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winners FRED LEVIN Few people celebrated being in the Winners column as much as worldrenowned trial lawyer and philanthropist Fredric G. Levin. This time, he made the list for a $40 million gift from his estate to the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law. With this generous gift, the Levin family's lifetime contributions to the University of Florida total more than $60 million.

The $40 million will enable the Levin College of Law to build upon existing strengths by recruiting and enrolling talented and diverse students from across the globe, attracting world-class faculty, expanding academic and clinical programs, and ensuring graduate success through robust career preparation.

SANSING FAMILY FOUNDATION

The foundation presented $100,000 to the Children's Home Society of Florida supporting the organization's work to strengthen families and help more children throughout the panhandle realize their full potential. The Sansing Foundation is investing in Children's Home Society of Florida's programs such as Healthy Families, M-Power Transitional Living, Street Solutions and C.A. Weis Elementary, a Community Partnership School.

PAT JOHNSON Escambia County's waste services director recently retired after serving the county for 37 years. Johnson began his career as a maintenance worker I. During his career, he achieved promotions to equipment operator (I, II and III), solid waste supervisor, solid waste superintendent, chief of landfill operations, division manager and department director. In each of these roles, he has been instrumental in assisting in Escambia County's recovery through a number of storms, rain events and fires.

MARK LEE TEAM The Mark Lee Team at Levin Rinke Realty last week announced a $1 billion dollar milestone in lifetime sales.

The team of realtors has also achieved a year-to-date record of $133 million. The Mark Lee Team is part of Levin Rinke Realty, the top local residential real estate brokerage in the area. The continuous support of the company adds to the team's success in selling the Pensacola area and the lifestyle it provides.

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losers JOSEPH LADAPO Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointed state surgeon general refused to wear a mask when he visited State Sen. Tina Polsky. The Democratic lawmaker from Boca Raton has a serious medical condition and requested Ladapo and the aides wear masks during the meeting as a COVID-19 precaution. Polsky later revealed she is dealing with breast cancer. Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson called the encounter "unprofessional." Ladapo defended his actions, telling the media he cannot communicate clearly "when half of my face is covered." Several officials have asked DeSantis to withdraw Ladapo's nomination, which must be approved by the Florida Senate.

JOE ARPAIO The six-term former sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., has cost taxpayers $100 million in attorney fees, settlements and other costs over such things as jail deaths, failed investigations of the sheriff's political enemies and immigration raids of businesses. The last settlement was two weeks ago for $3.1 million to cover the county's portion of a settlement with a restaurant owner who alleged Arpaio defamed him and violated his rights when raiding his businesses. In 2017, President Donald Trump pardoned Arpaio after the sheriff was convicted of criminal contempt for disobeying a federal judge's order to stop racial profiling.

UF ADMINISTRATION First, we learned that the University of Florida administration fast-tracked the hiring of California doctor Joseph Ladapo to give him cover when Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed him surgeon general. Then, we found out the University of Florida is prohibiting three professors from providing expert testimony in a lawsuit challenging a new law that restricts voting rights. The university administration explained on Saturday in a statement that allowing professors Dan Smith, Michael McDonald and Sharon Austin to serve as paid experts for plaintiffs challenging the law would be "adverse to the university's interests as a state of Florida institution."

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ANOTHER CHARTER CHANGE Mayor Grover Robinson has pointed out the key to having an effective strong mayor is electing the right person. However, the damage to municipal operations can be exponentially worse when the wrong administrator is chosen to run operations.

In the Hayward administration, we saw a cast of characters in the city administrator. Bill Reynolds, a Marine Corps prosecutor with government experience, was hired after a six-month search. He was fired after he leaked an employee's complaint to the mayor's political rival. Even though the document listed his computer as the source, Reynolds was put in charge of the internal investigation that ended when he told the city council he couldn't find the culprit, which we later discovered was him.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush appointee Colleen Castille was then hired. She had no municipal government experience, but the word was she would help Hayward in his run to be governor. A little more than a year later, Castille resigned in a coup worthy of "Game of Thrones." The mayor's communications consultant, Tamara Fountain, was made chief operations officer, and a military veteran that handled special projects, Eric Olson, was made assistant city administrator.

The "brain trust" then decided to go after The Fish House, accusing the Merrill family of owing the city a million dollars in back rent, a case the city would eventually lose and cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Attacking the town's most influential Republican wasn't a wise move, and Hayward's big political plans evaporated.

By August 2014, Fountain resigned after the mayor told the media she had an MBA, which she didn't. Olson became the city administrator, even though the only city jobs he had held had been in the Hayward administration. The independent appeals process for employees vanished. The employee manual was revised the day after the fire chief and assistant fire chief were suspended. Later, the employee manual was eliminated entirely when Olson was accused of creating a hostile work environment. Olson resigned three months before Hayward left office.

The charter allowed Reynolds, Castille, Fountain and Olson to be appointed without council approval. The city charter states, "Prior to appointment by the mayor, the city administrator shall have had relevant management, executive or administrative experience." The charter has no explanation of relevant experience, and no enforcement mechanism exists.

A possible check would be for the council to approve the appointee. Reynolds was the press secretary and later chief of staff to Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter.

For three years, he served as the first county administrator of Chippewa County, Wis. The city council most likely would have approved him as city administrator.

Castille was a former secretary of both the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Florida Department of Community Affairs but had been out of state government for seven years before Hayward picked her to run the city. She worked as a lobbyist after Jeb Bush left office. Her appointment might have faced some challenges if it had gone before the council. Few people would have chosen Olson to run any business, much less the city.

Before joining the Hayward administration, the Naval Academy graduate worked as a liaison with military veterans at Habitat for Humanity in Pensacola. He would not have survived council scrutiny.

Grover Robinson has had much more success. He brought a veteran administrator, Chris Holley, out of retirement to rebuild the city's administration. Holley served as executive director of the Florida Association of Counties for a decade after serving as the county administrator for Okaloosa County for 13 years. Keith Wilkins and Kerrith Fiddler, two experienced municipal leaders, have followed Holley. The council would have approved all three administrators.

As the Pensacola Charter Review Commission determines changes for the voters to consider, I suggest they look at the council approving the city administrator. The role is too critical to the city to not have an experienced person in it. {in} rick@inweekly.net

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FOUR VIE FOR D2 SEAT

By Jeremy Morrison There's still a good year before the 2022 election cycle, but the District 2 race for the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners is already heating up.

Thus far, four candidates have lined up for a chance at the seat currently occupied by Commissioner Doug Underhill, who announced he wouldn't seek another term.

Escambia's District 2 comprises a diverse landscape with a sliver of downtown on its western border and Perdido Key on the other boundary. Vying for an opportunity to represent Escambia's District 2 residents are four candidates as varied as the district. One is a self-described community "advocate," another is enraged about the costs of updating that outdated sewage system, a third has the support of a state senator and the fourth appears to have attracted all the money in Escambia.

ADVOCATE EVOLVING

Melissa Pino moved here from Iowa a few years back. After settling into a Navy Point home with her husband, Pino became involved in local issues, particularly environmental ones. She has plugged into the conversations surrounding them and lived through a "period of full-time unpaid advocacy." Now, the candidate would like to step it up and continue these efforts in an official capacity as a county commissioner.

"I'd like to take it to a level where all of the things that I've learned as an advocate and the passion that I still have and see if I can't translate that into something as a policymaker—but still be very much a commissioner with boots on the ground," Pino said, "and see if I can't get more people help and get some real, real change happening on the west side."

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Considering the issues facing District 2, the candidate lists off items like infrastructure improvements and shifting county-level focus away from touristcentric Perdido Key and toward other areas in the country, such as Myrtle Grove. She also points to recent years of "neglect" and "mismanagement."

"Whoever is the next commissioner, it's going to take a couple of years just to sort of stop the bleeding with infrastructure, rebuilding relationships with FDOT, getting our projects moved up on the TPO list," Pino said. "So for whoever gets elected, it may look like there isn't a lot of forward progress because right now we kind of have to stop the vortex."

If elected, she feels that her experience as a community advocate will serve her well in elected office.

"I always joke that at least my experience with advocacy is you have to be willing to hit your head really hard against a wall a hundred times, and if you're super lucky, you may bust your head through two or three times," Pino said.

MAKE SOME THINGS RIGHT

Steve Stroberger moved into District 2 in the summer of 2019, having become familiar with Escambia County while in Aviation Officer Candidate School at NAS Pensacola in the early 1990s.

After retiring from the Navy in 2007, Stroberger has worked primarily in the aerospace and defense industry. Locally, he is a member of the Perdido Key Rotary and vice chairman of the Escambia County Republican Executive Committee.

Stroberger also serves as president of the Inverarity Island Foundation, a nonprofit focused on protecting the island's waterways, and the candidate points to the issue as a driver to his campaign.

"I saw that the water and sewer projects here on Innerarity Island felt like a scheme to me," Stroberger said, "two government entities fighting each other not to take responsibility for the abandoned water and sewer system on Innerarity Island. They eventually conspired to stick the entire cost on the community."

Stroberger is referring to the agreement between Escambia County and the Emerald Coast Utility Authority that involves making extensive repairs to Innerarity Island's sewer system and passing the cost along to property owners.

"I'm speaking to neighbors in their living rooms or at meet-and-greets, and I'm hearing stories with a similar theme," the candidate said, explaining how others in the district share this concern.

But the issue of Innerarity's sewer system isn't the only issue driving Stroberger.

The candidate also lists road safety, stormwater management, emergency services, small business tax relief and government transparency among the issues he considers priorities.

"The list is long," said Stroberger.

The candidate said that he also finds the county's lack of communication frustrating—"the county doesn't return calls; they don't listen; they don't care"—and is looking to change this.

"I'm running to make some things right," Stroberger said. "I think that I can work with the other commissioners to make those things right."

IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE

Kevin Brown moved here from Tennessee a dozen years ago.

"I'm one of those people that came down when they were little on vacation, fell in love with this place and said, 'I've got to live here one day,'" Brown said. "So I've been living here since."

Brown has worked in politics and government—for state Senator Doug Broxson and former Attorney General Pam Bondi. He has served as the chairman for the Republican Party of Escambia County and believes his state-level experience will transfer nicely to the county level.

"I've seen some of the successes we've had on the state level, and I've seen how we haven't been able to translate that on the local level," Brown said.

In particular, the candidate points to the district's infrastructure needs and suggests using money associated with RESTORE, the financial penalties stemming from the 2010 oil spill, to address these needs.

