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The Skate Space area allowed for attendees to rollerblade around an elevated DJ.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Miami music festival is a success

By Jackie DeFreitas | Feb. 21, 2019

Filled with mesmerising visual art and music, the Miami music festival iii Points returned for its sixth installment after a 16-month hiatus. Taking place in the Wynwood Art District at the Mana Wynwood Convention Center, the festival set-up provided for musical experiences both inside and outside with seven stages, each one providing audiences with entertainment both visually and audibly.

The Phillips Center for the Performing Arts will present the U.S. National Tour of “Finding Neverland” - a musical, based off true events, about how playwright J.M. Barrie brought his story of Peter Pan to life - on Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

THE AVENUE | ART AND THEATER

UF Performing Arts’ “Finding Neverland”: an actor spotlight

By Emma McAvoy | Feb. 21, 2019

On Friday, Gainesville residents are invited to reconnect with their inner child in the national tour of “Finding Neverland.” Before the show, actress Emmanuelle Zeesman gave us a sneak peak into a show she said is one of a kind.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

This week in the stars

By Jackie DeFreitas | Feb. 21, 2019

Aquarius: With the beginning of the week came the start of Pisces season, meaning it’s time to meditate and start thinking in romantic metaphors. From Thursday to Saturday, Aquarius feels the need to step up their already intense social game, but don’t burn yourself out.

Michael Murphy, the 21-year-old Impact Party presidential candidate, celebrates winning the Student Government executive election Wednesday in the Reitz Union. He defeated Zachariah Chou, the 21-year-old Inspire candidate, 6,331 votes to 4,196. "I just can't wait to sit down for a little bit and just take it all in," Murphy said.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Impact executive ticket wins, splits senate seats with Inspire

By Mikayla Carroll | Feb. 20, 2019

More than 10,000 students voted in the election

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

UPS worker accused of stealing laptop and iPad

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Feb. 20, 2019

He has a $35,000 bond

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Woman accused of stealing from elderly patient, pays for mother’s bills

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Feb. 20, 2019

She has a $82,600 bond

Florida designated hitter Nelson Maldonado had one of UF's two hits in its 6-1 loss to USF on Tuesday in Tampa.

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Gators’ first home loss comes to in-state rival

By Kyle Wood | Feb. 20, 2019

North Florida’s Chris Berry launched a ball off the scoreboard in the top of the ninth.

Senior guard KeVaughn Allen led the Gators in scoring with 13 points in their 62-52 win over Georgia on Saturday.

SPORTS | MEN'S BASKETBALL

Florida knocks off No. 13 LSU behind Allen’s 21 points

By Tyler Nettuno | Feb. 20, 2019

Noah Locke’s shot bounced off the rim, but he wasn’t giving up on the play.

Florida pitcher Natalie Lugo is No. 6 in the NCAA in hits allowed per seven innings (2.26). She has allowed only seven hits and two walks this season.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Gators improve to 12-0 in wet win over the Dolphins

By Brendan Farrell | Feb. 20, 2019

JACKSONVILLE - Members of the sold-out crowd at the Debbie & Fred Pruitt Softball Complex barely had time to settle into their seats.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT

LIVE BLOG: Student Government election results

Feb. 20, 2019

Tonight is Student Government election night. Impact Party and Inspire Party are vying for Student Body president, vice president and treasurer, along with 40 contested Senate seats.

FILE - In this Sunday, May 20, 2018, file photo, 21 Savage arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, by U.S. immigration agents in Georgia. It was an even bigger shock to learn he had been an immigrant in the first place. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

NEWS | CAMPUS

21 Savage performance rescheduled to April 15

By Kelly Hayes | Feb. 20, 2019

Current tickets will be honored

The 91st Academy Awards will air Sunday Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

The Avenue reviews the 2019 Nominees for Best Picture

By Lindsey Breneman | Feb. 20, 2019

On Sunday, Feb. 24, the 91st Academy Awards, an event that has been fraught with controversies for its past few iterations, will decide the most noteworthy films of 2018. After #OscarsSoWhite in 2015, the subsequent boycott of many artists in 2016, the “Moonlight” and “La La Land” blunder in 2017 and the hyper spotlight on the #MeToo and “Time’s Up” movements last year, the Oscars lacks a host this year for the first time in three decades.

Christian Bale’s performance manages to make one of the most notorious figures in modern politics a sympathetic human being.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

‘Vice’ has the power to humanize Dick

By Sara Han | Feb. 20, 2019

”Vice” is about power. It’s a dark comedy biographical movie about how Dick Cheney rises to become one of the most powerful, yet problematic, vice presidents of U.S. history.

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper‘s chemistry in ‘A Star is Born’ could warm even the coldest of hearts.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

Gaga and Cooper shine in ‘A Star is Born’

By Vanessa Blankenship | Feb. 20, 2019

“A Star Is Born” is the fourth Hollywood version of this tragic tale: Two talented musicians fall in love thanks to their undeniable chemistry on stage.

Bohemian Rhapsody attempts to share the story of the life of music legend and frontman to music group Queen, Freddie Mercury.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ rocks the big screen

By Tranelle Maner | Feb. 20, 2019

The retelling of Freddie Mercury’s life may be the champion of the box office and Oscar night.

This dramatic adaption of true events is especially salient today. It also gave Spike Lee his first two, well-deserved, Oscar nominations.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

’BlacKkKlansman’: unveiling a true story and how it still relates today

By Tranelle Maner | Feb. 20, 2019

A black man uses his white colleague to help him infiltrate and breakdown the Ku Klux Klan during the 1970s — sounds like almost everything could go wrong.

Chadwick Boseman put on a phenomenal performance as Black Panther in the 2018 blockbuster.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

“Black Panther”: The superhero we needed

By Alex Camargo | Feb. 20, 2019

“Black Panther” is one of Marvel’s successful films of 2018. The film brings the world of “Blank Panther” to life — allowing viewers to experience Wakanda with it’s incredible culture and futuristic technology. Perhaps more importantly, it gives black audiences the chance to finally see a powerful superhero who looks like them on the big screen and achieve roaring success.

“The Favourite” follows cousin Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) and Abigail Hill (Emma Stone) who are now in competition.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

Was this your “Favourite” film of 2018

By Tranelle Maner | Feb. 20, 2019

Tied with “Roma” for the most Oscar nominations this year, this historical drama depicts the age-old tale of family members battling to be the most loved and the best.

The black-and-white choice for ‘Roma’ made the film even more beautiful without being overstimulating audiences.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

Netflix’s ‘Roma’ gives the production company legitimacy in the art field

By Jackie DeFreitas | Feb. 20, 2019

Shot in black-and-white and in panoramic style, “Roma” is a cinematic masterpiece that makes its ten Oscar nominations well deserved. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, the Mexican director of “Gravity” (2013) and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004), “Roma” follows the story of Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a live-in maid for a white, upper middle-class family in the Mexican city of Colonia Roma.

Although the story is extremely problematic, Mahershala Ali, who played Dr. Don Shirley, and Viggo Mortensen, who portrayed Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga, both had phenomenal performances.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

When white people romanticize our histories we get films like ‘Green Book’

By Lindsey Breneman | Feb. 20, 2019

After years of slowly diversifying the Academy, “Green Book” seems to be the pick of the remaining faction of old white men. The film is “based on true events” in the story of an acclaimed black musician’s tour through the Deep South with a racist white driver who changes his attitude toward race during the journey.

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