Arts and Entertainment Articles

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…

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…

(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…

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.