"We need to do a better job lining up with our state and federal partners and working with them to try to fix some of these issues while we have the chance to do it," Brown said.

Another issue the candidate stresses

is reopening the gates at NAS Pensacola.

Because NAS gates are currently closed to the public, he contends areas like Warrington are "dying."

"We've seen other examples across the state where bases can function in a community and still be open, and we need to be working to get that here," Brown said.

As he campaigns toward the 2022 election, Brown said he's enjoying getting to know District 2 residents and their varying needs and interests.

"It's strange. Maybe I'm a little crazy, but it actually energizes me," Brown said. "That's what this is about—the people of District 2, what they care about and fixing problems that have been plaguing them for years."

THE PERDIDO KEY KID

Chance Walsh is the only District 2 candidate who hails from the local area.

He owns and operates his family's pizzeria, Lillian's Pan Pizza, on Perdido Key, where he has worked since the age of 12.

"I am running for District 2 commissioner because I love this district," Walsh noted.

"This is and has always been my home."

Like other candidates in this race, Walsh also cites infrastructure as a top priority, along with public safety, reducing flooding, protecting the environment, improving traffic conditions and "transparency and accountability."

"These are just some of the issues that drive my candidacy," he said.

Walsh also said that whoever is elected as District 2's county commissioner should improve Escambia's offerings to its law enforcement and public safety employees.

"As a community, we cannot be expected to serve one another in an efficient and effective manner if we cannot properly fund those who serve us," he said. "Making sure public safety is well-funded, wellequipped, highly trained and consistently staffed should be our top priority. Our firefighters, law enforcement officers and EMS responders not only deserve higher pay and better benefits, but they deserve a real advocate who fights for changes on a systemic level."

On the issue of government transparency, Walsh said he intends to "usher in a new era of transparency and accountability."

"As public servants, we must be vigilant in standing against undue influence and mismanagement of funds," Walsh said. "In time, we will develop a long-standing relationship of open and honest communications with the public, which will help rebuild confidence in government operations."

Walsh holds a distinction among the District 2 candidates. He has thus far amassed by far the biggest war chest.

While the other candidates have well below $10,000 in their campaign coffers, Walsh has nearly $70,000. {in} inweekly.net

A JUDGE STEPS AWAY

Tom Dannheisser / Photo Courtesy of City of Pensacola

By Rick Outzen Judge Tom Dannheisser is stepping away from the bench after serving 11 years, first as a county judge and later circuit judge. He will become the county attorney for Santa Rosa County, which he held for two decades before Gov. Charlie Crist appointed him a judge in 2010.

Inweekly sat down with Dannheisser to discuss his time in the court system over tea and coffee at the Bodacious Brew. The judge presided over various high-profile cases, including the "Blue Moon" killer Donald Hartung and Mary Rice, who went on a Bonnie and Clyde type crime spree with Billy Boyette. He also dealt with many more mundane criminal cases, and from those, he found a common denominator—the lack of a father in the home.

"It's a concept I think everyone understands theoretically, but when you become a judge, you face it upfront and personal," he shared. "You can look at the headlines in the paper every day, and for significant crimes involving young men in the community, nine times out of 10 that defendant did not have a

father in the home. More often than not, if there was a young person who was the victim in the crime, that person didn't have a father in the home."

Dannheisser continued, "And it's so obvious that I think every judge knows that, probably every police officer or anyone involved in the judicial system. It's as clear as your hand in front of your face."

He believes the first step in combating the problem is talking about it and bringing awareness to the lack of fathers in homes.

Dannheisser said, "It's kind of bizarre because it's inhumane not to address the issue because so many lives are suffering when some people feel restricted to talk about the subject. As you know, I have my little bumper sticker on my car, 'More Fathers Equals Less Prisons.' We need to have higher expectations for fathers than the expectations we've set."

The community lacks a cohesive program that talks about fatherhood. He suggested a public relations campaign.

"We have PSAs on wearing your seatbelt, which is fine, but not about responsible fatherhood," he said. "They generate results because they generate an expectation in the community and set a standard of conduct, which is kind of self-enforcing. It creates peer pressure and just community expectations that irresponsible fatherhood is not acceptable."

When asked how he might improve the court system, Dannheisser was quick to say the system is a good one with "a lot of very good, dedicated judges," but he does believe it would benefit from having more transparency.

"Too few citizens know really what goes on inside the courthouse building, and it's very important, I think, the citizens need to, but also the court system needs the feedback of the public," he said. "A county commission, if they get off track, well, the citizens can show up at a county commission meeting and talk at the public forum and bring up issues."

While such a public forum doesn't exist, Dannheisser would like to see court proceed-

ings televised on cable or available online. He said, "Of course, there're some proceedings that are inappropriate for public viewings, especially dealing with juveniles and such, but all the criminal proceedings, in my view, should be televised. I think around the nation, a number of them are, and it would be a good education for the public, and it would be good for the system itself."

Dannheisser said he has spoken to civic groups and read the names of the judges.

"I asked everyone to raise their hand if you recognize names, and nine out of 10 times, no one would recognize a judge's name, and that's disappointing. Because as a judge, we have more power over people than the president of the United States. Judges like myself need that feedback from the public on how we're doing our jobs."

During the coronavirus pandemic, the courthouse was closed to the public. Most proceedings were held virtually. Dannheisser spoke out in support of opening the courtrooms and holding face-to-face trials and sentencing.

"There's no substitute for in-person, especially in the judicial system," he shared with Inweekly. "It's just not the same. Particularly on the criminal side, I view it as basically a denial of due process and basic humanity to have court proceedings over a computer screen because you're dealing with victims' lives and the accused lives."

Dannheisser explained, "If a young person is being sentenced, they need to be sentenced face-to-face before a judge and not over a computer screen. I view it akin to a dystopian science fiction movie to sentence a human being over a computer screen. That would have been like out of a Ray Bradbury book or something when I was growing up and not something I would've thought we would ever do in real life. But I feel if I'm sending someone to prison for years and years, they have a right to see my face."

He recently had a defendant whom he sentenced via video and who asked the judge what he could do to avoid repeating the same

crime. Dannheisser said, "It just blew me away, and I said, 'Well, first you need to come to court and speak to me in person.' So I had him transported on another day, so he could have that conversation because that kind of startled me and brought out how negative and impersonal the process was."

He also suggested it might help improve the court system if it acted "more like we're not the only court system in town."

"Sometimes government can get a little used to, well, we're the system, so we're not in competition," Dannheisser explained. "If you don't like the service at a restaurant, we can just go to another restaurant. But if you don't like how you're treated in a court system, whether you're just a member of the public walking in the building or a witness or a victim, you don't have another place to go. But those who work in the court system, whether it's judges or prosecutors or clerk staff, they always need to be mindful that we should act as if we do have competition, as if someone could go to the other courthouse across the street if we weren't treating people respectfully as we should."

What makes a good judge? He said, "Well, there's some kind of standard traits that people talk about for being a good judge.

One is humility; two, being able to be a good listener; and, of course, being prepared and being willing to dedicate the time necessary to understand the cases before you."

For new judges, Dannheisser offered, "Every judge needs to be mindful that the black robe is not some kind of superpower cape that gives them power. But it's a robe of responsibility to the public to be even more conscious of how their power affects others. Because judges have, to a lot of extents, completely unrestricted power within certain bounds to affect people's lives. And they need to take that power very seriously and cautiously."

When asked what he would like to add to his article, Judge Dannheisser said, "It's been an honor to have served the people of the Escambia County for 11 years. And that wraps it up." {in}

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Jeffrey Lam and Grover Robinson / Photo Courtesy of ST Engineering North America

MORE SCHOLARSHIPS In continued support of the local community and aviation industry in Escambia County, ST Engineering announced the expansion of the Pensacola Mayor's Scholarship from four to eight recipients each year starting 2022.

Successful applicants of the scholarship will receive $2,500 each, to be used in support of their education in an aviation-related post-secondary program. The scholarship will be awarded based on the applicant's academic performance and financial needs.

"It is critically important to continue to foster young talent in the aviation industry in Pensacola and to do whatever we can to encourage that talent to stay local," said Mayor Grover Robinson. "I'm excited to partner with ST Engineering to expand this scholarship program and help even more students pursue their education and careers in the aviation industry as it continues to grow right here in the City of Pensacola."

Jeffrey Lam, Commercial Aerospace president, ST Engineering, said, "There is no better way to invest in a community than to invest in its people. The scholarship will continue to complement many existing initiatives by ST Engineering and the City of Pensacola to build a strong talent pool that can contribute to the growing success of the local aviation sector."

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growth of the Northwest Florida aviation workforce. ST Engineering also has instituted training programs such as the Airman Training Program, Aviation Maintenance Training Program, Aircraft Maintenance Pathway Program, and Structures and Interior Internships that provide paid on-thejob training to job seekers.

NO BOSS MAYOR Inweekly publisher

Rick Outzen recently recommended that the Pensacola Charter Review Commission evaluate the strong mayor form of government in light of an effort to have the county elect a chief executive officer to run all county operations (Inweekly, "Outtakes," 10/21/21). Mayor Grover Robinson responded to the viewpoint.

"I do agree with you that it really puts a premium on the person you put in the office and what you're trying to achieve," said the mayor. "It can work, but it is extremely susceptible to the things to who you put in there."

Robinson said much of his term has been spent rebuilding city administration and department heads.

"When I look back at it, it's the most significant thing we've done," he said. "I feel incredibly good about where we are, where the team is and the 800 men and women that are there. But there's no doubt that it is a fairly significant challenge on keeping them with whatever happens with the next mayor."

Before Robinson took office in 2018, the city had no succession plan to replace directors after they retired. The Hayward administration had eliminated the employee manual and fired employees without an objective evaluation system. That has changed.

"We have a system that identifies what the goals are and then helps pay people additionally based on their ability to match that goal with the 2% merit bonus that we have," said Robinson. "It is tied to their ability to help achieve the goal, and it goes down to the lowest level individual so that they understand what they're doing and how it becomes effective."

What does Mayor Robinson think about electing a county mayor or CEO? "I don't think it will work," he told Inweekly. "You just got to be able to identify the right person, who's an administrator. We just spent a significant amount of time and energy saying we don't want to do a countywide superintendent, and no one else who's really making any progress in school has an elected superintendent."

He continued, "The thing is, we got to take politics out of some of these decisions, and that would just go totally against what they're trying to do. They're trying to bring more politics into it."

