Keep your Sunday fun-day going and sing some tunes with us while sipping on some $2.50 Bud Light Seltzers to give you some liquid courage

Come enjoy some bingo with us for a chance to win some cool prizes and get 20% off all of our pub bites!

Come join us for Trivia Night every Wednesday night. We will have cool giveaways and drink specials that you don’t want to miss!

Come spend every NFL Sunday with us watching your favorite team. When you arrive, pick your team and every time they score you will receive a 12oz Bud Light on us! What goes better than football and free beer?

Football Specials that will be featured as well are: Bud Light, Rolling Rock, Shock Top, Amber Bock, and Dixie Lager on sale for $8.50 and Buckets Bud Light, Ultra, and Bud Light Seltzers. We will have a
Dixie Lager mix and match for $12.50 and a $5.50 Pickers Blueberry Lemonade.

* You must choose a team BEFORE the game starts

Here’s the thing: Whataburger is growing. A lot. And now it’s time. Time for a new perspective on your career. Time to reframe your future. And time to take on exciting new challenges in your professional life. So join us on April 21 for a free virtual leadership conference offering tips, tools, and job advice from an array of inspiring guest speakers. It’s all here to help you on your career journey – no travel required.

Pivot You guest speakers include NBA Legend David Robinson, Award-Winning Chef Aarón Sánchez and Founder of the Pivot Method Jenny Blake.

RSVP here.

Marquis Fine Cabinetry has partnered up with Grayton Beach
Florida State Park for Earth Day 2021 to restore Deer Lake by pulling Sand
Pines in efforts to keep the newly planted Longleaf’s thriving. At one time,
according to Chris Dixson, Grayton Beach State Park Services Specialist, there
used to be 90 million acres of the Longleaf Ecosystem. However, now there is
less than 5% due to the timber industry. The area that this volunteer event
will be focusing on previously had North Florida Slash Pine and Sand Pines,
which migrated into the space when the Longleaf’s were removed for their
timber. About two weeks ago, Grayton Beach Florida State Park planted 500
Longleaf’s. In order to keep the Longleaf’s growing and surviving, thousands of
tiny Sand Pines need to be hand pulled before they overpopulate the zone again.

Marquis’ Milano Collection is Earth Day friendly as it is a
high-density moisture resistant board that is 100% post-consumer recycled
material, which saves more than 10,000 trees/day. There is also no added
formaldehyde to the construction, rather, Marquis uses an eco-friendly bonding
agent that creates the hermetic seal against water.

Please join us for this volunteer opportunity to continue
the efforts in improving our beautiful beaches, which we are lucky to call
home. Come prepared with snacks and leather gardening gloves. Marquis will
gladly provide water.

Please reach out to Paris at paris@marquisfinecabinetry.com
or 850.267.2290 for further questions.

Don’t miss the kickoff to the 2021 Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation Spring Concerts in the Village! Concerts held at the MKAF Cultural Arts Village every Thursday night from April 22nd to June 24th. These highly-anticipated outdoor concerts are family-friendly and picnic-friendly. VIP tables and military tickets are available. For more information visit mkaf.org/concerts.

About Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation

Established in 1995, the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable arts organization, was founded on the cultural, educational and spiritual beliefs of Destin matriarch Mattie Kelly. A native Floridian, Mattie studied at Rollins College before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Florida State University. Her commitment to learning led her to additional studies at Columbia University’s AB College of Arts and Science, Harvard Summer School, and Okaloosa-Walton Junior College (now Northwest Florida State College).

In 1935, she and her husband, Coleman Lee Kelly, moved to Destin with their five children. As one of the town’s founding families, they purchased acres of pristine forest along Choctawhatchee Bay and what is now Destin Harbor. Though they began as turpentine farmers, Mattie and Coleman soon established themselves as prominent local business owners and philanthropists, and are widely credited with pioneering Destin’s tourism and fishing industries.

