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The Top hosts beer-pairing dinner
By Katherine Dagand | Sep. 9, 2015Local businesses The Top and Alligator Brewing Co. are teaming up for a special dining experience.
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UF offers range of unusual courses
By Martin Vassolo | Sep. 9, 2015In Susan Bluck’s office in McCarty Hall, a quote hangs on the wall: “An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.”
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‘Maude’s Movie Tuesdays’ offers organic film experience
By Taylor Maloney | Sep. 9, 2015About 20 people huddled outside Maude’s Classic Cafe watching “Casablanca” on a large screen projector at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Cloth napkins were draped over the streetlights to set the mood.
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Comedian David Liebe Hart to perform in Gainesville Tuesday
By Mariana Riquezes | Sep. 9, 2015A musician, puppeteer, painter, street performer and actor will be performing in Gainesville on Tuesday — and it’s all the same person.
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GNV band Less Than Jake to host weekend-long festival
By Joshua Williamson | Sep. 2, 2015Less Than Jake, hometown heroes and veterans of the music scene for more than two decades, are gearing up for their fourth annual Wake N Bake Weekend. The weekendlong festival brings the band back to their hometown and brings fans from across the world to Gainesville.
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Netflix Binge Drinking Game: Archer
By Alfredo Morales | Sep. 2, 2015Most college students would agree Netflix binge-watching is not only a favorite pastime, but necessary for our sanity
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Hippodrome, UF partner for play
By Macey Wilson | Sep. 2, 2015Former Broadway show and recipient of five Tony Awards "Peter and the Starcatcher" is opening in Gainesville this weekend.
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Matheson Museum opens exhibit
By Elena Castello | Sep. 2, 2015Six pictures of women who changed Florida’s history lined the walls of the Matheson History Museum; their stories are interconnected and interwoven into the state’s history, undoubtedly changing it forever. Without them, Florida would have lost the Everglades and suffrage, and civil rights and environmentalism might not have progressed as quickly.
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YouTube sensation Epic Rap Battles come to GNV stage
By Katherine Dagand | Sep. 2, 2015A YouTube act is coming to the Gainesville stage this weekend — and it’s going to be epic.
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Country singer Jerry Jacobs to perform tonight at World of Beer
By Veronica Garcia | Sep. 2, 2015Self-made country artist Jerry Jacobs will be performing in Gainesville tonight and fans can expect a great twist on classic country music.
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Netflix Binge Drinking Game: Wentworth
By Laura Gomez | Aug. 26, 2015During my two weeks of freedom between the Summer and Fall terms I, of course, did what any other college kid in America would do: binge watch Netflix and binge drink.
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Off the Record: New releases you should be looking out for
By Martin Vassolo | Aug. 26, 2015"Break the Law" by Mac Miller
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UF senior founds new local theater, hosts upcoming show
By Elena Castello | Aug. 26, 2015Director of six plays, actor in more than 20, and producer of his own, Sam Richardson is now a founder of his own theater.
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Locals start petition against CMT’s series “Gainesville”
By Elena Castello | Aug. 5, 2015“Gainesville,” a new show on CMT network, is set to air back-to-back episodes Aug. 20 at 10 p.m. While some may be excited that a reality television series will take place within their own city, others don’t think “Gainesville” will accurately represent all aspects of the show’s namesake city.
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New Releases To Check Out On Spotify
By Joshua Williamson | Aug. 5, 2015“Hotline Bling” and “Right Hand” by Drake
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GNV icon to travel to world’s best restaurant in Denmark
By Patricia Rosario | Aug. 5, 2015Gainesville’s dearest icon and Maude’s Cafe performer Tom Miller is asking his family and friends to buy him a reasonably priced dinner in a small town for his 50th birthday.
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“Vacation” receives criticism for its sensitive comedy plot
By Kelsey Bona | Aug. 5, 2015The newest installment of the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” series was released last week, only to be met with overly harsh criticism. Though it’s necessary to swallow any preconceived ideas of high comedy prior to seeing “Vacation,” the film is not bad — idiotic, yes, but certainly not the terrible movie it’s been made out to be.
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Hardcore thrash band No Fraud to perform at the Atlantic
By Joshua Williamson | Aug. 5, 2015Punk veterans No Fraud are coming to Gainesville — a music scene the hardcore thrashers are more than familiar with.
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Cave of Swimmers to perform at the Atlantic on Saturday
By Martin Vassolo | July 29, 2015Imagine a night at the opera. Now get rid of the orchestra, keep the iron lungs, toss in some drums and a howling guitar. Now rinse in distortion and repeat.
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Swamp Dance Fest to hold final shows this weekend
By Patricia Rosario | July 29, 2015The UF School of Theatre and Dance will host the final performances of the 2015 Swamp Dance Fest this weekend.
