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Under the baton of Maestro Peter Rubardt, the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra’s 99th season commences with a pairing for star-crossed lovers — Sergei Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet and Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. The two hours’ traffic of our stage also features the unforgettable melodies of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, a rapturous and powerful musical triumph, featuring soloist Joyce Yang.

In-person and virtual tickets are available. To learn more about Opening Night!, visit PensacolaSymphony.com.

Escambia County announces the commencement of its groundbreaking Vulnerability Assessment Project, a crucial initiative aimed at safeguarding the unincorporated areas of Escambia County against environmental risks such as sea-level rise and flooding. In a concerted effort to ensure community involvement from the outset, Escambia County invites all residents to participate in the inaugural public meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 20th of 2024 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm CST. The meeting will be held at the Wedgewood Community Center at 6405 Wagner Road, Pensacola, Florida.

During this meeting citizens will have the opportunity to contribute their insights and preferences to the initial stages of data collection, methodologies, crucial data sets for analyzing potential sea-level rise impacts and flooding, guiding factors essential for consideration, as well as identification of critical assets vital to the community's well-being.

Escambia County urges all residents, stakeholders, and community members to attend the public meeting to learn more about future flood mitigation and the possible impacts of flood events on the community.

For one night only - Tenuta Torciano Winery, direct from San Gimignano, Italy, will conduct a wine-tasting school in Pensacola featuring wines from their vineyards.

Sip, savor, and connect! Your ticket includes wine, oil, and vinegar tasting with bread and charcuterie.

Doors open at 5:30 PM, with wine school commencing at 6 PM. The winery will accept orders for their wines.

This event will be held in a private home with gorgeous views of Pensacola Bay and the Three Mile Bridge. History experts won't want to miss out on the chance to visit the site of the DeLuna settlement!

All tickets for the fundraiser benefiting Gulf Coast Diplomacy must be purchased in advance. Purchase your ticket before October 1st to lock in early bird ticket pricing!

Celebrating the theme "All In: We're Not Going Back!" our branch is excited to mark 76 years of dedicated service to the panhandle community. We take great pride in our rich heritage and the deep-seated relationships we've built within the community.

Our anniversary dinner is scheduled for October 11, 2024, at the Maui Ballroom, The Island Resort, 1500 Miracle Strip Parkway, situated on the picturesque Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The reception will commence at 5:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:00 p.m. Attire for the evening is semi-formal.

This year, we are honored to welcome Mr. Carlton T. Mayers, II, Esq., the esteemed founder and CEO of Mayers Strategic Solutions, LLC, as our guest speaker. With over 15 years of experience advocating for criminal justice reform across more than 30 states and Washington D.C., Mr. Mayers champions the Community Empowerment-Centered® approach, collaborating with communities to envision a redefined public safety framework, and driving sustainable, positive transformations in practices, policies, and culture. We eagerly anticipate Mr. Mayers' insightful and unifying address.

The event is open to the general public.

While the Freedom Fund Banquet serves as our annual fundraiser, it also affords us the opportunity to recognize individuals, organizations and businesses who have played a key role in the betterment of our community throughout the year.

Listen to some advice offered to the Class of 2017 from speakers, including Hillary Clinton at Wellesley College, Vice President Mike Pence at the U.S. Naval Academy and actor Will Ferrell at USC.

Students graduating from New College of Florida, angry at their school's takeover by appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis, have organized their own alternative commencement ceremony.

In a string of commencement-speaker dropouts, would-be honorary guests are being pushed out by campus protests. Meanwhile, schools are trying to boost their reputations and promote diverse ideas.

"Do not let others define you" was a key theme of the First Lady's address to this year's graduating class at Tuskegee University.

The month of May brings flowers, Mother's Day and graduations. Bring on those commencement speeches.

The beloved Muppet, created in 1955, will deliver the commencement address at the University of Maryland, the alma mater of his creator Jim Henson.