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Local play holds auditions
By Vonecia Carswell | Nov. 28, 2012Reading a monologue can save lives.
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Vendors craft for holiday gift show
By Valerie Crum | Nov. 27, 2012Missed a few Christmas gifts on Black Friday? You still have a chance to get the perfect gift.
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24-Hour Comics Day draws local artists
By Kathryn Varn | Oct. 24, 2012Just after 10 p.m. Saturday, Eric Taylor was penciling his tenth page, working his way through a Rockstar energy drink.
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Florida Player’s ‘Jeffrey’ shines light on ‘90s AIDS epidemic
By Chabeli Herrera | Oct. 10, 2012For a gay man who has had more than 5,000 partners, this is quite an undertaking. Amid the AIDS crisis of the early ‘90s, Jeffrey is consumed by a perpetual fear of the disease.
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Hippodrome play ‘Carrie’ finds comedy in Stephen King novel
By Chabeli Herrera | Oct. 3, 2012“Carrie,” a comedy by Erik Jackson based on the novel by Stephen King, promises a bloody good time to audiences looking for a twist on the classic story.
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F.L.A. gallery hosts first show
By Mike Llerena | Sep. 26, 2012At the opening of F.L.A. Gallery, at 10 N. Main St., descending shelves adorned with oranges covered the walls on one side of the room, while aquatic patterns embellished the stark white wall in a sea of blue, purple, green and black on the other.
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Artist displays paintings in Gainesville after 4 years
By Carolina Garcia | Sep. 19, 2012After a four-year break from shows in Gainesville, Peter Pettegrew’s artwork will return to Thornebrook Gallery, at 2441-6D NW 16th Ave., where the Winter Park artist will exhibit “Glazes of Color.”
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Hippodrome play is a must-see
By Beth Benge | Sep. 12, 2012Gainesville’s Hippodrome Theatre has produced cutting-edge plays throughout its 40 years. It’s latest production, “Other Desert Cities,” is no exception.
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The Hippodrome celebrates 40 years
By Rachel Godfrey | July 18, 2012The Hippodrome State Theatre will celebrate its 40th birthday this season. Founded in 1972 by six artists including Hausch, the Hippodrome has become a fixture of downtown Gainesville at 25 SE Second Place.
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Wild Onion Press advocates for acceptance of physical differences through book publishing
By Kathryn Varn | July 4, 2012The Gainesville-based company publishes books starring children with physical differences.
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Grow Radio hosts storytelling event to broadcast on radio
By Jessica Kegu | July 4, 2012The Conch is a monthly storytelling event hosted at Lightnin’ Salvage in Satchel’s Pizza. Its name is derived from the symbolic conch shell used in “Lord of the Flies” to indicate who has the right to speak. The second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m., the first of which begins July 10, Gainesville residents are invited to come share a true story based on the theme of that month or to simply sit and listen.
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Two Gainesville residents host Free Community Meditation Group
By Natalie Teer | June 20, 2012For Keri Johnson, a 27-year-old UF student studying religion and nature, and 36-year-old tattoo artist “Sleepy Dave” Kotinsley, a discussion that started about a thesis paper grew into a community meditation group.
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UF Alum won ‘Best Play’ at the Tony’s
By Natalie Teer | June 13, 2012John Pinckard, alumnus of the UF School of Theatre and Dance, helped produce “Clybourne Park.” The play won a Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for drama and took home “Best Play” at the Tony Awards Sunday night.
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The Church of Holy Colors travel the US to display art
By Michelle Klug | May 30, 2012Not many artists can say they have had Jack White as a critic.
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The Hippodrome welcomes its annual summer musical
By Natalie Teer | May 23, 2012The summer is an interesting time in Gainesville. About 40,000 students are gone, and the town seems to slow down. The Hippodrome Theatre takes advantage of this relaxing time to entertain the city with its annual summer musical.
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Local studio teaches students the art of graphic novels
By Kathryn Varn | May 23, 2012Gainesville is the perfect place to become an artist, with its cultural influence and connection to nature. This is exactly why Tom Hart, 42, of New York City, decided to move to Gainesville to open the Sequential Artists Workshop, a school, studio and library that serves to foster the creation and appreciation of comics.
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From Trash to Art: Two Locals Start Art Haven for Recyclables
By Michelle Klug. Avenue Writer | May 16, 2012Two months ago, Sarah Goff and Mike Myers sat outside a colossal empty warehouse in a mountain of old clothes, vinyl records, picture frames and empty vases. They waited. They sold trinkets at yard sales every Saturday. They waited some more.
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‘Once’ more, with feeling: A musical’s journey from film to Broadway
By Alyssa Holcomb | Apr. 18, 2012The Great White Way has a knack for turning films of the past into contemporary musical showstoppers.
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GLAM Indie Craft Show features 50 local artists, quirky pieces
By Mae Basiratmand | Nov. 30, 2011If you didn't feel like being a part of the Black Friday rush, and being trampled after eating two pounds of turkey doesn't sound appealing, we have your fix.
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Local artist to host philosophy-based exhibition, puts beliefs to the test
By Diana Lopez | Nov. 2, 2011Robert Ritter wants people to go to his art show and walk away with one thing: awareness.
