Africa Stars

Africa Stars 2020 is sponsored by UF’s Center for African Studies (CAS), the Harn Museum of Art, and Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship in the College of the Arts, and UF’s Creative Campus program
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Africa Stars 2020 is sponsored by UF’s Center for African Studies (CAS), the Harn Museum of Art, and Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship in the College of the Arts, and UF’s Creative Campus program
Kelly Atkins sits at her kitchen table with her iPad in front of her, facing her partner, Malcolm Gets, as they run through their duet scenes.
Past: Realizations
As a native Floridian and second-generation Gator, let me not understate my sincerity when I say that “tradition” is a uniquely powerful source of pride when I think of that place where palm and pine are blowing, where southern seas are flowing, and where our love shall never fail.
Organizers explain the gentrification of the Pleasant Street area at the third stop of the protest at A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center. Danielle Chanzes, a volunteer for the Gainesville Alliance for Equitable Development, said that after Seminary Lane apartments were torn down in 2009, hundreds of Black residents were promised affordable housing as a replacement, but no progress had been made since then.
A family of three stood together in a tight circle. Trenita White held an umbrella while her daughters, Joanna and Juanita, passed back and forth a cardboard sign that read “Black Lives Matter.” It ended at Joanna, who held it for the majority of the march.
Due to COVID-19, art in galleries is no longer within reach. However, Santa Fe College and the Florida Museum of Natural History will hold the second SciArt Showcase on June 19 virtually.
While artist and gallery clientele has gone into hermit mode, many artists haven’t stopped creating.
Before Michael Dolce sent his daughter to college, he sat her down and showed her the number of recorded sexual assault cases on her soon-to-be campus. She thought the numbers were relatively low.
As part of its mission to share the stories of refugees and immigrants, WeaveTales is hosting a six week long video series called Hearty Tables to immerse viewers in culturally diverse cooking recipes and authentic stories.
Alachua County residents have more freedom to roam the county after the latest update to the countywide COVID-19 emergency order Sunday.
‘A horror show’: Mother’s Pub reopened
In a museum on East University Avenue, a donation box sits empty.
The University of Florida Police Department is investigating a sexual battery reported to have taken place on campus Friday evening.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — France ordered the closing of just about everything the rest of the world loves about it — the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the cafes, restaurants and cinema — and Spain drew up plans Saturday to lock down its 46 million citizens as governments took increasingly desperate measures to put more space between people and contain the coronavirus.
As Gainesville looks back on its 150 years as a city, it is also setting its sights on the future.
U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, a representative for North Central Florida’s 3rd congressional district, was one of few opponents to a historic bill passed Wednesday that would make lynching a federal crime.
The “Women of the Everglades: Activism and Conservation” exhibit opened at museum Feb. 15.
The “Women of the Everglades: Activism and Conservation” exhibit opened at museum Feb. 15.