ECSO dropped the firearm proficiency requirement in an effort to hire otherwise qualified people.

"I'll spend extra money to send you to shooting school if you don’t know how to shoot. I just need someone that's moral, ethical and competent to be a cop," Haines said.

The moral and ethical attributes are where more generational differences occur. To accommodate for the differences and fill positions, the ESCO has lowered some of its standards.

"It used to be any blemish at all and you were done," Haines said. "Well, now we have to take risks on these people."

Tattoos and bad credit history are now acceptable. No recent marijuana use and no use of hard drugs in the last two years are also new standards, which the FBI has also adjusted.

"It's truly a sign of the times," Morgan said.

"You work with the material that you have."

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Fifteen ESCO employees, including some deputies, are set to retire next year, taking years of valuable experience with them.

"We're sweating this over the next couple years," Morgan said. "We're going to lose a lot of our quality people that have put into the retirement program, and when that happens you're going to have this gap of experience."

It's the experienced deputies that Morgan credits with closing 75 percent of Escambia County's murder cases last year. Of the 16 murders, four remained unsolved.

"Those are my folks that have 15, 20, 25, 30 years that head up those special units, and they're the ones that weave us through that process," he said.

The ESCO also loses deputies after a few years to higher paying counties. Haines said the county budgets about $190 per resident for law enforcement, compared to the Pensacola Police Department, which gets $374 per city resident.

"Most counties our size are around $300 a person," Haines said. "We're one of the lowest funded sheriff 's office in the entire state."

Special units such as the SWAT team also have to deal with vacancies, though not as large. SWAT currently has 23 of its 25 positions filled, and tryouts are held once a year. In the most recent tryout, only one deputy out of eight passed.

"Sometimes we can have upwards of eight to 10 people show up, sometimes we'll have two or three," said Lt. Mark Jackson, who heads the SWAT team.

Despite the shortage of deputies, both Morgan and Haines gave assurance that it wouldn’t affect their service.

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SQUEEZING THE BOTTLE Panhandling, homelessness and what government can do about it were topics of discussion on Feb. 5 for the Escambia Board of County Commissioners.

The BCC passed at its regular meeting a stricter panhandling ordinance that updated prohibitions in Community Redevelopment Areas and established a prohibition on panhandling one half-mile in each direction of I-10 and I-110.

At their morning agenda review session, the commissioners recognized the complexity of the issue.

Commissioner Doug Underhill said that homelessness is an issue, but he also recognized the need to support those who are truly homeless from those he considered a criminal element.

“Homelessness has become a top cover for an element that masquerades as homeless,” Underhill said.

Commissioner Grover Robinson agreed that some use the area’s high homeless numbers to operate what he called an “unregulated business.” He voiced concern that the panhandlers were interfering with businesses near where they congregate.

“Panhandling is a business (for some)…

What we continue to deal with is non-regu-

lated businesses (panhandlers) interfering with those who actually take the time to be regulated and comply with the rules,” Robinson said. He felt the ordinance was necessary to protect businesses that have invested in the community and pay taxes.

There was some discussion about earmarking additional funding to the Escambia County Sheriff’s office for adding a deputy to focus on panhandling, but Chief Deputy Eric Haines objected to that proposed strategy.

“Respectfully, it’s outside the purview of the Board of County Commissioners to allocate funds to tell a deputy what to do,” Haines said. “One deputy won’t solve our homeless issues. It’s a societal issue.”

County Administrator Jack Brown asked if it was feasible to hire off-duty deputies to enforce the panhandling ordinances. The chief deputy said that it was possible, but the deputies would have to be paid at overtime rates.

Haines said that his deputies would enforce the new ordinance, but dealing burglaries, violent crimes and homicides are bigger priorities.

He said that one reason Escambia County may be dealing with more panhandlers

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lately is because Mobile, Alabama has gotten stricter in how it deals with the problem.

Commissioner Lumon May supported the new ordinance but asked staff to develop a measuring tool to determine its impact. “As long as we have high homelessness, high poverty and low graduation rates, we will have this problem,” May said.

“We have no data to show any of this will work.”

Chief Deputy Haines said that another part of the panhandling issue may be that this community enables them. Underhill agreed.

“Panhandling will exist as long as people in this county feed panhandlers,” Underhill said. “We need an effort on the part of the county to educate the public about panhandling.”

He worried that establishing larger boundaries for panhandling was simply “squeezing the bottle” and moving the panhandlers to other intersects. Underhill suggested an education program could give the public different strategies on how to help the homeless.

TOXIC CHARITY While the BCC was discussing panhandlers and the home-

less, over 600 leaders and volunteers from churches, charities and community outreach agencies were listening to Robert Lupton, author of “Toxic Charity: How Nonprofits Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It).”

Lupton believes in the “charity with dignity” concept, where the underprivileged are given an opportunity to earn what they receive, as well as form relationships with those who are helping them.