DEAD ON ARRIVAL Escambia County

Commissioner Jeff Bergosh told Inweekly that he thinks the move to form a county charter study commission and creating a countywide mayor is "dead on our arrival."

"No one wants any part of it," said the District 1 commissioner. "The people that are pushing that, they have a certain agenda. They want to anoint someone to lord it over the five of us because they don't get exactly 100% of everything they want."

He continued, "Well, guess what?

They're never going to get 100% of everything they want. If it's too easy in government, you better watch your wallet because someone's getting over on you. So I think there's some folks frustrated with, some certain decisions went certain ways, but it would be an absolute unmitigated disaster to allow the election of a person to run the county."

CITY SURVEY The City of Pensacola

has completed its third annual employee engagement and satisfaction survey, which showed that 73% of employees are satisfied to work for the city. More than half of employees are highly engaged in their work.

The survey gathered valuable feedback from staff in an effort to identify areas for improvement and better serve city employees and residents. The survey saw tremen-

dous participation from staff, with 74% of employees completing it during the survey period in June and July 2021.

"It is exciting to see a continued increase in the satisfaction and engagement of our employees, even though the many challenges presented over the past year," Mayor Grover Robinson said. "The significant increase in our national percentile ranking since 2020 demonstrates that our efforts to make the City of Pensacola a great place to work have been effective and are noticed by our employees."

Conducting an employee engagement survey was one of the recommendations from Mayor Robinson's Transition Team Report. Transition Team Chairman Quint Studer identified the survey as an essential action item to help improve employee performance and morale.

Using a series of questions with a five-point scale, the survey measured employee attitudes on 13 factors, including city image, recognition and development, compensation and benefits, work pressure, progress and job security.

Some strengths employees identified through the survey included satisfaction with benefits, recognition, opportunities for development and feeling like their supervisor treats people fairly and cares about them as a person. Other factors where the city scored above the norm were satisfaction with coworkers, my job, and recognition and treatment.

One issue raised through each survey was pay, which the city has been working to address through a compensation study and merit-based pay plan implemented by Human Resources. The 2021 survey showed improvement in employees' satisfaction with compensation and various factors related to pay.

The survey was conducted by Atlantabased Sperduto & Associates, a firm of corporate psychologists and management consultants that works with organizations throughout the country to help their employees be more engaged, satisfied and productive at work. Check out the survey at bit.ly/2XLElU7.

THREE-PRONGED WIN Discussions are

being held to expand the Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park and help attract more sports tournaments to the area.

"We have bid for a large soccer championship with a group that we all know and love, and that's the Southeastern Conference," Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmer told Inweekly. "We have not been awarded that contract, but we are still in conversation."

According to Palmer, Brosnaham was designed to have more amenities than it has, but 9/11 happened, and funds got shifted to marketing and other things. He said, "Here we are, 20 years later, kind of inweekly.net

circling back around to complete some of those amenities that will make our facility, which is very nice, even nicer."

Since 2009, Palmer and Pensacola Sports have been working on an indoor sports facility to host basketball, volleyball and other indoor sports.

"There's a piece of property up there adjacent to the soccer complex on Brosnaham that the county owns," Palmer shared.

"We're trying to look at the feasibility of building up there, which makes more sense than anywhere downtown. And hopefully, the city can work together to put something together for a relatively medium-size conference center. That's what our studies say makes sense. And we can do some work on the Bay Center, and we get a threepronged win."

JOB TRAINING State Rep. Michelle

Salzman shared with Inweekly that she has been working with School Superintendent Tim Smith, Commissioner Lumon May, ECUA board member Kevin Stephens and FloridaWest on a workforce development proposal that they will present to Triumph Gulf Coast.

"I believe we're the only school district in the panhandle that hasn't received Triumph dollars for workforce development," said the state lawmaker. "I've had meetings with everybody individually over the past week, and everybody just really wants to get it across the finish line."

In 2019, former Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas rejected $2.3 million from Triumph for workforce development because he refused to accept the performance measures for the grant. Other school districts in Northwest Florida had no problem with the measurement standards.

Triumph's requirements called for at least 70% of students enrolled in a certificate program to graduate over a four-year period or that a minimum amount, ranging from 20-100 students, graduate from each of the

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county's five workforce programs, which included cybersecurity and aircraft assembly.

Thomas told the newspaper that the district would implement workforce programs without Triumph funds. The decision may have put Escambia County behind its neighboring counties.

TENNIS LOVE The Roger Scott Tennis

Center courts are due an upgrade, as the 50-year-old courts are showing age beyond the scope of the traditional patch-ups.

To resurface the courts, Mayor Grover Robinson plans to spend some of the city's American Rescue Plan Act funds. Also, he intends to partner with Escambia County on the effort.

"These are the conditions of the courts," Mayor Robinson said, flashing images of cracks on the courts up on an overhead screen at his Oct. 25 press conference. "You can patch them, but the more you patch, the quicker it goes. The quicker it goes, the more money you spend patching."

The mayor said that ARPA funds are in fair play to pay for these repairs to Roger Scott's courts, as the project will improve outdoor recreational opportunities. He's committing $1.3 million and hopes Escambia County is good for a matching $1.3 million.

Initially, Mayor Robinson approached the city council for the extra funds to resurface the tennis courts but was rebuffed because, as he explained, "Unfortunately, some members of the council want to be the mayor and show up and pitch another idea."

The mayor said that hesitations among city council members centered on districtcentric concerns, which he waved off, pointing to an upcoming redistricting process.

"It shocked me. It shocked me in some ways to think that people would not realize and understand how serious the situation is. But it didn't shock me in some ways, because again, COVID has continued to show us that people get more and more selfish," Robinson said. "You know, just going to find something to spend in District 2—who

knows, in a few short months, District 2 will look extremely different than it does today.

So if you're just trying to put arbitrary things in arbitrary lines, it makes no sense."

As part of the partnership with Escambia County, county residents will have the same access, at the same rates, to Roger Scott's courts as city residents do. Though it's not a done deal yet, Robinson said he was confident that the county's five commissioners would ultimately go for the partnership as it means Escambia wouldn't need to consider investing in its own tennis facility.

"I feel very good about getting money from outside the city and partnering with the county. There's no reason, we have no county tennis courts—and for them to start that process would be a whole lot more than $1.3 million," Robinson said.

TIDES OF CHANGE Join the City of Pensacola for a special premiere of the film "Tides of Change," hosted by the Escambia County UF/IFAS Extension Office and PLACE:SLR. The event will begin at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at the Hunter Amphitheater in the Community Maritime Park, 301 W. Main St. "Tides of Change" is a short film explaining the impact of sea-level rise in Northwest Florida and how residents can support community flood resilience. The film covers understanding future risks, working with natural systems, responding to flood hazards, planning for future sealevel rise and preparing local businesses.

An open house with interactive tables and activities on display will begin at 4 p.m., followed by the premiere of "Tides of Change" at 6 p.m. Attendees can also enter a raffle to be awarded at 7 p.m. For more information, visit bit.ly/future-flooding.

COVID BOOSTERS In partnership with Escambia County District 3 Commissioner Lumon May, Community Health Northwest Florida will hold a special weekend COVID-19 booster clinic on Sunday, Nov. 7, from

10 a.m.-2:00 p.m., inside the Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W. DeSoto St. All CDC/FDA-approved vaccine brands, including Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, will be available for individuals 18 and over who qualify to receive the COVID-19 booster vaccine.

Persons wishing to receive a COVID booster dose at the Sunday, Nov. 7, clinic should call the Community Health Vaccine Call Center at (850) 439-3358 to schedule an appointment.

The use of a single booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 and Pfizer vaccines may be administered at least six months after completion of the primary series to individuals 65 years of age and older or those 18 through 64 years of age at high risk of severe COVID-19 or who frequent institutional or occupational exposure to COVID-19.

The use of a single booster dose of the Janssen (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine may be administered at least two months after completion of the single-dose primary series to individuals 18 years of age and older.

Eligible individuals may choose which vaccine they receive as a booster dose.

Some people may have a preference for the vaccine type that they originally received, and others may prefer to get a different booster. CDC's recommendations now allow for this type of mix and match dosing for booster shots.

Participants desiring the COVID-19 booster should bring their COVID-19 vaccination card to their appointment. All adult participants will be required to show photo ID at the time of appointment.

Individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days or have had symptoms of illness—fever, cough, shortness of breath—in the past 14 days should not receive the vaccine and should not enter the facility. Individuals who have had the monoclonal antibody infusion treatment should wait at least 90 days before receiving any COVID-19 vaccine. {in}

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FOO FOO FEST Nov. 4-15

By Jennifer Leigh If 2020 was all about canceled events, then 2021 is all about the cautious comeback.

And Foo Foo Fest is definitely one of the annual events coming back.

"This is a great event in general, but I think this year we as humans are really craving that social interaction and looking for ways to get outdoors," said Maria Goldberg, chair of Foo Foo Fest.

Since its inaugural year in 2014, Foo Foo Fest has celebrated Pensacola's vast array of arts and culture highlighting events and experiences packed into 12 days each November. Organizers of the festival made the decision early on last year to cancel the 2020 festival. It was hard, but "the right thing to do," said Goldberg.

With the arts community hurting from lost funding and canceled seasons, the Foo Foo fest grants are a nice shot in the arm— November 4, 2021

wink wink—for these organizations. Overall, the grant pool for this year was $315,000.

And while we're in a better place COVID-wise than last year, the pandemic is hardly over—which is why organizations have planned their events with safety in mind. Nearly all are outdoor, and the few indoor events have limited capacity to arrange for proper distancing.

"When we had our kick-off meeting to announce the funding available, we expressed that everyone should be mindful to ensure people felt safe and comfortable," said Goldberg.

The fall season is normally busy in Pensacola with back-to-back weekends of longstanding traditions, like the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival. The beauty of Foo Foo is that it promotes smaller organizations alongside the more established ones—for instance, the Gulf Coast Quilt Trail or Jazz for Justice, a fundraiser for Legal Services of

North Florida. Some of these smaller organizations don't have the funding or manpower to promote their events. That's where Foo Foo Fest comes in.

"We hear from people that might say, 'I never knew we had a local quilter's guild,'" explained Goldberg. "This gives the community something to do that's totally outside the box and shake up their normal routine."

Foo Foo is also not just about ticketed events; it's about experiences. Most years, there's a street art installation that draws crowds and lots of Instagram posts.

This year, Foo Foo Fest will feature not one, but two 3D digital projection shows.

