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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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THE AVENUE  |  FASHION

E-retailer visits UF campus: Students flock to pink truck for fashion and freebies

On Saturday morning, hundreds lined up outside the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, with some arriving as early as 9 a.m. to make the two-hour long wait. Although there was a football game later in the day, the students were not there for sports. Instead, they were crowded around a pastel pink truck, eager to win free merchandise from popular e-retail brand Edikted.


Kaelin Ellis performs at BIG: Culture & Arts Festival on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Big: Culture and Arts Festival transforms downtown Gainesville into artistic epicenter

Gainesville residents and music enthusiasts gathered outdoors at a renovated lot between Porter’s Community and South Main Street Saturday to celebrate “Big: Culture and Arts Festival.” Produced by How Bazar and Dion Dia Records, the festival featured local businesses and more than 50 solo artists and musical collectives playing between two individual stages. 


Florida Museum of Natural History, at 3215 Hull Road, debuts its first bilingual aquatic exhibit, Water Shapes Florida, on March 23, 2024.
THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Florida Museum of Natural History’s opens first freshwater exhibit 

Saturday morning, the Florida Museum of Natural History opened its new permanent exhibit, Water Shapes Florida. The exhibit is centered on Florida freshwater and its shape on human life over time. The exhibit, with interactive projector screens and physical replicas of underwater wildlife, aims to illustrate the evolution of the state's aquifers, rivers and most famous springs just north of the museum’s location in Gainesville.



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