Mattie Kelly was a lifelong patron of the arts, supporting arts organizations through her participation and financial gifts. She shared her own artistic expression by writing a book of poems, playing piano and organ, and composing music regularly. Today, MKAF remains firmly committed to Mattie Kelly’s vision of making the cultural arts available to all in Northwest Florida.

McCaskill & Company invites you to come enjoy the “bohemian chic” designs of Lauren K Fine Jewelry that feature an abundance of color rich in character, like tourmalines, labradorites, opals, emeralds and opaque diamonds, among other striking gems.  Largely comprised of one-of-a-kind pieces, you will find Lauren K designs to be feminine, but with a bit of edge, innovative, yet on trend with the latest fashions.

The
Northwest Florida Advanced Citizen Corps Academy is a one-and-a-half-day
training conference centered around readiness, response, and recovery efforts
in relation to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, storms,
and disasters of all kinds.

Register here: Northwest Florida
Advanced Citizen Corps Academy Registration | Whova

This
program will provide attendees with well-rounded and robust training consisting
of seminars and hands-on exercises relating to the National Incident Management
System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS), medical triage, first aid,
counterterrorism, pet preparedness, fire safety, and more.

We
have numerous instructors from across Northwest Florida that will be presenting
including but not limited to:

·        
Escambia
County Search and Rescue 

·        
Escambia
County Emergency Management 

·        
Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 

·        
The
Humane Society 

COVID
-19 Guidelines

The
Academy will follow CDC guidelines and protocols which include maintaining
social distance in each training room, issuing masks, and providing personal
size hand sanitizer to every participant. BRACE will have staff on-site
sanitizing regularly.

Schedule

Saturday,
April 24, 2021, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday,
April 25, 2021, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ZOOM

For
those who cannot attend the academy in person, we will have classes available
via Zoom. 

Hotel
Accommodations

Paid
hotel accommodations at Holiday Inn can be provided for those traveling 50
miles or further for the first 15 people who inquire to our Citizen Corps
Coordinator, Bailey Caulfield.

For
questions about Zoom, or hotel accommodations, please contact Bailey Caulfield,
citizencorps@bereadyalliance.org, or (850) 739-3976.

Your Favorite Brunch Day Party Experience Returns Graduation Weekend🍾 🎓

Mark Your Calendars Now 📆  Sunday, April 25th @PrimetimeTally 💃🏽 

Brunch 🍳 (12PM – 3PM)  Day Party  🌥 (3PM -7PM)

With New Food Options 🧇, Upgraded VIP Service 🍾, Mimosa Pitchers & More 👀

Party At The Nations Livest Brunch x Day Party Experience to End Graduation Weekend @BlameItOnBrunch 🥞

TABLES AND BOOTHS ARE AVAILABLE NOW CALL📲: 8507783750!!

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RSVP WINNERSCIRCLETEAM.COM

All Booths Officially On Sale

Friday, March 19th @ 12PM

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@MIMOSABOYZENT @CROSSPROMO

Location : Prime Time Restaurant & Bar

1921 W Tennessee St.
Tallahassee, FL 32304

It’s 2021 and time to begin having fun again! Kick off a fabulous year by
putting Downtown Arts Night in your phone with two
Alerts because you don’t want to miss this year’s spectacular artists, musicians
and yummy food! Saturday, May 1, 2021, from 4:00 –
8:00 p.m., Historic Baldwin Avenue will be the site of Downtown Arts Night. Over 30 artists, artisans, craftsmen, and
food vendors will return from hibernation, lining the streets of Historic Downtown
DeFuniak Springs

 Local and regional canvas artists,
wood workers, jewelers,
authors, quilters, basket weavers and many other hand selected crafters from
DeFuniak Springs and the surrounding area will line the streets to show off
their talents and wares. There will also be children’s art activities, face
painting and games.

 Some the finest musicians in the
area will be playing on the 7^th
Street Stage. Mike Whitey will produce and direct the entertainment for
the evening and bring Nashville quality musical talent to the historic
downtown.

