Bonny Matejowsky is a fourth-year journalism major and editor of The Avenue. When she’s not writing, you can find her delicately crafting a Pinterest board or at a local thrift store.
Patriotic festivities spanned across the week of July 4 in Alachua County, bringing a host of people with differing backgrounds and opinions.
Precious, a brown and white striped community cat who has resided in UF’s College of Public Health and Health Professions since 2008, went missing from the area July 2.
Whether it’s the chart-topping queer pop of Chappell Roan or the catchy songwriting of Sabrina Carpenter, it’s safe to say this summer has proved that pop is in good hands. But a certain lime green album shines above the rest.
On April 28, The Lynx will become Gainesville’s latest independent bookstore. It’s the creation of New York Times bestselling author Lauren Groff and her husband Clay Kallman.
Easter is a holiday known for sweet marshmallow chicks, pastel-woven baskets and, of course, the ever-mysterious Easter Bunny. But the impacts of this floppy-eared icon stretch beyond childhood memories of early morning egg hunts to a much more consequential extent — one that is particularly dangerous for domestic rabbits.
La Pascua es una festividad conocida por los dulces pollitos de malvavisco, las cestas tejidas en tonos pastel y, por supuesto, el siempre misterioso Conejo de Pascua. Pero los impactos de este ícono de orejas caídas van más allá de los recuerdos de la infancia sobre las búsquedas de huevos temprano en la mañana, llegando a un nivel mucho más consecuente — uno que es particularmente peligroso para los conejos domésticos.
Some say art imitates life. For other’s it’s vice versa. But “White,” the Hippodrome’s latest production, looks at it both ways. The 2018 play hits the mainstage at 8 p.m. March 29 and runs until April 14.
Tenders, the famed brown and white tabby who takes shelter at the UF Tolbert Area, returned home safe after being found four miles away at Cabana Bay apartments Thursday. At 1:56 p.m. Thursday, she was retrieved by Emma Van Riper, a 21-year-old UF political science junior; Eden Kershner, a 20-year-old UF materials science and engineering sophomore; and Dr. Tina Tallon, a UF College of the Arts professor.
On a rainy Saturday morning, Girl Scout Troop 2370 stood anxiously under the red awning of Winn-Dixie on Main Street. Though the day was gray and gloomy, 8-year-old Kate Sarnoski couldn’t help but smile a toothy grin while greeting grocery shoppers with a question difficult to resist: “Would you like to buy Girl Scout cookies?” she asks.
The ringing clangs of swashbuckling sword fights resounded loudly in Buchholz High School’s auditorium at a midweek evening rehearsal. In front of a white-columned set piece, two pajama-clad teens duel with careful choreography, jousting silver swords and dodging calculated swings.
A crowd gathers at the Annual Fourth of July Celebration at Legacy Park in Alachua, Fla. on Thursday, July 4, 2024.
A flyer in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions sharing information on Precious, a campus cat that has lived around the building since 2008 and went missing on Tuesday, July 2, 2024.
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