He is describes himself on his website as a “Christian community developer, an entrepreneur who brings together communities of resource with communities of need.” In his book, he says that churches and charities have fallen into the bad habit of creating programs to help the poor, “toxic charities,” when in reality the only people they are helping are themselves.

Mollye Barrows and Pensacola Today have been outliers on Lupton’s program for changing charitable outreach. Last summer, she visited Focused Community Strategies Urban Ministry and looked into its strategy of focusing on a single neglected neighborhood for an extended period of time “until health returns.” Her report can be found on PensacolaToday.com. {in}

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Pensacola Rotary Clubs Honor Local Photographers With Service Award

Local photographers and videographers Billie and Robert Nicholson of Rusty Buggy Enterprises, Inc. were presented with a Vocational Service Award by the Pensacola Rotary Clubs at a meeting of the Cordova Rotary on January 15th, 2015 at Gulf Coast Kids House in Pensacola. The husband and wife team were honored for their support and the documentary photography and videography they produced for the 2014 Rotary Tree of Remembrance Christmas tree program displayed throughout the holidays at the Dillard’s entrance inside the Cordova Mall in Pensacola.

A big hit with holiday shoppers and out of town visitors alike, this annual community giving project invited shoppers to make a donation and place yellow ribbons on the Tree in honor or remembrance of a loved one.

The Rotary Tree of Remembrance project kicked off on Sunday, December 7, 2014, with a special program held in the Cordova Mall in conjunction with Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Special guests included William Braddock, Cass Phillips and Frank Emond, all local World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors.

Other guests included Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, Pensacola Cordova Rotary President, Dr. Carl Backman, and local Pearl Harbor historians, Billie and Robert Nicholson, authors of Pearl Harbor Honor Flight: One Last Goodbye. Escambia County’s Fire Rescue Color Guard trooped the colors and holiday music was provided by the Sacred Heart Singers.

Over $7,000 was raised from donations made at the Rotary Tree of Remembrance. 100% of the donations went to The Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart, Gulf Coast Kids’ House, Covenant Hospice, Simon Youth Foundation, ARC Gateway and Rotary’s Camp Florida.

This Rotary International community-service project is provided by the Rotary E-Club of South East USA and the Caribbean, Cordova Rotary Club and the combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola (CROP).

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In honor of Valentine's Day, here are some things we are currently loving like XO (including that song—which we do in fact still love just much as we did a year ago). From local eats to politicians to pop culture, this list shows that love comes in many shapes and forms—including heart shaped pizza.

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Rubblebucket

There’s a lot of good stuff in the fine print of the 2015 Hangout Fest lineup, but this quirky Brooklyn band might just be our favorite

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Because who doesn’t like to like to feel fancy every once in a while

Not only did this charmingly uncoordinated dancer steal the Super Bowl, but he’s still demanding more attention than Kim Kardashian's butt weeks after

Beck

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Chris Christie 2016 There’s no way in hell this won’t be fun to watch

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The new season of Girls Minus all the Marnie singing scenes

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For the Love of Mardi Gras…

You know what we love? When Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day fall in the same week. Maybe it’s because it doesn’t happen often.

Or because it gives you something to do besides dinner and a movie. Or maybe it’s just because we love Mardi Gras and king cake beats conversation hearts any day.

So no matter what your valentine’s status is, get ready to let the good times roll all weekend long with the help of the following Mardi Gras events, featuring parades, street parties and pub crawls.

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PENSACOLA GRAND MARDI GRAS PARADE

Krewe de Los Muertos

FRIDAY 2.13

NOCHE DE LOS MUERTOS GOURMET DINNER

6:30 p.m. Culinary Productions Inc. and Krewe de Los Muertos present a special dinner to benefit St. Michael's Cemetery. The event features a Spanish-themed gourmet buffet-style dinner, passed apps by CPI chefs and dessert by Up2You Cupcakes, complimentary nonalcoholic drinks, beer from the Pensacola Bay Brewery, wine and a signature cocktail. The event includes music, face painting and more. Guests are encouraged to dress in Day of the Dead attire and wear dancing shoes. A silent auction and door prize drawing will benefit the St. Michael's Cemetery Foundation Inc. Single seats are $40; reserve a table of eight for $300; reserve at table of 10 for $350. Pricing includes a full gourmet buffet meal, drinks and raffle ticket. 5 Eleven Palafox, 511 S. Palafox. For reservations, call 469-0445, or visit culinaryproductions.net.

KREWE OF LAFITTE ILLUMINATED NIGHT PARADE 7:30 p.m. This is Pensacola’s largest

annual lit parade with Pensacola’s best Krewes kicking off the traditional Mardi Gras weekend celebration. pensacolamardigras.com

10 a.m. line-up; 2 p.m. parade. Pensacola’s Grand Mardi Gras Parade touts itself as the largest annual event in downtown Pensacola. Residents and visitors—often totaling over 100,000—enjoy the pageantry and excitement of a parade with over 6,000 participants and over 250 entries.

