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The University of West Florida Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the UWF Singers in their “Filled with Joy” concert. The performance will be held on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the UWF 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.

Join UWF Professor Scott Satterwhite, who is co-director of 309 Punk Project, and UWF Libraries on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. to learn more about the influence of art and punk in Pensacola.

Don't miss this lively discussion about the only artist run nonprofit organization in the South committed solely to archiving the creative efforts of the punk/DIY culture of our region. The event will be held in the Pace Library Multipurpose Room, located in Room 215 on the second floor. All are welcome to attend!

The University of West Florida Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the Runge Strings Orchestra in concert on Tuesday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in UWF Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the UWF Pensacola campus.

The featured piece for this performance will be Antonio Vivaldi’s Double Concerto in A minor, RV 522. This masterpiece showcases the brilliance of Vivaldi’s repertoire for solo instrument and orchestra.

Additionally, the performance will include pieces by William Grant Still, the Dean of African-American Composers, who made history as the first black composer featured by a professional orchestra. The performance will also showcase works by Josef Haydn and more.

This event is free and open to the public but tickets are required. For more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at 850.857.6285.

Painting, sculpture, jewelry, the Pensacola Symphony, crafts from the past, great food – all the arts come together at the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival in historic downtown Pensacola.

The 2023 festival is Nov. 3, 4 and 5. Admission is free.

The juried art show draws more than 200 of the nation’s best painters, potters, sculptors, jewelers, graphic artists, craftsmen and other artists. This year we welcome artists from 29 states — 62 artists are from Florida and 8 artists are local. The artists compete for a total of $25,000 in prize money in categories including ceramics, drawing, fiber/leather, glass, jewelry, mixed media, oil/acrylic, photography, printmaking/graphics, sculpture, watercolor and wood.

Hours:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday,
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday
Children’s Festival Hours:
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

The Festival Poster
The 2023 Festival poster is by Lydia Adele Randolph, a full-time artist living in a remote area of North Alabama. The design is turned into a limited-edition poster, T-shirts, and other items which have become local collectors’ items. The only way to get posters and T-shirts is at the Festival.

Heritage Arts Festival
Travel back in time as you watch traditional artisans create handmade crafts before your eyes in Pensacola’s oldest and most historic neighborhood. A favorite of festival fans, The Heritage Arts area provides an authentic setting for craftspeople from around the country to demonstrate such arts as blacksmithing, engraving, spinning, weaving and other skills.

Have you ever wondered what the view from the 1559-1561 Tristán de Luna settlement was like? Join us on November 15 to see for yourself when the Tenuta Torciano Winery, direct from San Gimignano, Italy, conducts a wine-tasting school at a fundraiser for Gulf Coast Diplomacy. The event will take place in a private home at the site of the earliest multi-year European settlement in the United States. Seating is limited.

You'll learn about Italian wines, olive oils, & balsamic vinegars while supporting the mission of Gulf Coast Diplomacy. The evening includes live music, light hors d'oeuvres, and a gorgeous panorama.

Gulf Coast Diplomacy is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization facilitating and strengthening connection, collaboration, and fellowship between the people of the Gulf Coast and the global community through international exchange, education, and hospitality.

Eight women in STEM from Australia, Côte d'Ivoire, Fiji, Italy, Jamaica, Nepal, Spain, and Tunisia will join us at a reception to highlight their work from marine biodiversity to promoting STEAM education in girls.

The visitors are participating in the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program on a project titled #HiddenNoMore: Empowering Women Leaders in STEM. They will present overviews of their efforts, and all will be available for Q&A and networking with the audience.

Diplomacy Council Members Only networking from 5:00 – 5:30

Light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Attire: Business casual

This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is requested.

Gulf Coast Diplomacy is a non-partisan, non-profit organization promoting a greater understanding of global affairs through a balance of public events, educational activities, and short-term international exchanges while highlighting the region as an important center of commerce, culture, and tourism.

The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the Jazz Ensemble & Combo in concert on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in the Mainstage Theatre at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the Pensacola campus.

Join the UWF Jazz Combo and UWF Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Joseph T. Spaniola for an evening of small and large ensemble instrumental jazz.

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.

The C. Roger Vinson American Inn of Court, the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Foundation and the Northwest Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, in partnership with Ballinger Publishing and the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, will host The Profession and Professionalism: In honor of Judge C. Roger Vinson on Friday December 1, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. on the fifth floor of the United State Courthouse, located at 1 North Palafox Street, Pensacola, FL 32502. This no-cost exploratory seminar is targeted to the practitioner and jurist alike to solidify and exemplify fidelity to the profession and position. The seminar will be presented by attorney Bryan Aylstock, U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Miles Davis, attorney Roy Kinsey and retired U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth M. Timothy and moderated by WEAR ABC3 News Anchor/Public Affairs Manager Sue Straughn.

“Unlike a seminar revealing raw data, this event will be inspiring and uplifting for the lawyer, the public servant, the jurist, the professional and many others,” said Circuit Judge Stephen A. Pitre. “Judge Vinson channeled so many great attributes and qualities, both as a person and as a professional. This is a vivid testimonial with the take away to inspire everyone to higher ideals and concrete steps to lead the way.”

The public is also invited to attend this event honoring Judge Vinson and his legacy, which will be followed by a catered social. Participating attorneys will earn 1.5 hours of Continuing Legal Education credits featuring the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct, Code of Conduct for United States Judges, and principals of conduct of historical origins. Seating is limited and advance registration is required at https://form.jotform.com/ESRBA/Vinson. All attendees must be screened prior to entering the courthouse.

PENSACOLA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY presents "Montpelier in 25 Artifacts: How We Use Objects to Tell Stories of the Past" by Mary Furlong Minkoff, Executive Director of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN).

Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, is best known as the plantation home of James and Dolley Madison. However, today Montpelier is a modern museum that encompasses a historic landscape stretching across 2650 acres, includes nearly 200 standing historic structures and reconstructions, and a collection of art, furnishings, documents, and over 3 million archaeological artifacts.

In addition to this rich collection of historic and archaeological resources, Montpelier has become a leader in public archaeology and collaboration with the descendants of the enslaved in the preservation and interpretation of the past.

In this talk, Mary will demonstrate how archaeologists and museum professionals use objects and community relationships to tell complex, whole-truth histories of not only one plantation site but of the country as a whole.

The UWF Dr. Grier Williams School of Music presents the Percussion & Wind Ensembles on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 pm. The concert will be held in Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the UWF Pensacola campus.

The performance will feature the percussion studio and Woodwind studios along with their respective ensembles. Please join us for another fun and entertaining concert by the UWF Dr. Grier Williams School of Music.

This concert 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.