The first, Son et Lumière ("Sound & Light"), will be during the first weekend of the festival, Nov. 4-7, at Artel Gallery. The second, "A Celebration of Art," will be during the last weekend of the festival, Nov. 11-14, with digital projections literally jumping off Pensacola Little Theatre and onto Pensacola

Museum of Art. Both will have to be seen in person to be truly appreciated.

During the 12 days of Foo Foo, from Nov. 4-15, there's plenty to see do and experience.

"There is something happening every day," said Goldberg.

Foo Foo Fest isn't something that could happen just anywhere. It's special because of the organizations that have built Pensacola's arts community into what it is today.

"The local arts community is why we're here," said Goldberg. "If we didn't have these great groups with great programs, we wouldn't have anything to promote. They make it easy." {in}

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Kidpreneurs Take Over the Market

Khaliyah Madison, owner of Tootie's Jewelry Bar / Photo by Phillip Salzman

The World Economic Forum estimates that 65% of children will work in job types that don't exist yet.

This shocking statistic is what motivated Ann Novakowski, along with the other founding moms, to establish Pensapreneur Kids, Inc. "How do you prepare your kids for a future that you can't even begin to predict?"

Novakowski asked. "We firmly believe that training towards an entrepreneurial mindset is the key and can carry children well into their adult lives, whether they choose to be entrepreneurs or not."

Pensapreneur Kids is an organization centered on teaching children entrepreneurial skills. Each year, Pensapreneur Kids hosts the Pensacola Children's Business Fair to give children ages 5-17 the opportunity to open their first business at a one-day outdoor marketplace.

"They can test an experiment and see if they like this idea or want to try something different," Novakowski said. "They can experiment with their prices or change their entire business from one year to the next.

What other opportunities are going to give them this experience?"

Novakowski explained that participating in the Pensacola Children's Business Fair gives the children the opportunity to practice independence, learn financial literacy and develop self-confidence.

For the application to the outdoor fair, the children have to come up with their own business plan.

"There's no limit to what they can do," Novakowski said. "They are the boss of their whole experience."

The young entrepreneurs consider details such as the price of their products and the cost of creating the product and how to

By Gina Castro market their business. Pensapreneur Kids helps guide them along the way.

On the day of the event, the children continue to lead the show. They are the ones conversing with customers and selling their goods while the parents stand on the sidelines.

"That's what really excites me is that every single booth you visit, that child or the children have 100% come up with the idea and put everything into making those products," Novakowski said.

Young entrepreneur Cora Jayne, 11, is the proud owner of Cora's Creations. She says this experience helped her be less shy.

"The most exciting part was my first sale at the market," Jayne said. "I thought I would be scared, but I wasn't, and I met new friends and made money to put back into my business."

The owner of Tootie's Jewelry Bar, Khaliyah Madison, 8, said one of the most important lessons she learned is how to use her business to give back to the community.

"I have learned how to save my earnings and invest back into my business," Madison said. "I have also learned what it means to give back to my community and help others in need."

Pensapreneur Kids also encourages its participants to donate a portion of their earnings to local charities and nonprofits.

"A lot of local businesses do so much for the community," Novakowski said. "We really wanted to make sure that as part of this experience, that we teach kids not just to earn and save but earn, save and share."

Although Pensapreneur Kids requires participants to pay a small fee, thanks to sponsors, children who can't afford it can still participate.

"I really want any child who wants to participate and wants to make money to have the opportunity to do so," Novakowski said.

Pensacola Children's Business Fair

WHEN: Noon-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 WHERE: Palafox Market, North Palafox Street DETAILS: facebook.com/pensacolachildrensbizfair

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Kidpreneur Quotes "I have learned that with creativity and hard work, anything can be reimagined. I am excited to see if my visions can make money and have fun while doing it."

Julien Frey, 15, owner of Upcycling by Julie

"I have learned that having a business is a lot of fun and takes hard work, that it's important not to give up on your dreams and to enjoy what you're doing."

Allison Lauren, 10, owner of Gotta Have Gloss LLC

"I wish to create an online store and also get my product into local businesses in Perdido. It has been so helpful, and I have learned so much.

I even was able to meet the mayor last year.

Oliviea Jens, 12, owner of Olive Star Boutique

"I hope my business will make others happy and people will continue to buy from me. Maybe it will grow into something bigger one day. Maybe one of my rock cacti will find a home in some place iconic like the White House or NASA or something.

That would be amazing."

Cayson Barreto, 11, owner of Cayson's Rockin' Cacti

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S potlight on the Songwriters

By Hunter Morrison

Dean Dillon / Photo by Shelley Patterson, cshelzphoto.com

The nationally recognized Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival will return for its 37th year from Nov. 4-14.

The event will feature over 200 songwriters from all over the world converging on the Alabama and Florida Gulf Coast.

"What we're trying to do is shine the spotlight on the unsung heroes of the music business," said Andy Haynes, director of the Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival. "The songwriters never get the credit that they deserve, as we see it. You always hear about the artists who make the hits, but these are the guys behind the artists; without them, there would be no songs."

Songwriters of this event will perform

at two dozen venues across the Gulf Coast.

These include venues in downtown Pensacola, Perdido Key, Orange Beach and Gulf Shores. Performances can be seen at the Flora-Bama Lounge in Perdido Key, Lulu's in Gulf Shores and the Coastal Arts Center in Orange Beach, in addition to others.

Songwriters often team up during these shows, turning some sets into full on jam sessions.

"We're all about providing wonderful, intimate settings providing people with an opportunity to hear the stories behind how the songs came to be," said Haynes.

Among others, this year's event will showcase Country Music Hall of Fame in-

M urder, Mystery and Music Murder, mystery and music collide in The Gordon Community Art Center's production of "Murder Ballad," presented by PenArts. This rock opera follows a deadly love triangle, and anyone on stage could be the murderer.

This is the first year The Gordon is participating in Foo Foo Fest. PenArts is the nonprofit based out of The Gordon, which opened in 2019.

Director of the Gordon Christine Kellogg says bringing "Murder Ballad" to Pensacola is a part of her and PenArts' plan to introduce Pensacola to more art.

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ductee Dean Dillon, who is credited as being one of the original writers of the hit song "Tennessee Whiskey." The song has been popularized by musician George Jones and was later nominated for the Country Music Awards Song of the Year after a performance by Chris Stapleton.

"We have lots and lots of Grammy award winners that will be here, and we feature a lot of up-and-coming songwriters as well," said Haynes. "We try to showcase young talent, not just the legends of the business."

What started in 1984 as an "end of season party" for local performers at the Flora-Bama Lounge has since turned into one of the largest and longestrunning songwriters' festivals in the country.

The event has been named a Top 20 Event by "The Southeast Tourism Society" and has been recognized by both "Billboard" and "American Songwriters Magazine."

Although performers primarily showcase country music, various blues, jazz and gospel songwriters will also be performing.

The event will feature both international talent and local songwriters.

"We're trying to recognize all of these folks at various levels of talent," said Haynes.

Additionally, the Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival will showcase a handful of special events, including educational seminars geared at addressing the art and providing insight into the business side of professional songwriting. The festival will

also highlight a Veterans Day tribute on Nov. 11, a Native American tribute on Nov. 6 and an autism awareness benefit on Nov. 9-10.

The Frank Brown International Foundation for Music, which puts on the Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims to teach the art and craft of songwriting to local youth.

"We're not in this to profit from the community; we're in this for the community," said Haynes. "Among other things, we send songwriters into schools throughout the year to teach the art and craft of songwriting, we donate instruments to school music programs, and we also provide scholarship funding for young people with an interest in music in both Baldwin and Escambia counties."

Since 2013, the Frank Brown International Foundation for Music has also been involved with the Larry Butler Memorial Music Award at the University of West Florida, which supports the travel of students to music competitions all over the world. The organization also funds music studio and classroom improvements on campus, as well as provides music lessons for underprivileged kids. To date, the organization has raised and donated over $150,000 to the fund.

Not only will the festival benefit songwriters near and far, but it will also benefit the Alabama and Florida Gulf Coast.

"We want to bring the songwriters out of the shadows and into the spotlight, and we want to have an economic impact on the area by bringing thousands of people here," said Haynes. "But what's very, very important to us is doing things for the young people in our community."

37th Annual Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival

WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 4-Sunday, Nov. 14 WHERE: Multiple locations DETAILS: frankbrownsongwriters.com

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"All of the things that we have been doing at PenArts are what we call 'Pensacola Premieres,'" Kellogg said. "They're shows that have not been performed in Pensacola before.

So when I found out this hadn't been here, the PenArts team and I jumped on the chance."

"Murder Ballad" was written by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, and it was performed on Broadway in New York City.

The four-person show will be performed by some of Pensacola's own talent. Lloyd Reshard Jr., a known opera singer, will be making his rock debut in this performance.

Local performers Sierra Hobbs and Garrett

Summit will be performing as well, and Dani Barrie will be flying in. The performance will also feature a live local rock band.

The Gordon will transform into a cabaret-themed bar, and guests will have the opportunity to interact with the performance at the beginning.

Kellogg hopes The Gordon's participation in Foo Foo Fest will draw more interest to the growing Belmont-DeVilliers area.

"I truly hope that people come and see that this is an area that is growing and vibrant with history, culture, art and good people," Kellogg said.

PenArts presents "Murder Ballad"

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11-Saturday, Nov. 13, and 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 14 WHERE: The Gordon Community Art Center, 306 N. DeVilliers St. COST: $14 DETAILS: facebook.com/penartsinc

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SON ET LUMIERE: SOUND & LIGHT 3D DIGITAL PROJECTION LA-based

Paintscaping, University of West Florida and Ideaworks have collaborated to create and execute an augmented reality experience in the heart of downtown Pensacola. Be sure to check it out Thursday, Nov. 4-Sunday, Nov. 7, outside Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox.

GULF COAST QUILT TRAIL Visit 20-plus public folk art installations across Escambia County with the Gulf Coast Quilt Trail Thursday, Nov. 4-Monday, Nov. 15. Snap a photo of the installations you find and share on social media using the hashtag #GulfCoastQuiltTrail. For more information, visit gulfcoastquilttrail.com.

GULF COAST QUILT TRAIL: DIY PAINT PARTIES Join the Gulf Coast Quilt Trail and

put your home or business on the Trail Map by attending the DIY Painting Party. Paint your own quilt block. Cost is $50-$250 depending on size. Dates include 4-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9; and 4-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11. For more information, visit gulfcoastquilttrail.com.

