Glen Powell levels up again in “How to Make a Killing,” a confident dark comedy that leans into his evolving movie-star persona.
Initially formed in 2010, the free event featured 28 local artists, over double the number it hosted in its first year. About 700 people attended the festival, an increase from last year’s estimated 600.
Located at 3117 SW 34th St. in the same plaza as Enson Market, Rice & Shine began its soft opening phase on Feb. 7, which means an expanded menu will come in early March.
February wraps up with the New Horizons festival, Gainesville Indie Night and more. See what's happening throughout the week, starting Feb. 23.
While the events serve the economic purpose of speeding up otherwise slow business days for the bars that run them, these weekly traditions have also become a place where friends gather to share drinks and laugh at themselves.
The first annual New Horizons festival, dedicated to jazz and adventurous music, will take place Feb. 23 through March 1 at various locations in downtown Gainesville.
“This is one of those Gainesville stories that’s just been hiding in plain sight,” said Mark Enting, the 59-year-old President and CEO of the Myers & Briggs Foundation.
Another local LARP group, Gainesville by Night, hosts games featuring vampires, werewolves and mages in an alternate Gainesville universe.
Brew & Root plans to do more event nights in the future, including a kava bar staple: open mic nights. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily.
Kish, the 42-year-old manager and guitar repairer at Funky Music, has always dreamed of working at a mom-and-pop music store, much like the one where he worked to raise money for guitar lessons when he was young. He shared that dream with Funky Music’s owner, Mike Hetrick, a longtime member of the local music scene.
For more than five decades, the Barbergators Chorus has been bringing a cappella music to Gainesville. Founded in 1973, the group is one of over 700 chapters of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
A free downtown festival returns, a local punk band plays its last show and The Wooly celebrates a pop star's birthday — just a few of the many upcoming music happenings in Gainesville. Check out what concerts are going on this week.
Alex Awuku, a 40-year-old UF fine arts graduate student, captured the mythical spider's essence in his immersive ceramic art exhibit, which debuted Friday evening at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center in the Springhill neighborhood near downtown Gainesville.
People often think the pair are together romantically. However, a worrisome age gap between the furry friends makes a romance complicated: Albert appeared first in 1957, and Alberta didn’t hatch until 1986.
Originally staged off-Broadway in 1998 and adapted into the 2001 film, “Hedwig” follows a genderqueer East German singer navigating identity and artistic ownership while pursuing a former partner who achieved fame using her music.
Whether you dream of a wedding like the one in “Crazy Rich Asians” or pine over Matthew McConaughey in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” this is the collection for you. It’s time to throw that Galentine’s party or host the candlelit dinner and movie night.
That time period, affectionately dubbed “brat summer,” saw the star reach new levels of mainstream fame, far surpassing her previous works.
Whether you’re curating a Spotify playlist for your significant other or drowning your single sorrows via music, you can support local artists in doing so. Here are some songs by Gainesville musicians — from Tom Petty to Trustfall — to listen to this Valentine’s Day.
Not every non-Spanish speaking listener felt the language barrier posed an issue.
Gainesville artists, poets and community members came together for a free event Feb. 7 at the Oakview Community Center to celebrate Black History Month with art exhibits and spoken word performances.
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