The parade follows the traditional downtown parade route, heading east on Garden Street from Spring Street, turning north at Palafox Street, then turning back south at Wright Street, ending at Main Street. pensacolamardigras.com SEVILLE QUARTER MARDI GRAS PARADE PARTY 11 a.m. pre-parade party; parade rolls

at 2 p.m. Start your day off at Seville Quarter will all the festive Mardi Gras Krewes with the Pre-Parade Party. The party continues at Seville Quarter after the parade is over with the largest post-parade dance party in Pensacola in Phineas Phogg’s. See all the Mardi Gras Krewes and their floats up close after the parades. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com HUB STACEY’S 3rd ANNUAL MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL 11 a.m. Arts and crafts booths will

open at 11 a.m., and Cajun food will be served.

Music includes John Joiner and Nick Branch at 1 p.m.; Capt. John and the Krew at 3 p.m. and the Blenders at 7 p.m. Fireworks will finish the evening. Guests are invited and encouraged to wear Mardi Gras beads and masks.

Hub Stacey's at the Point, 5851 Galvez Road. hubstaceys.com KREWE OF WRECKS STREET DANCE 1 p.m. An open party at Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd.

MAIN STREET MILTON MARDI GRAS PARADE 6 p.m. The parade features a

new route starting and ending at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse. For more information, call 380-9507, or visit facebook.com/mainstreetmilton.

SUNDAY 2.15

MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION AT RED FISH BLUE FISH 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Watch

the Krewe of Wrecks parade street-side, while indulging upon red beans and rice, with PBRs and $7 shots of Jameson at the bar. Enjoy live music from DJ Mack in addition to endless jello shots, hunch punch and 20 oz. draft beers. Catch some beads and a great view of the parade, with face painting near the street and the kid-friendly sound side backyard. Red Fish Blue Fish, 5 Via de Luna Dr. For information, call 677-8899.

KREWE OF WRECKS PARADE 1 p.m. Beads abound at this annual beach-side event. The parade route leads up Via de Luna, ending in the Casino Beach Parking Lot. pensacolamardigras.com CASINO BEACH BAR & GRILL MARDI GRAS PARADE PARTY 2 p.m. Featuring Abita beer

specials, shot specials, a shrimp boil and king cake. Find the baby and win a Casino Beach Bar "Experience Package." Enjoy live music by reggae band Sway Jah Vu. Casino Beach Bar & Grille, 41 Fort Pickens Road. casinobeachbar.com SANDSHAKER LOUNGE ANNUAL MARDI GRAS POST-PARADE PARTY 3 p.m. The an-

nual party is back, featuring music by The Astronauts. No cover. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com

MONDAY 2.16

KREWE OF WRECKS BEANS AND RICE 11 a.m.

The Krewe of Wrecks welcomes everyone to a free red beans and rice luncheon. Drinks are available for purchase. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd.

PENSACOLA’S KREWE OF LAFITTE ILLUMI-

NATED MARDI GRAS PARADE A Fine Art Photographic Exhibit on display from Feb. 16 through March 16. Photographer Frank Brueske has captured the sights of the 2013 Krewe of Lafitte parade in about 32 color prints. The Wright Place, 80 E. Wright St. frankbrueske.com

JAZZ SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA’S MARDI GRASS JAZZ GUMBO 6:30 p.m. Featuring the

Mardi Gras Dixieland Dandies. Decorated umbrella contest, second-line parade and raffle. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 301 E. Government. $20. For ticket information, visit jazzpensacola.com or call 433-8382.

(FAT) TUESDAY 2.17

MARDI GRAS PRISCUS PROCESSION & BALL

4:30 p.m. Participants will party in the streets during the Mardi Gras Priscus Procession & Priscus Ball, the annual Fat Tuesday pub crawl.

The festivities begin at Seville Quarter with the crowning of the Priscus King & Queen.

Free for ages 21 and older. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com.

KREWE OF COMA CORONATION AND PROCESSION 6 p.m. Celebrate Fat Tuesday with

a Mardi Gras pub procession starting at the Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com SHOEBOX FLOAT CONTEST 8 p.m. Create your own shoebox float and enter it in the competition. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. paradisebar-grill.com

For more information surrounding Pensacola Mardi Gras, visit pensacolamardigras.com.

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SATURDAY 2.14 PENSACOLA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 8 p.m.

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From gourmet dining for two to adopting a fur-ever friend, here is a shortlist of Valentine’s-themed events to consider adding to your calendar this year (in addition to all the Mardi Gras madness of course).

Join the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Peter Rubardt, as they put on a celebration with “Sounds of New Orleans: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong.”

Joined by the remarkable trumpeter Byron Stripling, romance and jazz will fill the hall, making for an enchanting evening you can’t miss. Pensacola Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. Tickets start at $22. pensacolasymphony.com

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Movie Night

sacola Cooks is pleased to partner with The Local Table and FloraBama Farms of Pensacola to bring you an affordable, unique culinary experience that encourages cooking together with loved ones.

