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South Walton Fire District annual Polar Bear Splash Jan. 1

Time: 11 a.m. Location: Ed Walline beach access on the corner of CR30A and CR393, Santa Rosa Beach Start the New Year by taking a “SPLASH” with your family and friends at the first ever SWFD Polar Bear Splash. Come join us as “Splashers” take to the gulf waters on New Year’s Day. This invigorating event will surely get your blood flowing and for those that brave the winter waters, we will also be hosting a beach bonfire to help...

Choctawhatchee Audubon programs and events for January 2014

January 2, Monthly Meeting Program: “The Shark Tank” by Charidy “Sharkie” Krouse, shark biologist and conservationist.  Sharkie presents an overview of the beautiful, mysterious, ecologically important and often misunderstood shark.  She will discuss various species found along the Emerald Coast, their behaviors, reproduction, life strategies, facts and myths and much more. The meeting will be held in Room 130 on the ground floor of the Student Services Center at the Niceville campus of Northwest Florida State College, and will begin...

30A Songwriters Festival Jan. 17, 18, 19, 2014

The 5th annual 30A SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL is set for January 17, 18 and 19, 2014. Taking place at venues along northwest Florida’s scenic Highway 30A and the resort neighborhoods of South Walton, the event will feature performances from such esteemed artists as Kristian Bush (Sugarland), Loudon Wainwright III,  Ani DiFranco, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Richard Thompson, Shawn Mullins, John Oates, Jerry Douglas, Rusty Young (Poco), Jonathon Edwards, Jesse Harris, Craig Fuller (Pure Prairie League), John Gorka, Mary Gauthier,...

Become a mad scientist at the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center Jan. 4

Time: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Learn and have fun with science at the Biophilia Nature Center on Sat., Jan. 4. Live science shows by Mad Science at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Hands on stations with cotton candy science, slippery, slimy experiments, and make and take projects. Live animals throughout the day. Fire and Ice: everyone will be dazzled and entertained as they interact with the Mad scientists! Foggy dry ice storms, giant beach balls floating in the air,...