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Downtown Gainesville’s future: Climb, surf and skate

The 2024 Paris Olympics amped up excitement worldwide over newly debuted sports like climbing, surfing and skateboarding.

ET and mermaids: the story behind a long-standing Gainesville tattoo artist

On the streets of northern Virginia, fifth grader Mike Salay watched from his bus window as teenagers skated in a ditch near the highway. As bodies soared through the air, Salay’s eyes were immediately drawn to the art decorating their skin.

‘Food connects us all’: Community gathers at Santa Fe’s food symposium

More than 40 gardeners, educators and farmers gathered at Santa Fe College’s Blount Center Aug. 23 to promote farming and gardening opportunities across Florida. 

Welcome back, students!

Most of you probably don’t know how quiet it is here when you’re gone. It’s really, really quiet. So quiet you can hear the construction crew tearing up the road and creating your next traffic jam a half mile away. Or the other construction crew a half mile in the other direction. You hear the more-than-occasional preview tour coming through, and you hope they get inside somewhere before that thunderstorm you see rolling up drenches them.

Feeling overwhelmed? Here’s how UF can help

As a Florida Gator, it's easy to get swamped. There are classes to attend, organizations to join, friends to meet and laundry to do. Add that to a campus bustling with tens of thousands of students, and college can quickly become overwhelming. 

A freshman’s guide to dining in Gainesville

Whether looking for a casual bite to eat, a study spot or a restaurant to grab drinks with friends, Gainesville offers freshmen an endless variety of options. With an expansive array of eateries, the food scene continues to boom with culinary fusion and ingenuity. Here’s a guide to six fan favorites and underrated restaurants for freshmen and Gainesville newcomers. 

State funding cuts could bring the Hippodrome’s 51 years in Gainesville to an end

From hosting cabarets to local artist showcases, the Hippodrome has spent 51 seasons of premiere theater cultivating a thriving hub of Alachua County creativity. 

Alachua County Commission reconsiders hosting World Masters

In its meeting Tuesday, the Alachua County Commission discussed the budget for the World Masters Track and Field Championship, which the county won a bid to host in 2025. 

Community responds to Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street Heritage Trail project

Angelica Arbelaez moved to Gainesville in search of its cultural and artistic hub. Twenty years later, she worries Fifth Avenue and Pleasant Street, home to the city’s oldest Black neighborhood dating back to the 19th century, could be at risk of losing the people that make up its living history.

Coterie Market ‘happy to announce’ store closure nearly one year after opening

Coterie Market announced the closure of its brick-and-mortar store on its Instagram, adding to the list of small businesses Gainesville will lose this month. However, unlike other closures, this is a happy announcement, Coterie said.

UF, Gainesville communities protest bus funding cut proposal outside administrative offices

UF students and faculty joined members of the Gainesville community Friday for a protest against the university’s proposed cut in funding for the Gainesville Regional Transit System, or RTS.

Federal funding saves lives in Gainesville

Over the course of the past few weeks, it became obvious to anyone paying attention that the national crisis in chronic homelessness was manifesting itself in a couple of new tent camps, including one downtown on SE Fourth Place — literally on the street itself.

UF spearheads nationwide effort to combat retail theft

On the outskirts of UF’s campus, ‘Justin’s General Store,’ a code name for the SaferPlaces Lab, blurs the lines between a real store and a shoplifting simulation straight out of a sci-fi movie.

UF Health receives $500,000 grant for East Gainesville mobile food pharmacy

Lakesha Butler has worked at UF for just a year and a half. But she’s been tackling Gainesville health disparities since her first day on the job.

Black history? Our history

The Melrose Center unveils new art gallery ‘Studios of Melrose’ featuring local works

The pastel yellow exterior of the two-story building and the bright blue herons painted around the porch make Studios of Melrose a picturesque spot. But the colorful paintings lining the walls and the handmade creations filling the room make the gallery a spot worth stopping for.

The view from city hall: Gainesville is on the move

More than 40 years ago, private investment abandoned East Gainesville. Where bank branches, supermarkets and restaurants once served thriving neighborhoods, liquor stores, Dollar Generals and vacant lots became what passed for commerce.

Gainesville pole dance studios find an empowering community, sisterhood with each other

An array of colors reflect off of the Happy Kiss Pole Dance Studio as the studio’s dancers twirl and glide into a split. The crowd watching them immediately erupted into a roar of cheers. 

UF celebrates Malachowsky Hall’s grand opening

Rain or shine, UF’s new hub for data science and technology, Malachowsky Hall, is open.

Gainesville to redevelop a joint space with the Knot Climbing Gym

The Gainesville City Commission voted 6-1 Oct. 19 to approve The Knot Climbing Gym’s proposal to redevelop the old RTS Administration and Maintenance facility to the south of Depot Park.