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In 2008, Gainesville was named the “Best Place to Start a Band in the United States” by Blender magazine. Since then, the music scene has grown and changed with the addition of new music bars and clubs, festivals and concerts. Gainesville is enriched with musical talent and entertainment venues.
On Friday night, several hundred Gainesville residents braved the Florida summer heat to see Morningbell. Fresh off a two-week tour in promotion of its latest album “Bôa Noite,” the band performed on Bo Diddley Community Plaza for the Free Fridays series.
It only took two words to put the nation in a frenzy: not guilty.
A special show was slated for the previous “Free Friday” concert at Bo Diddley Community Plaza to celebrate Independence Day. It was the first installment of the concept themed after the NPR show, “A Prairie Home Companion.” Taking a Gainesville spin, it was renamed “The All-American Payne’s Prairie Home Companion,” a clever shout-out to the marshland south of town.
Every time Tim Hayes rode his bike to Boca Fiesta, he noticed the bike rack outside the restaurant was full. The handicapped rail at the neighboring Hippodrome State Theatre was loaded with bikes, too.
Three men were arrested Monday night after they were accused of trying to persuade homeless men to steal cellphones from Walmart.
The Florida-favorite grocery store Publix has three locations within walking distance of each other on Archer Road. Trader Joe’s, also located in close proximity, opened this year with specialty and lesser-known products. There are, of course, other stores to get groceries and other necessities: Target, Walmart, Walgreens, if you wish. But buying local, which encompasses buying foods locally grown by professional or home-based growers on farms, is a completely new experience.
It was a hot and humid summer night in Gainesville, but an irregular breeze and large cumulus clouds offered those hitting the pavement an appreciated relief from the typical Florida mugginess we’ve grown accustomed to bearing.
Farmers markets are a great resource for affordable fresh food. When customers shop at farmers markets they are supporting local farmers as well as buying food within miles of where it was grown.
There are many things to do in Gainesville before you graduate: float down Ginnie Springs, go to a football game, have a world-famous Top burger. But for those old enough, there is one tradition that has drawn hundreds of thirsty college kids to downtown and midtown looking to get their drink and dance on.
The Inter-Residence Hall Association hosted its second annual on-campus farmers market on the Reitz Union Colonnade on Thursday.
The opening ceremony of the From One Witness to Another: Genocide Awareness Series began Sunday on Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
Rabbi Daniel Wolnerman, of UF Hillel, lights a candle at a memorial ceremony commemorating genocide victims on Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Sunday. April is Genocide Awareness Month.
Jesters, jokers and jugglers will transform downtown Gainesville into a world of amusement every Saturday night in April.
Elizabeth Poe, 20 months, pets Jezebel the rabbit at the Union Street Farmers Market on Wednesday. It’s open from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays on Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
Gainesville got a taste of the Old World as the second annual Viva Europe! festival brought performers, residents and students together in a daylong celebration of European cultures Saturday.
The second annual Viva Europe! festival will highlight about 15 European countries Saturday on Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
Editor’s note: This is the fifth part of a series that profiles candidates running in the 2013 mayoral race.
A year after Trayvon Martin’s death, about 45 people gathered at Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Tuesday evening, commemorating a life lost and demanding justice.
Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe announced plans to present a resolution supporting gun safety to the City Commission during a demonstration on Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Saturday.
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