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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 ...
Frank Brown International Songwriter’s Festival
Twenty-Six Years of Talent and Celebrating the Late Frank Brown By Jennie McKeon Before you head out to your favorite bar to hear one of the 150 songwriters pour their hearts out at the Frank [...]
The Last Word—Blake Rushing
Blake Rushing Head Chef, Elise Coastal Dining What is your chief characteristic? Trustworthy What do you appreciate most about your friends? They are always there for me. Who is your [...]
Hot Times 11.11
THURSDAY 11.18 ▲5TH ANNUAL BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU PARTY 6-8 p.m. Taste and buy Beaujolais Nouveau as you enjoy live French music, French onion soup and door prizes. La Masion d’Elodie, 824 E. La Rua [...]
Shop Talk 11.11
Check out who’s moving, opening, adding new product lines or expanding services at your favorite locally-owned businesses. News Perdido Key Extends “You Play, We’ll Pay” Gift Card Program [...]
Featured Business Directory 11.11
ADVERTISING Cox Media 3405 McLemore Drive 432-1403 or (866) ADS-SELL coxmedia.com BARS/NIGHT CLUBS Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom 10 Palafox Place 497-6073 hopjacks.com Sandshaker [...]
The Buzz 11.11
PENSACOLA MAYOR’S RACE BY THE NUMBERS Gen-X-er Ashton Hayward beat baby boomer Mike Wiggins by 817 votes, 10,666-9,849, in the Nov. 2 vote for Pensacola’s first strong mayor. In 2008, Wiggins ran [...]
A Good Comeback
Open Mic Night at End of the Line Café Returns by Hana Frenette Open Mic Night: sure, it’s usually the place to go to hear acoustic odes to lost lovers and heartfelt poems about life and what [...]
Small Business Boomers
A New Generation of Local Businesses Opens Doors By Hana Frenette Despite the BP oil spill and the somewhat sluggish economy of the area, local businesses have been popping up left and right. [...]
Community Outreach
Senior Gift Requests Expected to Increase This Holiday as Economic Slump Continues Be a Santa to a Senior®, the popular campaign that has delivered 1.2 million gifts to needy seniors throughout [...]
News: Better Pensacola Forum on Blab
BLAB TV SHOW, BETTER PENSACOLA FORUM WILL AIR INTERVIEW WITH NEW PENSACOLA BAY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT, JIM HIZER *Press Release* Hosted By Former Pensacola Mayor, Jerry Maygarden, [...]
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