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Memorial Day Weekend 2013
Every year Pensacola and Pensacola Beach play host to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) visitors for a truly unique Memorial Day Weekend bash. For some the weekend is one big circuit party, full of beaching and dancing. For others ...
Breaking Down Walls
by Lilia Del Bosque Oakey Whitehouse It’s a topic that people don’t often talk about. But HIVevolution wants to start the conversation. The local non-profit is an HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention program, which provides education, free and confidential HIV testing, outreach, resource ...
Another Summer of Concerts
By Sarah McCartan A Thursday evening in Pensacola during the summer months wouldn’t feel quite right without watching the sun set while listening to music echoing from downtown’s historic Seville Square. The longstanding summer concert series—Evenings in Olde Seville Square—was all but ...
Legal High on the Way Out
DEA, Armed Forces Ban Spice By Brett Hutchins Spice, K2, Blaze and Red X Dawn are hot commodities. These synthetic cannabis products—fake marijuana—are sold legally in local tobacco and [...]
The Buzz 12.16
MPDP BETRAYAL The one person who has been consistently mentioned in both the Request for Qualification (RFQ) and Request for Proposal (RFP) is Cynthia Griffin of Saxet Realty. Her role per the RFQ [...]
Stories You May Have Missed
MILLER LOSES ELECTION CHALLENGE New York Times: An Alaska Superior Court judge ruled against Tea Party Senate candidate Joe Miller, rejecting the claim that the name of his write-in opponent, [...]
Winners & Losers 12.16
Winners COMMUNITY MARITIME PARK The daily newspaper article proclaiming that Quint and Rishy Studer may have bought a Major League Baseball Double-A team to play in the maritime park to start the [...]
Hot Times 12.16
THURSDAY 12.16 ZOO LIGHTS 5-9 p.m. Through Dec. 23. Also Dec. 26-31. Enjoy the beauty of the zoo at night and thousands of sparkling holiday lights. General admission $7. Members $5. Train rides [...]
Community Outreach
StoryCorps MobileBooth Returning to Collect Oil Spill Stories The national oral history project, StoryCorps, is returning to Pensacola to collect oil spill stories for preservation at the Library of [...]
Feel the Funk
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk Comes to Vinyl Music Hall By Kate Peterson Ivan Neville is the son of the famed New Orleans musician Aaron Neville. In 2003, Ivan, along with his cousin Ian Neville, [...]
News of the Weird 12.16
By Chuck Sheppard Among the oppressive patriarchal customs that remain in force in Saudi Arabia is a requirement that females obtain their father’s (or guardian’s) permission before marrying [...]
Hot Times: Fly By Radio At The Ropers This Thursday
December 16th Concert to Feature Rock Band Fly By Radio Playing Songs from Guns N’ Roses, Cheap Trick, Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd and many more! WHO: Fly By Radio WHAT: Live at [...]
Thrifty Gifts
Where to find meaningful, cheap gifts By: Jennie McKeon I know it’s wrong, but I love Christmas for the presents. We are living in a material world and I am the material girl. Don’t get me [...]
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