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If you haven't figured it out yet, Gainesville is a great city for food. Unlike other chain-ridden college campuses around the state, Gainesville has a local flair and food culture that make it obviously unique.
This weekend, Gainesville's Hispanic flavor will be out in full force.
Every year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 to celebrate the histories, cultures and contributions of Americans who trace their ancestors from Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean and Central and South America.
In light of increased poverty numbers in Gainesville, a local activist spoke out in favor of the middle class Sunday afternoon at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza during a festival she helped create.
Joe Durando watched as people mingled around his vegetable stand - a girl cradling a white kitten while singing "Hound Dog" and a young couple holding hands nearby - on his first day back to the Union Street Farmers Market.
An upcoming event, which will interpose activist energy and carnival fun, will be held to bring together the myriad groups in Gainesville that are worried about labor issues.
Homeless people in Gainesville got a free meal Thursday that has long been a grade-school lunch tradition: good old peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Summer A is in full swing, and what have you done so far - nursed your hangovers and lain out by the pool? While this seems like all we're doing these days, there are tons of fun things to do in and out of Gainesville that you haven't done every day for the past two weeks.
Demonstrators gathered on Bo Diddley Community Plaza and marched to the Bank of America on West University Drive on Monday afternoon. The demonstration continued outside the bank, where protestors delivered a bill for what they believe the bank "owes" the American people.
Gary Evans’ light was the only one on in the cul-de-sac Monday night. From the street, you could see heads bobbing through the second-floor window. Indoors, Justin Bieber’s face watched over the band from a calendar on the wall.
Grooveshark, the local startup music website that became one of Time Magazine’s top 50 sites of 2010, went back to its roots Saturday when it hosted its first official Battle of the Bands at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
This debate is about a number, a simple three digits.
Two days before the year’s biggest celebration of love, one group of individuals decided to show love to the homeless.
On a chilly Thursday evening on Bo Diddley Plaza, homeless men and women lined up to get their meal for the day.
On the second night of Hanukkah, about 50 people gathered — many bundled in coats and fitted with boots — to sing, dance and eat in celebration of the Jewish holiday.
In 1994, President Bill Clinton introduced a policy called “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which lets gay men and lesbians serve in the U.S. military as long as they keep their sexuality secret. The policy, a compromise that allows them to serve despite a ban on gay and lesbian service members, prohibits their superiors from investigating without evidence.
She’s the girl you see on the bus every morning, hunched over a book, scribbling answers to math problems, listening to music with big headphones.
The products sold at Gainesville farmers markets may not all come from local family-owned farms. They could be shipped from hundreds of miles away or even from other countries.
Along with cooler temperatures, art and music will be abundant this weekend in downtown Gainesville.
Each Thursday, the Avenue is serving up the best in entertainment, pop culture and everything in between. From the big screen to the radio waves, check out this week’s picks.
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