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Whether you run or walk, the public is invited to participate in the 2025 Navy Federal 5K. Join us on Saturday, April 5, as we celebrate the 15th annual Navy Federal Credit Union 5K Run/Walk/Roll in downtown Pensacola. Early registration is now open at a discounted rate of $18 for adults and $15 for youth, ages 5-13. Children 6 and under can also participate in the Sammie Sprint, a free quarter-mile race around Plaza Ferdinand.

Participation in this event benefits the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation, which funds projects and programs, including Grants for Excellence and employee appreciation programs. This event will also benefit the Santa Rosa Education Foundation. Their mission is to enhance and raise awareness of public education.

The early registration discount is available through March 23; however, registration will remain open until the start of the race. Registration is required for all participants and includes a race shirt.

This is our tenth annual Navy Point Arts and Crafts Fair that was started with a handful of arts and craft folks and has increased in participation every year. This year we have vendors signed up and bringing a variety of work including paintings, pottery, wood working, sewing crafts, local honey, 40 ft. of beautiful plants to begin the spring season and much more. The Joy Committee and the NW Florida Great Dane rescues will be there with dog adoption and foster information.

Lucky families will find felines with hearts of gold at the upcoming St. Catty’s Day O’Doption event!

The event is from noon to 5 p.m. March 15 at Save Our Cats and Kittens (SOCKS), 498 Carmel Drive.

Adoption fees will only be $17, and it will be like going to three rescues at once!

Cats and kittens looking for homes will be from SOCKS, the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), and Pet Welfare.

Topping off the fun will be Irish food, beer, and raffle prizes.

The struggle of American women for the right to vote will be dramatized in the Choral Society of Pensacola’s inspiring program "Still Rising," featuring a multimedia performance of Andrea Ramsey’s "Suffrage Cantata."

We'll further explore the concert theme through seven short pieces:
• "Homeland" by Gustav Holst and Randall Stroope
• "Old Grandma," a Canadian folk song arranged by Alice Parker
• "Half the World" by Dale Trumbore (text by Frederick Douglass)
• "Resilience" by Abbie Betinis
• "When the Time Comes" by Melissa Dunphy (text by Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
• "I Am Possibility" by David Von Kampen (text by Becky Boesen
• "Still I Rise" by Rosephanye Powell (with inserted text by Maya Angelou).

Artistic director Peter Steenblik will lead the Society’s ninety-voice chorus along with the University of West Florida (UWF) Concert Choir, narrating actors from UWF's theatre faculty, and an instrumental ensemble including the Capstone String Quartet from the University of Alabama.

The concert will be presented on Friday, March 28 at 7:30 pm and on Saturday, March 29 at 2:00 pm, in the UWF Center for Fine and Performing Arts.

Step back to 1945 and the Allied World War 2 victory over the Axis at Crestview’s Race to the Rhein: The Year of Victory in Spanish Trail Park. The April 4 and 5 living history event is focused on sharing the history of the conflict in lively, colorful and tangible ways including re-enactor camps; a History Pavilion; an extensive onsite history museum; periodic demonstrations of weapons; history talks; battle scenarios; and much more.

The two-day event is capped by a Saturday night Victory Dance, 7-9 p.m. April 5, featuring dancing to the Hashtag Swing big band, a heavy hors d’oeuvres and desserts buffet, history displays, and a cash beer and wine stand. Park in the Spanish Trail Park field off Stillwell Boulevard and enter through the gate behind the Amphitheatre. Admission and parking are free. For information, call the Crestview Cultural Services Division at 850.398.5459 or email hughesb@cityofcrestview.org.

In recognition of Women's History Month, the UWF Office of Campus Culture and Access, Student Engagement and UKCOH are pleased to bring you a Campus Conversation on “Florida Stories of Strength and Inspiration” - A UWF Women's History Month Event.

OCCA, Student Engagement, and UKCOH are joining forces to recognize Women’s History Month through Campus Conversation: Florida Stories of Strength and Inspiration. The national theme for this year’s Women’s History month is “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations”. This Campus Conversation will highlight the stories of Florida women who have educated, inspired, and shaped history. Our special guests will include former UWF President Judy Bense and Junior League of Pensacola President- Elect Donecia Griffin.

We also invite attendees to share stories of the influential women in their own lives—mentors, educators, family members, and leaders who have inspired them. This interactive experience fosters a collective appreciation for the ways women continue to educate, uplift, and inspire across generations.

This event is funded with Private Funds and is free and open to the public.

If you are not affiliated with UWF and do not have a parking permit, please use this link to register your vehicle for parking on the UWF campus. The parking permits used for events are printable and connected to the event and your vehicle license plate. The permit is only good for the day of the event. When you arrive on the UWF campus, please park in Lot H or Lot K for this event, which is being held in the University Commons (Building 22 / Auditorium, First Floor). Should you require a digital map of campus, please visit click here OR for a print version, click here.

If any aspects of our program hinder your full participation, reasonable accommodation can be arranged. Guests attending university sponsored events who would like to request disability accommodations are requested to advise UWF by contacting the ADA Program Office at 850.474.2694 or 711 (TTY). Guests may also advise UWF online by submitting the UWF Sponsored Event Accommodation Request Form.

Join UWF Archivist Dean DeBolt on Tuesday, March 25, at Noon via Zoom as he tells the history of film and innovation at the Saenger Theatre. Did you know the theatre will be 100 years old in April? What better way to celebrate? Find Zoom information at the library event calendar.

As a city with a rich industrial history, Pensacola is no stranger to the impacts of pollution. Join the University of Florida's Oral History and the Gulf Scholars Programs for a history harvest to share your story for the Pensacola Environmental Oral History Project! We will be recording 45 minute interviews with interested residents to learn more about experiences with pollution in Pensacola. Sign up ahead of time to reserve your spot here: go.ufl.edu/Pensacola.

Dr. Judith Bense will present the latest findings of the University of West Florida Archaeology Department. Free and open to the public. Attend in person at the downtown branch of the Pensacola Library or join us virtually vis Zoom. Pre-register:
https://us02 web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZlsc02prjkoHdObH067opxoGjCl3d2u_7Va

There will be thousands of books for sale for $1 each....fiction and nonfiction of all subject matter....including hundreds of children's and young adult books. Proceeds benefit the Open Books Prison Book Project.