 Food will be plentiful with
vendors cooking up popular delights. Tables and chairs will be located in front of the 7^th Street Stage so you
can sit, relax and enjoy the food and music. Café Nola, Perla and Bogey’s
Restaurant will
be open during Arts Night to serve you as well.

 For
more information about being an art, craftsman or food vendor or partnering
with Arts Night as a financial sponsor email DFSDowntownArtsNight@gmail.com. Visit
DeFuniak Springs Downtown Arts Night on Facebook, and be sure to “Like” and
“Share”!

During August 2019, our 1st Tuesday Dementia Support Group started meeting at the Beach Chamber, 309 R. Jackson Blvd, PCB with Dementia Family Pathways hosting our event.  Prior to COVID 19, we met in-person every 1st Tuesday of the month at the Beach Chamber.  During COVID 19, we have been using Zoom to stay connected.    Beginning June 2020, there will be limited space to meet in-person at the Beach Chamber due to social distancing.  Anyone who wants to attend in-person or receive a Zoom invitation should contact Karen McGee by email: info@dementiafamilypathways.org  

Our Dementia Support Group is free and open to the public.  When we were able to meet in-person, refreshments were provided by The Blake at Panama City Beach.  There is a guest speaker each month who discusses Dementia-specific topics, resources, activities, exercise programs, medications, and more.  We use Senior Gems and Positive Physical Approach to provide Care partners with strategies for managing difficult behaviors, training for planning a meaningful day, and techniques to create moments of joy for people living with Dementia.  The Care partners who attend have common interests, challenges, and concerns.  During our Dementia Support Group meetings, most of our time is spent learning about the Care partners’ life experiences and problem solving solutions. 

Call 850.215.1793 to receive a free Senior Gems DVD.

website: www.dementiafamilypathways.com  – see “Support Groups”

email: info@dementiafamilypathways.org 

Facebook: Dementia Support Group in Panama City, FL 

Click here to hear Teepa Snow talk about “Dementia”    Save the date for our “Morning with Teepa” live webinar at our 2nd annual Dementia Wellness Expo Thursday 1/21/21.

The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA) is excited to announce its newest signature event, The South Walton Street Art Festival (SWSAF), will join this year’s Art Month South Walton schedule of May events. Artists, families, friends and school groups are invited to participate in this three-day festival that will take place in Grand Boulevard’s Town Center throughout Mother’s Day weekend, May 7th – 9th. The South Walton Street Art Festival calls artists of all levels and ages to be a part of the event by creating temporary street murals using only pastel chalk and their imaginations. The socially distanced festival will also feature live music by regional singer-songwriters and musicians, lawn games, a full cash bar, and all the retail and restaurant offerings for which Grand Boulevard is already known. The entire event will be free and open to the public. For more information, visit culturalartsalliance.com/streetartfestival.

About Culture Arts Alliance of Walton County

As the creative core of Walton County, the Cultural Arts Alliance (CAA) of Walton County offers support, connection and access opportunities for all forms of art, every variety of maker, all levels of learners, and especially, art lovers. Through sponsorship, performance, and educational programs, the 501(c)(3) organization directly connects the people of Walton County with the broader view, the critical exploration, and the answers only the Arts have the power to provide. The CAA advances the arts through leadership, advocacy, funding, programs, and education. For more information, visit CulturalArtsAlliance.com.

About Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard is the shop, dine, play and stay Town Center located on Northwest Florida’s Beaches. Based on the prominent mixed-use architectural model, Grand Boulevard offers a dynamic lifestyle experience with convenient access to a multitude of exclusive shopping and dining options, entertainment, professional services, corporate offices and lodging. Grand Boulevard is a Howard Group and Merchants Retail Partners property. For more information, please call (850) 837-3099 or visit GrandBoulevard.com.