PENSACOLA MESS HALL: SCIENCE OF STRATEGY Get your game on with the

Pensacola MESS Hall with events including Games Garden on Saturday, Nov. 6; Sunday, Nov. 7; and Thursday, Nov. 11-Sunday, Nov. 14; Games Unplugged Curiosity Day on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 1-4 p.m.; and Clue Murder Mystery with the Improbable Cause Mystery Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 4. Visit pensacolamesshall.org for tickets and information.

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A CELEBRATION OF ART: IMMERSIVE 3D PROJECTION EXPERIENCE The

Pensacola Little Theatre and Pensacola Cultural Center are celebrating art—theatre, singing, ballet, painting, writing, videography—in a larger-than-life outdoor digital graffiti display running Thursday, Nov. 11-Sunday, Nov. 14. The projections will run 7-9:30 p.m. every half hour. A special ticketed experience is available with a private viewing area and cocktails at 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 13, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. Purchase tickets at pensacolalittletheatre.com.

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA: A SALUTE TO SERVICE Pensacola Opera

presents a special Veteran's Day concert featuring the Choral Society of Pensacola and Pensacola Children's Chorus. The free performance will feature patriotic tunes paying tribute to servicemembers from the past and present from 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Hunter Amphitheatre at Community Maritime Park, located at 351 W. Cedar St.

STAMPED: LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL

Stamped is a three-day festival celebrating films about the LGBTQ experience featuring filmmakers from across the nation and the world. Dates are 5-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12 and Saturday, Nov. 13, and 2:30-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Pensacola Cultural Center, located at 400 S. Jefferson St. The festival is free to attend.

JAZZ FOR JUSTICE Legal Services of

North Florida hosts Jazz for Justice, which offers live music with a New Orleans flavor with Tuba Skinny and New Breed Brass

Foo Foo Fest is a 12-day arts and culture celebration that kicks off Thursday, Nov. 4, and runs through Monday, Nov. 15. To help you see, do and experience as much possible during the next two weeks, we put together this calendar. For more information about the festival and individual events, visit foofoofest.com.

Band headlining the day. The event will be 1-9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Seville Quarter, located at 130 E. Government St. Tickets are free for general admission, $25 for reserved seats and $50 for VIP. Get your tickets at jazzforjustice.org.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

LAUREN WOODS DREAM STATE The latest exhibit at Pensacola State College Switzer Gallery features artist Lauren Woods. The exhibit is open all through Foo Foo Fest. Visit the gallery at 1000 College Blvd. For more information, visit pensacolastate.edu.

VISIONARY APONTE: ART AND BLACK FREEDOM The Pensacola Museum

of Art presents an exhibit of works from Jose Antonio Aponte, a free Black carpenter artist. The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays from noon4 p.m. The exhibit will be on view through March 27, 2022. Pensacola Museum of Art is located at 407 S. Jefferson St. For tickets and information, visit pensacolamuseum.org.

GENDER PORTRAITS Gender Portraits is on exhibit in the Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center, located at 117 E. Government St., until January 2022. It is a project from artist Drew Riley of Austin Creative Alliance. Visit historicpensacola.org for more information.

THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD REIMAGINED Pensacola Museum of Art

presents a selection of contemporary work inspired by Alejo Carpentier's historical novel "The Kingdom of This World," which

recounts the Haitian revolution and its profound impact on the emergent nation. The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays from noon-4 p.m.

The exhibit will be on view through Jan. 9, 2022. Pensacola Museum of Art is located at 407 S. Jefferson St. For tickets and information, visit pensacolamuseum.org.

AN EVENING WITH CHEF BLADE HERRING Visit Jackson's Steakhouse

Thursday, Nov. 4, at 5:30 p.m. as Chef Blade Herring takes you through his culinary training with a five-course food and wine pairing. Tickets are $75 per person.

Jackson's Steakhouse is located at 400 S. Palafox. Make your reservation by calling (850) 469-9898.

ATLAS BEVERAGE CLASS Sample brews from Islamorada Beer Company and enjoy island eats from Spanky's Kitchen Food Truck on Thursday, Nov. 4, at Atlas Oyster House, 600 S. Barracks St. There are two available times at 5 and 7 p.m. Cost is $25 per person. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Be sure to make yours by emailing taylor@goodgrits.com or calling (850) 287-0200.

GREAT GULFCOAST ARTS FESTIVAL

The annual three-day juried art festival features more than 200 of the nation's best painters, potters, sculptors, jewelers, graphic artists, craftsmen and other artists with live music and hands-on activities for kids.

GGAF is located in Seville Square Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit ggaf.org for more information. inweekly.net

U.S. NAVY BLUE ANGELS HOMECOMING WEEKEND The 2021 NAS Pensacola Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 5, and Saturday, Nov. 6, on Pensacola Beach as the Blue Angels close out their season.

FRANK BROWN INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS' FESTIVAL The 37th

annual Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival will feature more than 200 nationally acclaimed songwriters in venues along the Florida and Alabama Gulf Coast from Thursday, November 4-Sunday, Nov. 14. For tickets and venue information, visit frankbrownsongwriters.com.

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE The University of West Florida Department of Theatre presents "Shakespeare in Love," based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, adapted for the stage by Lee Hall with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will be held Nov. 5-7 with shows at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $7-$18. For more information, visit uwf.edu.

STELLA ARTOIS CHALICE PAINTING

Paint your own Stella Artois chalices and choose one to be judged by local celebrities and politicians at O'Riley's Irish Pub, located at 321 S. Palafox. The free event is Saturday, Nov. 6, from 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

VARIATIONS AND VIRTUOSITY

Pensacola Symphony Orchestra is joined by violinist Geneva Lewis for Dvořák's Violin Concerto for an evening inspired by Argentine folk music 7:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Saenger Theatre, located at 118 S. Palafox. For tickets, visit pensacolasymphony.org.

PENSACOLA WOMEN'S HALF MARATHON Pensacola Sports presents a women's focused running event including a mile dash, 5K and half marathon Sunday, Nov. 7, 6:40 a.m.-noon at Plaza Del Luna, 900 S. Palafox. A virtual option is also available.

BRUNCHFEST PRESENTED BY BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE EMERALD COAST Support the Boys & Girls Clubs of

featuring artful floral arrangements and glass vases from artists Katie Soo and Joe Hobbs 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, at Fiore of Pensacola, located at 405 S. K St. This event is free.

DON FULANO TEQUILA DINNER 86 Forks Bar + Table presents a unique dinner experience with the Don Fulano Tequila Dinner Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m. at 86 Forks, located at 11B S. Palafox. Call (850) 607-7336 to make your reservation.

SHOPPING & COOKING THE COOP MEDITERRANEAN STYLE WITH EVER'MAN GROCERY Learn how to pre-

pare a fresh and healthy Mediterranean dish starting with the grocery list at Ever'Man, located at 315 W. Garden St. Friday, Nov. 12, at 11 a.m. Tickets are $5 per person and limited to eight people, so reserve your spot now at facebook.com/evermancoop.

SOMETHING ROTTEN! Pensacola State

College Performing Arts presents "Something Rotten!" a musical set in 1595. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 13, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at the Ashmore Auditorium, located at 1000 College Blvd. Tickets are $7-$16 and free to PSC students with valid ID. For more information, visit pensacolastate.edu.

MURDER BALLAD PenArts presents the rock opera "Murder Ballad," a fun murder mystery through pop and rock music, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 13, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at The Gordon Community Art Center, located at 306 N. DeVilliers St. Tickets are $15.

PING PONG ON PALAFOX Zarzaur Law presents the ultimate ping pong battle 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at the corner of Palafox and Romana streets. Register your team at zarzaurlaw.com.

BOURBON, BACON, BREWS & CIGARS

O'Riley's Irish Pub presents this special event on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 3-5 p.m. Tickets are $25 and include a flight with one cigar, three spirits and a brew. Visit orileyspub.com.

the Emerald Coast while enjoying a delicious brunch Sunday, Nov. 7, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Seville Quarter, located at 130 E. Government St. Tickets are $15-$25.

WINTER BREWFEST Sample some of the best "wintery" craft beers available during winter Brewfest at O'Riley's Irish Pub, located at 321 S. Palafox, 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. Tickets are $20-$25. Visit orileyspub.com to purchase your tickets.

PENSACOLA CHILDREN'S BUSINESS FAIR Shop and support young entrepreneurs

THE PENSACOLA BEACH ART & WINE FESTIVAL The Pensacola Beach Boardwalk

between 6-17 years of age at the Pensacola Children's Business Fair, located at 121 N. Palafox, from noon-3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7.

"MOMO" MEALS ON MY OWN Autism Pensacola presents an adult cooking class for individuals living on the autism spectrum. This monthly class helps individuals with peer interaction and safe cooking practices. This month's class is Tuesday, Nov. 9, at Bodacious, located at 407-D S. Palafox.

Visit bodaciousshops.com.

BESPOKE NAMESAKE COLLECTION

Fiore Pensacola presents a collaborative show November 4, 2021

will transform into an artist and wine lover's paradise on Sunday, Nov. 14, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., with a wine tasting from noon-3 p.m.

For tickets to the wine tasting, visit pensacolabeachchamber.com.

PENSACOLA EGGFEST Sample the best

from BBQ teams and backyard cooks noon3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Blue Wahoos Stadium, located at 351 W. Cedar St. Tickets are $45 for general admission, and VIP tickets are $75 and include early bird admission at 11 a.m. and a meet and greet with chefs on Friday, Nov. 12. Visit pensacolaeggfest.com to purchase your tickets.

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All That Jazz

By Savannah Evanoff

Tuba Skinny will bring busking vibes to Pensacola after a not-so-buskingfriendly pair of years.

Erika Lewis, the vocalist and bass drum player, said the jazz group has been lucky enough to tour twice during the past few months—their first tours since the pandemic started. Their supportive fanbase kept the band thriving through livestreams during the quarantine, she said.

"It's amazing," Lewis said, "the energy from the people. Everyone, I think on both sides, musicians and audience, there's just like an extra level of joy and appreciation for being able to play and experience live music."

Tuba Skinny performs primarily early jazz and blues from the 1920s and 1930s, as well as offshoots of that—country blues, ragtime and originals written in the same vein, Lewis said. The jazz group has been together 13 years in April, playing with five core members and a few who have come and gone.

Lewis still remembers having trouble coming up with a name.

"When we first started busking out on the street, our tuba player, he'd be riding his bike, and some of the guys on the street would be hollering at him," Lewis said.

