Comfort Food & Libations In 
Downtown Pensacola

 
After fi ve years in our original location 

on Cervantes Street, Pot Roast & Pinot has 
reopened in the bustling downtown Palafox 
entertainment corridor. The restaurant, 
featuring a full bar, is now located in the 
breezeway between the historic Blount and 
Brent buildings in the newly redeveloped One 
Palafox Place.

Pot Roast & Pinot will continue to serve 

upscale comfort food with a modern twist 
for dinner. In addition, we are excited to 
announce that we are bringing back lunch 
Monday through Friday and brunch on 
Saturday and Sunday. Our brunch will 
showcase a Bottomless Bubbles and Fruit 
Bar, Dixie Vodka Bloody Marys and award 
winning Amavida Organic French Press 
Coffee. Pot Roast & Pinot is offering daily 
Happy Hour from opening to 7 pm which 
includes $4 draft beers, $5 craft cocktails and 
half off wines by the glass. Our late night 
food menu will be available every Friday and 
Saturday night starting at 10:00 pm and will 
also feature Happy Hour pricing. 

 “I wanted to bring a big city feel from my 

home in Los Angeles to my new home in 
Pensacola. We are ecstatic to have handcrafted 
metal archways by Ben Bogan, handblown 
glass art by Joe Hobbs and wood fi red 
ceramic pottery by Ben Twingley. It was 
very important to me that the menu have 
vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options 
alongside our classic pot roast, meatloaf and 
french dip egg rolls.” Aimée Wilson, Owner

For more information about the menu, 

visit the restaurant’s website at www.
potroastpinot.com. 

24 Hours to Cast, Write, Direct, 
and Perform!

 
It is time for the fall edition of 24 HR 

Theatre here at Pensacola Little Theatre! 
Auditions are Friday, November 16th, 
2018 at 7:30 p.m.; Performance is Saturday, 

November 17th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket 
prices are $10 for general admission and are 
available online at PensacolaLittleTheatre.
com, through the Box Offi ce at 850-432-
2042, or by visiting us on weekdays from 12-5 
PM.

Get ready for this whirlwind of casting, 

writing, directing, and performing, all done 
within 24 hours. Actors show up Friday night 
to audition and the shows are cast. The writers 
then spend the night at Pensacola Little 
Theatre writing the plays before the directors 
and cast arrive in the morning. The fi nal day is 
spent rehearsing, blocking, fi nding props, and 
fi nding motivation before the curtain rises at 
7:30 p.m. These 6 short plays are often weird, 
wonderful, and full of improv!

Tickets are available online at 

PensacolaLittleTheatre.com and through the 
Box Offi ce at 850-432-2042 or by visiting us 
on weekdays from 12 PM - 5 PM.

Financial support for PLT programs is 

provided in part by the Florida Division of 
Cultural Affairs and ACE. Auditions: Friday, 
November 16th, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

Performance: Saturday, November 17th, 

2018 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10

Tori Bennett Awarded Scholarship 
to Largest Fundraising Conference 
in the World

 
Tori Bennett has been named a 

Chamberlain Scholar by the Association of 
Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Foundation 
for Philanthropy and will be attending 
the 2019 International Conference on 
Fundraising in San Antonio, TX.

AFP is the largest association of fundraisers 

in the world and represents over 32,000 
fundraising practitioners across the globe. 
The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy 
supports programs and initiatives that help 
train fundraisers and increase knowledge and 
awareness of ethical fundraising. 

Tori Bennett is a Development Offi cer for 

the University of West Florida where she 
focuses on major gifts. Her previous work 
experience includes working as the UWF 
Athletics Development Coordinator where 
she assisted with the Argonaut Athletic Club, 
annual giving, phonathons, donor relations 
and Varsity Club. Bennett graduated from 
UWF with a bachelor’s in journalism and 
masters in Leadership in Public Service and 
Nonprofi t Administration. 

As a student-athlete, Bennett was the 

captain of the UWF women’s soccer 
team her junior and senior year. She was a 
member of the 2012 women’s soccer national 
championship team and earned a spot on 
the NCAA All-Regional Team and on the 
All-GSC Tournament Team in 2012. Bennett 
was also a three-time GSC Academic Honor 
Roll selection. Bennett played semi-pro soccer 
for the Gulf Coast Texans and earned the 
2012 Gulf Coast Texans Teammate of the 
Year Award and helped win the 2012 WPSL 
National Championship.

For additional information on the 

organization including information on 
membership, visit the West Florida Chapter 
website at http://afpwestfl orida.afpnet.org.

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