Art & Entertainment

Holding Space with 'Feminist Spaces'

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Amid a political landscape marked by persistent threats to women’s and LGBTQ+ rights and the suppression of...

Lady Fest's Legacy: 10 Years of Music, Diversity and Cookies and Cake

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Like many iconic staples in the Pensacola music scene, Cookies and Cake was born out of the creative and...

The Labor of Fun: With “Hotsy-Totsy-Vrooom-O-Rama” creators Joseph Herring and Amy Ruddick

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Artists and longtime creative collaborators, Joseph Herring and Amy Ruddick, are on a mission to infuse fun...

The Art of Pride: PensaPride Highlights LGBTQ+ Creativity and Resistance

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Pride is more than just a celebration. For many, it is a place of refuge, a time to honor the rich history...

Songs Not Soundscapes

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Armed with his electric guitar and loop pedal, local cinematographer and musician Doug Stanford has made a...

Explore Pensacola Beyond the Beach

By Dakota Parks for Tampa Bay Times and Bay Magazine At the western end of Florida’s Panhandle, the Pensacola Bay area is known for its...

Resilience and Resistance: Empowering Local Pride

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly While June commemorates the official start of Pride month, the celebrations in Pensacola always begin...

Celebrating Queer Art and Community at Gallery Night

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly With Pride Month just around the corner, Pensacola’s vibrant art scene is gearing up for a celebration of...

Riding The Maximalist Wave

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly It started with an inside joke—a pilgrimage to Medieval Times dinner theater and an available garage to...

Carving Out Identity Through Art

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly If you’ve been to a Pensacola Arts Market or Gallery Night, chances are you’ve seen Tyler Thomas slinging...

FemFest Returns

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Kirstin Norris Gartner juggled baby monitors and a chef’s knife while preparing dinner for her family during...

FUNHOUSE at the Punkhouse

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step inside the FUNHOUSE and feast your eyes on a bewitching sight...

Exploring the Synchronicities of “Séance”

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Whether or not you believe in ghosts, Shannon Taggart is not out to convince you one way or another. For the...

Sounds of Resistance

By Dakota Parks for Inweekly Calling all the ladies, femmes and thems—it’s time for Lady Fest 9. Since 2014, this women-centric music...

Bringing Down the House with WWE Superstar Power Couple Naomi + Jimmy Uso

By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd In the professional wrestling world, no couple is quite as infamous as husband and wife, Jimmy Uso and...