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The glaring sun and 85-degree heat did not stop the nearly 40 people who came to see “Blackademics,” one of the latest productions from UF Performing Arts Driveway Theatre Project Saturday.
To several of the playwrights, producers and audience members of the New Works Festival, the return to live in-person theater felt like a return to humanity itself.
Stepping beyond the gray archway at Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, visitors were immediately transported from Gainesville into the Middle Ages.
Equipped with cow print pants and a Southern accent, Zoe Nevins spent Saturday and Sunday morning running around the Reitz Union North Lawn. The scene, more than just a Western outburst, was a homage to one of the world’s most renowned playwrights — William Shakespeare.
The Gainesville Community Playhouse knows the show must go on, even if it’s almost two years later.
Gainesville High School Drama and Tech Club were ‘all in this together’ for their production of “High School Musical in the school's auditorium. Located at 1900 NW 13th St., the performance was directed and sponsored by theater and drama teacher, Frank Considine.
One year robbed of live music later, FEST is returning to Gainesville for its 19th punk-fueled circle around the sun.
Studio 8H has some competition because a new sketch comedy show has come to UF. But instead of it airing on Saturday night, it’s Sunday night.
Hushed murmurs of anticipation lingered in the air. The house lights dimmed and so did the audience's voices. Stage lights flashed bright, and the actors took their places.
New York City actor Paul Helm didn’t expect to be running around Southwood Glen Elementary School in a lion mascot costume to pay his bills.
Whether a local young musician or an established national touring band, Gainesville’s music scene has a reputation for welcoming all kinds of artists with arms outstretched.
Musical theatre and horror fans started their fall festivities early with High Dive’s July run of “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, a Gainesville-based non-profit organization, reopened July 23 after a year and a half of being shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The lights went down at the Hippodrome Theatre July 2 to reveal a single quote sprawled across the side screens.
A brown and gray, tiger-striped tabby cat hid in a cat tower by the window of the Feeline Good Cat Cafe. After 20 minutes of head patting and coaxing from her future owner, she emerged from her hiding place.
UF’s Latino community discussed film representation upon the release of the “In the Heights” movie.
After more than nine and half months, Alachua County Public Schools students and teachers will complete an entire school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday.
The quietness of a dark enclosed theatre is the best way to watch the latest horror film.
From the neon-coated, hyper sounds of Korean pop music (K-Pop) like BTS, to the sweet melodies of singer-songwriter Conan Gray, a range of Asian and Pacific Islander musicians influence North American pop culture.