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Largest Gem Show in NW Florida! 20,000 sf of fabulous vendors of Jewelry, Crystals, Mineral Specimens, Fossils, Beads, components and more. Presented with the support of the Florida Panhandle Gem & Mineral Society.

Door Prizes, Grand Prize Raffle. Admission is good for all three days. Concession on site, Free Parking.

The next installment of our popular multivenue event series, NIGHT ON THE TRACKS (NOTT), is set for Saturday, May 11, starting at 5pm.

Participating venues include 309 Punk Project, End of the Line Cafe, Pensacola MESS Hall, Doc's Hop Shop, the curb, From the Ground Up, and The Handlebar.

See the NOTT Google Map for more details: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7C8CAnQEoitutYih9

ART EXHIBITION BY YUSUKE OKADA
309 Punk Project | 309 N 6th Ave | 5-8pm
309's May Artist in Residence will exhibit his work. Yusuke Okada is an artist from Tokyo Japan. He currently lives and works in NYC. He paints and draws about many topics, including addiction, boredom, cows, dance, expectations, fart, god, houses, iPhones, jealousy, lovelessness, Mr. Bean, negativity, old people, ponies, questions, revenge, sad vacation, tears, urinals, violence, Waffle House, and youth. He uses acrylic and oil on canvas and wood and ink and watercolor on paper. Sometimes he uses clay. Free event; donations always welcome.
https://yusukehorsejeanokada.com/
https://www.309punkproject.org/

LIVE MUSIC + HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS
End of the Line Cafe| 610 E Wright St | 5-8pm
End of the Line will offer live music and food and drink specials during NOTT Happy Hour (5-8pm). Discounts for attendees of Night on the Tracks with NOTT card. Support local small businesses.
https://www.eotlcafe.com/

IMMERSIVE GLO ART EXPERIENCE
MESS Hall | 418 E Wright St | 530-730pm
Pensacola MESS Hall will debut an immersive Glo Art experience themed around the nature within our Bay Area and the surrounding wetlands. Visitors will walk through a completely self-contained mazelike structure and view immersive glo art created by students from St Paul Catholic School and other local participating schools while learning fun facts about our local ecology. The rest of the museum will not the open to the public during this special debut exhibition. Free event; donations always welcome.
https://pensacolamesshall.org/

MAGIC SHOW WITH MILAN THE MAGICIAN
Doc’s Hop Shop | 500 E Heinberg| 6-7pm
Doc's will host a special magic performance from Milan the Magician and will have their new bounce house up for kiddos. Support local small businesses.
https://www.instagram.com/milanthemagician...
https://www.instagram.com/docshopshop

LIVE ART DEMO BY ETEP
the curb| 620 E Wright St | 6-7pm
One of Pensacola's newest shops, the curb, is joining NOTT for the first time in May. The shop will offer in-store specials all day 2-8pm and free stickers with every purchase. From 6-7pm, local painter Etep will present a live art demo with Q&A. the curb will also hold a skateboard deck giveaway throughout the day. Follow their instagram for instructions on how to enter. Support local small businesses.
https://www.instagram.com/thecurbstore

LIVE MUSIC BY GRAYSON CAPPS
From the Ground Up | 501 N Hayne| 630-9pm
The garden will host music under the stars featuring acclaimed singer, songwriter, guitar playin’ Grayson Capps. Free event; love offerings always welcome.
https://www.fromthegroundupgardenpensacola.com/

METAL SHOW
The Handlebar | 319 N Tarragona | 7pm
End your night with something loud and sludgy. The Handlebar is hosting a metal show featuring Gatecreeper and Creeping Death. $20 with half off the cover for attendees of Night on the Tracks with NOTT card.
https://facebook.com/events/s/gatecreeper-and-creeping-death/969191311479388/
https://thehandlebar850.com/

Join the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program and Escambia County Natural Resources Management Department for a casual guided hike to Jackson's Creek Floodplain Restoration project! You'll learn all about Escambia County's effort to restore Jackson's Creek including restoring the creek's natural bends, creation of rock veins and other natural features to help slow water flow, invasive species removal and restoration of native vegetation. The hike location is near the intersection of W Gregory St and Citrus St, registered Eventbrite attendees will be sent detailed parking locations and a map!

In support of the highly anticipated film, The Paper Bear, Alys Beach will welcome the film’s stars, Jason Burkey and Max Ivutin, for a celebratory meet-and-greet in the Town Center Amphitheatre (Splash Pad). During this event, which is free and open to the public, guests will have the opportunity to meet the actors, take photographs with them with specially designed backdrops featuring the film’s animated characters, and have them autograph complimentary movie posters.

The Paper Bear Film Project merchandise will be available for purchase with proceeds supporting initiatives of The Paper Bear Project.

The Paper Bear partners, Walton County Tourism, will participate in the Star-Studded Social event as will supporters from The 30A Company and Noli South, offering giveaways including samples of Noli South kombucha.

Come to support this exciting local film project and stay to enjoy the sounds of the Beach Mountain Blues Band, hosted by Alys Beach as part of its Spring Concert series. This live music event is free and open to the public from 6 – 8 PM.

Restaurants and shops in Alys Beach Town Center will be open for food, beverages, and shopping.

Stay tuned for information on Alys Beach’s continued support of The Paper Bear Film Project, including an exciting role in this year’s Digital Graffiti Festival, May 17-18, 2024.

To learn more about Alys Beach, visit alysbeach.com.

Join UWF Libraries for the Spring UWF John C. Pace Library book sale. Stop by for great deals on "gently used" $1 paperbacks and $2 hardback books, and trivia fun! All are welcome to attend!

