VegFest Goes Slutty
Restaurant founder Pinky Cole’s Slutty Vegan has traveled a long way to make it to Pensacola. Starting in 2018 in Atlanta, Ga., Slutty Vegan was founded as a ghost kitchen to serve vegan food…
Outtakes—Help Me Grow
By Rick Outzen Last week, the Escambia Children’s Trust board approved the issuance of an Invitation to Bid for a local organization to implement a Help Me Grow system in Escambia County for the…
Gino Rosaria Won’t Stop
By Savannah Evanoff Gino Rosaria has no plans to stop—hence the title of his new album, “Don’t Stop Now.” The Pensacola jazz musician dropped his debut album, “Still Waters Run Deep,” in 2019, and,…
Punching Back
By Rick Outzen Last week, the former interim director of the Pensacola Humane Society filed a counterclaim against PHS, its board president Gerald Adcox and treasurer Barbara Sawyer. In February, the PHS Board of…
Winners & Losers 3/23/23
Winners Kathleen Passidomo The Florida Senate president said she does not support a proposal to lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida—“We don’t have…
The Buzz 3/23/23
More CMP Prospects Over 10 years since the Community Maritime Park officially opened, two mayors—Ashton Hayward and Grover Robinson—have sought developers to build on the remaining parcels. The most recent potential developer has been…
Planting Greens in a Food Desert
By Tom St. Myer The heart-aching sight of hungry children sluggishly moving about their day motivated maintenance employees at O.J. Semmes Elementary School to take action. In 2011, the maintenance crew formed Backpack Project…
A Film Festival for All
By Hunter Morrison Ready, set, action. DIY Pensacola will be hosting its first-ever DIY Short Film Fest this Friday, March 25, and screening video projects submitted through an open call. The festival, put on…
