Swarthy empowers local Black-owned businesses in its second festival
By Mickenzie Hannon | Nov. 28Local businesses and organizations set up tents and tables along the street outside Citizens Field in the second Revolution Before Evolution Festival.
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Fire devastates Mediterranean Market, Gainesville community provides support
By Carissa Allen | June 15Many frequenters of Zeezenia International Market organized and donated to a fundraising campaign to support the store's renovations following a fire.
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Mimi the mortician: Gen-Z in death care
By Jiselle Lee | Apr. 13Miranda “Mimi” Mythen wants to revive the dying deathcare industry. Under her TikTok account @mimithemortician, Mythen has more than 1.3 million likes and 59.8 thousand followers. She has been interviewed by Allure and Refinery29 and she has been featured in the DailyMail and the New York Post about her viral videos on funeral service.
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Community members gather to discuss new community farm for Porters Quarters residents
By Erina Anwar | Mar. 23About 15 people gathered at the Porters Community Center Sunday to discuss creating a community farm on the lot on Fifth Avenue. Williams, a 67-year-old community activist, explained why affordable healthy food options are necessary.
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Braiders battle for $1,000 cash prize in inaugural styling competition
By Thandie Brown | Mar. 21Gainesville hair stylists hosted the first Ultimate Braiders Battle Saturday with a $1,000 cash prize. About 50 people watched the competitors braid and perused the tables of hair care products lining the walls.
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Target store beneath The Standard at Gainesville to close in June
By Carissa Allen | Mar. 16The Target, beneath The Standard at Gainesville, at 250 NW 13th St. is closing its doors June 11 due to years of underperforming sales.
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A. Quinn Jones Museum hosts Driveway Theater Project’s “Blackademics” play
By Erina Anwar | Mar. 2Blackademics is a one-act satire play written by playwright Idris Goodwin in 2012. The play centers around two Black women in academia and serves as a commentary toward colorism, racial stereotypes and socioeconomic backgrounds. It portrays these messages through its bold dialogue and whimsical humor.
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Alachua County Animal Resources & Care introduces new adoption program
By Thandie Brown | Feb. 16Adopters can pay $14 during February and answer some basic questions about themselves and their lifestyle to be matched with their perfect companion, the county announced online.
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Gainesville mother helps others create family memories
By Ally Keller | Feb. 11Kathy Stewart’s children, now teenagers, were always on the go. They needed a website that would be able to keep up with their active lifestyles. In response, Stewart founded Fun4GatorKids, a website that lists events for Gainesville families. The 12-year-old website was the first of its kind to provide an up-to-date calendar directory on events for Gainesville families.
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Black, female small business owners celebrate Valentine’s Day with pop-up shop
By Thandie Brown | Feb. 7Sistah’s Synergy decided to get together small Black businesses that wanted to flourish, but it didn't know where to start, Chaquala said. The owners started small events like the pop-up to promote their businesses.
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Gainesville cat cafe successfully adopted out 200 cats after its seventh month open
By Jasper Wittig | Jan. 27, 2022The Feeline Good Cat Cafe in downtown Gainesville reached its 200th adoption Jan. 23, seven months after its grand opening. Francesca Hall, the cafe’s 23-year-old founder and owner, said the cat cafe works as a foster home for adoptable cats, and she recently increased the number of cats the cafe takes in at a time from 10 to 12.
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Local farmers grow community awareness of agriculture at farming festival
By Alexandra Harris | Nov. 22, 2021Hosted by The Alachua County Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers, 21 vendors sold products ranging from varieties of cheese to succulents. Food trucks supplied global cuisine spanning Cuba to Venezuela and back home with American hot dogs, barbecue and ice cream.
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Gainesville celebrates 40th annual art show’s return to in-person
By Zachary Carnell | Nov. 8, 2021Hundreds of people attended the event, where guitar players, cello players and Egyptian-style belly dancers performed, accompanying artists who exhibited paintings, pottery, sculptures, jewelry, clothing, caricatures, water fountains and wind chimes.
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Gainesville organization works to give educational boost to vulnerable children
By Omar Ateyah | Nov. 5, 2021Eric Ramos started RamosStrong Motivational Group Inc. to help K-12 students gain a strong education despite difficult circumstances in their lives.
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Alachua County Animal Services bounces back from pandemic challenges
By Alan Halaly | Nov. 5, 2021The Alachua County Animal Services shelter returned to a pre-pandemic normal with adoption rates as it resumed one of its in-person special events Saturday.
