Real News: Baby Beef, Ballet and Pirate Radio

Chef Blake Rushing discusses his high-end dive bar and restaurant, Baby Beefs, located on Reus Street next to Pensacola City Hall.

“My favorite thing is the Gum Boy. It’s like a debris po’boy with lettuce, tomato pickle, but there’s also a fried shrimp on there, and we’re getting bread in from Gambinos,” Rushing said. “It’s very health food, health conscious. There’s a French onion dip on there. That’s amazing. We’ve got a pastry chef in-house making homemade donuts that we’re serving on a ticket skewer with different sauces.”

Listen to find out the story behind the name.

Radio Caroline, Britain’s first Pirate Broadcaster, is celebrating 60 years on the air this year. These days it’s no longer the rebel out in international waters beaming music to European listeners; it’s a legal non-profit station that generates programs from a land-based studio in Britain.

However, once a month, it originates shows from the ship, the Ross Revenge, moored in territorial waters of the Blackwater estuary off England’s Essex coast. It’s pure old-school nostalgia, the way it was done decades ago. ABC News London correspondent Tom Rivers is out on the ship where the broadcasters are remembering bygone days this weekend and raising funds to get the boat – which is on the U-K’s National Register of Historic Vessels – into dry dock for vital restoration work.

Ballet Pensacola opens its 2024-25 with Cinderella, October 11-13 and 18-20. In conjunction with the performances, Ballet Pensacola will hold a magical gathering on the third floor of the Ballet Pensacola studios, offering an unforgettable experience for all ages. Step into the world of Cinderella and enjoy a delightful tea service, featuring an assortment of teas and treats fit for royalty, surrounded by the elegance of our studio space, beautifully transformed into a fairytale setting. Artistic director Stéphano Candreva shares the details.

And the full show: Sena Maddison, Walker Wilson, Jason Nathanson, Maria Goldberg, Tom Rivers, Blake Rushing, and Stéphano Candreva.

Photo by Ian Powell on Unsplash

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