In August 2019, our 2nd Tuesday Parkinson’s Support Group began meeting every month at the Beach Chamber, 309 R. Jackson Blvd, PCB with Dementia Family Pathways hosting our event.  Prior to COVID 19, we met in-person every 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Beach Chamber.  During COVID 19, we have been using Zoom to stay connected.    Beginning June 2020, there will be limited space to meet in-person at the Beach Chamber due to social distancing. 

Our Parkinson’s Support Group meetings are free and open to the public.  When we were able to meet in-person, refreshments were provided by The Blake at Panama City Beach.  There is a guest speaker each month who discusses Parkinson’s-specific topics, resources, activities, exercise programs, medications, and more.  Dr. Tara Kimbason, a Neurologist and Movement Specialist from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital has been our guest speaker several times since last August and she was our Keynote Speaker for our 1st annual Parkinson’s Wellness Expo 11/12/19. 

We use the Parkinson’s Care Program to provide people who are living with Parkinson’s disease with strategies to manage their motor and non-motor symptoms during activities of daily living.  The people who are living with Parkinson’s disease that attend have common interests, challenges, and concerns.  During our Parkinson’s Support Group meetings, most of our time is spent learning about the life experiences of people living with PD and problem solving solutions. 

Call 850.215.1793 to receive a free Parkinson’s Care Program DVD.

website: www.dementiafamilypathways.com  – see “Support Groups”

email: info@dementiafamilypathways.org 

Facebook: Parkinson’s Support Group in Panama City, FL 

Save the date for our 2nd annual Parkinson’s Wellness Expo Thursday 1/21/21.  (See: “Annual Seminars”)

Get ready for the food, the entertainment and the fun as Springtime Tallahassee makes its triumphant return May 15. Enjoy all of the festivities that this annual favorite has to offer — complete with COVID-19 precautions and adherence to social distancing at the North Florida Fairgrounds — as MusicFest, Jubilee in the Park, the Children’s Park and more return for what is sure to be a rich and warm welcome after a year away. Visit SpringtimeTallahassee.com to learn more.

About Springtime Tallahassee

Springtime Tallahassee, Inc. was chartered as an organization dedicated to keeping Tallahassee as the state’s capital. In 1967, Florida had its first Legislature based on reapportionment when Southern and Central Florida Legislators suggested moving the capitol to Orlando. Local business and civic leaders met behind closed doors to map their strategy to keep the state’s capital in Tallahassee.

The legislative delegation asked for help. At a luncheon of the Tallahassee Real Estate Association in May, the speaker suggested: “We should have a festival in the spring when Tallahassee is so beautiful!” By the fall, more than 20 groups were planning the First Annual Spring Festival March-April 1968. As a result, the Legislature historically chose to keep our state’s capital in Tallahassee.

With the passing of each festival, Springtime Tallahassee has grown a little bigger and better through the dedication of its community-minded members. Since 1968, Springtime Tallahassee continues to showcase and celebrate our Capital city!

Springtime Tallahassee is a civic organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Tallahassee’s history. The home and meeting place of the organization is the David S. Walker Library located in downtown Tallahassee. The building was built in 1903 and was named after David S. Walker, Governor of Florida from 1865-1868 and the founder of Tallahassee’s first library. The Walker library was a functioning library until 1976 and then was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Springtime Tallahassee members have since raised the funds necessary to restore the building and it remains open to the public for viewing Monday through Friday.

Karaoke every Tuesday night! BOGO domestic bottles and other great drink specials. M & M Sound will be hosting one of the most popular karaoke nights on the north side, so make plans to come by O’Riley’s Uptown every Tuesday! 

Trivia night with $5 pitchers and $2.50 refills to power that brain and great prizes for the winners. Come test your knowledge at O’Riley’s, your favorite bar on the North side!

Bar Bingo every Sunday night. Try your luck for a chance to win bar tabs and other great prizes!

