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FavorHouse Round-Up, Giving DV the Boot

On Friday, June 21st from 6-10pm, FavorHouse of Northwest Florida will debut their new signature fundraising event at the Escambia County Equestrian Center located at 7750 Mobile Hwy. in Pensacola, FL. The FavorHouse Round-Up is going to be a toe-tappin’, kneeslappin’ good time in support of the programs and services that help domestic violence victims in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

The Round-Up is featuring live music from Blackwater Country, walk-about food tasting, activities such as a mechanical bull and rodeo roper, bourbon and wine pull, dancing, live auction, and more. The Executive Director of FavorHouse, Tracie Hodson, states that the FavorHouse Board of Directors are coordinating this new fundraising event and they are pulling out all the stops. “We wanted an event that our community would be excited about supporting.

The Round-Up is fitting because we all need to come together as a community to ensure that domestic violence has no place here. Our Board of Directors have many wonderful ideas on how this event can grow year after year. While this year the event is for adults over 21 years of age, we plan for it to grow into a highly anticipated annual family event,” states Hodson.

Grab Your Hat and Round-Up Your Posse, We’re Giving Domestic Violence the Boot! FavorHouse is currently seeking community sponsorships and tickets will be going on sale Friday, April 26th at the early bird price of $50. Ticket prices go up to $60 starting June 1st.

More information about this event can be found at www.FavorHouse.org/RoundUp.


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Since 1980, FavorHouse of Northwest Florida, Inc. has been committed to excellence in service to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. As the only certified domestic violence center serving Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, FavorHouse provides crisis intervention, emergency shelter, outreach counseling, community education and legal assistance for injunctions for protection. For more information about FavorHouse programs and services go
to www.favorhouse.org or call 850-434-1177

Letter Carriers will be picking up food donations on May 11, 2024.

Organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), the Stamp Out Hunger food drive is in its 32nd year. It is the largest one-day food drive in the country. Food collected in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties stays here, helping to feed those who are struggling with food insecurity in our community.

This year, residents in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties can participate by leaving non-perishable food donations at their mailboxes on Saturday, May 11, for their letter carriers to collect. Donations will benefit local food banks and pantries in both counties, helping to ensure that families in need have access to nutritious food.

"People right here in our Northwest Florida community – your neighbors and mine – are struggling every day to put food on the table. They do not have enough money to pay their bills and buy healthy groceries for their families,” said DeDe Flounlacker, Executive Director of Manna Food Pantries. “The Stamp Out Hunger food drive makes it possible for Manna and many of the area’s food pantries to feed thousands of children, senior citizens, veterans, families, and individuals in need in the months to come.”

Residents are encouraged to leave a bag of healthy, non-perishable food items, such as canned fruit in 100% juice, canned mixed vegetables, canned chicken, canned tuna, dry breakfast items (oatmeal, whole-grain cereal), peanut butter, and/or dry beans.

Residents should NOT donate items in glass containers or items that have been opened or homemade.

Local food donations will benefit individuals and families served by Manna Food Pantries, Feeding the Gulf Coast, ACTS Ministries, We Care Ministries, and Warrington Emergency Aid Center. Last year, Escambia and Santa Rosa letter carriers collected 190,853 pounds of food from generous residents, providing over 219,862 meals!

“We are so thankful to the National Association of Letter Carriers and our community for their support through this annual food drive. This food will greatly help our one in seven neighbors struggling with hunger,” says Michael Ledger, President & CEO of Feeding the Gulf Coast. "Feeding the Gulf Coast has distributed more than 5.7 million meals into Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties to address the increase in need over the last year. Food drives such as Stamp  Out  Hunger make an incredible impact in helping the food bank and its partners provide steady, nutritious meals to the hard-working families and individuals in our community.” 

Residents of the two-county area will receive a Stamp Out Hunger postcard reminder in the mail, as well as a bag to fill with donation items. For more information about the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, please visit nalc.org/community-service/food-drive, or for our local drive visit www.uwwf.org/soh.

Several partners are assisting the NALC in the food drive: the United States Postal Service, the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA), the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), Valpak, United Way, the AFL-CIO, CVS, Kellogg’s and Vericast.

April 26-28, 2024: Friday Afternoon - Sunday Afternoon

Come to the Downtown Library at 239 N Spring Street, Pensacola, FL 32502 to stock up on books, DVDs, audiobooks, and CDs at the Big Spring Book Sale on April 26-28. Books will be sorted into different genre categories to make it easier to find your favorites!

Friday, April 26 – 3pm – 7pm – $5 Admission. Members free.

Saturday, April 27 – 9am – 5pm – Half Off Day! No admission fee.

Sunday, April 28 – 9am – 3pm – $7 Bag Sale. No admission fee.

Credit Cards will be accepted. As always, your contributions will support the West Florida Public Libraries’ efforts to build community and improve literacy.

Join Bike Pensacola for the most popular bike ride in town--the Slow Ride! Each month we explore the quiet, scenic streets of Pensacola's many historic neighborhoods for a fun and leisurely ride among friends.