"He's a pretty thin guy, so people just gave him that nickname, Tuba Skinny. But it's in reference, I think, because Tuba Fats was a really influential part of the street music and brass band scene in New Orleans. I believe it was in the '80s, he was an activist and stood up for street musicians, and he was a well-loved public figure."

Todd Burdick is their tuba player.

Lewis remembers her own musical origins well, too. She grew up listening to a lot of music at home and she always loved singing, she said.

"Back 15 years ago or so, I was traveling on the road and stopped in New Orleans and heard people in Jackson Square playing on the street and felt really inspired and just felt like that was something that I really wanted to do and be a part of," Lewis said. "I ended up moving to New Orleans, and then all the guys and gals in the group started playing together, and the rest is kind of history."

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Tuba Skinny / Photo by Sarrah Danziger

While Lewis currently lives in Nashville, she loved the inclusive music scene of New Orleans, she said. She now writes and performs her own country Americana music in addition to touring with Tuba Skinny. She recorded an album in Nashville during the pandemic she hopes to have released early next year.

Tuba Skinny's most recent release—minus the "Quarantine Album," composed of cuts from previous recording sessions—is "Some Kind of Shake."

"Usually, whenever we record, it's whatever songs we're most excited about or we've been playing recently," Lewis said.

"We know hundreds of songs collectively.

We record whatever we're currently playing and feeling excited about, and 'Some Kind of Shake' is an original tune by Shaye Cohn, who is the cornetist for our group and also arranges most of the music. Everything that Shaye writes is super fun to perform."

They never play the same set of music twice, Lewis said.

"We have a pretty large repertoire, and it's a mix of old early jazz and blues, country blues tunes and then some original songs written by band members," Lewis said.

"It's a total honor to be the co-headliner of Jazz for Justice with New Breed Brass Band," Lewis said.

Before the performance, she wants readers to know (first and foremost) that Tuba Skinny performs songs because they're moved by them.

"I think everyone in the band is really just about the music; there isn't anything more that we're striving for through playing it other than paying homage to the original songwriters," Lewis said. "And we're really inspired by the roots of the music that we play. We're working on a new album right now. We started recording in the spring and the hope to have it finished, so stay tuned for that."

Jazz for Justice

WHEN: 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 WHERE: Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. COST: General admission is free, reserved seating is $25 and VIP tickets are $50 DETAILS: jazz.lsnf.org

Jazz for Justice Schedule of Events and Band Lineup 1 p.m. Pat Whitehead 2:05 p.m. Nik Flagstar 3:15 p.m. Victrolas 4:20 p.m. Tuba Skinny 5:50 p.m. New Breed Brass Band

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S ounds, Lights and Local History

By Savannah Evanoff

Photo Courtesy of Ideaworks

Folks might learn a thing or two about Pensacola at Son et Lumière.

As the French title indicates in its direct translation, it will bring "sound and light" to Foo Foo Fest in the form of a 3D digital projection show projected onto Artel Gallery every half hour from 7-9:30 p.m., Nov. 4-7. The 8-minute show, though, will also walk through a bit of Pensacola history, said Walker Wilson, the chairman of Friends of Downtown Pensacola.

The show explores Pensacola's fishing origins in the 1800s, a historic fire on Halloween night, how hurricanes have affected the community and the impact of the Blue Angels on Escambia County, he said.

"Honestly, a lot of it I didn't even know growing up here," Walker said. "It was interesting to hear that we had this big fire on Halloween night and burned much of the city to the ground and we had to work as a community to get back on our feet. I think

T he Fabric of Our Lives

Heather Ensley / Photo by Quilt Folk Magazine (@quiltfolk)

Quilting might be one of the oldest forms of art, with the practice dating as far back as 3400 BCE. For most of its time, quilting was all about function and adding insulation to fabrics. But it's also a form of art, with quilters putting hundreds of hours into a finished piece.

The Gulf Coast Quilt Trail highlights the artistic mastery of quilts with dozens of art installations around Escambia County. Each November 4, 2021

most of us, in today's age, are used to that when it comes to hurricanes. And we've all been through that, especially as recently as a year ago. But it just shows the resiliency of our community, and when we're faced with a challenge, we always rise to the occasion. It's just kind of cool to see that in a different perspective. As far back as the 1800s, we were still dealing with getting knocked down to having to get back up on its feet again."

But it's only a mild history lesson; it isn't boring. The concept is credited to Paul Robert-Houdin, the curator of the Château de Chambord in France and host of the world's first son et lumière in 1952.

"Really, the show makes the building come to life," Wilson said. "At times, it'll look like the building's actually on fire or falling down because the hurricane is too strong or the Blue Angels are flying out of the windows, and so it's really an immersive experience that we're bringing into downtown Pensacola."

L.A.-based Paintscaping collaborated with local marketing company Ideaworks to create and execute the augmented reality experience.

They have been working on the show since summertime, namely since they received a grant from Foo Foo Fest, Wilson said.

They went full throttle, coordinating with Escambia County to get the awnings

removed from the building, the City of Pensacola to shut down that block of Palafox, UWF's Archaeology Institute to confirm historical dates and procure old images and people at Seville Tower to secure office space to project from.

"It's been a lot of great partnerships that we've formed to make this all happen," Wilson said. "It's not as easy as just plugging the projector in and hitting play."

The show will run several times a night, so Wilson said families can catch it before or after dinner or simply while they stroll downtown.

"I'm just excited to see this show come to life, see that building come to life when they get that projector up and going and really have an event for all ages to come down and be outside and enjoy downtown Pensacola," Wilson said.

ties Nov. 4, 9 and 11 at various locations so you can create your own quilt square with a little less effort than actual quilting.

Ensley has been an avid sewer for years and began quilting three years ago. She appreciates the artistry but also the technical aspect.

"It's a highly scientific art and a highly technical skill," she said. "It's very rewarding when you get it perfect. It's also very zen and meditative when you're cutting 150 triangle pieces to be the exact size."

The Pensacola Quilters Guild has been around since 1983 and is a group of mostly women who share their latest designs and educate other members on tips and tricks.

As a small organization, the Foo Foo Fest grant has helped them create events to promote the guild.

Many of the guild members are in their 70s and 80s. Ensley, who is one of the younger members in her 50s, said she wants to see more people embrace the art.

No skill is required to join. Monthly meetings are offered in daytime or evenings and involve an educational component and show and tell—Ensley's favorite part.

"It's really a great group of ladies," she said.

For some, a quilt might just be something to keep the bed warm. But it's so much more to the hands that actually made it. Ensley said she hopes the trail and events help more people appreciate quilting for its beauty.

"Most people hang quilts on their walls

because it is a beautiful piece of art," she said.

"Once you've made a quilt, you have 150-plus hours in them. They can be hard to give away.

They're not just a bedspread."

Son et Lumière

WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4-Sunday, Nov. 7. The show is 8 minutes and will begin every 30 minutes starting at 7 p.m. with the last show beginning at 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox COST: Free DETAILS: facebook.com/downtownpensacola

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painted square was designed and created by members of the Pensacola Quilters Guild and resembles the folk-art aesthetic of a traditional quilt.

"The squares were made of composite aluminum," explained Heather Ensley, committee chair for the Gulf Coast Quilt Trail.

"We'll have more than 30 hung by Nov. 4. It's like a scavenger hunt."

Look for the map online at gulfcoastquilttrail. com and you'll see the spots scattered across the area. Beyond Escambia County, the American Quilt Trail is a movement that started in 2001 with more than 8,000 squares hanging all over the country.

This year during Foo Foo Fest, along with the trail, the Guild is hosting live painting sessions with Kim Zabbia of the Louisiana Quilt Trail at the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival, Nov. 5-7, and DIY Paint Par-

Gulf Coast Quilt Trail WHEN: Nov. 4-15 WHERE: Various locations COST: Free DETAILS: gulfcoastquilttrail.com

Gulf Coast Quilt Trail: DIY Paint Parties

WHEN: 4-9 p.m. Nov. 4; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Nov. 9; 4-9 p.m. Nov. 11 WHERE: Various locations COST: $50-$250 DETAILS: facebook.com/gulfcoastquilttrail

Gulf Coast Quilt Trail: Live Painting by Kim Zabbia

WHEN: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 5-7 WHERE: Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival: Heritage Section Booth COST: Free DETAILS: ggaf.org 17

a&e happenings must have a minimum count of 16 pages and a minimum print run of 15. Send or deliver at least one copy of your zine before 6 p.m. Nov. 26, to 309 N. Sixth Ave., Pensacola, FL 32501. Visit pensacolamuseum.org for more details.

EASY GOING GALLERY ART MARKET Every Sunday, Easy Going

Gallery and Carter J Studios present a weekly art market Sundays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Easy Going Gallery, located at 701 N. V St. Vendors can participate for a $20 fee. For more information, contact easygoinggalleryart@gmail.com.

"Wayom Lemond" by José Bedia (The Kingdom of This World), 2021 / Currently on view at Pensacola Museum of Art / Courtesy Image

ARTS & CULTURE

WE SEE YOU Presented by the HER

Foundation and Kate Treick Photography is an exhibit saluting female veterans in Pensacola and the Florida panhandle on view through Nov. 28 at Cordova Mall, located at 5100 N. Ninth Ave.

ANTARCTICA: SEASONS OF WATER AND ICE Antarctica: Seasons of Water and

Ice is on exhibit on the second floor of UWF's John C. Pace Library, Room 215, through Dec. 12. A public reception will be held in the exhibit space on Thursday, Nov. 4, from 5-7 p.m. For information on the John C. Pace Library hours of operation, visit uwf.edu/ library. For more information on the exhibit and presenting partners, visit uwf.edu/tag.

WHAT'S SHOWING AT PENSACOLA CINEMA ART The next film showing at

PCA is "Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain" at 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6, and "Stillwater" at 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12 and 13. Reserve your seats by emailing jpncinema@gmail.com or texting (863) 446-7300. PCA is located at 220 W. Garden St. Now streaming—"On Broadway" and the SXSW Short Film Festival.

MAKING MUSICAL MAGIC Culminating an exciting eight-week performance workshop, students will perform a final showcase under the artistic direction of Emily Mixon and musical direction of Susan and Allen Pote at Pensacola Little Theatre, located at 400 S. Jefferson St., Friday, Nov. 5, 7-9 p.m. Tickets are $5. Visit pensacolalittletheatre.com for more information.

