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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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.xxx ordinance passes
By Kat Bein | July 7, 2010It's about to become even easier to find porn online.
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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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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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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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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.
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Dave’s ideal Fourth of July extravaganza
By DAVE JOHNSON | June 30, 2010The Fourth of July. It’s possibly the greatest holiday that has ever existed. Some guys signed a piece of paper that brought the United States of America into existence, and more than two centuries later we commemorate that day in the most American way: grilling, getting belligerently drunk and watching things explode. I love July Fourth because I’m a big fan of America. It’s pretty much the best country I’ve ever lived in.
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The Second Amendment: A love story (with guns)
By Alex Orlando | June 30, 2010I know you've been waiting for it: the weekend of booze, fireworks and watermelon in celebration of our country that looms at the end of this first week of Summer B.
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Fanfares and Fireworks show returns to Flavet Field
By Erin Rauch | June 30, 2010Gainesville’s only annual fireworks display is bursting back to life with help from local sponsors.
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Rock band Rooney to make tour stop in Gainesville
By ALISHA KINMAN | June 30, 2010Famed West coast rock band Rooney is coming to Gainesville.
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Fourth of July brings patriotism to drinking, celebrating
By RICHARD STEHLI | June 30, 2010Fireworks, patriotism and guns! It’s the Fourth of July, and the best way to enjoy the
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A helpful guide on how to not piss off your bartenders
By THOMAS PLEVIK | June 30, 2010Gainesville is crammed with bars, and this Fourth of July weekend you will no doubt encounter throngs of sloppy drunks ready to join you in the never-ending war against joyless, American sobriety.
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Dave Johnson had a Crappy Weekend
By DAVE JOHNSON | June 16, 2010This is not the column I planned on writing this week. If everything had gone like it was supposed to, I'd be recapping my adventures at Bonnaroo. I had my ticket paid for me. My car was just about packed. And then I was reminded that this was the weekend my dad and I were supposed to visit my grandmother. Goodbye, Bonnaroo. Hello, Mishawaka, Indiana.
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“Futurama” returns to Comedy Central
By Drew Wilson | June 16, 2010It has been nearly seven years since the final episode aired, but “Futurama” is back and better than ever.
