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Shelter House planning 2nd Annual Palate & Palette Five-Course Wine Dinner and Live Painting

Proceeds from tickets go directly towards supporting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Okaloosa and Walton counties.

Jon Moody live painting at Arnett's Gulfside Farm & Stables

Tickets are on sale now for Shelter House’s 2nd Annual Palate & Palette Five-Course Wine Dinner and Live Painting on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at the Legendary Marine showroom by the Mid Bay Bridge in Destin.

The evening will begin at 6:00 p.m. and features a live painting and performance by Jon Moody, an award-winning multi-medium artist from New Orleans. Moody’s work has been featured on FOX’s hit show, Empire, as well as in the White House. He has also commissioned paintings for the likes of famous photographer Christopher Anderson, and numerous A-list musicians including Mary J. Blige. His painting was auctioned off for over $5,000 at last year’s event.

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The Black Pearl on Okaloosa Island Closes

Open for 11 years, The Black Pearl was known for its upscale dining, offering wood fired steak & seafood.

The Boardwalk is announcing the closing of The Black Pearl, their Gulf-front restaurant located on Okaloosa Island.

Open for 11 years, The Black Pearl was known for its upscale dining, offering wood fired steak & seafood.

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Bikes or Bust tops their goal of 1,000 bikes

There will be so many children who will get a brand new bike this Christmas

It has been an amazing 2 months with Bikes or Bust. Jason Carducci came to me at the beginning of October and said he wanted to get started now and that his goal was to try and raise $10,000 to buy a ton of bikes for kids.

What started out as a single video and a YouCaring page, ended up with 17 “challenge” videos, multiple segments on EVERYTHING! and a few articles all to help our friends at Highway 98 Country beat their goal of 1,000 bikes.

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Harry T’s is celebrating 30 years “under the Big Top”

Who has the oldest Harry T's t-shirt???

Congratulations are in order to Harry T’s Lighthouse!

They’re celebrating 30 years of serving up delicious seafood by throwing an “Under the Big Top” themed party! Not sure what that means? Well, here’s a little bit of fun history.

Harry T’s opened in 1987 in honor of the famous trapeze artist Harrison Baben, who was also known as “flying Harry T.”

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Bikes or Bust officially kicks off at Uptown Station

DJ Bo Reynolds is going up in the lift this year for a solid 98 hours!

I’m sure you’ve seen all of the Bikes or Bust videos that Get The Coast has been releasing with Jason Carducci. (If not, no worries. I’ve included a playlist at the bottom of this article…)

Well, Bikes or Bust officially kicks off at Uptown Station on Thursday, November 30th at 11am and goes until Monday, December 4th at noon.

See our previous coverage here

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The Fort Walton Beach Christmas Parade is going down this Monday

On Monday, December 4th, join the City of Fort Walton Beach for the 2017 "12 Days of Christmas" Parade!

The 12 Days of Christmas Parade is on Monday, December 4th kicking off at 6:30pm!

The parade moves up Eglin Parkway, beginning at First Street and ending at Kmart on Irwin Avenue.

Schools, bands, youth groups, churches, businesses, as well as civic, military, religious, and service organizations are encouraged participate!

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