The “Valentine's Meal Box for 2” includes not only what you need to prepare dinner and breakfast meals over Valentine's Day weekend with locally sourced items, but easy-to-follow recipes to guide you. For more information and to order online, visit pensacolacooks.com. Pick up your box Thursday or Friday at FloraBama Farms, 6404 Mobile Highway. $85. pensacolacooks.com

Period dress is encouraged. Regular admission rates apply. Couple's package is also available for $30 and includes two tickets, chocolate covered strawberries, and a bottle of champagne. Tree House Cinema, 1175 Gulf Breeze Parkway. treehousecinemagulfbreeze.com

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Pre-Valentine’s Concert

THURSDAY 2.12 UWF DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTS: UWF RUNGE STRINGS & JAZZ COMBO IN CONCERT 7:30 p.m. This

annual pre-Valentine’s Day concert includes performances by the Runge Strings and Jazz Combo separately, as well as combined. The concert will feature works

by Handel, Mozart and Gershwin, as well as pieces arranged and orchestrated by UWF associate professor Joseph Spaniola.

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Music Hall in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, UWF Main Campus, 11000 University Parkway. For more information and to reserve tickets, contact the CFPA Box Office at 857-6285.

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SATURDAY 2.14 12th AVENUE FLEA V-DAY EXTRAVAGANZA 12-5 p.m Come on out 616 1

you and your love. All you need to do is bring your date. Menu: Sweetheart Salad featuring hearts of palm, strawberries, spiced walnuts and goat cheese on a bed of mesclun greens with a poppyseed vinaigrette; Crab Bisque; Standing Rib Roast with Gruyere Risotto and Chef's Vegetables; Sour Cherry Cheesecake. Wine specially paired with each course. SoGourmet above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $195. sogourmetpensacola.com SATURDAY 2.14 VALENTINE’S DINNER AT RED FISH BLUE FISH 4-10 p.m. Enjoy new

menu offerings, as well as delicious specials prepared with your love in mind.

Red Fish Blue Fish, 5 Via de Luna Drive.

For more information, call 677-8899.

SATURDAY 2.14 H2O VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER AT THE HILTON 5-9:30 p.m. Cel-

ebrate with a gourmet four-course dinner for two with wine pairings prepared by celebrity chef Dan Dunn. Seating begins at 5 p.m. with final seating at 9:30 p.m.

Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front,12 Via de Luna. $150 per couple. For information and reservations, call 343-6791.

FRIDAY 2.13 & SATURDAY 2.14 TREE HOUSE CINEMA PRESENTS: CASABLANCA 7:45 p.m.

Run Your Heart Out

Eat Your Heart Out

Pace High Band is hosting its third annual zombie run. The Eat Your Heart Out 5K is a fun run packed with zombies and obstacles.

Proceeds from the event directly benefit the Pace High Band. Pace High School, 4065 Norris Road. $30-35. Register at active.com, and for more info visit pacehsband.com

FRIDAY 2.13 & SATURDAY 2.14 CELEBRATE AT JACKSON’S STEAKHOUSE Enjoy an

elegant dinner of griddled, skin-on red snapper with fresh herb butter and heirloom tomato, beet and shaved fennel salad, prepared by Chef Irv Miller. Served with saffron rice. Available during dinner service. Call 469-9898 to reserve your table. Jackson's Steakhouse, 400 South Palafox St. jacksonsrestaurant.com

FRIDAY 2.13 - SUNDAY 2.15 CELEBRATE AT THE FISH HOUSE Chef Matthew Brown will

be preparing a three-course feature. Service begins at 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday. $55 per person, excluding tax and gratuity. Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola.com

SATURDAY 2.14 VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER FOR TWO AT SO GOURMET 5-7:30 p.m. Begin

your evening by enjoying the Pensacola sunset on the back deck with a glass of bubbly and a gourmet cheese platter. Then gather inside for an amazing dinner accompanied by live romantic piano music in the background. Enjoy chocolates by Mike Johnson of Cloud 9 Chocolates and cheesecake by Chrisoula's Cheesecake Shoppe. A photographer will be available if you choose to have your night commemorated with a photo of

SATURDAY 2.14 PACE HIGH BAND: ZOMBIE EAT YOUR HEART OUT 5K 8:30 a.m. The

Adopt A Fur-Ever Friend

SATURDAY 2.14 MY FURRY VALENTINE ADOPTION SPECIAL 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Get a

dynamic duo. Discounted adoption fees on select adult dog and cat pairs. Pensacola Humane Society, 5 North Q Street. pensacolahumane.org

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the Mardi Gras Parade fall on the same day this year, bringing increased traffic to downtown, the Downtown Improvement Board has decided to offer free parking from 8-5 p.m. Thursday and Friday to make it easier to shop downtown for Valentine's Day. This means if you were planning to stop by Fiore, Mainline Art House, Between or another downtown local shopping hot-spot between now and Valentine's Day, you're outing just got easier. Free parking includes all on-street parking, public parking lots and the Jefferson Street Garage.