Veronica Swift

Thursday June 10, 2021; 7:30 pm The Moon

Tickets: $60 | $45

At age 26, Veronica Swift is one of the world’s most sought-after jazz talents. Swift recorded her first album and began professionally touring at age nine. She has performed on festival stages like the Telluride Jazz Festival and has performed numerus times with Michael Feinstein, Benny Green and Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. 

This morning session camp is $195 per registrant, and runs from Monday-Thursday from 9:00 am-12:00 pm each day. Our camps are designed for girls and boys, ages 7-14. Kids will create 4 DIY youth projects and a DIY camp t-shirt over the course of the camp! Participants will be able to customize and choose their project designs and paint colors from our decor line of paints!

We also offer an afternoon session from 1:00 pm-4:00 pm June 14-June 17th and an optional Friday half-day camp June 18th from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Check our calendar to register!

This Week’s Summer ARt Camp Projects will include:
Project 1: Abstract Photo Frame
Project 2: Accessory Board
Project 3: Mini Plank Tray
Project 4: Canvas Pillow

This morning session camp is $195 per registrant, and runs from Monday-Thursday from 9:00 am-12:00 pm each day. Our camps are designed for girls and boys, ages 7-14. Kids will create 4 DIY youth tie dye projects over the course of the camp! Participants will be able to customize and choose their project designs and paint colors from our decor line of paints! 

We also offer an afternoon session from 1:00 pm-4:00 pm June 21-June 24th and an optional Friday half-day camp June 25th from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Check our calendar to register!

This Week’s Summer ARt Camp Projects will include:
Project 1: Tie Dye Shirt
Project 2: Tie Dye Canvas Wall Hanging
Project 3: Personalized Tie Dye Pillow Case
Project 4: Tie Dye 12×16 Plank Sign

Located at the South’s No. 1-ranked resort destination, the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic at Sandestin coincides with the peak of the Gulf Coast’s blue marlin season. Last year, Mollie, a Destin-based G&S custom sport fisher, took the top prize with a 660.4-pound marlin and over $500,000 in prize earnings. Visit FishECBC.com for registration and tournament details.

About the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic

Taking place in one of the most productive fisheries in the United States, timed to coincide with the peak of the Gulf Coast’s blue marlin season and located at the South’s number-one ranked resort destination, the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic at Sandestin® (ECBC) has set the precedent for world-class sportfishing tournaments.

This annual event offers something for everyone. Most importantly, for the angling teams, there are the deep blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico, red-hot billfish action, and cool green cash. While onshore, both tournament participants and their families can enjoy the wide variety of recreational activities offered at the Sandestin® Golf and Beach Resort and The Village of Baytowne Wharf. The spectacular night time weigh-ins, held at the Baytowne Marina at Sandestin®, are free and open to the public.

Named as one of the top ten big-money tournaments in the world by Marlin magazine, the ECBC’s cash awards surpass $2 million – and with over 27 optional entry levels, there are plenty of ways to win a piece of the pie.

The ECBC is a “modified-release” tournament and led the Gulf Coast tournament circuit in setting a high minimum length for blue marlin, which are the only billfish that may be weighed. Release points are awarded for blue marlin, white marlin, sailfish and spearfish. The three heaviest weighed blue marlin, dolphin, tuna and wahoo are eligible for cash awards, as are the top three teams entered in the Release Division, and the top three Crews entered in the Crew Division. Awards are presented to the top overall, release, lady and junior anglers, and the top overall release team has its name engraved on the Magnificent Blue Perpetual Trophy, donated by Galati Yacht Sales and Viking Yachts, sculpted by Chris Barela and on permanent display at the Marina Bar & Grill.