LOCAL AUTHOR JAMES BECKER'S THOTH'S RIDDLE: A JOURNEY OF THE MIND Thoth's Riddle: A Journey of the Mind

is an illustrated anthology that focuses on science fiction, fantasy adventure and horror. Step right up and see for yourself. Local author Allie Marchase was born in Alabama and graduated from the University of Montevallo in 2010. Marchase has been writing fantasy for years and is currently working on a fantasy series. Local author James Becker was born in Denton, Texas, but now calls Fairhope, Ala., home. Becker attended the 818 1

University of Montevallo. He is also the founder of "Thoth's Riddle Publishing." Meet both authors Saturday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Pensacola Library, located at 239 N. Spring St.

IMPROVABLE CAUSE AT PLT Enjoy

Pensacola's best professional improv comedy troupe Saturday, Nov. 6, at 10:30 p.m. at Pensacola Cultural Center, located at 400 S. Jefferson St. Get your tickets at pensacolalittletheatre.com.

VETERANS DAY PARADE The Pen-

sacola Beach Elks Lodge #497 will hold its 32nd Veterans Day Parade on Thurs., Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. The parade will start across from Avenida 10 and travel west on Via De Luna Drive, finishing in front of the Casino Beach gulfside pavilion. A veterans' recognition and POW/MIA ceremony will immediately follow the parade at the pavilion with remarks from this year's grand marshal, Ret. Colonel Joe Kinego, USAF.

STRONG STREET STUDIO ONLINE PUMPKIN SALE Glass pumpkin season

is upon us, and you can order yours from the safety and comfort of your own home.

Strong Street Studio will be offering a new inventory of glass pumpkins online at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. For more information, visit strongstreetstudioglass.com.

PINE FOREST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 31ST ANNUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL Pine Forest

United Methodist Church will be hosting their 31st Annual Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

The day features 165 arts, crafts & other vendors, homemade baked goods and delicious food. Free admission. Free parking.

Door prizes. The church is located at 2800 Wilde Lake Blvd. Proceeds used for community ministries. For more information, go to pineforestumc.org/craft-fair.

309 ZINE CHALLENGE Take part in one

of PMA's latest exhibits from AnArchivist by submitting your own zine to be donated to the 309 Archive and exhibited in the 2021 Zine Challenge installation. Zines

2000 MEN: BLACK POLITICIANS DURING RECONSTRUCTION A

new exhibit at the Pensacola Museum of History shares the stories and histories of Black politicians during the Reconstruction period. The Pensacola Museum of History is located at 330 S. Jefferson St. For more information, visit historicpensacola.org.

UWF HISTORIC TRUST 9/11 EXHIBIT

An exhibit honoring victims lost and others impacted by the tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001, is now on display on the second floor of the Pensacola Museum of History.

The University of West Florida Historic Trust curated the exhibit, 9/11 Remembered, which runs through January 2022, with items on loan from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York and the History Museum of Mobile. The gallery includes a section of the I-beam from one of the World Trade Center towers and a helmet and other items worn by first responders who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Visitors can also view a video of newsreels from 20 years ago on projectors and a video from NAS Pensacola that features military members who responded to the 9/11 attacks.

For more information on UWF's Historic Trust, visit historicpensacola.org.

FINDING 1821 Finding 1821 is part of the

while also celebrating the 20th anniversary of the eight-week Zine Challenge of 2001 and the playful/poetic/participatory aesthetic of the Pensacola DIY scene. The exhibit is on view at PMA through Jan. 2. PMA is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays from noon-4 p.m. For more information about exhibitions, programming or support, visit pensacolamuseum.org.

THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD, REIMAGINED The Kingdom of This

World, Reimagined provides a new look at the real and imagined stories told in Alejo Carpentier's 1949 historical novel "The Kingdom of This World," which recounts the Haitian Revolution in his signature literary style—lo real maravilloso, or the marvelous real.

This exhibit will be on view at the Pensacola Museum of Art through Jan. 9, 2022. The PMA is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays from noon-4 p.m. For more information about exhibitions, programming or support, visit pensacolamuseum.org.

IN PLACE UWF ART FACULTY EXHIBITION The Art Gallery (TAG) at the

University of West Florida presents In Place, Art Faculty Exhibition. This exhibition features work by Thomas Asmuth & Sara Gevurtz, Dale Castellucci, Yvonne Christine, Nicholas Croghan, John Dougherty, Carrie Fonder, Valerie George, Justin Quaid Grubb, Jim Jipson, Kelly Leitermann, John Markowitz, Marzia Ransom, Gregory B. Saunders and Jenea Wood. The exhibit runs through Nov. 5 at TAG, located on the UWF Pensacola Campus in The Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Bldg. 82.

SCRIPTEASERS WITH PENSACOLA LITTLE THEATRE Scripteasers, Studio

400's and Pensacola Little Theatre's Script Reading Club invites you to monthly script readings at PLT, 400 S. Jefferson St. Want to bring your scripts for the group to read and discuss? Contact Pensacola Little Theatre to get in queue. The group reads prospective scripts for future seasons as well as new scripts that need a table read before the next edit. Not a playwright but love to read out loud? This is your easy, fun theatre night. Fascinated by the play selection process? Sit in for a listen and usually a lot of laughs. Visit facebook.com/pensacolalittletheatre for more information and the latest dates.

UWF Historic Trust's Suddenly American exhibit. Using historic newspapers, maps and documents, it is possible to locate where businesses stood in the 1820s. From taverns to parasol shops, each site on the Finding 1821 trail reflects a local establishment that was near that location 200 years ago. Outside each business is a QR code that links to a corresponding advert from an early 1820s newspaper. Over a dozen sites have been identified so far. Take a stroll around town, visit local shops and explore the history of Pensacola through today's technology. Visit historicpensacola. org for more information.

OPEN MIC AT THE GORDON Show off your talents on the second Thursday of every month at The Gordon's Open Mic showcase from 7-10 p.m. Admission is free.

The Gordon is located at 306 N. DeVilliers St. Visit thegordon.org for more information.

WE ARE NOT A MOVEMENT. WE ARE MOTION ITSELF. Using source material

OPEN MIC COMEDY AT BIG TOP BREWERY Try out some new jokes or enjoy

from the 309 Archives, AnArchivist transforms linear time into a cyclical dimension with the announcement of a new beginning,

some homegrown talent every Monday at 7 p.m. for Open Mic Comedy at Big Top Brewery, located at 21 W. Romano St. Everyone inweekly.net

a&e happenings gets five minutes depending on the number of sign-ups. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.

NEW CLASSES AT MIXON MAGIC PERFORMING ARTS Mixon Magic Per-

forming Arts (MMPA), a boutique performing arts studio located at 1010 N. 12th Ave., Ste. 238, will be offering a limited class schedule this fall. MMPA offers professional dance, fitness and "Mommy and Me" instruction for all ages and skill levels with weekly classes including, but not limited to, Creative Movement, Ballet/Jazz Combo, Broadway, Tap, Showstoppers, Acting and Voice. Classes will be provided for children as young as 2 years old (with a parent or guardian) through adult.

MMPA is dedicated to the safety and well-being of all students and families and has implemented protocols based on guidance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Masks are required for entry into the building and studio. More information about Mixon Magic Performing Arts can be found at mixonmagic.com, by contacting hello@mixonmagic.com or emily@mixonmagic.com or by calling (850) 221-7438.

GENDER PORTRAITS Gender Portraits is a project from artist Drew Riley of the Austin Creative Alliance. The nonprofit organization supports sex and gender minorities using art as a foundation for education, activism and advocacy. The exhibit is on view at Voices of Pensacola, located at 117 E. Government St., through January 2022. For more information, visit historicpensacola.org.

BLACK CITIZENSHIP IN THE AGE OF JIM CROW "Black Citizenship in the Age

of Jim Crow," a traveling exhibition from the New York Historical Society Museum & Library with additions from the African American Heritage Society of Pensacola, is now on view at Artel Gallery. To learn more about it, visit africanamericanheritagesociety.org.

Artel Gallery is located at 223 S. Palafox.

CRAFT CLASSES AT STUDIO SOUTH ON NINE MILE Learn a new craft or meet

up with other makers at Studio South. Tuesday is Knit Night 4-7 p.m., and Sit & Stitch is Saturdays 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Both classes are free. For a full calendar of events, visit studiosouthon9mileroad.com. Studio South is located at 955 E. Nine Mile Road.

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS AT FIRST CITY ART First City Art Center offers a wide

range of classes and workshops for artists of all levels. Classes include glass blowing, ceramics, painting and drawing, kiln-forming, stained glass and more. For a complete list of classes and times, visit firstcityart.org.

LIVE MUSIC

MONDAY NIGHT BLUES AT SEVILLE QUARTER Blues Society of Northwest

Florida and Seville Quarter present Monday Night Blues, the longest running weekly Blues Jam in Florida, featuring Dave Keller on Nov. 8 November 4, 2021

starting at 7 p.m. with an opening and followed by the Blues Jam at 9 p.m. Seville Quarter is located at 130 E. Government St. For more information, visit sevillequarter.com.

BUMPIN UGLIES & TROPIDELIC WITH THE RIES BROTHERS Bumpin

Uglies will play at Vinyl Music Hall, located at 2 S. Palafox, Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m.; doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 and available at vinylmusichall.com.

RUNGE STRINGS The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the Runge Strings Orchestra in "Eine Kleine Runge Strings Concert" on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in the Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the Pensacola campus. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For tickets or more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at (850) 857-6285.

LIVE MUSIC AT RED FISH BLUE FISH PENSACOLA BEACH Head to Red Fish

Blue Fish for live performances from local bands Fridays and Saturdays all day. For musician lineups, visit facebook.com/redfishbluefishpensacolabeach.

SAXOPHONIST JIM ANDREWS AT ALICE'S RESTAURANT Saxophonist Jim An-

drews will be performing at Alice's Restaurant, located at 1504 W. Intendencia St., on the first Friday of every month from 6-9:30 p.m.

CURT BOL JAZZ QUARTET Visit Five Sisters Blues Café, located at 421 W. Belmont St., Sundays from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and listen to Curt Bol Jazz Quartet. Visit curtbolband.com for more information.

OPEN JAM AT ARTEL GALLERY Artel Gallery is open from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays for open jam with Pensacola Folk Music Society. Feel free to visit and listen to music. Artel Gallery is located at 223 S. Palafox.

KARAOKE AT MUGS AND JUGS Sing your heart out Sundays at Mugs & Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway, or just enjoy drinks friends with $4 Smirnoff and $6.50 domestic pitcher drink deals from 7 p.m.-3 a.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/mugsjugs.

