Pensacon; one of our city’s most popular annual events. This year went off as a hit, with people coming from all around for one reason or another. Some were vendors and artists, providing their talent to others and selling their goods.
The 60th Annual Student Art Exhibition at Pensacola State College marked a milestone year, bringing together some of the strongest work produced by current visual arts students.
On February 6th, 2026, I watched the killing of a real child in an art cinema. Everyone walked out of the theatre, unable to communicate the atrocity beamed into them. Reactions were split depending on knowing the child’s story, leaving either in shock because of the end or, in the case of one person, crying for the entire last half of the film. We all saw a massacre, and we didn’t do anything to stop it.
On March 12th at 7:30pm, the Performing Arts Department here on campus provided a free show at the Ashmore Auditorium. The Annual Spring Concert, performed by the Wind and Jazz Ensembles, was a perfect way to welcome the new season. People piled into seats for a sweet hour of music beautifully played, conducted by Douglas Holsworth.
Let’s try something new. Given the large swath of films that come out every month, and such limited space to write per paper, I have decided to experiment with a collection of movies worthy of conversation, but not something I could expand for the full 1,000-word look-over
In March 2022, indie developer David Szymanski released Iron Lung, a short horror game originally released on Steam. It has a simple premise with more complex lore behind it: you have been welded into a small submarine, with which you are exploring the trenches of an ocean of blood. Just two short months after release, the game was picked up for a video by popular gaming YouTuber, Markiplier.
Written by: Quincy Kirn This month, in Downtown Pensacola, Seville Square held a unique opportunity for the community to become better acquainted with the local artists. The 55th annual Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival was held from the seventh to the ninth in November. This free community event was powered by more than 40 sponsors and…
By: Arren Joseph-White & Luke Tarnosky On November 8th, Pensacola celebrated its growing creative scene with its third Night Moves Music Fest. The musical event brought an estimated 2,000 guests total this year, a typical crowd for them, and included not only national names, but local ones, as well as community vendors to the festivities.…
By: Talia Soublet If you missed the Wind and Jazz Ensembles’ first fall performance, Soaring, an evening of music celebrating flight, don’t worry—there’s another opportunity coming soon. On December 4 at 7:30 p.m., PSC’s Wind and Jazz Ensembles will return to the stage for Tribal Tales, a performance designed to immerse the audience in the culture, stories,…
By Arren Joseph-White Need something to do in the coming months? There are always things going on in Pensacola and the surrounding areas. Here are some activities to keep an eye out for, from November to December. There are also things that you can do year-round. As the weather gets more bearable, be ready to…
By Riley Glover Sometimes as a film critic noted for their coverage of the macabre, movies slip through the radar that can’t easily be described. Some unnatural cinema requires explanation, even if the space is too limited to describe such terrors the way they need. So, I let open my doors and let all the…
By Arren Joseph-White September 19th was another hit for Pensacola’s annual Gallery Night. The theme? Art of Hispanic Heritage, or Viva Pensacola. A chance to explore the diverse cultures that Latin America has to offer at a smaller scale. Foods, crafts, and music to create a vibrant and energetic atmosphere that surrounded and invited all…
By Luke Tarnosky On October 17th, the Pensacola State College Performing Arts Department kicked off the autumn season with a bang with the opening night show of their newest comedy/romance musical, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Running for two weekends in a row and a total of six full-length shows, the show was a massive success;…
By Lydia McAllister Pensacola State College’s Literature club hosted their annual Poetry Open Mic on Wednesday October 15, 2025 on the second floor of the Chadborn Library at 6pm. The evening offered an open invitation for students and faculty alike to read their own works or the works of others. The back of the room…
By Quincy Kirn On Saturday, October 11, the Gulf Breeze Zoo kicked off its fifteenth annual “Boo at the Zoo” event. From 10 AM to 5 PM, the zoo trails were bustling with over 1,000 people excited to trick-or-treat, learn about the animals, and explore vendor booths. With over 75 vendors, there was plenty to…
By Lydia McAllister The Vampire Ball was held at the Court of Deluna event space in downtown Pensacola on Saturday Oct. 4. The spacious location and extravagant decorations encouraged the attendees to embrace the fantastic experience of a vampiric ball. The venue had an entrance gate that accepted in the macabre guests and invited them…
By: Boris Gaidai This September, the newly established Youth Orchestra for the Pensacola Symphony began rehearsing for the 2025-26 season. The orchestra will play two concerts, the first on November 16th and the second on April 12th, and they will also be participating in the regular Orchestra’s 100th anniversary gala in April. The Youth Orchestra…
By Quincy Kirn At Pensacola State College, the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts is taking a closer look at a seldom-seen artistic form. Joe Hobbs is a mixed media artist whose exhibition consists of hand-blown and hot sculpted glass, found objects, wood, and paint. While attending art school, he enrolled into what he…
On Tuesday, April 8, the Visual Arts Department at Pensacola State College held its annual student art awards show to honor students’ artistic achievements. The expo included diverse mediums, such as digital design, drawing, ceramics, painting, sculpture, and photography.
