HAPPENINGS Navarre Chamber Scholarship Golf Classic 21st Annual—Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place Teams, closest to the Pin & Longest Drive. Lunch-to-go for faster play, beer & watering holes, golf "Poker Run," $10,000 hole-in-one prize, post golf reception in the club house: food/drinks, raffle. Oct. 2, 12:30 p.m. (shotgun) start. 11 a. m. registration. (850) 939-3267, www.navarrechamber.com.

Stargazing Stargazing with the Escambia County Amateur Astronomers' Association. Weather permitting, meet at Battery Worth Picnic Area. Oct. 16, sunset to 10:00 p.m. (850) 934-2600, www.nps.gov/guis.

SEMINARS AND TALKS Fishing Seminar Series Hook, Line & Sinker Seminar Series on the hot fish of the month. Free buffet, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Seminar, 7 p.m. October 12: Flounder Fishing. Reservations not needed. Flounder's on Pensacola Beach. (850) 516-0709. www.saltwater-events.com

Business Lunch Series UWF Brown Bag Lunch: Twitter for Business. Learn how to incorporate simple social media into your company's PR strategy. Presented by P. Jay Massey, Coco Design. Pre-register. Bring along a lunch. Free. October 7, 12-1 p.m. 401 E. Chase St., Suite 100. 850-473-7830 www.sbdc.uwf.edu.

Historical Lunch Series Sponsored by the Pensacola Heritage Foundation. John Appleyard on "Pensacola and its love of the automobile" How motor vehicles changed the area.. Lecture $5, Lunch $10, no charge for PHF Members. Oct. 1, noon, 850-438-6505.

CHARITY EVENTS 2nd Annual Starfish Charity Gala Benefitting our area's most vulnerable children and families of all races and creeds. Guest speaker Immaculée Ilibagiza, 1994 Rwandan genocide survivor. Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort Grand Ballroom. $100 per ticket, Oct. 24, 6-10:00 p.m. 850- 244-2825, www.starfishgala.com

Festiva Italiana! Charity Gala 2009 27th Annual Catholic Charities Pensacola Gala and fundraising event. Live and silent auction, cocktails, entertainment by the Pensacola Junior College Jazz Band, chance to win $10,000. $50 for entry or $100 for entry and a ticket for the grand prize drawing. Sacred Heart Hospital's Greenhut Auditorium. Oct. 10, 7:00 p.m. 850-436-6410. www.catholiccharitiesnwfl.org.

NETWORKING Business After Hours Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours. Oct. 15, from 5 to 7:00 p.m. Angus Seafood. www.pensacolachamber. com. Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours. Light snacks and beverages provided. Oct. 15, 5:30- 7:00 p.m. Chips 24 Hour Fitness Center (across from The Villas at Gulf Breeze). www.gulfbreezechamber.com Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. Monthly business mixer. Networking, food, drink and raffle prizes. Open to everyone. The Best Western, Navarre. Oct. 8, 5:30-7:00 p.m.

WINE & CULINARY ARTS Taste of Navarre Sushi, fine cheese, jambalaya, wings...live music and wine tastings. A catered event (under an openair tent) on the waterfront. Oct. 3 from 2 to 4:00 p.m. Door prizes, vendors and coupons, 18+ to attend. Navarre (850) 939-3267, www.navarrechamber. com

WSRE Wine & Food Classic Five Culinary Artists to Headline the 21st Annual WSRE Wine & Food Classic. Chef's champagne reception, hors d'oeuvres, a champagne tasting, silent auction, live entertainment and five-course dinner. $100 per person. October 18, 5:30 p.m. Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front. (850) 484-1261, www.wsre.org.

Art and Wine Weekend Uncork the magic at the second Art & Wine Weekend. Celebrate the unique, diverse and flavorful wines. Tastings are free. Island kids kiosk, art vendors and demonstrations from tiki carving to jewelry makings. Free trolley transportation. Oct. 3-4, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sun. noon - 5 p.m. Pensacola Beach. www.visitpensacolabeach. com. Silent Auction and Wine

Tasting Silent auction of local art, door prizes and refreshments. Oct. 3, 6 to 8:30 p.m. St Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church, Navarre. $10. (850) 939-2261. www.staugustinesnavarre.org

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