Thursday, March 10 & Wednesday, March 23

Intellectual Property Seminars

Two seminars hosted by Nevin Shaffer will be held at the Florida SBDC Network at 401 E. Chase Street, Pensacola to discuss the intricacies of Intellectual Property. The first, Intellectual Property: You have it! What is it and What Good is it? will be held March 10. The second seminar, Intellectual Property: You have it! How to protect it! will build on the first seminar and will be held on March 23. The workshop fee of $49 per session includes breakfast and materials. For more information or to register, call Dianne Barlar at 473-7809 or Lucy Davison at 473-7811.

Thursday, March 11

St. Patrick’s Day Party

The Gulf Breeze Hospital Auxilliary will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Day Card party from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Gulf Breeze Presbyterian Church. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Hospital Gift Shop or by calling 916-0628. Proceeds will benefit patient services at the hospital.

Saturday, March 12

Horticulture Workshop

The Navarre Garden will host a Horticulture Workshop at the Navarre Community Center (1917 Navarre School Road near the Post Office) at with refreshments at 9 a.m., workshop from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Guest speaker will be President of the Friends of the Gardens of NW Florida Tina Tuttle, who will soon receive her Doctorate in Education from UWF. For more To learn more about the Navarre Garden Club visit our Web Site: www.navarregardenclub.org.).

Sunday, March 13

Mowbray Talks Journalism

The Pensacola Jewish Federation will host guest speaker and award-winning journalist Joel Mawbray at 6:30 p.m. at the Cultural Center at 400 Jefferson St. Admission is $15, and a buffet supper will be served. For information, call 434-7992.

Saturday & Sunday, March 12-13

Riverwalk Arts Festival

The 17th Annual Riverwalk Fine Arts Festival, sponsored by the Santa Rosa Arts and Culture Foundation, Santa Rosa Council Navy League and the City of Milton, will be held in historic downtown Milton, Florida on Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13. There will be a food court, Children’s Creation Station, Coast Guard vessel tours, and live entertainment. Entry fees for the fine arts show are $75 booth fee and $10 jury fee. This is a juried fine art show and prizes and ribbons will be awarded. To request an application, please call 850-623-9635 or 850-623-8493.

Saturday, March 19

Fun With Flowers

The Navarre Garden Club invites the public to take advantage of their Fun with Flowers monthly workshops held at the Navarre Community Center (1917 Navarre School Road near the Post Office) from 9 - 11:30 a.m. This month’s topic will be “What Can You Do with One Bunch!” with instructor Gina Jogan to demonstrate many ways to use flowers at home. Admission is $20, and covers the lecture, demonstrations, supplies and a hands-on workshop. Please register not later than March 12th. For more information, call Linda Henderson, 936-4950.

Tuesday, March 22

Pensacola Little Theatre Guild

The Pensacola Little Theatre Guild will host their annual Bridge Luncheon beginning at 10 a.m., with lunch at Noon at the Portabello Restaurant in the atrium of the Pensacola Cultural Center. Card games will be played in the court room. Tickets are $20. For more information, call Virginia Page 455-3825 or Dolly Brubaker 434-1282.

Saturday & Sunday, March 26-27

Gulf Breeze Celebrates the Arts

The 11th Annual Gulf Breeze Celebrates the Arts will be held from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., rain or shine, in the GB High School parking lot with over 100 artists on hand. Admission and parking is free.

March 29 - April 2

GBHS Quarterback Club Carnival

The Gulf Breeze High School Quarterback Club will host its annual carnival from 6 - 10 p.m. each day in the parking lot adjacent to the High School Field House. Proceeds benefit the football and cheerleading programs.

ONGOING

Jazzy Meals

Copeland’s (400 E. Chase St., Pensacola) will host Live Jazz with the Late Night Jazz Quartetd uring Sunday Brunch at Copeland’s each Sunday from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Pens. Museum of Art hosts Australian exhibit

The Pensacola Museum of Art (407 S Jefferson St in Downtown Pensacola) will host the exhibition, Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo , on loan from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia through April 9 . The collection of acrylic paintings comes from the remote Aboriginal community of Balgo, which lies between Alice Springs and Broome on the Tanami and Great Sandy Deserts in the state of Western Australia. For more information about the event or museum hours, call 850-432-6247 or visit www.pensacolamuseumofart.org

Affordable home

ownership?

Pensacola Habitat for Humanity holds orientation meetings on the 1st Thursday of each month at the Community Life Center east of WalMart in Gulf Breeze on the corner of Soundside Drive and Highway 98 at 6:30 p.m. Led by the South Santa Rosa Family Selection Committee for Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, meetings are to determine if you qualify for a Habitat project. For more information or if you have questions, call Terrye Takacs at 932-3594.

MOMS Club

The MOMS Club of Gulf Breeze West, a support group for stay-at-home mothers, meet at 10 a.m. the first Tuesday of each month in the Gulf Breeze Public Library meeting room. For more information, call Katia Rutledge at 934-8170..

Indoor Percussion Championships fundraiser

Papa John’s Pizza is sponsoring a fundraiser through April 30 to help GBHS Indoor Percussion go to the National Championships in Dayton, Ohio. When you call Papa John’s in Gulf Breeze at 916-7200 mention the code BAND and 10% of the order amount will be returned to us. The fundraiser is in effect from now until April 30 so please take advantage of it and let your friends and family know about it.

Trauma Volunteering

The Trauma Intervention Program (TIP), a group of citizens

who provide emotional and practical support to victims of traumatic events and their families immediately following a tragedy, is in need of volunteers. No experience is necessary. For more information, call Tommy Carter at 934-6654.

Open Mic Night

The Belmont Arts & Cultural Center (401 North Reus Street, Pensacola) holds Open Mic night every Thursday for songsmiths, musicians, poets and performance arts from 7 -to 11 p.m.

Navarre Writing Group

The Navarre Chapter of the Santa Rosa Literary Society meets each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Augustine Episcopal Church Parish Hall located at 7810 Navarre Parkway, Navarre adjacent to Lewis Funeral Home. All writers, beginners or experienced, published or non-published, are invited to share their writing, get advice and find out where to submit for publication. For more information, contact Nancy at 936-6889 or email lilysmom49@aol.com

PUBLIC

MEETINGS

Gulf Breeze City Council

All City of Gulf Breeze Council Meetings and other city department meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1070 Shoreline Drive in Gulf Breeze at 6:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated. For a list of individual department and committee meetings, visit www.cityofgulfbreeze.com . Phone (850) 934-5100.

March 16 - GB City Council

executive committee

March 21 - GB City Council regular

meeting

Santa Rosa County Commission

All Board of County Commissioner Meetings and other county department meetings are held in the County Administrative Center’s Commissioner's Board Room, 6495 Caroline Street in Milton at 9 a.m., unless otherwise indicated. For a list of individual department and committee meetings, or to watch or listen to a meeting online visit www.co.santa-rosa.fl.us . Phone (850) 932-1340.

March 10 - Commission regular

meeting

March 21 - Commission committee

meeting

Santa Rosa County District School Board

All Santa Rosa County School Board Meetings are held in the SR County School District Office building, 5086 Canal Street in Milton at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. For a list of individual department and committee meetings, visit www,santarosa.k12.fl.us . Phone (850) 983-5000.

March 24 - Regular Board Meeting,

10 a.m.

To place an announcement in our Calendar of Events, send to: Gulf Breeze News Calendar, P.O. Box 1414, Gulf Breeze, FL 32562; fax to (850) 932-8794 or email to chris@gulfbreezenews with “calendar” in the subject line.