The Saenger Theatre has long been a large part of Pensacola’s arts and culture. Standing in the heart of Downtown Pensacola since 1925, the theatre recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary. To commemorate it, they hosted a grand reopening ceremony with a ribbon cutting and cake on April 4. On top of this, the Saenger hosted two free showings of the Phantom of the Opera silent film, one of the firm films to be shown back when it first opened in the 1920’s.
Pensacola State College has officially announced its annual student art exhibition. This event kicks off March 31, the works will be available for viewing, with some pieces for sale, until May 2 in the Switzer Gallery on the Pensacola campus. This juried exhibit showcases the finest pieces created by current PSC visual arts students. The…
By Abigail Hrabar This weekend, many took to the Ashmore Auditorium to view Pensacola State College’s “The Crucible”. The play, written by Arthur Miller, was first performed in 1953 as a dramatization of the Salem witch trials and an allegory for the anti-Communist hysteria of the 1950s. It is a classic play, the script of…
Lady Gaga, an American singer, songwriter, and actress is best known for hits like Bad Romance and Poker Face. She has won fourteen Grammys, two Golden Globes, and one Academy Award. Less than six months after the release of Joker: Folie à Deux, in which Gaga played Harley Quinn, “Mother Monster” is back for more with her seventh studio album labeled MAYHEM, released on March 7, 2025.
(edits by Abbie, arren, marty, MIKE) Pensacola is home to hundreds of public art installations, including the 70+ iconic pelican statues and at least seven murals downtown. Now the city has been planning on adding yet another mural downtown. They proposed a 36-foot mural installation at 100 W. Garden St., just past Palafox. The proposed…
There is a popular philosophical critique about the concept of sci-fi teleportation that has existed for quite a minute now. The idea goes a bit like this: imagine a Star Trek style teleporter that could take every molecule in your body and transfer it over to a completely different place. Now, when that occurs, are you actually teleporting a person or are you killing that person by deconstructing their molecules and then creating an exact clone with the same memories at another place?
On February 12, 2025, Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States, 2019-2022, gave a reading at PSC’s Ashmore Auditorium. She told stories, provided wisdom, and gave the audience a captivating night for creatives and everyday people alike.
The Gulf Coast’s 24th Annual Renaissance Faire once again brought whimsy to Pensacola over the weekends of Feb. 22nd to 23rd and Mar. 1st to 2nd. Established by Steve Melei, the faire encourages costumes but does not require them which makes those who do participate in the Medieval garb more novel.
In 1991, Executive Director of the Arts Council, Andy Witt, met with a few local business owners to discuss holding an event in downtown Pensacola dedicated to spreading culture and art awareness. This is where the nonprofit organization, known as Gallery Night, was born. Every third Friday from five to nine p.m., Palafox Street is transformed into an exhibition for local artists to showcase their work. This month, the city of Pensacola held what was dubbed, “Forks and Frames, a Foodie Gallery Night,” and I decided to attend the event.
The Gulf Coast’s 24th Annual Renaissance Faire once again brought whimsy to Pensacola over the weekends of Feb. 22nd to 23rd and Mar. 1st to 2nd. Established by Steve Melei, the faire encourages costumes but does not require them which makes those who do participate in the Medieval garb more novel.
Joseph Bradford’s Graphic Design II class was given the task of redesigning the covers of a book. The project was simple; choose a book you have read or had personal experience with, then redesign the cover to something of their liking. In all 13 posters created, each student chose a fictional book. Now, their completed projects decorate the walls of the library.
This past month, Ashmore Auditorium was thoroughly rocked by the presentation of punk rock opera American Idiot. Based on the album of the same name, the play celebrates the world-renowned band Green Day. It was first formed using the songs written by Green Day’s frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, and with writing help from American theater director and filmmaker, Michael Mayer. Pensacola State College’s rendition was directed by Dr. Rodney Whatley and presented on the 3rd and 4th weekends of October.
The Pensacola Museum of Art is in the heart of downtown, just off Palafox Street, and this year it is celebrating its 70th anniversary of rich, local history.
Within the wonderful world of comics, time flows differently than how we perceive real life or even the inherently linier strip of film can allow no matter what weird non-liner storytelling tricks you use. In the simplest definition one can give without going into Scott McCloud speak, what can happen within the frame of a comic panel is a moment of time captured in amber that is clarified within the context of other panels and the space between them.
Pensacola has long been a site for local music to thrive. From punk to indie, there are always live music events for locals and tourists alike to enjoy at places like the Handlebar, 309 Punk Project, the Vinyl Music Hall, and many more.
