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The City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department and Cigna are proud to present the Pensacola Senior Games. Join athletes age 50 and better September 10 - September 26, 2021 to compete in 21 sporting events including bocce, horseshoes, bowling, darts, track and field, tennis, swimming, and more! Whether this is your first year to compete or you are a seasoned athlete, we are sure you’ll find an event just for you!

Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to each age group in each event. The Pensacola Senior Games is sanctioned by the Florida Sports Foundation and is a qualifier for the Florida Senior Games held at the end of each year in Broward County. A closing ceremony complete with food, giveaways, and sponsor booths will be held at Bayview Senior Center from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, September 26 to celebrate the accomplishments of all participants.

Registration is $10 for your first event which includes registration, t-shirt, and admission to the closing ceremony. Each additional event costs $1. There are additional fees for golf and bowling. Participants may register online at webtrac.cityofpensacola.com. Registration forms and the full competition schedule can be downloaded online at https://www.cityofpensacola.com/2529/Pensacola-Senior-Games. Registration forms can be mailed or dropped off at: Vickrey Resource Center Attn: Pensacola Senior Games 2130 Summit Blvd. Building B. Pensacola, FL 32503 Advanced registration is encouraged, but will be accepted on the day of the event. Participants must be age 50+ by December, 31 2021 to qualify for the Florida Senior Games in 2021.

November 18, join the UWF College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities for this virtual installment of the Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series with Dr. Allysha Winburn, UWF forensic anthropologist and professor of anthropology.

When human remains are skeletonized, decomposed, burned, buried, or otherwise altered, forensic anthropologists can prove vital to the process of death investigation. Forensic anthropology is the application of human skeletal and dental expertise to investigations of personal identity and circumstances of death. Forensic anthropologists perform many roles, including undertaking skeletal analyses for medical examiners, assisting with law enforcement crime scene recoveries, and conducting archaeological excavations in various human rights, humanitarian, and post-conflict contexts. A practicing forensic anthropologist for over 15 years, UWF assistant professor Allysha Winburn has worked in many of these settings. In this unique Downtown Lecture, we will enter the lab, field, and crime scene with Dr. Winburn as she shares her diverse experiences in this rewarding and challenging profession.

Join us Thursday, November 18, from 6-7 p.m. for this virtual experience. The event is free, but registration is required. Register in advance at https://bit.ly/3mBP7or or uwf.edu/downtownlectures.

Mountainfilm on Tour brings a selection of culturally rich, adventure-packed, and incredibly inspiring documentary films curated from the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado. The tour will soon visit Pensacola at Museum Plaza at 120 Church St. on Saturday, March 12 with films that explore themes connected to Mountainfilm’s mission of using the power of film, art, and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world.

Mountainfilm on Tour - Pensacola is hosted by Gulf Coast Film Festival in partnership with a collection of local sponsors that include the Radcliff-Schatzman Group at Morgan Stanley; SunFarm Energy; Reboot and Co.; Taylor, Warren, Weidner, and Hancock, P.A.; and Volume One Salon. While hosting an inspiring collection of films, the show is also an opportunity to support local waterway protection through the work of Healthy Gulf.

The show kicks off on Saturday, March 12 at 6:30 pm. Tickets for Mountainfilm on Tour - Pensacola can be purchased online through the tour schedule page of the Mountainfilm website at www.mountainfilm.org

Tickets will also be available onsite the day of the event. Advance tickets are $20 per adult and $15 for children 12 and under, with $25 tickets at the door.

Celebrate Black History Month with a special planetarium event! We'll travel the cosmos to learn more about the ancient Kush people, exactly what the Kenyan Borana Star Calendar was, and identify the Swahili names for the planets. You'll get to hear African folklore stories and even discover how enslaved African Americans were able to follow the stars to freedom in the north.

Shows begin at 6 and 7 p.m. All shows last approximately 45 minutes.

Our Planetarium is an inflatable dome. Guests sit on cushions on the floor of the planetarium to view the show. Space is limited, so purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended for this reason. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled showing. In case of no-shows/late shows: reserved spots will be released at show time to make space for the next party.

Seating is limited and very popular. We encourage purchasing your tickets in advance, as this is a first come, first served event. Please call 850-664-1261, stop by the Science Center, or use our online ticketing option to purchase your tickets.

Our planetarium is powered by FPL

The disconnect between Emil Bove's aggressive stance at the time to hold rioters accountable — and his current hostility toward the Jan. 6 probe — has troubled some former colleagues.

These dishes from our resident chef make the most of late-spring ingredients, but also offer some cool-weather comfort for the season's chilly nights.

Ashes To Go
Event Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Time: 9 am - 11 am
Location: Ace Hardware
1560 S Highway 29,
Cantonment, FL 32533
Contact: Vivin Welch
+1 (850) 449-3627


CANTONMENT, FL - Need to do Ash Wednesday in a hurry? Several churches are offering outdoors imposition of ashes to help people start Lent today, even without leaving their cars.

St. Monica’s Episcopal Church Rev Deacon Rachel Iversen says they will be on the porch of Ace Hardware Cantonment just across from Tate HS next to the BurgerKing and Winn Dixie off of Hwy 29 from 9 am until 11 am., offering ashes to observe Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.

