The Gainesville Improv Festival has returned this weekend for it’s 11th run of making students and residents laugh.
“The Divine: A Play for Sarah Bernhardt” will be presented by UF’s School of Theatre and Dance from Friday to Sunday and Feb. 3 to Feb. 5 in the Constans Theatre.
Huxley, a London-based DJ who has achieved worldwide recognition for his explorative sound, is set to perform at Gallery Ultralounge on Friday. The event, which is hosted by Over Easy Creative as a part of their weekly “Over Easy & Friends” show, will run from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., with tickets ranging from $10 to $15.
This Friday, the monthly Artwalk Gainesville event will be taking place around the downtown area. There will be 19 venues exhibiting local art at the event, which is free and open to the public.
On a whim in 2013, Pat Lavery decided to host six food trucks at once in the High Dive parking lot. Fifteen minutes later, the lot was full of customers, and Gainesville had its first official food truck rally.
Forty percent of homeless youth in America are members of the LGBTQ+ community, as reported by the True Colors Fund, an organization that seeks to aid the homeless LGBTQ+ community in any way it can. Although this is a national organization, some Gainesville locals feel the need to speak out about this issue and help raise money for those in need. Hardback Cafe, located at 211 W. University Ave., will be hosting a benefit to support this fund and its cause Friday.
Destination Okeechobee, a highly anticipated battle between six bands, will debut Friday at the High Dive, where a group’s chance to play at the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival is in the hands of the audience members.
Swamp Head Brewery is turning nine, and it’s bringing out Hammer pants and jelly sandals to celebrate.
In a church basement, a group of teenagers gather to make puppets that will spread the Christian message — but one of the puppets turns out to be more demonic than divine.
This Saturday, three Gainesville-based acts will be playing a show together at the High Dive. Morning Fatty, Ozone and Analogue Ghost are all local artists who play danceable songs. So if you’re looking for somewhere to groove out Saturday night, look no further.
One of the biggest complaints about today’s hip-hop is the lack of originality or creativity. It’s often stated that all hip-hop artists sound the same. However, there are plenty of artists who are extremely creative, unique and consistent who go unnoticed or get overlooked.
Tonight, the U.K.’s Chris Lorenzo is bringing his iconic house and bass sound to Gainesville.
Genres like techno, bass, funk, synthwave and soulful house seamlessly marry to form a steady, hour-long mix of sound in Over Easy Creative’s first edition of “Hear.See.Feel Radio.” The weekly radio show made its modest debut Jan. 10, revamping a concept that Over Easy Creative, a local group that puts on music and arts events, tried out roughly a year ago.
Some die-hard fans of the “A Series of Unfortunate Events” novels by Daniel Handler seemed to believe the film adaptation in 2004 turned the evil acts of Count Olaf into a sequence of goofy and hilarious events. The Netflix remake starring Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf, however, brings back the darkness and calamity Lemony Snicket originally intended. If you desire to watch the unfortunate lives of the ill-fated Baudelaires unfold, and not look away as the theme song suggests, then grab a drink and prepare to play along.
Horst Christian Simco, better known by his stage name Riff Raff, will be performing at the High Dive tonight, with doors opening at 8 p.m. for the 8:30 p.m. show.
When the long-awaited “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” movie premiered in theatres in November of 2016, Harry Potter fans of all ages were dazzled by beasts of all kinds, from Nifflers to Thunderbirds.
While many could argue that 2016 was not great for a variety of social and political reasons, it’s no argument that it was a year in which movies flourished. This year particularly proved that diversity and equal representation in filmmaking was necessary for telling intricate stories from all walks of life. While there is still a lot of progress to be made, the movies that scored big in 2016 told perspectives from women, people of color and those within the LGBTQ+ community. In a world as big and diverse as ours, it’s important for everyone’s stories to be heard.
This Friday, Portland-based experimental metal duo The Body will be coming to the Atlantic right before they embark on a two-month long American tour. The show at the Atlantic will be the group’s only planned stop in Florida for their current touring cycle.
Before they each made their television debuts on the drama “One Tree Hill,” Tyler Hilton and Kate Voegele were musicians.
The Delta Troubadours, a rock ‘n’ roll band signed to Swamp Records, will be performing in the 2017 Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival, which runs from March 2 to March 5. The band landed this spot through the “Destination Okeechobee” competition, put on by ReverbNation.
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