LIVE MUSIC AT HUB STACEY'S Sit back

with good food and live music at Hub Stacey's, located at 312 E. Government St. For a full calendar of bands, check hubstaceys.com.

MONDAY NIGHT BLUES AT SEVILLE QUARTER Seville Quarter and the Blues

Society of Northwest Florida bring the "Blues" back to the Seville Quarter Entertainment District, located at 130 E. Government St. every Monday night in End O' the Alley starting at 7 p.m. For more information, visit sevillequarter.com. for more listings visit inweekly.net 19

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Only 48% of children in Escambia County are ready for kindergarten Children who are not ready for kindergarten start behind and many stay behind, even dropping out of school. It’s difficult for the children and their families; it puts pressure on public school teachers to bring children up to grade level; it feeds a cycle of generational poverty in our community.

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free will astrology WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Are

you still hoping to heal from psychological wounds that you rarely speak about? May I suggest that you consider speaking about them in the coming weeks? Not to just anyone and everyone, of course, but rather to allies who might be able to help you generate at least a partial remedy. The moment is ripe, in my opinion. Now is a favorable time for you to become actively involved in seeking cures, fi xes and solace. Life will be more responsive than usual to such efforts.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): "The

delights of self-discovery are always available," writes author Gail Sheehy. I will add that those delights will be extra accessible for you in the coming weeks. In my view, you're in a phase of super-learning about yourself.

You will attract help and support if you passionately explore mysteries and riddles that have eluded your understanding. Have fun surprising and entertaining yourself, Taurus.

Make it your goal to catch a new glimpse of your hidden depths every day.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Gemini novelist and philosopher Muriel Barbery says, "I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken." In the coming weeks, I hope you will overcome any tendency you might have to manipulate yourself in such a way. In my view, it's crucial for your mental and spiritual health that you at least question your belief system‚ and perhaps even risk shaking its foundation. Don't worry—Even if doing so ushers in a period of uncertainty, you'll be much stronger for it in the long run. More robust and complete beliefs will be available for you to embrace.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): In her book "Mathilda," novelist Mary Shelley (17971851) has the main character ask, "What had I to love?" And the answer? "Oh, many things—there was the moonshine, and the bright stars; the breezes and the refreshing rains; there was the whole earth and the sky

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that covers it." I bring this to your attention in the hope of inspiring you to make your own tally of all the wonders you love. I trust your inventory will be at least ten times as long as Mathilda's. Now is a favorable time for you to gather all the healing that can come from feeling waves of gratitude, even adoration, for the people, animals, experiences, situations and places that rouse your interest and affection and devotion.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Our memories are always changing. Whenever we call up a specific remembrance, it's different from the last time we visited that same remembrance‚ colored by all the new memories we have accumulated in the meantime. Over time, an event we recall from when we were nine years old has gone through a great deal of shapeshifting in our memory so much so that it may have little resemblance to the first time we remembered it. Is this a thing to be mourned or celebrated? Maybe some of both. Right now, though, it's to be celebrated.

You have extra power to declare your independence from any memories that don't make you feel good. Why hold onto them if you can't even be sure they're accurate?

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): In 1962,

astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in a spacecraft.

His flight marked the first time that NASA, the agency in charge of spaceflight, had ever used electronic computers. Glenn, who was also an engineer, wanted the very best person to verify the calculations, and that was Virgo mathematician Katherine Johnson.

In fact, Glenn said he wouldn't fly without her involvement. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because I believe the coming months will be a favorable time for you to garner the kind of respect and recognition that Katherine Johnson got from John Glenn. Make sure everyone who needs to know does indeed know about your aptitudes and skills.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): According to an Apache proverb, "It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand." If you act on that counsel in the coming weeks, you will succeed in doing what needs to be done. There is only one

potential downfall you could be susceptible to, in my view, and that is talking and thinking too much about the matter you want to accomplish before you actually take action to accomplish it. All the power you need will arise as you resolutely wield the lightning in your hands.

ies around how to hold our obligations with grace." Sanaker's thoughts will serve as an excellent meditation for you in the coming weeks. You're in a phase when you can make dramatic progress in embodying the skills she articulates.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): To en-

author Denise Linn reminded us, "The way you treat yourself sends a very clear message to others about how they should treat you."

With that advice as your inspiration, I will ask you to deepen your devotion to self-care in the coming weeks. I will encourage you to shower yourself with more tenderness and generosity than you have ever done in your life. I will also urge you to make sure these efforts are apparent to everyone in your life.

I am hoping for you to accomplish a permanent upgrade in your love for yourself, which should lead to a similar upgrade in the kindness you receive from others.

courage young people to come to its shows, the English National Opera has offered a lot of cheap tickets. Here's another incentive— Actors sing in English, not Italian or French or German. Maybe most enticing for audiences is that they are encouraged to boo the villains. The intention is to make attendees feel relaxed and free to express themselves. I'm pleased to give you Scorpios permission to boo the bad guys in your life during the coming weeks. In fact, I will love it if you are extra eloquent and energetic about articulating all your true feelings. In my view, now is prime time for you to show the world exactly who you are.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): "If we're not careful, we are apt to grant ultimate value to something we've just made up in our heads," said Zen priest Kosho Uchiyama.

In my view, that's a problem all of us should always be alert for. As I survey my own past, I'm embarrassed and amused as I remember the countless times I committed this faux pas. For instance, during one eight-month period, I inexplicably devoted myself to courting a woman who had zero interest in a romantic relationship with me. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because I'm concerned that right now, you're more susceptible than usual to making this mistake.

But since I've warned you, maybe you'll avoid it. I hope so!

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Capricorn author Asha Sanaker writes, "There is a running joke about us Capricorns that we age backwards. Having been born as burdened, cranky old people, we become lighter and more joyful as we age because we have gained so much practice in wielding responsibility. And in this way, we learn, over time, about what are our proper burdens to carry and what are not. We develop clear boundar-

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PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): You have at your disposal a prodigiously potent creative tool: your imagination. If there's a specific experience or object you want to bring into your world, the first thing you do is visualize it. The practical actions you take to live the life you want to live always refer to the scenes in your mind's eye. And so every goal you fulfill, every quest you carry out, every liberation you achieve, begins as an inner vision. Your imagination is the engine of your destiny. It's the catalyst with which you design your future. I bring these ideas to your attention, dear Pisces, because November is Celebrate Your Imagination Month.

THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK: Describe what actions you'll take in the next six months to make your world a funner, holier place—newsletter@freewillastrology.com.

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news of the weird WAIT, WHAT? "Appropriate disciplinary action has been taken" in Hazard, Kentucky, after photos surfaced on social media allegedly depicting students giving lap dances to high school staff, USA Today reported.

The incidents from Oct. 26 were part of homecoming week; Superintendent Sondra Combs said festivities included a "man pageant," which somehow led to the lap dances by scantily clad students. One of the grateful recipients was the school's principal, Donald "Happy" Mobelini, who is also the mayor of Hazard. "Using this as a teachable moment," Combs said, "we will provide social media training for our students and staff." But, she emphasized, the district "has a tradition of excellence and academics and everything we do"—apparently including suggestive bumping and grinding.

GOVERNMENT IN ACTION About 100 hippopotami that are descendants of hippos once owned by late drug lord Pablo Escobar have been recognized by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio as legal persons, United Press International reported. The hippos live in Colombia, but nonhuman animals are allowed to go to a federal court in the U.S. to obtain testimony in defense of their interests. Colombian attorney Luis Domingo Gomez Maldondo filed a lawsuit on the animals' behalf to save them from being euthanized, arguing that sterilization would be a better option.

MOST COMPETENT CRIMINAL A clever burglar in Coronado, California, devised a simple way to enter a home there on Oct. 21, the Associated Press reported. The 43-year-old woman just called a locksmith and asked him to change the locks on "her" home, then went inside, settled in, and turned on the music and fireplace. But a neighbor noticed the activity and contacted the out-of-town homeowner, who alerted the police. When officers arrived, the spare key provided by the neighbor didn't fit the locks, and police saw metal shavings and parts of a discarded lock near the front door. Police went around back, called out to the person inside and arrested her as she emerged on suspicion of burglary.

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT A hiker in Colorado who was on a trail to Mount Elbert got lost on Oct. 18, wandering in the woods until the next morning around 9:30 a.m. Lake County Search and Rescue began looking for the unidentified person that evening and continued through the night, Fox News reported, making repeated calls to the hiker's cellphone, which went unanswered. The hiker, who didn't realize a search party was looking for them, told officials that they ignored the calls because they didn't recognize the phone number.

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overdue according to your itinerary and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone."

CREEPY Residents of Ipswich, England, have spent more than four years being troubled by a haunting rendition of the nursery rhyme, "It's raining, it's pouring ..." sung by a young child during the night. "It was waking me up in the night. It was absolutely terrifying," one woman said, according to the Mirror. "Last week it played for hours. It was just horrible."

Finally, in September, the borough council's rapid response team tracked down the source of the chilling singing: It was a motion alarm in an industrial park. "The sound is only supposed to act as a deterrent for opportunistic thieves that come onto our property," a spokesperson for the park said. "The motion sensors were being triggered by spiders crawling across the lenses of our cameras, and it looks like we've had it turned up too loudly." The volume has been lowered, and Ipswich residents can sleep at night.

IT'S AN EDUCATION Elementary students at Wilton Manors school in Florida were treated to a field trip on Oct. 27, walking over to Rosie's Bar and Grill accompanied

by Broward County School Board member Sarah Leonardi, who posted about the outing on her official Facebook page. Fox News reported that the post ignited outrage among members of the community, who, beyond their incredulity that a bar and grill was a "field trip" destination, were upset that Rosie's is an LGBT bar, with items on the menu such as Rhoda Cowboy and Big Girl Burgers. Leonardi and the school district did not comment on the school trip.

HARSH An unnamed Thai woman, 34, who lives in a high-rise condominium building in Bangkok was apparently very unhappy that she wasn't informed that two painters, using ropes, would be working on the outside of the building on Oct. 12. So she cut their support rope, the Associated Press reported. One of the painters, a man named Song, said he and his co-worker had lowered themselves from the 32nd floor to repair cracks. When he reached the 30th floor, he felt something on the rope and looked down to see someone on the 21st floor lean out of the window and cut his rope. A third colleague supported them from the top floor as they tried to summon help from people in other apartments. A couple on the 26th floor finally let them in.

The suspect confessed to cutting the rope and said she had no intention of killing the workers, but she faces attempted murder and property destruction charges. {in}

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