The pair opened Le Petite Beignet in June out of a small trailer attached to their silver Jeep Wrangler. Not even a year later, the Johnsons sold their 10,000th beignet this spring.
During Women’s History Month, three female business owners discussed how they started and maintained their businesses in lieu of these struggles. As they have learned over the years, being a female business owner can have its advantages and disadvantages.
Two years after releasing its first album, flipturn is back with “Burnout Days,” a product of its first tour and an examination of the band’s past and present.
Jonah Marais has navigated the complexities of fame and identity since his time in the boy band Why Don’t We. Since then, Marais embarked on a solo career, using music as a means of rediscovery.
Here’s five Gainesville stores offering chocolate chip cookies, judged by their size, thickness, taste, texture and price.
On March 8 and many game days in the past, UF students crowded next to the streets of Stadium Road, decorating the sidewalks with tents and folding chairs.
Right in the middle of downtown Gainesville lies The Wooly, a venue characterized by warm lighting, comfortable seating and, on March 8, energetic French house music.
Panel Palooza took place at SAW for the first time on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. as part of Zinefest, a weekend-long celebration of zines, or mini magazines often made from a few sheets of paper.
Her love for music was unwavering, but at 11 years old, life threw her an unexpected chord. A traumatic accident left her with perilymphatic fistula, a tear in the inner ear, which caused complete deafness in her left ear, tinnitus and the inability to walk.
Wilkie started the Compost Cooperative and Gardens, an education and outreach program to promote sustainability at UF’s Energy Research and Education Park. It gives students and the Gainesville community the freedom to compost their food waste and learn about its environmental impacts.
Ellward is the creator of most of Marston’s study buddies, the library’s collection of small, crocheted animals and plants that students can rent for two hours at a time. The buddies are all crocheted animals, including a caterpillar, flamingo and, most recently, a frog.
With its saxophone-wielding frontwoman and distinct jazz influences, it’s not always easy for Prizilla to fit in with the existing music scene in Gainesville.
Between three music venues — How Bazar, The Bull and Loosey’s — MusicGNV kicked off the AM/FM Festival on Sunday.
This year’s awards season has been nothing short of attention-grabbing. Whether it’s controversy or stunning outfits, Hollywood’s greats have made headlines left and right. However, before the season comes to a close, there’s one award show left that’s certain to draw in viewers: the 97th Academy Awards.
Going to a U-Pick strawberry farm can be a wholesome experience, but it takes a lot of work to get the berries ready for picking.
Some UF students are joining The Reconnect Movement, a group dedicated to reclaiming face-to-face interaction in the age of endless scrolling. Its rule is simple — no screens and no distractions. Just pure, uninterrupted connection.
The Sun Country Dance Theatre performed "Hansel and Gretel" at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Sunday.
Growing up in Tampa, Mitchell won talent shows left and right, but in 1957, he recorded his first record on the same original tape as rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry. It was shortly after in 1961 when he led his then-band the Fabulous Blenders to be the first Black performers at UF’s Gator Growl in front of 60,000 people.
Whether it sparks nostalgia, romance or grief, music has the ability to connect people with memories and feelings through the power of listening.
Husband and wife duo Miguel Sosa and Gwen Toro own a new location of the Ideal Nutrition franchise, which sells prepared meals and had its soft opening Jan. 26.
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