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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Art And Theater

There is no mandatory entrance cost at the comedy showcase, but donations will be accepted. Seating will be socially distanced and masks are required.

Heartwood Soundstage to host comedy showcase Thursday

By Veronica Nocera | Jan. 14

The comedy show offers an outlet for Florida comedians during the pandemic.

Gainesville musicians navigate music profitability

By Heather Bushman | Dec. 14

Carrie and Jesus Martinez painted a "Push for Peace" mural at Possum Creek Skatepark. Jesus Martinez said his clothes always end up caked in paint and sometimes become too stiff to wear again.

The “Push for Peace” lives on in a Gainesville mural

By Katie Delk | Dec. 14

Gainesville meditation centers hold healing practices in new ways

By Katie Delk | Dec. 14

Rate and Review: ‘The Lo-Fis’ by Steve Lacy

By Manny Rea | Dec. 14

Rate and Review: ‘Bartleby’s Revenge’ by UF alumnus

By Lonnie Numa | Dec. 11

More Art And Theater

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Dance Alive National Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ returns to the Phillips Center

By Marlena Carrillo | Dec. 11

The company’s 54th annual performance of Tchaikovsky’s two-act ballet will feature limited seating, and masks will be required for performers and audience members inside the venue.

Gainesville indie-rock group Driptones will release new seaside-inspired single "Wave Sounds" and B-side "Sun Sick" Dec. 18. (Courtesy to The Alligator / Cosima West)

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Gainesville indie group Driptones to release new music this month

By Heather Bushman | Dec. 5

The group returns with a new batch of beach-inspired songs

Gainesville rapper Azazus and cousin and fellow artist Jeshua Oneal released, "Need A Friend" Thursday. With the song, the two are aiming to open a dialogue about mental health and support systems.

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Azazus and Jeshua Oneal open up about mental health with new single ‘Need a Friend’

By Marlena Carrillo | Dec. 2

“Need a Friend” tackles mental health struggles and details the necessity of finding support. Jeshua Oneal, who worked on the song with Azazus, said the artists were inspired by their own battles with anxiety and depression.

The Two Hawk Country Circus is celebrating ten years with a socially distanced show featuring flying trapeze acts, ragtime-style music and more.

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Two Hawk Country Circus returns for its tenth year

By Manny Rea | Nov. 10

Bringing audiences high flying acrobats and modern Ragtime in 2020

The Artisans' Guild Guide is holding its first outdoor art market at its new gallery location at 224 NW Second Ave. in downtown Gainesville.

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Artisans’ Guild Gallery outdoor market debuts Oct. 31

By Michelle Holder | Oct. 29

Emerging and established Gainesville artists will showcase and sell work

The lines are taken from two poems by poet Janessa Martin, who collaborated with Sylvi Herrick on the piece.

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Matheson History Museum overcomes closed doors with open exhibit

By AJ Bafer | Oct. 22

The museum installed an outdoor art piece that will be viewable for several months

Edith Meowt, a 30-year-old Gainesville resident, will be a video producer and a burlesque dancer for the horror-inspired burlesque and drag show at Hardback Cafe.

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‘Devil’s Night Dreams’ burlesque and drag show comes to Hardback Cafe

By Heather Bushman | Oct. 20

The horror-inspired show will take place live and virtually Oct. 30

Garret Pogue (left) as Columbia and Devin Huchingson (right) as Riff Raff in last year's "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" performance at High Dive.

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Do the time warp again with High Dive’s socially distanced ‘Rocky Horror’

By Marlena Carrillo | Oct. 12

The annual event will return for seven limited-capacity shows

With rainbows and flashing colors of the projector on her art, Julia Monteiro showed her art at the Goddess Visions Artwalk Exhibition.

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Goddess Visions Artwalk Exhibition comes to a close

By Katie Delk | Oct. 3

Visionar FAM hosted an art exhibition centered around women

Extended from September until Oct. 30, “The Stronger,” directed by the gallery’s artistic consultant Lauren Warhol Caldwell and performed by Ani Collier and Sara Morsey, tells different truths through text and dance.

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‘The Stronger’ returns to Black C Art Gallery in new form

By Manny Rea | Sep. 30

The 30-minute socially distant performance features two performers and two audience members

Hillary Scales-Lewis and Illeana Kirven in "Marie and Rosetta." Guitar player and gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe is recognized today as a pioneer of rock 'n' roll.

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“Marie and Rosetta” celebrates Sister Rosetta Tharpe, forgotten legend and “Godmother of Rock 'n’ Roll”

By Marlena Carrillo | Feb. 28

The play follows one of the most dynamic duos in music history

Cindy Leung's "Urban Limitation" was inspired by her challenging move from New York to Gainesville.

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UF Students display contemporary art at the FACC Juried Arts Exhibit

By Amalie Bethune | Feb. 24

The pieces were selected by Brooklyn-based juror, Lorenzo Triburgo

The performance, choreographed by Judy Skinner, explores the many faces of love.

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Destination Loveland premieres Valentine’s Day at Phillips Center

By Chloe Greenberg | Feb. 11

Dance Alive National Ballet presents "Destination Loveland" at the Phillips Center February 14th

Jessica Dunn leaps through the air in a moving performance of "Formulae and Fairy Tales."

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L.A. dance company brings moving show to Gainesville

By Julia Collins | Feb. 5

“Formulae & Fairy Tales” is a dance performance show about math, passion and fairy tales.

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