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by Jason Leger

RETROSPECT: Radiohead

“The Bends”

Next month marks 20 years since Radiohead released “The Bends,” its last album as a straight-forward alt-rock band (because it’s no secret what came next). It was the LP that would position them to make waves in the world music scene. Following on the heels of “Pablo Honey” and its mammoth single ‘Creep,’ “The Bends” would give the band five charting singles, including ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’ and ‘High and Dry,’ as well as mark the beginning of a transition toward the experimentation that would make

THURSDAY 2.12

WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Try something

new every week at Aragon Wine Market’s regular wine tasting, only a few blocks from downtown. 27 S. 9th Ave. aragonwinemarket.com “SOUS VIDE COOKING WITH DAVID BEAR” DINNER CLASS 6-8 p.m. Sous vide cooking

with local businessman David Bear. Menu includes: Tuna and Chickpea Salad, Saratoga Cut Beef Loin, Mushroom and Leek Bread Pudding with Sunchoke Puree Caramelized Carrots, Pots de Creme with Maple Syrup.

SoGourmet above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $65. sogourmetpensacola.com

HOW JOHNNIE MAE GOT HER GROOVE ON

7 p.m. This play is simply about faith in the Lord. After going through several relationships trying to find that perfect soul mate, Johnnie Mae realizes there is only one way she is going to find the man of her dreams, and that's through the Lord. This unique theatrical play is inspirational, realistic and down-right hilarious, written by Pensacola’s own, American Gospel Award Winning Playwright, Leroy Williams. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson. $22-24, general admission. pensacolalittletheatre.com 818 1

Radiohead one of the most acclaimed bands in the world.

To be honest, “The Bends” isn’t my favorite Radiohead album, “Kid A” is.

I’m curious how many people would claim it as their favorite considering the band’s more progressive work.

However, I also feel like the albums following “The Bends” made the LP seem less by comparison, and that really isn’t fair. “The Bends” showed the band in a growing phase and connected the dots between “Pablo Honey” and “OK Computer” by displaying more use of keys, a grander sense of experimentation from Jonny Greenwood, and much more of Thom Yorke’s darkening lyrical content, which made them stand out and ultimately rise to the top in an era of Cobains, Cornells and Vedders. “The Bends” was not only a work of forward movement for the band, but it was also the first produced

by Nigel Godrich, who has been at the helm of Radiohead’s recording process ever since. Though this album never reached the commercial success of “Pablo Honey” because there was no ‘Creep,’ we know the Radiohead story is a happy one, and “The Bends” is a fantastic chapter in that story. So for the next month, I will at the very least have ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ and ‘Planet Telex’ in constant rotation to celebrate. “The Bends” has been out for 20 years via Parlophone Records

THE REVIVALISTS 7 p.m. The Revivalists with

Hotel Oscar and John Hart Band. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $20. vinylmusichall.com SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE 7:30 p.m.

Six stories of love, life and relationships. Rated R. Performed in the M.C. Blanchard Courtroom Theatre at the Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson. $10-17. pensacolalittletheatre.com

FRIDAY 2.13

“WINE WITH HILARY: THE LAND” WINE TASTING AND EDUCATION GATHERING 3-4 p.m.

SoGourmet above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $10. sogourmetpensacola.com WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5-7 p.m. Out and about in East Hill on Friday night? Stop by City Grocery for their free weekly wine tasting before settling in or heading out for the night.

2050 N. 12th Ave. PENSACOLA SYMPHONY GALA 6 p.m. The Symphony Gala is a formal event that will begin with a cocktail reception and silent auction, followed by a gourmet dinner and live auction, and will conclude with an incredible performance by the acclaimed jazz musician, Byron Stripling. The Symphony Gala provides financial assistance for the community-

Lower Dens / Photo by Shawn Brackbill

IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD:

Lower Dens

Lower Dens is a four piece art rock band from Baltimore, which is mostly the brain child of former solo artist Jana Hunter and was formed mostly on accident. Hunter was touring under her own name and grew to hate it. She decided to play one more show before taking an indefinite hiatus and asked a few musicians to back her up. This show was the first for Lower Dens, and since Hunter got so much enjoyment from playing it, she decided to take another look at making music and touring on it.

