Downtown art festival offers music and local art
The streets of downtown Gainesville boomed with music, art stands and eager visitors last weekend as the 28th Annual Downtown Festival and Art Show filled about eight city blocks with entertainment.
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The streets of downtown Gainesville boomed with music, art stands and eager visitors last weekend as the 28th Annual Downtown Festival and Art Show filled about eight city blocks with entertainment.
A three-headed pink flamingo, a witch and a fish were among about 35 protesters who marched Wednesday in downtown Gainesville to protest the proposed $14 billion nuclear power plant about 50 miles from Gainesville in Levy County.
The human eye can see millions of colors, but on University Avenue Friday afternoon, the only two that seemed to matter were orange and blue.
University Avenue was quiet with only the sound of the sporadic train of speeding cars breaking the silence of an unusually warm October afternoon-until 1:09 p.m.
12:30 p.m.: Across from Fran Ingram lies a pile of white signs that read, "Homo leads to Hell" and "God loves you, but…"
We believe that it's time for Christians to stop hiding behind a message sugar-coated with love, peace and prosperity.
The eighth annual Downtown Latino Festival was a medley of fresh food and dirty dancing Saturday that drew Gainesville residents from more than 15 Latin American countries.
Nearly 800 local homeless people showed up to the Bo Diddley Community Plaza Thursday morning for the 11th Annual Breakfast on the Plaza and Homeless Service Fair.
The Sept. 15 edition of the Alligator incorrectly stated that 70 volunteers served 120 homeless people food in honor of Ramadan at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Sept. 11. Twenty volunteers served food, and 70 homeless people attended.
On Friday, about 120 of Gainesville's homeless gathered around the Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza's picnic area to eat Indian food.
As the largest city in Alachua County and a major crossroad in north central Florida, Gainesville is an eclectic meeting point in the heart of the state. The city offers a wealth of cultural activities to experience.
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A year after his death, Bo Diddley is still giving back to the Florida community where he spent the last years of his life.
It had been 20 years since John Leibach had picked up his tenor saxophone.
Downtown Gainesville will be swingin' to the sounds of live jazz Friday night.
Downtown Gainesville will be a melting pot of musical styles for the next six months.
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The Corner of Southeast First Street and Southeast Second Avenue, Saturday 11:45 p.m.
Bo Diddley Community Plaza, Saturday 4:30 p.m.
Gainesville residents stood with students on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian demonstrations as the groups sparred last week over the controversial Israeli offensive against Gaza that ended Monday.