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The Ed Schultz Radio – 11 am-2 pm CDT
Doing The Ed Schultz Radio Show today with Mike Papantonio. Listen here. Guest list will create some controversy: Best-selling author and Harpers Magazine contributor Thomas Frank joins the 1st hour of Tuesday's show to tell us who will really be choosing the next Republican Presidential [...]
Born to Run
The half marathon and marathon training programs are now open for registration at Running Wild. The half marathon, 16-week training program teaches runners to comfortably run 13.1 miles. Participants need to be running at least 15 miles per week prior to the first day of training. Practices are [...]
Tapped Out, Beerfest Cancelled
The Pensacola Beer Festival is not happening. Again. For the second year in a row, the local beer festival has been cancelled. The event organizer blames low interest as the reason behind the cancellation. “Ticket sales were kind of low,” said David Faulk. The Faulk Foundation for [...]
Archaeology Café
The Destination Archaeology Resource Center (DARC) and Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant are teaming up to keep your brain and stomach full. The next Archaeology Café is Thursday, April 5 at 6 p.m. Dr. Ramie Gougeon will give a short presentation, “Archaeology of the Taco: A Tortilla-Wrapped [...]
Back on WCOA this morning
Don Parker is out so I will be the guest host along with Jim Sanborn on WCOA's Morning Show. The fun starts at 6 a.m. and the schedule is filled with guests. Listen.
Drive by Truckers – uncensored interviewed
As he geared up for another run of Drive By Truckers shows,including Tuesday, April 10 at Vinyl Music Hall, Patterson Hood spent a few minutes with the IN speaking about his band, the “duality of the Southern Thing” and how Newt Gingrich won Georgia in the primaries ... IN: Y’all have just [...]
Area chefs hit NYC
Chefs Dan Dunn, Irv Miller, Jim Shirley, Gus Silivos and Frank Taylor are once again representing the Gulf Coast at the James Beard House in New York City. Jill Thomas, Director of New Media Marketing for Innisfree, provided this profile on Dan Dunn, the chef at Innisfree's H20 Cajun Asian [...]
Bands Are Back on the Beach
The popular, weekly concert series, Bands on the Beach, kicks off Saturday, March 31 with Super Band. Bands will play at the Gulfside Pavilion on Casino Beach from 7 to 9 p.m. Every Tuesday until October 30, bands are scheduled to rock the beach. Bands on the Beach is organized by the Santa [...]
3:10 Long Beach State v. New Mexico
The Lobos, winners of the Mountain West tournament, are favored by 4.5 points over the 49ers, the dual champs out of the Big West. The game is being The 12 seeds (LBS) have been dominating the 5's against the spread recently, with a 10-4 against the points mark in the past 14 meetings. Still Obama [...]
Big game: Syracuse vs. UNC-Asheville
Nick is a big Syracuse fan. The Orangemen lost their big man to academics, but still should win. The Orange, who earned the top seed in the East Regional on the strength of winning the Big East regular-season season title, are favored by 17 points over the 16th-seeded Bulldogs. NC Asheville earned [...]
Fiesta Forces Volunteer Organization is Recruiting New Members
Anyone interested in volunteering to support Fiesta of Five Flags is welcome to join the Fiesta of Five Flags at the upcoming Fiesta Forces spring happy hour. The new member sign-up party is scheduled for tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at Phineas Phoggs, 130 E. Government St. At the event you can [...]
1:10 – Montana vs. Wisconsin
I have always been a big Wisconsin fan. Obama likes them, too, and all the GOP candidates do too because Paul Rand is from Janesville, Wis. The Grizzlies, however, have won 20 of their last 21 games and are getting nine points. The Badgers are playing in the tournament for the 14th straight season. [...]