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Bands on the Beach returns!

The Blue Angels may be grounded, but that doesn’t stop the spirit from flying through the air on Pensacola Beach. Bands on the Beach kicked off another season on April 2. Thousands of concert-goers joined the party around the Gulfside Pavilion as young and old music lovers danced to the free music of the band [...]

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Annual Festival on the Green to bring variety of vendors

University of West Florida students and the public will be able to enjoy the return of Festival on the Green this year Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6. The festival will be celebrating its 13th year. The event is free to everyone and will have fine arts shows, live performances, food vendors, merchandise and [...]

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Long live Pensacola jazz at 30th JazzFest

Get ready for a full week of jazz music and events during “Viva Pensacola Jazz” JazzFest 2013. The event is normally two days occurring the first weekend in April, but to celebrate JazzFest’s 30th anniversary, a seven-day event is scheduled for April 1-7. The citywide event will have music at several venues around Pensacola, such [...]

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Festival finds ‘Greater Good’ in local bands

The Greater Good Music and Art Festival is coming back to Pensacola for the seventh year on Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3. The purpose of this festival is to bring the community of all ages together by having 20 bands, visual arts and local vendors. Ric Kindle, the organizer and producer of the [...]

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‘Vaginalogues’ tightens its grip on audience

Many people are either repulsed or immediately offended after hearing the term “vagina.” However, the University Commons event that was put on Monday, Feb. 18 and Wednesday, Feb. 20 was anything but repulsive. This year’s “Vaginalogues” were free to students and were hosted in the UC Auditorium at 8 p.m. Doors opened at 7:30 p.m., [...]

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Talented pianists at UWF celebrate donation with recital

Piano students from the University of West Florida music program performed at the “The Warren and Helen Wentworth ‘All Steinway School’ Student Piano Program,” Monday, Feb. 11, in the Music Hall of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts. The event celebrated the gift of Warren and Helen Wentworth. In 2007, the Wentworths made a [...]

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Sluggo’s turns into venue reminiscent of ‘60s ‘Gaslight Cafe’ during folk show

Sluggo’s Vegetarian Cafe was in a time warp on Saturday night. The room transformed to an imitation of the Gaslight Cafe, the famous ‘60s coffee house in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. The Gaslight was a place where folk musicians and poets could perform artistic works of social commentary and activism. Just like the [...]

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Robin Williams set to deliver ‘sit-down’ comedy tour

Academy Award-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams is set to take center stage in downtown Pensacola this week. Williams will be participating in a sit down show entitled “An Evening of Sit Down with Robin Williams,” on Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Saenger Theatre, the latest stop in a national tour. So far, Williams has [...]

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‘Glenn Miller’ swings into NAS

The world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, known for top hits such as “Over the Rainbow,” “Stairway to the Stars” and “Blue Orchids” will be back again this year performing at the National Naval Aviation Museum. The orchestra will be at the museum in the Blue Angels Atrium at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5. They have [...]

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Fashion show helps students celebrate diversity and individuality

University of West Florida students proudly strutted down the runway, sporting unique styles and costumes of all sorts in the “Let’s Get Naked: Stripping Down Stereotypes” fashion show hosted by the Student Government Association on Wednesday, Jan. 16. The show was presented as a part of UWF’s first Diversity Week. The weeklong celebration of diversity, [...]

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