Record Fish

BLUE MARLIN (2015) — 899.6 lbs., Cotton Patch, 60 ft. Hatteras
Capt. Johnny Dorland from Orange Beach, Alabama USA; angler Lance Hill from Orange Beach, Alabama USA

DOLPHIN (2006) — 53.1 lbs., Fly By, 74 ft. Viking
Capt. Marco Gaona from Elberta, Alabama USA; angler James Justice from Lawrenceville, Georgia USA

YELLOWFIN TUNA (2020) — 198.8 lbs., Ridgeback, 37 ft. Bertram
Capt. Robert Waldmann from Pensacola, Florida USA; angler Austin Sculley from Pensacola, Florida USA

WAHOO (2016) — 112.2 lbs., Lucky 2, 51 ft. Bertram
Capt. Tommy Green from Destin, Florida USA; angler Lynn Layton from Decatur, Alabama USA

You can see pictures of the tournament record fish in the Record Fish Gallery

We have an event for you!  The Big Bend Model Railroad Association is celebrating its 30th Annual Tallahassee Model Railroad Show and Sale by expanding to a 2-day event!

The event will take place on Saturday June 26, 2021 and Sunday June 27, 2021 at the North Florida Fairgrounds, Buildings 2 & 4, 441 Paul Russell Road, Tallahassee, FL 32301 located at the corner of Paul Russell Road and South Monroe Street.  The event runs from 9 AM – 4 PM daily.

We anticipate having about 40 vendors utilizing 120+ tables for displaying new and used items for sale ranging from the tiny “Z” to the large “G” scale.  Products from LGB, Aristocraft, Lionel, American Flyer, Atlas, Kato, Walthers, Broadway Limited, Bachmann, Con-Cor, Life-Like, Micro Trains and much more will be available bringing you the very best the area has to offer in model railroading accessories.

This year’s exhibitors will offer about 14 layouts in a range of model scales including “N”, “HO”, “O”, “G” & “Z” scales and “Live Steam”.  The various BBMRA Division railroaders have been busy building and upgrading their layouts by adding animation and enhanced technologies for better operations.  It’s a family-friendly setting and there’ll be some things you’ve never seen or heard before from our model railroaders.  

Experts on model train layout design, equipment, construction, landscaping and technology will be on hand along with vendors featuring a wide range of trains and other model railroad items and apparel.   

Everything is inside the air-conditioned buildings (including areas for you to “sit and eat” or just “rest your feet”).  Food will be available for purchase on the premises.  On-site Parking is Free.

To learn more, visit the event’s Facebook page.

Admission:  Adults & Children 13 yrs. and above $10    Children under 13 Free

See you at the Fairgrounds!! 

This morning session camp is $195 per registrant, and runs from Monday-Thursday from 9:00 am-12:00 pm each day. Our camps are designed for girls and boys, ages 7-14. Kids will create 4 DIY youth projects and a DIY camp t-shirt over the course of the camp! Participants will be able to customize and choose their project designs and paint colors from our decor line of paints!

We also offer an afternoon session from 1:00 pm-4:00 pm July 12-July 15th and an optional Friday half-day camp June 16th from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Check our calendar to register!

This Week’s Summer ARt Camp Projects will include:
Project 1: Canvas Wall Hanging
Project 2: 12×16 Plank Sign
Project 3: 10×10 Paint and String Art
Project 4: 12×16 Photo Frame

This morning session camp is $195 per registrant, and runs from Monday-Thursday from 9:00 am-12:00 pm each day. Our camps are designed for girls and boys, ages 7-14. Kids will create 4 DIY youth projects and a DIY camp t-shirt over the course of the camp! Participants will be able to customize and choose their project designs and paint colors from our decor line of paints!

We also offer an afternoon session from 1:00 pm-4:00 pm July 26th-July 29th and an optional Friday half-day camp June 30th from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Check our calendar to register!

This Week’s Summer ARt Camp Projects will include:
Project 1: Paint and String Art
Project 2: Chunky Knit Yarn Wreath
Project 3: Mini Plank Tray
Project 4: Canvas Wall Hanging

This morning session camp is $195 per registrant, and runs from Monday-Thursday from 9:00 am-12:00 pm each day. Our camps are designed for girls and boys, ages 7-14. Kids will create 4 DIY youth projects and a DIY camp t-shirt over the course of the camp! Participants will be able to customize and choose their project designs and paint colors from our decor line of paints!