Two weeks ago, the band announced their impending follow up to 2012’s “Nootropics” and third album, “Escape from Evil,” and released the first single, ‘To Die In L.A,’ which is unsurprisingly a total jam.

supported orchestra and helps make possible free fifth grade concerts for 6,000 students, in-school ensemble activities for 4,000 students, free outdoor community concerts, and $5 afternoon rehearsal tickets for seniors and families. Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grande, 200 E. Gregory St. $150. For reservations, visit pensacolasymphony.com HOW JOHNNIE MAE GOT HER GROOVE ON

7 p.m. This play is simply about faith in the Lord. After going through several relationships trying to find that perfect soul mate, Johnnie Mae realizes there is only one way she is going to find the man of her dreams, and that's through the Lord. This unique theatrical play is inspirational, realistic and down-right hilarious, written by Pensacola’s own, American Gospel Award Winning Playwright, Leroy Williams. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson. $22-24, general admission. pensacolalittletheatre.com SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE 7:30 p.m. Six stories of love, life and relationships. Rated R. Performed in the M.C. Blanchard Courtroom Theatre at the Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson. $10-17. pensacolalittletheatre.com

Lower Dens’ gift for building aural structures their audience can feel comfortable in only seems to have grown between albums. This gift mostly rests on Hunter’s narrow shoulders, as she formulates bare bones songs that the band then collaboratively brings to life.

This recent release shows a very confident and enigmatic Lower Dens, which will hopefully lead to an album full of growth and new territory. “Escape from Evil” is out March 31 via Ribbon Music.

TRACK OF THE WEEK:

Unknown Mortal Orchestra ‘Multi-Love’

Psych-pop band Unknown Mortal Orchestra returned last week with a new song and the announcement of their impending third full length. Lead single, ‘Multi-Love,’ is blissful and introspective. Straight from the mouth of creative force Ruban Nielson, it’s “not some hippie bullshit, but a hard-edged, cynical and sharp kind of love.” Hopes are high for another confusingly effervescent pop album from these cats. Stream the track on Jagjaguwar’s Soundcloud page or snag a download on iTunes. “Multi-Love” is out May 26 on Jagjaguwar. {in}

AUDIO PUSH 8 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S.

Palafox. $15. vinylmusichall.com

SATURDAY 2.14

PENSACOLA CAMELIA CLUB GARDEN TOURS AND PLANT SALE 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Directions

to the UWF Camellia Garden: drive to the extreme end of UWF’s main thoroughfare, Campus Drive. Then park in parking lot “V.” The UWF Camellia Garden is a short walk up the hill from the parking lot. The Godwin property is on Soundside Drive in Gulf Breeze. Drive highway 98 East past Tiger Point. At Concord Presbyterian Church, turn right on Rt. 393, Soundside Drive. The Godwin property is about ¼ mile on Soundside Drive and location will be well marked. Camellia plants will be available for purchase at both sites. To learn more, visit pensacolacamelliaclub.com.

UKULELE CLASS 9:30 a.m. The Pensacola Ukulele Players Society (PUPS) meets every Saturday morning at Blues Angel Music, offering free ukulele lessons for both beginners and seasoned musicians. Loaner ukuleles are available for the sessions, which usually last an hour. Blues Angel Music, 657 N. Pace Blvd. bluesangelmusic.com inweekly.net

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THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN: AN EVENING OF JAZZ 8 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.) New World

Landing, 600 S Palafox. Advanced tickets: $30; Door admission: $40; V.I.P. tickets: $50.

Call 393-3028 for more information.

DARRIN BRADBURY 10 p.m. Darrin Bradbury with Erik Lollar. The Handlebar, 319 Tarragona St. $6. pensacolahandlebar.com

SUNDAY 2.15

PETCO ADOPTION EVENT 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Pensacola Humane Society will be at Petco with adoptable dogs and cats looking for their forever homes. Free goodies and information on getting involved. Petco, 1670 Airport Blvd., pensacolahumane.org SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE 2:30 p.m. Six stories of love, life and relationships. Rated R. Performed in the M.C. Blanchard Courtroom Theatre at the Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson. $10-17. pensacolalittletheatre.com HOW JOHNNIE MAE GOT HER GROOVE ON

3:30 p.m. This play is simply about faith in the Lord. After going through several relationships trying to find that perfect soul mate, February 12, 2015

COOKING FROM THE GARDEN WITH CAT MCCREERY 5-6:30 p.m. Learn how to cook

dinner from the winter garden with heirloom gardener Cat McCreery. As with all Pensacola Cooks’ interactive classes, guests "learn by doing" with all kitchen tools and an apron provided, enjoy food prepared in class with a beverage, and receive class recipe cards.

Pensacola Cooks Kitchen, 3670 Barrancas Ave. $25. pensacolacooks.com UWF DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTS NINTH ANNUAL “ALL-STEINWAY SCHOOL” PIANO CELEBRATION 7:30 p.m. The Uni-

TUESDAY 2.17

BREAKFAST & A MOVIE: “EVEREST” 9 a.m.

Watch a classic film on the IMAX® giant screen while enjoying a light breakfast, served with hot coffee. Movies start at 9 a.m. and doors open at 8 a.m. for the first 500 visitors.

A different movie will be shown each week during the month of February. National Naval Aviation Museum, 1750 Radford Blvd. $10. navalaviatianmuseum.org SAUCES WITH SUE: “ROUX THE DAY” 12-1 p.m. In this hands-on demonstration class, learn from SoGourmet chef Sue Shattuck, how to make gumbo. Then enjoy generous tastings the finished product. SoGourmet above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $15. sogourmetpensacola.com ICE HOCKEY 6:35 p.m. Ice Flyers v. Louisiana.

