Quarantine Projects
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine When the entire world goes into lockdown, everyone suddenly has a lot of free time on their hands....
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Jun 1, 20204 min read
5 Questions With Creatives: Dyandra Bonet Mendoza
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Local singer/songwriter and self-proclaimed “spiritual gangsta,” Dyandra Bonet Men- doza recorded and...
May 1, 20204 min read
Pensacola Beach Pride Weekend: 'Still Proud Even if Pride is Canceled'
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Across the nation, events and gatherings have come to a crashing halt in response to COVID-19 social...
Apr 1, 20204 min read
The Perseverance of the Pensacola Poetry Scene
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd When tracing through the history of the Pensacola poetry scene, the first word out of most local...
Apr 1, 20204 min read
The Blank Canvas: Interzone Art Center Goes Public
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Tucked into the historic Brownsville neighborhood on North V Street, the building that houses...
Mar 1, 20204 min read
Women Brewsters Unite for Philanthropic Collaboration
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Beer has often been credited as a catalyst for human civilization and technological invention from the...
Mar 1, 20206 min read
Historic Reanimations: Bringing Furniture Back to Life
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine ON THE SIDE OF THE CURB sits a derelict 80-year-old sofa with fraying, nearly see-through fabric,...
Mar 1, 20204 min read
Backwards Southern Hospitality meets Social Media Persona: A Poppy Garcia Art Show
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Over the last year, local Pensacola artist Poppy Garcia has been working day and night, often falling...
Feb 1, 20205 min read
People of Pensacon: Jake Busy
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Known far and wide for his roles in Starship Troopers and Frighteners, Busey got his start in the...
Feb 1, 20204 min read
People of Pensacon: Bret Iwan, the Voice of Mickey Mouse
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd There is no character quite as nostalgic as Mickey Mouse. He is not only an American icon, but his...
Feb 1, 20203 min read
5 Questions With Creatives: Vy Nguyen
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd When people think of art, images of white canvases covered in complimenting hues and hands-off museum...
Jan 1, 20204 min read
Mountain Town Meets Beach Town: Telluride Film Festival Coming to Downtown Pensacola
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine Freshly popped popcorn, a cool, crisp evening and a big white screen are perhaps the three best...
Jan 1, 20204 min read
Not Your Conventional Running Club
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Knee-high socks, plaid kilt skirts, vests covered in patches, handmade necklaces that double as name...
Dec 1, 20193 min read
Brewing Up Cozy Community Vibes
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd According to the market research company C+R Research, Pensacola ranks number nine in the country on a...
Dec 1, 20194 min read
Winter Queerstice: Pensacola's All-Inclusive Holiday Celebration
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd When people think of the holidays, they often picture food, family and friends. For the LGBT+...
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