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Downtown Pensacola hosts 3rd Annual CANstruction to benefit MANNA at Gallery Night Sept. 17 The 3nd Annual AIA-Northwest Florida CANstruction will be held in various locations in downtown Pensacola as part of Gallery Night on September 17. More ... The countdown is on for the Perdido Key Chamber 2nd Annual Perdido Key Open Beach Volleyball Tournament, held at the world famous Flora-Bama the weekend of September 18t-19. There will be Mens, Womens, Coed 2, 4, and 6 person recreational teams. Registration for a recreational team is only $100/team and everyone gets a free tshirt! To register, visit www.perdidokeyopen.com. More ... If you spend enough time near the Gulf coast, you'll likely see bumper stickers, tshirts, caps and other merchandise brandishing two words – Salt Life. Over the past few months, British Petroleum has introduced the Salt Life, which celebrates everything ocean related, to a new type of Gulf coast existence – Crude Life. More ... There has not been, to my knowledge, a college football season in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era when the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) shouldered higher expectations heading into September. Excitement abounded all along the east coast this summer – and for good reason. More ... There’s no doubt the Southeastern Conference is the king of the college football world – having won four-straight BCS National Championship games. The league also has the highest number of AP preseason Top 25 teams (6). More ... For local artist Susan Kersch, inspiration can be found right outside her backdoor. The Gulf Breeze resident gets her artistic surge from the bluegreen waters of the Gulf of Mexico. “I love the ocean because it has movement,” Kersch said. “The colors are incredible and it goes on forever. More ... The full moon, the Harvest Moon, occurs on September 23, the day after the autumnal equinox; fall actually begins this year at 10:23 p.m. on September 22. The moon is out of the evening sky during the first and last weeks of September, making them ideal for spotting deep sky objects. More ... To make their thrilling documentary – winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival – award-winning journalists Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger (pictured above) embedded with the soldiers of Second Platoon, Battle Company, as they fought to build and maintain a remote 15- man outpost in the Korengal, named “Restrepo” after a platoon medic who w More ... F rom within the gloomy depths of tragedy associated with the Gulf oil spill, thousands of tiny ambassadors of hope have begun to emerge. They are sea turtle hatchlings – relocated from the northern Gulf coast to south Florida and released safely into the Atlantic Ocean. More ... From Monday, Sept. 27 – Sunday, Oct. 3 experience the 2nd Annual Songwriter’s Festival on Pensacola Beach. This year marks the second of many festivals to come and it will involve six incredible days of live, original, singer/songwriter concerts at various venues, schools, and a two day Guitar Show. More ... Q: One of my favorite reality shows is “The Real Housewives” series on Bravo. I especially love Bethenny Frankel on the New York series, and I wondered if that show and/or Bethenny would be back? – Michele M., Bel Air, Md. More ... Navarre Beach businesses saw a dramatic increase in business after the Santa Rosa County Tourism Development Council funneled BP dollars into a successful voucher program. “They are thrilled,” said Kate Wilkes, director of the Santa Rosa TDC said, referring to the Navarre Beach business owners. “They were dead.” More ... On Saturday, Sept. 18, join the Miracle Strip Corvette Club for fun and sun on Pensacola Beach at the annual "Life is a Vette at the Beach" Corvette show! This is the club's signature annual event. More ... Fifth Annual Charity Car Show On Saturday, Sept. 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Grand Boulevard at Sandestin® and the Destin Porsche Club will host the Fifth Annual Charity Car Show organized by the North Florida Region of the Porsche Club of America. More ... It sounds like the opening scene of a romantic comedy: Two strangers meet one L.A. evening when hugely pregnant Utah housewife Becky Jack literally stumbles into the orbit of Felix Callahan, Hollywood heartthrob and everyone's favorite movie star. More ... Hedy Lamarr was so breathtakingly beautiful, she was never expected to be much more than set dressing in most of her films. More ... |
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