Scout Day / Faith and Family Night. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St., $18-29. pensacolaiceflyers.com STRUT YOUR MUTT 6:45 p.m. Join fellow dog owners for a 45-minute leisurely stroll in East

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2:30 & 7 p.m. This play is simply about faith in the Lord. After going through several relationships trying to find that perfect soul mate, Johnnie Mae realizes there is only one way she is going to find the man of her dreams, and that's through the Lord. This unique theatrical play is inspirational, realistic and downright hilarious, written by Pensacola’s own, American Gospel Award Winning Playwright, Leroy Williams. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson. $22-24, general admission. pensacolalittletheatre.com SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE 7:30 p.m. Six stories of love, life and relationships. Rated R. Performed in the M.C. Blanchard Courtroom Theatre at the Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson. $10-17. pensacolalittletheatre.com

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1:30 p.m. 350 Pensacola hosts program on how we can act locally and stand with fossil fuel divestment campaigns from around the world. The two-hour program will include an introduction to 350.org and the history of the climate movement. 350 Pensacola will lead a discussion on the consequences of our CO2 emissions and recent findings on climate change. The group will give an overview of actions we can take to mitigate climate change and its impacts. Finally, participants will look at divestment campaigns in other cities and work on ways to pursue individual divestment.

West Florida Public Library, 239 N. Spring St. For more information, call 572-7230 or email 350pensacola@gmail.com.

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Johnnie Mae realizes there is only one way she is going to find the man of her dreams, and that's through the Lord. This unique theatrical play is inspirational, realistic and down-right hilarious, written by Pensacola’s own, American Gospel Award Winning Playwright, Leroy Williams. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson. $22-24, general admission. pensacolalittletheatre.com JIM BRICKMAN 7:30 Experience the sounds of award-winning hit-maker, pianist and recording artist Jim Brickman. Pensacola Saenger, 118 S. Palafox. $39-55. pensacolassaenger.com

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"Myth, Fable, and Legend." Ever wonder what the stories of mythology really mean? Do they contain hidden insights? Come explore how the wisdom of ancient myths can apply to you today. Free lecture and forum open to the public. West Florida Public Library meeting room, 239 N. Spring St., downtown Pensacola.

For more information, call 436-4792 or email mythos.sd@gmail.com.

Performed in English with supertitles projected above the stage at the historic Saenger Theatre in downtown Pensacola.

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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

BETHEL MUSIC WORKSHOP NIGHTS: LET HEAVEN COME 7 p.m. Pensacola Saenger, 118

S. Palafox. $25-69. Pensacolassaenger.com AGAINST ME! 7 p.m. Against Me! with Creepoid and Worriers. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $20. vinylmusichall.com DANCECRAFT SWING CLASS 7:30-9 p.m. This class teaches the skills necessary to become a practitioner of West Coast Swing, a popular 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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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

for private residences and commercial entities across the United States, Costa Rica and Paris, France.

Gallery hours and location: Tuesday Friday, 10 "Protection " by Joseph Holston a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 arts & a.m. - 4 p.m. Mainline culture Art House, 442 S. Palafox. mainlineartMAINLINE ART house.com

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HOUSE PRESENTS: "METAMORPHOSIS: CINDY MATHIS LEWIS"Cindy Mathis

(Lewis) is a selftaught, multi-disciplinary artist with an extensive background in both visual and applied arts.

Best known for her sought-after skills as a decorative artist, Cindy has executed murals, faux finishes and custom artwork

PMA PRESENTS: “COLOR OF FREEDOM: JOURNEY ALONG THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD” A collec-

tion of 49 paintings, etchings and drawings by painter and printmaker, Joseph Holston. These works capture the remarkable courage and determination of individuals during this period of American

history. The exhibition consists of four movements that track the moments lived along the journey of the underground railroad and the powerful instinct toward freedom; the unknown world, living in bondage, the journey of escape, and the color in freedom. On display through April 4. Gallery hours and location: TuesdaySaturday, 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 PSC PRESENTS: “HISTORIC CIVIL RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHS & ART FACULTY WORKS” Historic Civil

Rights photographs by acclaimed photojournalist Art Shay

and eclectic works by the Pensacola State College Visual Arts faculty are on display at the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts. A world class, street photographer and writer, Shay spent more than 70 years as a Chicagobased freelance photographer for national magazines such as Life, Time, and Sports Illustrated.

His gripping Civil Rights images from the 1960s are on display, accompanied by narratives produced by PSC History Department faculty and students. Also on display is the PSC Art Faculty Exhibition.

This exhibit includes a variety of mediums such as ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, drawing, digital imaging, graphic design, painting, photography and video. Both

exhibits on display through March 13.

Gallery hours and location: Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, 9th Ave. and Airport Blvd.

Admission is free and the gallery is open Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Tours are available with prior arrangements.

