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Ariana Grande fans at UF have ‘no tears left to cry’ after tour ticket fiasco
By Aaliyah Evertz | Sep. 11, 2025The boy may be mine, but the tickets aren’t for many Ariana Grande fans this week.
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The day. The band. The venue. The making of a concert.
By Christopher Rodriguez | Sep. 8, 2025The stage is set, the guitars are amped and an eager crowd is ready to hear its favorite local band. With affordable tickets and a short drive from campus, the live performance is by students, for students.
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‘Caught Stealing’ throws curveball after curveball
By Isabel Kraby | Sep. 5, 2025Darren Aronofsky’s latest film will have viewer’s hearts racing, and not just during Austin Butler’s shirtless scenes.
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5 Gainesville cafés every caffeine lover should visit
By Aaliyah Evertz | Sep. 4, 2025Hitting Starbucks in the libraries on campus is convenient, but sometimes a change of scenery helps. Here are five other coffee spots to try.
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September reading fest launches at downtown Gainesville bookstore
By Christopher Rodriguez | Sep. 3, 2025While 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.
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Parrotheads flock together to celebrate Jimmy Buffett’s legacy
By Christopher Rodriguez | Sep. 1, 2025With more Hawaiian shirts and margaritas than a tropical resort, and fresh cheeseburgers grilled in paradise, the first annual Jimmy Buffett Fest welcomed local Gainesville bands and artists to Heartwood Soundstage Aug. 31.
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Sabrina Carpenter makes mischief. Some call it messy, others genius.
By Aaliyah Evertz | Aug. 29, 2025In “Man’s Best Friend,” Carpenter delivers 12 new tracks that lean into the confident, provocative energy that’s become a focal point of her brand. The songs are often brash and cheeky, but they’re also threaded with moments of vulnerability that remind listeners she’s still writing from lived experiences.
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‘Bapple’ is back in Gainesville, baby
By Isabel Kraby | Aug. 29, 2025“We would probably get nothing shy of 20 phone calls a day for two months after asking for Busch Light Apple,” said Ryan Barnett, co-owner of Gator Beverage.
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Meet some of the student vendors at this month’s Gator Market
By Isabel Kraby | Aug. 28, 2025Albort the Gator (yes, you read that right) can be found on stickers on laptops and air fresheners in dorms across campus. The cross-eyed, goofy gator was co-created by 19-year-old UF sophomore roommates Allyson Trump and Kahlia Hsieh in February, when they were up at 4 a.m. thinking about how UF “needs cute merch.”
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Taylor Swift is engaged. Gainesville ‘Swifties’ have thoughts.
By Aaliyah Evertz | Aug. 27, 2025News of the pop star's engagement quickly made its way to Gainesville, sparking excitement among her fans on UF’s campus — including those in the Taylor Swift Society club.
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Monet and other French artists on display at Gainesville’s Harn Museum
By Isabel Kraby | Aug. 24, 2025From 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.
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Soundtrack your Fall semester with Back to School Fest
By Christopher Rodriguez | Aug. 23, 2025With the Fall semester in full swing, Swamp Records and Indie Live will host Back to School Fest Aug. 23 at Heartwood Soundstage. The open air concert will feature a mix of local Gainesville acts and out-of-towners.
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‘Freakier Friday’ review: The freakiest part is Disney getting a sequel right
By Aaliyah Evertz | Aug. 23, 2025The main question I asked myself going into this one, after a couple disappointing sequels to Disney classics (“Disenchanted,” “Hocus Pocus 2”), was: Does this one actually work? Short answer: yes. Here’s why.
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‘Sip happens’: TikTok star Alix Earle hits Gainesville to market canned margarita brand
By Isabel Kraby | Aug. 21, 2025There’s only one 5’6, beaming blonde who could make sorority girls sneak out during “dry week” and encourage incoming freshmen to ditch new student convocation: TikTok star Alix Earle.
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Need dorm or apartment furniture? These sustainable stores have you covered.
By Isabel Kraby | Aug. 20, 2025This year, total college spending is expected to reach $88.8 billion, with about 14% of that amount going toward apartment and dorm furnishings. Of all furniture nationwide, 12 million tons end up in landfills every year.
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Maintaining the spark: Avoiding college life burnout for future prosperity
By Autumn Johnstone | Aug. 14, 2025Whether it’s students who spend hours applying to medical school each week or UF faculty members teaching more than six classes a semester, Gators often balance multiple lives at once. To balance schoolwork, occupational duties and social lives, blocking out time can set students up for success.
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The best spots to watch Gators sports
By Jeffrey Serber | Aug. 14, 2025If you can’t get tickets to a game or the Gators are on the road, don’t worry: Gainesville has plenty of options for where to watch Florida sports.
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Meltwich Food Co. to open in Gainesville
By Victoria Riccobono | Aug. 7, 2025Say cheese! Meltwich Food Co., a Canadian restaurant specializing in grilled cheese sandwiches, burgers and fries, is opening its fourth U.S. and first Florida location in Gainesville.
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What Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad says about a divided America
By Isis Snow | Aug. 7, 2025Genes are universal, and so is controversy. The “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” American Eagle ad campaign, which played on the homophones “genes” and “jeans,” sparked conversations about Western beauty standards, the media’s oversexualization of women and the influence of “woke” politics on American culture.
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Folk artist uses ‘revolutionary’ storytelling to address political divide
By Autumn Johnstone | Aug. 7, 2025Sixty-eight-year-old Peeples is often accused of writing protest songs, but the feedback doesn’t discourage him. He doesn’t hesitate to tell people exactly what he’s passionate about, he said,
