Straight Outta Options
County Can’t Dodge Jail Costs Any Longer By Rick Outzen Inweekly became involved in criminal justice and the Escambia County Jail in 2005 when the late Leroy Boyd of Movement for Change told us about how Robert Boggon died in the Jail ...
Hot Times 2/21-2/27/13
THURSDAY 2.21 HAPPENINGS ‘MEDITATIONS IN MOTION’ 8 a.m. through Mar. 1. Gallery 88, inside WUWF 11000 University Pkwy. 474-2787 or wuwf.org. ‘ANNUAL YOUTH ART FOCUS’ 10 a.m. through [...]
Winners & Losers 2/21/13
Winners Saenger Theatre The SMG-Managed Pensacola theatre was listed as a #4 Top Spot Nationwide by Venues Today, an international trade magazine. The ranking was based on concert and [...]
Staff Pick: Hip-Hop Night at Sluggo’s
By Sarah McCartan Nothing gets a Friday night moving quite like a little bit of hip-hop. Although Sluggo's Vegetarian Restaurant is no stranger to hip-hop nights and has been serving as a host for [...]
Get Ready for the Academy Awards
By Jennie McKeon Award season is big, but nothing is bigger than the Oscars. The clothes, the mass amount of celebrities jam-packed into one place, the censored swear words—gotta love live [...]
Buzz: ‘Hopelessly Hung’
In December 2011, Robert Donson was shot in the stomach by a Pensacola Police officer, and subsequently charged with possession of a gun, resisting arrest and assault on an officer. While still [...]
Outtakes: New Lions Arise
By Rick Outzen A hundred African-American men walked on Friday, Feb. 15 the streets of the Montclair neighborhood picking up trash and letting residents know that they aren’t alone. The walk [...]
Passion for People
Interview with Rev. H. K. Matthews By Rick Outzen Rev. H.K. Matthews walked into the Independent News to set the record straight. Dressed in black slacks, a grey dress shirt with a white collar [...]
On the radar: Art Lecture ‘Nam June Psyche’
Artel Gallery hosts Tuesday, Feb. 18 at lecture by Valerie George, associate UWF professor of sculpture. George built a recording studio inside her 1983 Mercedes wagon. She has toured the country [...]
Subway High School All-Star Soccer Game Feb. 21
Press Release: The Pensacola Sports Association (PSA) is pleased to announce the rosters for the Subway High School All-Star Soccer Game Presented by the Andrews Institute, the official sports [...]
Saenger Theatre Ranks #4 Nationwide
The SMG-Managed Saenger Theatre was listed as a #4 Top Spot Nationwide by Venues Today, an international trade magazine. The ranking was based on concert and event grosses for venues with a 2,000 [...]
Things We Love Right Now
We are suckers for Valentine's Day. There, we said. It feels good to just let that out and embrace our cheesy, lovey romantic side. We know it's not cool to be all hearts and pink fluff, but we don't [...]
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