Community Calendar

A tale of love, laughter and above all, secrets, Twelfth Night remains one of William Shakespeare’s most iconic romantic comedies. Surviving a harrowing shipwreck and believing her closest companion and brother to be dead, Viola assumes a new identity as Cesario to survive her new reality in a foreign land. But when she meets the Duke, who tasks her with wooing his love, Olivia, chaos and confusion ensue! As Olivia’s love for Cesario blooms, Viola must grapple with her budding love for the Duke and the seeming loss of her brother Sebastian. This production contains non-traditional casting as well as adult themes and situations and may not be suitable for all audiences.

The University of West Florida Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the Kamerman Piano Series at UWF featuring guest performer Albert Cano Smit. The performance will be held on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m. in the Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the UWF Pensacola campus.

Praised as a pianist with poetic grace and established as an “artist to watch” (Montreal Gazette), Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit has gained international recognition as an orchestral, recital and chamber music performer. Noted for his captivating performances, storytelling quality and nuanced musicality, Smit was the First Prize winner of the 2019 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. He has appeared as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, Las Vegas Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Montréal Symphony, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Orchestra of St Luke’s, Barcelona Symphony, Catalonia National Orchestra and Manchester Camerata. Serving as an advocate for new music, Smit has premiered various solo works on his recital programs, commissioned by Stephen Hough, Miquel Oliu and Katherine Balch. Leaving his home in Geneva at age 9, Smit joined the Escolania de Montserrat choir school, where his daily immersion in music greatly influenced him. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Piano Performance from the Colburn School and an artist diploma and master's degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Robert McDonald.

Join CivicCon for a free, public conversation with Henry Grabar, journalist and author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, on how parking has come to dominate the American built environment and what that has cost our cities. Since the rise of the automobile, we have reshaped our neighborhoods in a relentless quest for car storage, devoting enormous amounts of valuable land to empty vehicles.

Henry will explore how parking requirements drive up the cost of housing, influence traffic and transit, shape neighborhood politics and municipal budgets and degrade the quality of public space. Henry will ask a simple but urgent question: is parking really the best use of our finite resources or can rethinking it help us build more affordable, livable and resilient communities?

Henry Grabar is a journalist based in Boston who writes about cities. From 2016 to 2025 he was a staff writer at Slate where he wrote the Metropolis column, with a focus on housing, transportation, and the environment. He was the editor of The Future of Transportation anthology (Metropolis Books, 2019), and was the author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World (Penguin Press, 2023), which was named a best book of the year by the New Yorker and the New Republic.

This event is free and open to the public.

🎉🥂Membership Season Has Begun!

Join Sunday's Child for our first mixer of the season at The Well, 42 E Garden St. Pensacola, FL, on February 25 from 5:30–7:30 PM 🍸Expect classy cocktails, delicious bites, great conversation, and even better community. Whether you’re a longtime member or curious about getting involved, this is the perfect chance to learn more about Sunday’s Child, meet new faces, and reconnect with familiar ones.

Drinks & food provided

Upscale, relaxed, and welcoming vibes

Bring a friend (or two!)

Come sip, socialize, and start the season with us 🌈

Join us for this special adults-only program designed to explore and get a better understanding of AI through discussion and hands-on activities. Ages 21+

How Does AI Learn From Examples?
Train a real AI model using our Teachable Machine and discover how the quality of data affects predictions.

How Does AI Learn Through Trial and Error?
Play a strategy game, and see how successful moves are reinforced over time.

How Does AI Learn Without Being Told?
Investigate mystery objects and uncover patterns without labels — just like unsupervised learning systems do.

Bring friends, meet new people, and enjoy a lively night of interactive activities and light refreshments.

We are very excited to welcome native son, Dr. Scot Duncan back to Pensacola for what is sure to be an enlightening presentation!

Scot will take us on a dive into what scientists have learned about the ways southeastern birds are being affected by climate change and whether and how they are adapting.

We'll also learn ways in which you can help birds during these critical times.

Why Alabama birds? Because Alabama birds are Florida birds are Mississippi birds, are Georgia birds, and so on.

Light refreshments and social time after the presentation.

Throughout this performance, the UWF Singers and the UWF Concert Choir will present a variety of pieces that explore different aspects of the human experience. Under the direction of Dr. Carol Krueger and Mr. Alex Gartner, guests will enjoy a repertoire ranging from historical works, including a sacred medieval chant composed by Hildegard von Bingin to beloved modern classics, including a revered American folk spiritual “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal” and the Christian hymn “Amazing Grace.” The group will be accompanied by UWF student cellist Logan Perez.

Love is in the air… and sometimes it’s a little strange!

Join us for a special Valentines edition of our Night Owl series, as we explore the wild and wonderful world of animal courtship, curious adaptations and the bizarre side of nature after dark! From fascinating, feathered romances to unexpected wildlife pairings, you’ll discover that the natural world has its own unique love stories.

Bring your valentine, your friends, or just your curiosity for an evening of learning, laughter, and nighttime adventure at the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge!

When: Friday, February 27th from 6 to 8pm

Where: The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge - 3051 Cloptons Circle

$20 for 1 | $30 for 2

You'll find the unique, the one-of-a-kind, the precious, the delicious and the off-beat at Palafox Market in Downtown Pensacola. Items originate directly from talented onsite vendors who grow, make, or create each item for sale.

Join us every Saturday for the award-winning Palafox Market from 9:00am-2:00pm, rain or shine for farm-fresh produce, plants, flowers, baked goods, hand-crafted works of art, sculpture, fresh tea and coffee, delicious food and spices, hand-blown glass, ceramics and much more at the event that was named Florida's Best Farmers Market by Southern Living magazine.

NOW AT TWO LOCATIONS!

PALAFOX MARKET NORTH at Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza and PALAFOX MARKET SOUTH at Plaza Ferdinand

Explore the principals of engineering as you build beautiful spans. How much weight can your paper bridge hold? How many different arches can you create. This event is recommended for ages 7+. It is included with your museum admission. We will be open for general museum exploration from 10am - 5pm.
Activities include arch building, creating bridges out of paper or Legos, and more!