Pensacola’s 64th Annual Greek Festival took place during the first 3 days of November and, like every year, it went wonderfully. The festival is presented by the Greek Orthodox Church, taking place on its campus over on West Garden Street. The festival includes food, vendors, dancing, and music.
The Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts on the Pensacola campus is always displaying new art in their galleries, whether from students, faculty, or visiting artists. The newest exhibition, No Sleep Till Branded, represents art showcasing a collective of eight PSC student portfolios.
As the cooler weather rushes in, so do the fun activities and events. If you are looking for something to do this fall season whether that is strolling through a market downtown or supporting local bands, here are some ways you can spend this autumn season:
by Enrique Viveros From October 10th to 28th the Visual Arts faculty hosted an art exhibition in the Anna Lamar Switzer Gallery with artist introductions and reception on October 20th. The exhibition, Show and Tell!, showcased ten faculty members with art ranging from ceramics to painting to photography. Brian Weaver, department head of Visual Arts,…
by John Mcleod Among the many Netflix original anime that has been released this year, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners stands out as a tragic tale set in the same universe as CD Projekt Red’s controversial release Cyberpunk: 2077. The anime is currently certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and is rated 100% on the Tomatometer. The show is…
By Arda Johnson Beginning on 26 Sept., PSC faculty and staff had easy access attending WSRE’s StudioAmped concert series, located next to the tennis courts’ parking lot at the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio. With five total concerts scheduled, attendance was free and offered everyone a chance to attend a concert during different dates;…
By Declan Gibson Company, a conceptual twister performed by PSC written by Stephen Sondheim based on a book by George Furth, shocks theatre fans from October 14-16 and 21-23. While a typical play consists of a linear plot line, PSC’s Theatre Department has different plans this semester. Company is a conceptual play and has no…
By Esther Minor With a long and storied history, the competitive Smash Bros scene is known for the passionate, grassroots community at its heart. This is especially true for fans of the 2001 entry in the Smash Bros series: Super Smash Bros Melee, released on the Nintendo GameCube and commonly referred to more simply as…
By Elwood Folse Director and Producer Kevin Davis is nearly finished with his passion project film starring Jeff Etters, the original voice of Space Ace. The film industry has lately been criticized for its surplus of Oscar bait movies, films that have taken themselves too seriously in order to seem gripping and speaking truths. However,…
by Micayla O’Malley The Kilgore, PSC’s student-run literary journal, is now accepting submissions for poetry, short fiction, photography, and art for their spring issue. The drop box will be open until March 1st for anyone looking to get their work published. Submitting work for consideration in the issue provides a unique opportunity to receive recognition,…
by Sebastian Gordon My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission was released on October 29th, 2021, in the United States and Canada. BONES and Funimation produced the movie. It has a runtime of one hour and forty-one minutes. World Heroes Mission is available to watch in both dub and sub theaters. It has an 80% on…
By Sebastian Gordon Ricky Montgomery is an American Indie pop musician and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He currently has twenty-two released songs across the span of eight albums. On October 15th, 2021, Montgomery released “Sorry for Me.” Along with this new song, he posted a music video on his YouTube channel. Many listeners…
by Sebastian Gordon Squid Games is a new Korean drama/thriller/action fiction that was released to Netflix on September 17th, 2021. The director of Squid Games, Hwang Dong-hyuk, has directed many other hits. These include: Our Sad Life, A Puff of Smoke, Heaven & Hell, Desperation, Miracle Mile, My Father, Silenced (film), Miss Granny, and The…
Artist Lauren Woods is exhibiting her show, Dream State, at the Switzer gallery from August 16th until December 10th, 2021. On August 26th, an artist lecture and a dual reception were held in the Anna Lamar Switzer Center alongside the PSC Art Faculty exhibit. Dream State is Woods’ sixth solo show and showcased paintings that…
Life is Strange True Color was first teased during the Square Enix Presents showcase in March 2021. After four years of development and three years since Life is Strange 2, the previous game’s release in the series. On September 9th, Life is Strange: True Colors came to PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Stadia, with the Nintendo…
by Enrique Viveros Billie Eilish released her second studio album, Happier Than Ever, on July 30th. This fifty-six-minute and fifteen seconds album contains sixteen tracks. Leading up to the album’s release Eilish released five out of the sixteen tracks as singles. Lost Cause, NDA, My Future, Therefore I Am, and Your Power. In addition, made…
by Sebastian Gordon Fruits Basket is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. The manga was first adapted into a 26-episode anime television series in 2001 by Studio Deen and directed by Akitaro Daichi. However, it ended after one season, leaving fans with no true ending. With such high demand, a second…
by Sebastian Gordon Ricky Montgomery is an American Indie pop musician and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He currently has twenty-two released songs across the span of eight albums. On June 24th, 2021, Montgomery released “Talk to You,” his first song in five years. Along with this new song, he posted a music video…