Tuesday, March 19th
8:00 am - 2:00 pm @ John C. Pace Library, 1st floor
University of West Florida - Building 32

***CASH/Check Only Please***
All prices include sales tax

Join us for the 2024 Earth Day Clean Up event that's perfect for the whole family! We'll have clean up contests with fun prizes, free event t-shirts, and a free post clean up breakfast served at some of our favorite local restaurants.

Date: Saturday, April 20
Time: 8 - 10 a.m.
Locations:
The Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island (1450 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL)
The Crab Trap/James Lee Park (3500 Scenic HWY 98, Destin, FL)
The Surf Hut (551 Scenic Gulf Dr, Miramar Beach, FL)
Norriego Point (1 Gulf Shore Dr, Destin, FL)
Henderson Beach State Park (17000 Emerald Coast Pkwy, Destin, FL)
Complimentary breakfast will be provided at The Boardwalk, The Crab Trap, and The Surf Hut clean up locations. Participants at non-breakfast locations may enjoy breakfast at any of the restaurant locations once finished with their clean up!

Bring your own bucket, mesh bag, gloves, and trash grabbers!

Don't forget your water bottle and sun protection!

Join UWF Libraries on Tuesday, March 19th at 4pm for a Women's History Month lecture titled, “Running Scared: Examining Dorothy Kenyon's Response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's Communist Allegations." Dorothy Kenyon was an attorney, judge, and political activist who played a pivotal role in the legal fight for equal rights.

Presented by Dr. Jennifer Brinkley, UWF Assistant Professor of Legal Studies
Event will be held in the Multipurpose Room (215), John C. Pace Library, 2nd floor

Earth Day Pensacola is an annual event where the people of Northwest Florida get together to celebrate the Earth in a fun, family-friendly atmosphere. There will be live music, a sustainable art show, food vendors, a children’s area, and many different information booths on how members of the Pensacola community can live more sustainably.

For over 40 years, Earth Day has inspired and mobilized individuals and organizations worldwide to demonstrate their commitment to environmental protection and sustainability. The fight for a clean environment continues in a climate of increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change and our consumption culture become more manifest every day.

The Gulf Coast Whale Festival brings environmental education and fun to Pensacola Beach on April 27. Life-sized models of Gulf whales will be on display, courtesy of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute. That includes a model of the Rice’s whale—one of the world’s rarest and most endangered animals.

Educational exhibits and activities tell the story of Gulf whales and local marine life, and a puppet parade led by Birds of a Feather showcases the ecology of the Gulf. Sweet sounds will flow from the Casino Beach Pavilion with live music by Pensacola singer-songwriters, and a special performance by New Orleans musician Cory Diane combines the calls of Rice’s whales in the Gulf of Mexico with a musical score.

“We’re excited to launch the Gulf Coast Whale Festival and bring awareness to and celebration of the whales and other natural riches of the Gulf of Mexico,” said Christian Wagley, Florida/Alabama Organizer at the nonprofit Healthy Gulf.
One of the organizations leading educational activities at the Festival is the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station, where students are continuing their years of work around Gulf marine life.

“My students are really excited to share our work on marine mammals, especially Rice’s whales,” says Charlene Mauro, director of the Center. “We’ll have an inflatable whale to visit, and hands-on activities to make it fun and informative.”

The Whale Festival comes at an exciting time for whale lovers on the Gulf coast, as the Rice’s whale was identified as a new species of whale just three years ago.

"The first exciting news is that there’s been a newly discovered species of whale from the Gulf of Mexico, the second breaking news is there’s a new festival to celebrate this discovery and bring what we know to the public in a very family friendly event to help educate the public about this new species, " says James (Buddy) Powell, Chief Zoological Officer & Executive Director, Clearwater Marine Aquarium and Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute.

Space for vendors interested in sharing environmental and marine life education is available for free, but space is limited. Small grants are also available to nonprofit organizations to enhance their educational materials on Gulf whales. To apply for a small grant and/or booth space please contact Christian Wagley at gulfcoastwhale@gmail.com or follow the registration link here: https://shorturl.at/goz59

Event sponsors are Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council and Healthy Gulf. For more information: https://healthygulf.org/get-involved/gulf-coast-whale-festival/

Experience "Carmina Burana," the thrilling 20th-century musical juggernaut by Carl Orff, when the Choral Society of Pensacola presents two performances, one on Friday, March 8 at 7:30 pm, one on Saturday, March 9 at 2:00 pm, both in the University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts.

For this epic work, conductor Peter Steenblik, who serves as the Society’s artistic director and as the director of choral activities at the University of West Florida, has combined singers from the Society and UWF to create an impressive chorus of 160 voices. Soprano Sheila Dunn, tenor Christian Sanders, and baritone Jack Chandler will sing the challenging solos, pianists Hyunjoo Kim and Meredith Stemen will perform on two nine-foot Steinways, and six percussionists, under the leadership of Matt Greenwood, will employ a huge battery of instruments to round out the forces for the most spectacular concert of the Society’s season.

The text of Orff’s masterpiece is selected from about two dozen poems included in a medieval collection labeled Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuren) after its discovery in the Bavarian monastery of Benediktbeuern. The powerful opening, “O Fortuna” (O Fortune), is likely to be familiar to most people through its use in dozens of films, television programs, and commercials. The songs that follow that outcry against the caprices of Fortune express a wide range of moods as they explore the delights of spring, the joys and sorrows of love, and the sensual pleasures of bed and bottle. Although the performance will be in Latin and Middle High German, projected English supertitles will ensure that the audience understands every word.

"Carmina Burana" is presented in association with the University of West Florida's Dr. Grier Williams School of Music.