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...
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Aug 2, 20236 min read
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...
Jun 22, 20238 min read
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...
Jun 15, 20235 min read
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...
Jun 1, 20234 min read
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...
May 25, 20239 min read
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...
May 18, 20234 min read
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...
Jan 19, 20234 min read
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...
Nov 10, 20224 min read
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...
Oct 20, 20227 min read
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...
Oct 6, 20224 min read
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...
Sep 29, 20226 min read
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...
Sep 1, 20224 min read
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...
Mar 1, 20225 min read
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...
Feb 1, 20226 min read
Igniting an Eco-conscious Community: Local Artists Form Pit Firing Collective
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine Long before electric and gas kilns became the cornerstone of the ceramics industry, pottery was...
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