This month our host and sponsor is The Burrow--"Odd Colony Brewing’s latest immersive taproom. Ethereal eats, intentional cocktails, seasonally inspired lagers & ales to be enjoyed in our wilderness lodge inspired quarters as well as our 10,000 sq ft outdoor Biergarten." Following the Ride there will be plenty of social time over beverages and food at East Hill’s newest hangout.

Because most cyclists are “self taught,” each month we offer information about bicycle laws, safety tips, and addressing different bicycling skills that will help keep rides safe and enjoyable. The ride will be about one hour and ten minutes long, at a casual pace. Nobody will be “dropped” or left behind. Children must be at least 10 years of age to ride their own bicycle, and ages 10 - 16 must be accompanied by an adult. No pets are allowed on the Rides. Cyclists under 16 must wear a helmet by law; ages 16 and up helmets are recommended but are not required by law. We will enjoy a ride escort by officers of the Pensacola Police Department.

For much more information about the Slow Ride please visit Bike Pensacola on Facebook or call 850-687-9968 or bike@pensacolacan.org

Come to the Downtown Library at 239 N Spring Street, Pensacola, FL 32502 to stock up on books, DVDs, audiobooks, and CDs at the Big Spring Book Sale on April 26-28. Books will be sorted into different genre categories to make it easier to find your favorites!

Sunday, April 28 – 9am – 3pm – $7 Bag Sale. No admission fee.

Credit Cards will be accepted. As always, your contributions will support the West Florida Public Libraries’ efforts to build community and improve literacy.

Come to the Downtown Library at 239 N Spring Street, Pensacola, FL 32502 to stock up on books, DVDs, audiobooks, and CDs at the Big Spring Book Sale on April 26-28. Books will be sorted into different genre categories to make it easier to find your favorites!

Saturday, April 27 – 9am – 5pm – Half Off Day! No admission fee.

Sunday, April 28 – 9am – 3pm – $7 Bag Sale. No admission fee.

Credit Cards will be accepted. As always, your contributions will support the West Florida Public Libraries’ efforts to build community and improve literacy.

THE RIVER BRIDE is a play based on a famous Brazilian folktale about the Amazon River dolphins. It is a lyrical fable carrying the messages of be careful what you wish for, the power of family relationships, and the unpredictability of fate. THE RIVER BRIDE is appropriate for all ages.
Thursday through Saturday, 7/25, 7/26, 7/27 - 7:30pm
Saturday and Sunday, 7/27, 7/28 - 2:30pm

Synthesis is the annual senior Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) exit show for the Department of Art and Design at UWF. This exhibition is the culmination of the department students' hard work and their entrance into the world as professional artists. This show is exhibited both on campus at The Art Gallery (TAG) and in downtown Pensacola at the Pensacola Museum of Art (PMA).

The show will be on display at TAG from Thursday, April 25, through Friday, May 10, with an opening reception of April 25 from 5 to 8 p.m.

The show will be on display at the PMA from Friday, April 19, through Sunday, May 19, with an opening reception on April 19 from 5 to 8 p.m.

ADA Statement: Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations is requested to advise UWF by contacting Human Resources at 850.474.2694 or 850.857.6158 (TTY) at least two business days prior to the event. For more information or to submit a request, visit the Public Event Accommodations page or email ada@uwf.edu.

Celebrate five centuries of music by Black composers, as the Choral Society of Pensacola concludes its season with Lift Every Voice. Artistic Director Peter Steenblik and Treble Ensemble Director Isabelle Peterson will lead the 110-voice chorus, accompanied by organist and pianist Hyunjoo Kim, with soprano Allanda Small as guest soloist.

The program features primarily sacred works, including
• a sixteenth-century setting of a Lenten prayer by the first Black composer known to have his work published,
• a nineteenth-century “Ave Maria” by a composer recognized for his blending of Black folk idioms with European concert music styles,
• a twenty-first century setting of the 23rd Psalm by a singer whose best-known song hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988, and
• “Amen,” an excerpt from the opera Omar, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music, based on the autobiography of an enslaved Muslim man who lived in nineteenth-century Charleston, SC.*

About half of the seventeen selections on the program are drawn from Marques L.A. Garrett’s groundbreaking collection The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers, published in 2023. But through his immersion in the increasing number of available works by Black composers, Dr. Steenblik has rounded out the program with a rich variety of pieces from other sources, and the Choral Society invites audiences to enjoy the results of his exploration.

Join Healthy Gulf for a beach ecology walk along the shifting sands and waters of Santa Rosa Island at Pensacola Beach. We’ll hike along both the Gulf and Sound side of the Island, exploring the changing plant communities and life along the shoreline. Along the way we’ll learn more about terrestrial and aquatic life by examining what has washed ashore, including seeds, shells, plants, fish, crabs and other items both natural and man-made.

The hike will take about one and a half hours to complete. The exact meeting location on the east side of Pensacola Beach will be provided upon registration. The Walk is free, but space is limited in order to ensure a quality experience. To reserve a spot or for more information please email christian@healthygulf.org or call (850) 687-9968.

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Healthy Gulf is a nonprofit organization that works to protect and restore the Gulf of Mexico and the people and communities along its shores. For more information or questions please contact Florida – Alabama Coastal Organizer Christian Wagley: christian@healthygulf.org or (850) 687-9968.