“Marie and Rosetta” celebrates Sister Rosetta Tharpe, forgotten legend and “Godmother of Rock 'n’ Roll”
The scene is a modest funeral parlor in Jim Crow Mississippi, and gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe is on the verge of music history.
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The scene is a modest funeral parlor in Jim Crow Mississippi, and gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe is on the verge of music history.
Heartwood Soundstage will host its fourth annual Heartwood Music Festival today.
Her clammy hands clenching a paper script, Emilie Dhir walked through the hallway toward the rehearsal room. Every step was more excruciating than the last. She walked into the rehearsal room at the University of Kentucky and performed two scenes in front of a filmmaker and three film producers. They were looking for a young Kentucky actress to be the star of their film.
Dancers flit across the stage in a whirlwind of color and grace. Music swells in the theater and audiences gasp with emotion. “Formulae & Fairy Tales” incites the same emotion but throws math in the mix.
Ellen Kostewicz is a realtor and mother of two. But at Gainesville’s Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, she’s Lady Eleanor — a Victorian-era vampire in a hoop dress made of black silk and intricate lace.
The Hippodrome State Theatre can finally revamp its “A Christmas Carol” costumes after receiving $168,000 from the Collier Challenge Campaign.
An ex-football hero, his high school sweetheart and a pioneer ghost walk into a liquor store — but it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Lake Wauburg’s building structures, docks and watercraft equipment took a hit from strong winds during winter break. Despite that, though, it is reopening to the public.
With the holidays right around the corner, The Hippodrome Theatre is already gearing to get their audiences in the Christmas mood.
It was 1915.
Strings of white lights illuminated the Hippodrome Theatre Tuesday evening, guiding people to their seats for the first TEDxUF Salon event of the semester.
The Hippodrome Theatre is continuing its season theme of “Breaking Boundaries” by posing to audiences an impossible question: “What would you say to the father of the man who killed your son?”
Rainbow crosswalks have been in cities around the country from Atlanta to Seattle to New York. This week, Gainesville will add itself to the list.
After a year of “feeling marginalized, alienated and unheard,” a black UF student said he had enough with racism at the School of Theatre and Dance.
The Hippodrome Theatre and the UF School of Theatre and Dance are partnering to present “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” a former Broadway show and recipient of five Tony Awards.
Known as the architectural centerpiece of Gainesville’s Historic downtown, the Hippodrome State Theatre is featuring a new film series on architecture.
Rodney Mosley, who goes by DJ Mr. Mosley, plays music for the crowd during the Summer in the City Downtown Dance Party. Mosley performed on a stage directly in front of the Hippodrome Theatre for over two hours.
Rodney Mosley, who goes by DJ Mr. Mosley, plays music for the crowd during the Summer in the City Downtown Dance Party. Mosley performed on a stage directly in front of the Hippodrome Theatre for over two hours.
Elvis has not left the building.
The Apollo 11 moon landing was a major step forward in human history. It was the day people all over the world sat fixated on their tv, leaning in anticipation, to see something they once thought impossible. On July 19, it will have been 50 years since that astronomical day, and there are a few activities in Gainesville people can do to celebrate the scientific feat.