BLUE MORNING GALLERY PRESENTS: “ADORN” This show

features a display of artistically designed jewelry. On display through Feb. 28.

Gallery hours and location: MondayWednesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m., and Sunday, 12:30-4 p.m. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox.

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ARTEL PRESENTS: “VIEW FROM ABOVE”

Your possessions, ideas and life—how would they appear when looking down?

In this juried show “View From Above,” artists use this rarely seen vantage point to showcase intriguing and curious mixed media works. Also on display is “Faceless Fashion” by Mark Hopkins in the award alcove. Hopkins is the award winner from “Juxtaposition.”

Both exhibits on display through Feb. 20. Gallery hours and location: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox, Old County Courthouse. artelgallery.org

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news of the weird GOOD OL' BOY A miles-long traffic jam on Interstate 20 near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Jan. 25 and on into the next morning was caused by an 18-wheeler that jackknifed and overturned when the 57-year-old driver took his hands off the wheel to pull out a tooth with his fingers.

Efforts to haul the truck from the roadside required an hours-long detour of traffic off of the interstate. (The driver's mission was successful; he had the tooth in his pocket when rescued.)

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT Luis Moreno Jr., 26, was pursued by police in Fort Lee, New Jersey, after he entered the carpool lane approaching the George Washington Bridge in January because he appeared to be alone in his SUV. After ignoring several signals to pull over, he finally stopped and, when informed of his offense, told the officer, "I have two passengers in the back" and rolled down a window to show them (in the vehicle's third row), apparently satisfying the officer. However, as Moreno pulled away, one passenger began screaming and banging on the back door. Moreno sped off with his hostages, but was subsequently stopped again and charged with kidnapping and criminal restraint (but no HOV violation!).

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS Lame: (1) Briton Roberto Collins, 51, was sentenced to 13 months in jail by Manchester Crown Court in January after being caught standing on a ladies' room toilet and peering into the next stall. He told police he stood up only to better scratch an itch and was in the ladies' room only because, wearing faulty glasses, he thought it was the men's room. (2) Scotsman Dean Gilmartin, 25, actually persuaded a judge at Perth Sheriff Court in January of his "innocence"—that he might not have been masturbating at the front window of his home. He admitted he was nude (changing clothes), but pointed out that he plays musical instruments and was probably just picking out tunes on his ukulele (rather than "holding" his genitals and moving "side to side," as a neighbor had charged).

WHAT RESEARCHERS DO "Entomologists are not like other people," Wired. com reported in January, revealing that two of them had "proudly" issued "birth" announcements for the "Human bot fly" whose larvae one had let gestate beneath his skin for two months. Scientist Piotr Naskrecki and photographer Gil Wizen had been inadvertently bitten while on assignment in Belize and decided the egg-laying "attack" on a human was an important opportunity for research. After all, Naskrecki said, he had never seen an adult bot fly "crawl out" of its host.

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NEW WORLD ORDER Last year in Middle East school markets, the worldwide publishing giant HarperCollins was selling a popular atlas whose maps pretended there was no such country as Israel. The space that is Israel was merged into Jordan, Syria and Gaza. The company said it was merely honoring "local preferences" of potential atlas purchasers, whom HarperCollins presumed were Arabs wishing that Israel did not exist. (In January 2015, the company finally changed course, publicly "regretted" its decision and recalled all existing stock.)

FINE POINTS OF THE LAW The Supreme Court of Canada turned down Joel Ifergan's appeal in January, leaving his winning-number lottery ticket from 2008 worthless. He had bought two tickets seconds before the 9 p.m. deadline on May 23 of that year, and the tickets had started to print on the store's machine, but only the first one carried that day's date. By the time the second one—with winning numbers for the $27 million jackpot—had gone through the lottery's central computer system and back to the store's printer, the program had already kicked over to the following day and to the next week's drawing.

UNDIGNIFIED DEATHS (1) Police in Seville, Spain, reported in November that a 23-yearold medical student visiting from Poland accidentally fell to her death at the famous Puente de Triana bridge when she maneuvered herself into position on a ledge to take a "selfie." It was the third "selfie" death on the Iberian peninsula in fi ve months; in August a tourist couple (both also from Poland) fell to their deaths while posing for their photo at Cabo de Roca, Portugal. (2) In January, a tourist visiting the Spanish island of Ibiza with her boyfriend jumped up joyously as he proposed marriage to her, lost her balance and fell 65 feet off a cliff to her death.

RECURRING THEMES Ultra-Expensive Trysts: The ones reported previously in News of the Weird involved celebrities ultimately nailed for high-ticket child support payments based on a single encounter (e.g., tennis star Boris Becker, who admitted conceiving a child in a restaurant closet rendezvous). British tourist Peter Cousins, 55, is now dealing with a medical bill of $250,000 after deciding that the middle of a Nevada desert was a good place to have sex—which provoked a heart attack, leading to emergency rescue and a five-day hospital stay (and, eventually, breakup with his then-girlfriend). {in}

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