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Join us and kick off Fall Break with some science fun! We're open for general admission from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Be sure to check out our Creature Feature at 11 a.m. during your visit. Activities included with general admission.

Enjoy Fall Break at the Science Center! With new activities each day, we've got something fun for everyone. Access to all activities included with general admission pricing. Military discounts available.

Calendar of events for November 23, 2021:
Fall-themed Chem Demo (visual only) from 10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Witness amazing feats of chemistry during this special fall-themed Chem Demo.
Apple Volcano Activity from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Create your own erupting apple volcano in this engaging, hands-on chemistry experiment fun for the whole family.
sciPad fall games from 12:30 - 2 p.m. Be sure to book your family's time in sciPad when you check in. We're limiting sciPad to one group at a time for 20-minute play times so that we can keep families safe and socially distant as well as allowing us to clean the wands between use.

Calendar of events for November 24, 2021:
Fall Activities from 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Join the Ozobot Turkey Trot! Design a simple fall-themed costume for the Ozobot, and then complete a fall-themed maze for the robot to follow!
Creature Feature from 12:30 - 1 p.m. Get an up-close encounter with some of our Animal Ambassadors! We'll have a very special guest stopping by in costume that you don't want to miss.
sciPad fall games from 1 - 2 p.m. Be sure to book your family's time in sciPad when you check in. We're limiting sciPad to one group at a time for 20-minute play times so that we can keep families safe and socially distant as well as allowing us to clean the wands between use.

Calendar of events for November 26, 2021:
Fall Activities from 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. We're all about pumpkins today. Engineer pumpkin towers and creations, create pumpkin spice slime, and enjoy the all things fall!
sciPad fall games from 12:30 - 2 p.m. Be sure to book your family's time in sciPad when you check in. We're limiting sciPad to one group at a time for 20-minute play times so that we can keep families safe and socially distant as well as allowing us to clean the wands between use.

The O’Gara siblings meet in their family home after the recent death of their mother who died of cancer. Their father passed a few months before and suffered from Alzheimer’s.

They are meeting the day after their mother’s funeral to decide how to divide up the assets which is the family home. While they rifle through boxes of memories some unresolved issues between the siblings come to light. Will they find any resolutions to the demons in each of their closets and come out of the other side still a family?

This Studio 400 drama is written by local playwrights Milan Smith and Paul Logsdon and Directed by Renee Jordan.

Shalimar United Methodist Church, LIBERTY Dental Plan of Florida, and other community partners invite families to the Annual Block Party on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 4 to 6 p.m.


The event is free and open to the public. The block party includes a car show, food, fun, and fellowship. LIBERTY Dental Plan will give out free dental kits and information to help keep young smiles healthy and bright.

For more information please, contact Rendi Bonner at Rendibonner@yahoo.com or 806-676-9020.

The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the UWF Chamber Music class in concert on Wednesday, November 3 at Noon. The concert will be held at Old Christ Church in Historic Downtown Pensacola.

The UWF Chamber Music Series at Old Christ Church is celebrating its 15th season. Under the direction of Dr. Hedi Salanki, the UWF Chamber Music Class prepared an exciting program to continue the season. The program will include works for piano, harpsichord, flute, cello, violin, viola, trumpet, and saxophone. Students will also perform vocal duets and arias and compositions by Purcell, Vivaldi, Boccherini, and others.

This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required for this event. All university COVID protocols will be enforced for this event. For more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at 850.857.6285.

The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier M. Williams School of Music will present the Runge Strings Orchestra in “Eine kleine Runge Strings concert” on Tuesday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in the Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the Pensacola campus.

Under the direction of Dr. Leonid Yanovskiy the Runge Strings Orchestra will present Eine kleine Nachtmusick by Mozart for their second performance of the season. There are no featured soloists for this concert. Yanovskiy says he picked this work because he was “specifically looking for a piece with no soloists, that is fun, beautiful, plus difficult enough that every ensemble member feels like a soloist.”

This event is free and open to the public but tickets are required. All university COVID protocols will be enforced for this event. For more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at 850.857.6285.

Offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is a direct threat to Florida’s beaches. Yet the state remains vulnerable as a long-standing Congressional moratorium on drilling in the eastern Gulf near Florida expires in just eight months. Join us as we learn about efforts underway to create a permanent drilling moratorium, and hear from local and national voices advocating for protection for Florida’s beaches and coast.

Florida U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor will join the event live via video link to detail legislation she introduced to create a permanent moratorium on drilling in the eastern Gulf, and how residents can help to push for its passage. Local beach residents, business owners and environmental advocates will be there to add their support for a permanent moratorium and speak about how local residents can get engaged in the effort.

An event page with more information can be found on the Healthy Gulf Facebook page.

“Antarctica: Seasons of Water and Ice” will be on exhibit on the second floor of UWF’s John C. Pace Library, Room 215, October 23 through December 12. A public reception will be held in the exhibit space on Monday, November 29 from 5-7 p.m.

This traveling exhibition is a selection of photographs and research by oceanographer Dr. Wade Jeffrey. The artwork on display was created during two oceanographic research trips to western Antarctica during 2019. The images from these expeditions present a contrast between the long days of summer and very short days of winter. Images show some of the diversity of Antarctic vistas, from gray to blue skies, and open water to icebergs and sea ice. The main focus of Dr. Jeffrey’s research on these trips was examining a unique group of single cell plankton called mixotrophs that can live and grow like both plants and animals.

Wade Jeffrey is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of West Florida where he is the director of the Center for Environmental Diagnostics & Bioremediation as well as the Reubin O’D. Askew Institute for Multidisciplinary Studies. As an oceanographer, his research has taken him to some unique environments around the world, always with a camera.

For information on the John C. Pace Library hours of operation, visit uwf.edu/library. For more information on the exhibit, contact cgambel@uwf.edu.

This event is being presented by the John C. Pace Library; The Art Gallery at UWF; UWF Department of Art; and UWF College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

*The attached image is “Antarctica Fiery Marguerite Bay” by Dr. Wade Jeffrey.

The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida (JASNWFL) presents the seventh annual Japan-U.S. Military Program, or JUMP, on Saturday, Oct. 23 at the National Naval Aviation Museum.

From 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., visitors can browse “reunion” tables of memorabilia from U.S. bases in Japan.

The program will take place from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. with the theme “U.S.-Japan Cooperative Strategy for Ensuring Peace & Security.” Program speakers include (in order of speaking) Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad, USN (Ret), President & CEO, Naval Aviation Museum Foundation; Dr. Satohito Akimoto, Director of JUMP and Chairman & President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; Major General Hiroyuki Sugai, Defense & Air Attaché at the Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.; Rear Admiral James D. “Jamie” Kelly, USN (Ret), Former Commander, Naval Forces Japan (CNFJ); The Honorable Kazuhiro Nakai, Consul General, Consulate General of Japan in Miami; Mr. Peter Kelley, President, National Association of Japan-America Societies.

A reception with beverage and bento box will follow at the museum's USS Cabot flight deck until 4:00 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required, and a valid military ID is needed to enter NAS Pensacola. For more details or to coordinate an escort for non-military attendees, email info@jasnwfl.org. For those unable to attend in person, a livestream will be available on the JASNWFL Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/events/965242517534599/

Launched in 2015, JUMP is a collaborative effort between Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, the Embassy of Japan in the United States and the National Association of Japan-America Societies. By building relationships and providing opportunities for service members to engage with each other, JUMP provides a powerful foundation for sustaining the solid alliance and relationship that exists between the U.S. and Japan.

Don your gay apparel–or your ugliest holiday sweater–and join us in singing your favorite carols and songs. You know the tunes, we’ll display the words on the big screen, and our Women’s Ensemble, directed by Isabelle Peterson, will lead the hour of music-making.

In addition, we’ll hear a couple of numbers performed by our special guests from the Gulf Coast Chorale, directed by Brenda Smith. Come enjoy holiday treats, snap selfies with Santa – and let the music of the season spark your holiday spirit. Once again, Generation Church hosts our family-friendly celebration, and admission is free--but we hope you’ll bring a nonperishable food item for Manna Pantries.