Articles by Special to the News
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More artists added to 30A Songwriters Festival
The 30A Songwriters Festival will heat up Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A, Jan. 18-20, where writers who perform their own music and performers who write their own songs meet for a weekend of soulful melodies, powerful vocals and compelling lyrics throughout the Northwest Florida beach neighborhoods of South Walton. READ MORE
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New York Tenors to sing Saturday at Mattie Kelly Arts Center
Start spreading the news ... the New York Tenors have arrived! READ MORE
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Panhandle blue crab trap closure under way
Recreational and commercial blue crab harvesters in certain areas of the Panhandle can no longer have their blue crab traps in the water as of Jan. 5, the first day of a 10-day trap closure. READ MORE
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Mardi Gras parade Saturday on Okaloosa Island
A little bit of New Orleans comes to Okaloosa Island only once a year, and this year’s Abita Mardi Gras Parade on Okaloosa Island will have just a bit more Cajun spirit than usual. READ MORE
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'Hair' tour Wednesday at Mattie Kelly Arts Center
“Hair,” a celebration of peace and love, and the 2009 Tony Award-Winning Best Musical Revival directed by Diane Paulus, will appear at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center for one night only Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. READ MORE
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Get 'In the Mood' Saturday at Mattie Kelly Arts Center
The brassy, big band sounds of In the Mood will take audience members back to one of America’s greatest musical generations – the 1940’s Swing Era – when the national touring show appears Feb. 2 at 7:30p.m. at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College. READ MORE
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Liturgical event to celebrate Black History Month
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Catholic African-American Cultural Awareness Group of Okaloosa County invites the public to their 32nd Annual Liturgical Celebration honoring Black History Month at 2 p.m.... READ MORE
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Mystical Arts of Tibet: Monks to create mandala sand painting at NWFSC
The Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries welcome the Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery back to the Niceville campus of Northwest Florida State College. READ MORE
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Gentille to bring Broadway’s Music of the Night to FWB
The Emerald Coast Concert Association brings “Broadway’s Music of the Night,” starring pianist Linda Gentille, to the Fort Walton Beach Municipal Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. READ MORE
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Women of Ireland Friday at Mattie Kelly Arts Center
NICEVILLE — Experience the talents of some of Ireland’s finest female performers in Women of Ireland an internationally touring show that will appear at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest ... READ MORE