We also offer an optional Friday half-day camp August 6th from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Check our calendar to register!

This Week’s Summer ARt Camp Projects will include:
Project 1: Wooden Animal Blocks
Project 2: Rainbow Pom Hanger
Project 3: Canvas Pillow
Project 4: 12×16 Plank Sign

Tempt your
taste buds and come hungry at this year’s 1^st Annual Food Truck Fest.
The fest will feature a number of the city’s finest food trucks! We also will
have vendors exhibiting and selling gifts, crafts, jewelry, personal care
products and much more! The event will take place in Plaza De Luna Downtown,
Pensacola. This is a family-friendly event.

There will
be Food Trucks, Vendors, Live Entertainment, a Food Truck Tasting competition and
a bounce house for the kids. A portion of the proceeds go to Feeding the Gulf
Coast.

For over 20 years, the annual Best of Emerald Coast event has celebrated the best of the best as voted on by Emerald Coast Magazine readers. Each year’s winners reflect the business establishments that serve our favorite meals, provide the highest quality of health care, dress us in the latest fashions, manage our finances and every other service that makes life along the Emerald Coast the best.

The 2021 Best of the Emerald Coast even will be on Saturday, October 16 at Grand Boulevard at Sandestin. Save the date and stay tuned for more details!

Known as one of Northwest Florida’s premier fine arts shows, the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation’s Festival of the Arts will return to Destin for its 26th year this fall. During the festival, artists from across the United States will offer up their original artwork in the form of oil, watercolor, acrylic and glass paintings, plus photography, sculpture, pottery, wood, paper, fiber, mosaics, mixed media, jewelry designs — and more — in order to compete for $10,000 in cash prizes in 29 award categories, including the coveted “Best in Show” and “People’s Choice Award.” To learn more, visit MKAF.org/arts-festival.

Explore a diverse palette of artistic styles and spend time meeting the artists, discovering their inspiration, and adding to your own collection. Enjoy live entertainment both days included in your admission fee. Local food trucks and restaurants will be serving your favorite cuisine.  MKAF will be selling beer and wine. To learn more about what to expect, visit our recent blog on highlighting what’s the same and what new for the 2020 Festival of the Arts.

About Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation

Established in 1995, the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable arts organization, was founded on the cultural, educational and spiritual beliefs of Destin matriarch Mattie Kelly. A native Floridian, Mattie studied at Rollins College before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Florida State University. Her commitment to learning led her to additional studies at Columbia University’s AB College of Arts and Science, Harvard Summer School, and Okaloosa-Walton Junior College (now Northwest Florida State College).

In 1935, she and her husband, Coleman Lee Kelly, moved to Destin with their five children. As one of the town’s founding families, they purchased acres of pristine forest along Choctawhatchee Bay and what is now Destin Harbor. Though they began as turpentine farmers, Mattie and Coleman soon established themselves as prominent local business owners and philanthropists, and are widely credited with pioneering Destin’s tourism and fishing industries.

Mattie Kelly was a lifelong patron of the arts, supporting arts organizations through her participation and financial gifts. She shared her own artistic expression by writing a book of poems, playing piano and organ, and composing music regularly. Today, MKAF remains firmly committed to Mattie Kelly’s vision of making the cultural arts available to all in Northwest Florida.

The Harvest Market is “the place” for those wanting to get
an early jump on Holiday gift-buying and decorations.

The 2020 Harvest
Market will have vendors from across the region, exhibiting and selling fine
art, holiday decorations, holiday gifts, handcrafted furniture and jewelry,
stained glass, and personal care products. The event will take place in Seville
Square.

There will
also be live entertainment, a bounce house, trick-or-treating for the kids,
costume contest for adults and kids, and a pumpkin patch. In support of the  National Breast Cancer Foundation.