Gainesville got a taste of the Old World as the second annual Viva Europe! festival brought performers, residents and students together in a daylong celebration of European cultures Saturday.
Marcus Henry changed his life more than a year ago.
After a year of heated debate, the U.S. Senate failed to pass both Democratic and Republican proposals to avoid automatic, across-the-board spending cuts Thursday afternoon. As a result, the $85 billion cuts, known as the sequester, took effect at midnight.
A year after Trayvon Martin’s death, about 45 people gathered at Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Tuesday evening, commemorating a life lost and demanding justice.
After a 24-hour designing and programming competition, TXT TAG will have a new mobile application and an improved website that allows users to send messages by only knowing a license plate tag.
Players representing UF Student Affairs raised $5,000 for a local elementary school renovation project after winning a charity kickball tournament in southwest Gainesville on Saturday.
UF Amnesty International and UF Students for Justice in Palestine created “The 70 Balloon Project” on the Plaza of the Americas on Thursday afternoon. The 70 balloons represent the 70,000 Syrians killed since the start of the Syrian Revolution.
Luke Kemper, 30, enjoys a cold beer while he explains the brewing process Friday afternoon at Swamp Head Brewery, 3140 SW 42nd Way.
Luke Kemper, 30, enjoys a cold beer while he explains the brewing process Friday afternoon at Swamp Head Brewery, 3140 SW 42nd Way.
Members of UF’s Theatre Strike Force perform during the last night of the 8th Annual Gainesville Improv Festival at Squitieri Studio Theatre on Saturday.
Janet Blakney, a 59-year-old Regional Transit System bus driver, pays $3.95 a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline at the Citgo at the corner of North Main Street and Northeast Eighth Avenue.
Local artist Marco Razo, 50, puts some finishing touches on his latest painting at Sweetwater Print Co-Op, 117 S. Main St., Saturday afternoon. His new exhibition, Meditaciones de un Quijote (Meditations of a Quixote), is opening Feb. 19 at the Hippodrome Gallery, 25 SE Second Place.
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