Clothes get old, fall out of style and are often discarded by their keepers seasons later.
Cathy DeWitt, a UF alumna, will bring her music to Gainesville on Sunday when her band, Patchwork, performs at the Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival in the downtown historic district.
It might be racist. It might be heritage. Either way, no one seems to mind why or how Judy Byer gets her shipments of Ku Klux Klan shirts.
April 7, 1979: About 5,000 people, ranging in age from 16 months old to 72 years old, gather at Lake Alice Field and smoke out in public as part of a “toke-in” benefit concert supporting the legalization of marijuana. A Tallahassee-based lobbying group collects 2,280 signatures in support of a bill proposing that posession of one ounce of marijuana be a violation, as opposed to the existing law, which makes posession of five grams a misdemeanor.
When Bonnie got sick that day in March, Karen Malloy didn’t know what to do.
Most people look at a bicycle and see a mode of transportation.
A device that connects the world could in fact be damaging to our health.
A review of the effects of high-caffeine energy drinks on children and young adults suggests they may be linked to health risks as serious as heart palpitations, high blood pressure, cardiac arrest and death.
In a rodeo arena just off S.R. 41 in Williston, the rugged and the denim-decked have met every Thursday at 7 p.m. for five years to hear sermons from Rev. Billy Keith.
March 31, 1978: Lums, a restaurant that used to be at 1621 SW 13th St., offers a deal of two eggs, two strips of bacon or hash browns and toast for 99 cents. It also offers a deal of a quarter–pound burger, fries and a beer or a soda for $1.50. Cedar River Seafood & Oyster Bar is in that location now.
Protestors stand in front of the White House, signs in hand bearing messages to stop the war and let peace reign.
Since the 1990s, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made their buck throwing everything from the sacred to the unmentionable under the comedic bus. They have taken on topics ranging from Scientology to the Shake Weight and everything else in between.
March 21, 1966: John Due becomes the first African-American to run for state Senate since the days of Reconstruction when he announces his candidacy for the District 6 seat in Gainesville.
Jill Burton pushes her voice through her throat in different tones. It’s soft, then louder, then softer again. It sounds like a didgeridoo.
MTV will hold an open casting call Saturday to find seven or eight strangers to stop being polite and start getting real for season 26 of “The Real World.”
Today marks St. Patrick’s Day. Around Gainesville Catholics dress for Mass, children don green for fear of being pinched, and pubs stock up on kegs.
Barb Thomas is happy to welcome both friends and strangers into her yellow 1976 Ford Maverick.
March 20, 1964: Albert II, the alligator mascot of UF, is “gatornapped.” University police find the gate still locked and a hole cut through the fencing at the top of his pen. A few days later, campus police receive reports of a 7-foot alligator chained to a flagpole on Florida State University’s campus.
Midway down sleepy old Main Street in Alachua, cooks at Conestogas restaurant serve what’s known as the Main Street Monster Burger. Sean Smith remembers the first time he laid eyes on it.
March 3, 1974: Gainesville is hit hard by the national energy crisis, despite news that the problem is abating.
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