The closer the holiday season comes to fruition, the more stressful it can be to find the perfect gift, especially for loved ones or a person who appears to have everything they could want.
Grant released her most recent album, “Church,” in October and performed at the United Church of Gainesville 一 1624 NW Fifth Ave. 一 as a part of her No More Drama tour Tuesday night. Grant described her new album as truly her own.
Ready to dive into the festivities? Here are five must-do activities to sprinkle some holiday cheer into your life.
Clutching pink-and-green-themed drink cups, moviegoers flocked to Gainesville theaters as early as Wednesday and Thursday to catch advance screenings of “Wicked” before its official Friday premiere.
The UF triathlon team took home first, second and third place in the men’s division and first, second and fourth in the women’s division of the Miami Man Meet.
Cooking at home can provide an inexpensive and creative experience. Here are five quick tips for the less-than-Michelin chef.
Carson Springs is a nonprofit organization working to combat the increasing risk of extinction by keeping wild species in environments similar to their native habitats.
Look no further than these five events throughout the rest of November.
What do you get when you mix sneakers, serotonin and socializing? For Gainesville’s Generation Z crowd, the answer is Peak Pulse Run Club.
The Election Day event offered an all-day happy hour, board games and a “mood mending meditation” session led by a Lynx employee and yoga instructor. The event was intended to give those dealing with political stress a safe space to cope before election results were announced.
As an area with a largely democratic majority, Alachua County faced an influx of Instagram stories from students expressing their election disappointment or celebration, and not all of them were ready for peaceful discourse.
Organizations across the county rallied young voters in the college town with incentives and online promotions. On Tuesday, Farah & Farah Personal Injury Lawyers offered free coffee to voters at over 30 coffee shops across Florida and Georgia, including four Gainesville locations.
From Oct. 16 to Oct. 27, the UF School of Theatre and Dance put on a nine-show run of the musical, which follows traveling conman Harold Hill, played by Ethan Garrepy, who goes from town to town persuading citizens of his “plan” to form a boys marching band. After collecting payments for instruments and uniforms, he skips town, starting his pursuit of his next victims. But this time, it’s a little different.
During the organization's Party to the Polls event on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., a party bus transported UF students from La Casita, UF’s Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, to the Reitz Union, an early voting location for Alachua County.
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The Alzheimer’s Association hosted its annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday morning, with 756 participants walking together to show their support. The Gainesville event aimed to raise money to fund research and provide resources to those affected by the disease.
Swamp Records collaborated with #UNLITTER to host four bands its R.I.P Rockfest show Wednesday night. This is the second year the nonprofits have worked together on the show, aiming to raise money for their organizations.
To get in the fall spirit, here is a list of the five best pumpkin farms in the Gainesville area.
The Gainesville Orchid Society hosted its annual orchid show and fall plant sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. The show included food vendors, gardening supplies, plants and orchids and lawn decorations.
The Chabad UF Jewish Student and Community Center is one of 500 campuses that make up the Chabad on Campus International network, and it aims to help students immerse themselves in Jewish culture.
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