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ART AND THEATER
Improvisors crack up Weimer auditorium
By Lidia Dinkova | July 21, 2010It was a show with no script, no costumes and no props.
The Avenue
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LIFESTYLE
Bootsington T. Cat: A column of reverence befit for a feline king
By DAVE JOHNSON | July 21, 2010Rarely is a man so great that even the legends written about him fail to truly capture the magnificence of his existence. This is one of those situations. This is an especially unique case, however, because the great man I am writing about is not a man. Readers, put on your monocles and be seated in your favorite fireside chair, for I shall chronicle the life and times of my cat, Boots.
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LIFESTYLE
Games you may have missed: ‘Alan Wake’ for Xbox 360
By Josh Isom | July 21, 2010In a quarter swarming with high-profile sequels like “Red Dead Redemption” and “Super Mario Galaxy 2”, it may have been easy to overlook an original game for something flashy, familiar and safe. To overlook “Alan Wake,” however, is a fool’s mistake that should be rectified immediately.
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LIFESTYLE
Pornographer worked for NASA before adult-film career
July 21, 2010When Mike Strother was a kid growing up in the 60s, he wanted to be so many things. He liked science. He pictured himself as a biologist, a chemist, an astronomer and finally an astronaut.
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FOOD
Ghost Chili Dawg is a test of intestinal fortitude, sanity
By BRITTANY DAVIS | July 21, 2010The hot dog on my plate frightened me. But as I sat at Gator Dawgs on West University Avenue armed with a half gallon of milk, a loaf of bread and a box of Kleenex, I knew it was too late to back out. I was about to eat a Ghost Chili Dawg, topped with sauce from the bhut jolokia, known as the ghost pepper, the hottest in the world.
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NIGHTLIFE
Rum 101: 100 years of history, revelry and cocktails
By RICHARD STEHLI | July 21, 2010Rum. Australians overthrew their government for it. The Royal Navy got a daily ration of it until 1970. George Washington demanded it at his 1789 inauguration. Although it’s been around for 100 years, we still drink it like there’s no tomorrow.
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NIGHTLIFE
DJ Aoki rallies, electrifies Gainesville party scene
July 13, 2010DJ-party madness was in full effect July 5, as Gainesville celebrated the Fourth a day late with electro-droppin’, champagne-poppin’ Steve Aoki.
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FOOD
Saint Somewhere: brewed with pride, bottled with passion
By RICHARD STEHLI | July 13, 2010Bob Sylvester’s workplace feels a little bit more like a garage project than a brewery. Despite its storage-unit looks, Tarpon Springs-based Saint Somewhere Brewery has developed a reputation throughout the 20 states to which it is distributed as a brewer of high-quality, Belgian-style beer.
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LIFESTYLE
Zumba dance phenomenon combines exercise, rhythm
By Marissa Prieto | July 13, 2010Kicking off in Colombia and now making it all the way to Gainesville, Zumba is sweeping the nation off its feet (literally) one dance class at a time.
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LIFESTYLE
Roller Rebels recruiting session promotes camaraderie
By Alex Orlando | July 13, 2010By day, Adrienne Filardo, 22, works as a grant assistant in the UF Department of Neurosurgery. On a typical day of work, she wears a cardigan, skirt and pantyhose – looking “as June Cleaver as possible,” she said. But three nights a week, donning fishnet stockings, short shorts and a thick layer of purple eye shadow, she is Rage-rienne, the roller derby girl, acting as a blocker for her team, the Gainesville Roller Rebels.
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LIFESTYLE
Garden dedication focuses on community improvement
By Erin Rauch | July 13, 2010Alachua County officials turned soil and heads on Saturday at the Alachua County Administration Building.
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LIFESTYLE
‘Unspectacular’ talent show debuts at The Laboratory
By Lidia Dinkova | July 13, 2010On stage at The Laboratory, Tom Miller, clad in a red button-up shirt, hunches over his typewriter, his face hidden behind his sunglasses and a frayed straw hat.
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LIFESTYLE
Dave Johnson’s parents sell house, he gets existential
By DAVE JOHNSON | July 13, 2010I knew this was coming for years. My parents decided to sell the house so they could live closer to the water and their boat (I don’t blame them. Who wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to drink and fish all day with minimal planning and effort?). Once I realized this, every time I came home I acted like it could potentially be the last time I see my house or my hometown of Miami.
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MOVIES AND TV
‘Best Worst Movie’ highlights quirky cult following of film
By Erin Rauch | July 7, 2010No, "Troll 2" has nothing to do with "Troll 1." No, this is not the best movie you will ever see. It is simply the best worst movie.
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LIFESTYLE
Emmy winning actor Joey Pants talks illness, life
By Jon Silman | July 7, 2010What's it like to be Joey Pants?
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SEX
.xxx ordinance passes
By Kat Bein | July 7, 2010It's about to become even easier to find porn online.
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NIGHTLIFE
Pool hall is laid back, affordable
By ALI RIECK | July 7, 2010Gainesville has an array of bars and clubs, but few are as unpretentious and laid-back as the new Palomino Pool Hall downtown.
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FASHION
Breezy tanks define summer style
By Marissa Prieto | July 7, 2010In the Summer heat, men's fashion can sometimes take a backseat to staying cool, but it doesn't have to be that way.
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NIGHTLIFE
Hookah bars highlight Gainesville’s smokier side
By Kat Bein | July 7, 2010UF's campus may be tobacco-free, but Gainesville still has its head in the clouds.
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LIFESTYLE
Road trips test manhood
By DAVE JOHNSON | July 7, 2010If there is one great American rite of passage, it is the road trip. Haphazardly shoving people and belongings into a car and debauching ourselves across state lines is about as American as apple pie baked by underpaid immigrant laborers.