"This is for people on their way to work - it’s a window of opportunity," Iversen said. "People can pull up, we’ll have a guided meditation, a prayer on a bulletin. They can read the prayer, prepare mentally and spiritually. If they want to pray, we’ll pray with them."

It has been our experience that people receive ashes on their foreheads and prayer from clergy in robes while sitting in their cars. Some people just want to pray. Some are overcome with emotion and cry as they roll down their windows.

The drive-through concept welcomes people who have never observed Ash Wednesday before. They don't have to be churchgoers, Iversen said. "There’s no stipulation - wherever you are in your spiritual journey," she said. "If they’re curious, they can experience the ashes. It’s a spiritual experience. If people want a time of prayer, repentance and reflecting on their own mortality, we want to let them know that the call to turn and focus on God is present anywhere."

"We make a shape of the cross with ashes on the forehead and say what the ancients said, ‘Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.’ It’s a wonderful reminder of our mortality but the grace of it all too.”

Iversen said they will hand out sheets with answers to frequently asked questions about Ash Wednesday, such as "Do I have to wear the ashes all day?" "Only if you want to," Iversen said. The ashes are worn as a sign of penitence.

"The church is called to take the church out to the streets.

"We are going to dress like clergy so people know we are fulfilling that role," Iversen said. "If I we were out there in blue jeans people wouldn’t know we were ministers."

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the 40-day penitential period of Lent, leading up to the celebration of Easter, which will be observed March 31 in most churches.

Ashes to go is an outreach ministry of St. Monica’s Episcopal church located at 699 SR-95A. There will be an indoor Ash Wednesday service at 6 PM with readings, homily, Eucharist and imposition of ashes.

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Viven Welch, Communications Minister
St. Monica's Episcopal Church
699 S. Highway 95-A
Cantonment, FL 32533
850-449-3627

The University of West Florida Department of Theatre presents Shakespeare in Love based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, adapted for the stage by Lee Hall with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will be held Oct. 29-31 and Nov. 5-7 with shows at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. All performances will take place in the Mainstage Theatre of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, on the UWF Pensacola Campus.

Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block and is late in finishing his most recent play “Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate’s Daughter”. He is in desperate need of inspiration until he finds his muse – Viola, a beautiful young woman who wants nothing more than to perform onstage, where women are not permitted.

Set amidst a bustling background of mistaken identity, ruthless scheming and backstage theatrics, Will and Viola’s love blossoms and their passionate, forbidden love affair goes on to inspire Shakespeare’s masterpiece, the most romantic tragedy ever written.

Director Christine Kellogg leads the creative team consisting of current students and alumni Brittney Barton, set designer; Kristen Taylor, costume designer; Cole Hudson, wig and makeup designer; and Kelley Finn, lighting designer (’12).

General Admission ticket prices are $18 per person for adults, $14 per person for senior citizens and active military, $12 per person for non-UWF students and UWF faculty and staff, and $6 for high school students. UWF students are admitted free with their Nautilus cards. Reserved seats can be purchased for a $2 upcharge.

Tickets can be purchased at the CFPA Box Office, Building 82, 850.857.6285 or online at uwf.edu/tickets.

A Whole-Body, Whole-You Experience for the Parkinson’s Community

This is your chance to empower your body and mind in interactive movement and learning sessions designed specifically for people with PD. We’ll raise our spirits with fun & functional ways to move our bodies for more flexibility, balance, and control, and we’ll hear from experts who will provide tips for enhancing overall wellbeing. You’ll leave buoyed by community and feeling refreshed.

Pensacola, Florida: Refresh!™
This is an indoor gathering.
Arrival and Exhibits - 9:30-10 am
Program - 10-12 noon

Speaker: Dr. Deborah Boland Movement Break: Susan Brogden PT, MS, DPT Plus, more to be announced!

You’re invited! Anyone impacted by a movement disorder is welcome at this FREE event. We provide these events at no charge to you because you deserve to feel empowered.

“Among the many disruptions from the pandemic were the much-needed social interactions that both Parkinson's patients and their care partners enjoy and thrive on at PMD Alliance events. These events not only supply great information, but give us the opportunity to socialize, converse, make new friends, see old friends and, hopefully, laugh a lot."

-John and Bernadette Baumann, spouses navigating PD together

*For the wellbeing of our entire community, masks and social distancing are required.

Discover the sizzling stories behind the constellations in this planetarium event for adults (21+). Explore Meso-American legends and mythology hidden in the sky as you take a trip through the cosmos during the ultimate planetarium adventure. Much like all our Sordid Secrets, this is an adult event, as those Mayan, Incan, and Aztec gods definitely didn't keep things rated PG!

Our Planetarium is an inflatable dome. Guests sit on cushions on the floor of the planetarium to view the show. Due to size, space is limited to 25 patrons at a time. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended for this reason. On show nights, please arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled showing. In case of no-shows/late shows: reserved spots will be released at show time to make space for the next party.

Shows begin at 6 and 7 pm and last approximately 45 minutes.

Seating is limited and very popular. We encourage purchasing your tickets in advance, as this is a first come, first served event. Please call 850-664-1261, stop by the Science Center, or use our online ticketing option to purchase your tickets.