When you first enter the Pensacola State College Planetarium, you almost feel a sense of serenity when entering such a grandiose place. Everyone who enters the Planetarium is there to connect to something bigger than ourselves and to understand the nature of our existence. Ironically, it’s strangely calming to be in a place where all your earthly worries are removed, as you look up at projections of the universe.
In Downtown Pensacola, a form of comedy is practiced that sends shivers down the spine of the average onlooker and irrational laughter from those afflicted. A style practiced that even saying the words can cause looks of terror: Improvisation Comedy. Improv has become one of the most influential forms of humor over the past last half century, and while many can exist in a major city like Chicago or New York, we have one we can call our own: “Improvable Cause”
September 21st was a day of community, competition, and fun for PSC and various other organizations as the YMCA’s 28th annual Corporate Cup Games went off with a big hit. The games are the YMCA’s way of giving the community a unique experience while also prioritizing wellness and fun. Since 1994, they’ve been hosting these events for the community and it’s different to participate in.
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:
In 1998, a reporter named Felicia Gayle was found in her home stabbed to death in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2005, Marcellus Williams was convicted of Gayle’s murder despite the lack of his DNA at the crime scene. Williams spent two decades on death row after his conviction in the early 2000s. The U.S. Supreme Court denied the request for a stay and on September 24th, he was executed by lethal injection.
These are the kind of words used by the mysterious eponymous corporation at the heart of 2024’s most controversial horror film “The Substance” to describe the product’s effects on their customers. A dangerously underground substance, the drug comes into the attention of recently fired actress Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) who just lost her job as main host of an aerobics program for reaching the age of 50, a deliberate move by the network (manifested by a rather quirky performance by Dennis Quaid playing the unsubtly named “Harvey”) to grab much younger, “hotter” talent.
Open Books is a local nonprofit bookstore and community project in downtown Pensacola. The bookstore is entirely run by volunteers, with all proceeds going to support the Prison Book Project which donates books to inmates throughout Florida prisons. The project itself has been in the works since 1999, with the CORE (Collective of Resource Empowerment) House.
By: Trinity Lentz Lynda Blackmon Lowery, author of “Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom” and Bloody Sunday Survivor, came to PSC to talk to students and the Pensacola Community about her inspirational life story as well as her book. Lowery was born in 1950 in Selma, Alabama. Between the ages of 7 and 15…
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 Grace Lindquist On November 2nd, PSC students gathered in the second story common room of the library to read their original poetry and prose while supporting fellow, student and faculty poets. The event was hosted by Professor Sara Smith, who teaches literature and is the faculty sponsor for the school’s Lit Club. From literature…