Alex Awuku, a 40-year-old UF fine arts graduate student, captured the mythical spider's essence in his immersive ceramic art exhibit, which debuted Friday evening at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center in the Springhill neighborhood near downtown Gainesville.
Originally staged off-Broadway in 1998 and adapted into the 2001 film, “Hedwig” follows a genderqueer East German singer navigating identity and artistic ownership while pursuing a former partner who achieved fame using her music.
The production challenges performers to step into a different era and age group.
The Hippodrome’s screening of the 2025 documentary “The Librarians” on Sunday, held in collaboration with The Lynx bookstore, brought a crowded theater. The local bookstore joined organizations like the Freedom to Read Project in promoting the film during its Jan. 10-18 run at the Hippodrome.
Hosted on Oct. 27, Gator Create 2025 encouraged students to show how “human imagination can be enhanced by AI tools” and featured a grand prize of $199, with smaller prizes offered to category winners.
A teary-eyed Althea Tombley-Carter stood in the gallery, reminiscing on the sacred history of her small town of Cross Creek.
Under a starry night sky, the soft hum of car engines and the smell of fresh popcorn drifted through the air. Families cozied up in their cars, children fidgeted with excitement and clusters of friends settled into lawn chairs as “Matilda” lit up screens at Gainesville’s first drive-in movie theater since 1992.
From colorful pastel paintings to lifelike marble sculptures to otherworldly surrealist landscapes, the Harn Museum of Art’s latest exhibition brings 100 years of French history and culture to life.
Buchholz High School's production of "Six: Teen Edition" featured pop-style music, flashing lights and choreography that mirrored a concert performance, showcasing local teen talent while highlighting voices from history.
While Gainesville Reads celebrates the work of a selected text, The Lynx Books co-founder Lauren Groff said it's more so about building community — specifically, a community resisting marginalization, she said.
“Queer Eclectics,” an exhibit inspired by the queer community’s diversity, was put together by UF art organization Common Craft and curated by 20-year-old UF art junior Jade Bennett. Bennett invited queer artists from her first show, “Picking it Up,” to showcase their work in a smaller, more intimate setting near the literature and silent hallways in Library West.
At the Juneteenth Gainesville Film Festival, the Hippodrome Cinema screened three films honoring emancipation and Black history.
Gainesville art enthusiasts gathered at the Harn Museum of Art Saturday afternoon to create, dance, eat and connect during its free “Silver Linings” Community Day, an exhibition dedicated to showcasing Black artists.
Laughter and music filled the Hippodrome Theatre on opening night as the upbeat summer musical “Pump Boys and Dinettes” launched the 2025-26 season on Wednesday, blending small-town charm with country tunes and heartwarming humor.
Artists from around Florida shared their craft with curious passersby and potential customers as they lined the sidewalks of downtown High Springs with their work.
The Matheson History Museum hosted the opening reception for "Refugee Resettlement in Gainesville" Thursday night, an exhibition that highlights the path to resettlement for six refugees and their families.
Velazquez said most schools have large cohorts that can be as many as 40 people, and she was uninterested in the possibility of falling through the cracks. At UF, she feels like she’s receiving the education best suited to her future.
She decided to use an all-female cast, staging the play as a 1960s sitcom inspired by “I Love Lucy.” She felt the audience would be more comfortable with an all-female interpretation of overtly masculine characters, allowing them to explore the sexism of the time without losing Shakespeare’s wit.
The UF Senior Showcase is an annual event in which acting and musical theater majors graduating that year perform in front of potential casting agents and industry professionals. The event is designed to pair students with representation and launch their post-grad careers.
The 27-year-old made his Broadway debut in “The Outsiders” in April as the understudy for the protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis. The show, which won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Musical, opened on a Saturday, and Wayne made his debut the next Tuesday without ever having run the show in rehearsals.
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