UF announces search committee for new provost
(03/10/23 1:14pm)
UF President Ben Sasse has appointed a search committee to find a replacement for outgoing Provost Joe Glover, the university announced Friday morning.
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Matheson History Museum exhibit offers flashback to Gainesville music in the ‘70s
(02/28/23 11:47pm)
It’s hard to imagine Gainesville’s music scene without staples such as the Heartwood Soundstage and the High Dive. In the early ‘70’s, Jim Forsman and Jeffrey Meldon came together to create the Great Southern Music Hall, a first-of-its-kind performance space in Gainesville that paved the way for future venues.
UF Harn Museum educates visitors on 20th century Chinese female artists
(02/24/23 8:47pm)
Julia Andrews may have been the one speaking, but most eyes in the Harn Museum’s auditorium were not on her. Instead, audience members — including local families and UF students — had a hard time looking away from the colorful paintings flashing across the projector behind her as she spoke.
‘Horse of a Different Color’ highlights diversity through dance
(02/18/23 6:04pm)
Ani Collier doesn’t ask her dancers to dance – instead, the Dance Alive National Ballet choreographer asks them to paint with their bodies. At the end of every rehearsal, Collier asks them to sit, breathe and make noises at her for 20 minutes.
Gainesville lleva a cabo el discurso del Estado de la Ciudad
(02/17/23 10:58pm)
El alcalde de Gainesville, Harvey Ward, pronunció su primer discurso del Estado de la Ciudad en 2023 este martes, detallando el progreso de varios proyectos e iniciativas junto al nuevo grupo de comisionados de la ciudad.
Black Gainesville leaders urge students to not forget Black history
(02/15/23 4:40pm)
Members of the Gainesville community joined together over conversations and a hot meal to ensure this Black History Month is more about action and less about simple remembrance.
Gainesville holds annual State of the City Address
(02/14/23 9:10pm)
Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward delivered his first-ever 2023 State of the City Address Tuesday, detailing the progress of different city projects and initiatives alongside the newest slate of city commissioners.
The Avenue Roundtable: Valentine’s Day event picks
(02/13/23 7:57pm)
Looking for last minute Valentine’s Day plans? The Avenue’s got you covered. Our staff has compiled a list of things to do with your lover, your friends, your pet or yourself.
Harn Museum of Art debuts African art exhibit
(02/11/23 4:37pm)
For one night only, Gainesville museumgoers found themselves immersed in the culture of a place far from Alachua County: Africa.
‘African Americans In Gainesville’ exhibit showcases local Black history
(01/17/23 11:28am)
People filtered in and out of the A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center, crowding around a handful of text displays making up its new exhibit.
Beyond the headlines: Cotton Club Museum hosts panel on local race relations news coverage
(01/15/23 10:38pm)
A bell rings every time someone opens the door. That ringing echoes through the long yellow building called the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center.
Florida Museum of Natural History to rehouse nearly 200,000 jars of preserved animals
(01/09/23 1:40pm)
The Florida Museum of Natural History is undergoing a long-awaited makeover.
Preserving a painful history
(01/09/23 12:54pm)
While driving along Florida State Road 24, Marvin Dunn noticed a humble sign that read “Rosewood,” and he decided to turn left.
Remembering UF ‘French Fries’ sculptor John Raymond Henry
(12/15/22 8:50pm)
Pamela Henry, then a stockbroker, didn’t know much about art until she met her future husband and sculptor John Raymond Henry in 1982. They got married two years later.
Thanks for taking a chance on me
(12/05/22 2:00pm)
I never had a solid plan for when my time at The Alligator would come to an end.
Community science welcomes amateurs with ‘open arms’
(12/02/22 2:54pm)
A growing community of retirees, bus drivers and hobbyists have casually jumped aboard the quest for scientific discovery. It doesn’t require a PhD and oftentimes no experience — only some passion and maybe a smartphone.
Gainesville residents, professors spotlight Alachua County’s Indigenous history
(11/21/22 12:00pm)
The push for Indigenous history visibility stretches across north central Florida — a conversation sparked by a community-wide lack of awareness.
Part of Museum Road to fully open next week, UF said
(11/10/22 4:24pm)
UF’s Office of Business Affairs announced in an email that a section of Museum Road — from McCarty Drive and Center Drive to Newell Drive — will officially reopen Monday.
‘The town that time forgot’: 47th Annual Micanopy Fall Festival returns
(10/30/22 11:45am)
Guarded under a canopy of trees, hundreds of local artists, musicians and restaurants lined Cholokka Boulevard in downtown Micanopy Saturday and Sunday. Crowds of locals and families flooded the streets, browsing booths and mingling with visitors.
Gainesville donates $20,000 to Polish sister city to aid Ukrainian refugee efforts
(10/27/22 5:13pm)
Gainesville commissioners welcomed international Polish city officials Wednesday, after raising thousands in less than a day for their ongoing refugee crisis.
