This year, one of five Spirit of Gainesville Awards went to Mary Hausch, co-founder and producing director of the Hippodrome State Theatre. The Gainesville Sun selected five award winners from more than 100 nominations submitted by members of the community.
Avenue Q won three Tony Awards for best musical, best score, and best book. University of Florida professor of theatre and dance, Charlie Mitchell is co-directing the play in partnership with the Hippodrome,
A fiddle competition, banjo contest, and plenty of quintessential Florida food can be found at the 61st Florida Folk Festival this Memorial Day weekend.
WUFT’s Donna Green-Townsend interviewed Hausch for nearly 35 minutes about topics spanning the theatre’s history, pivotal moments, famous plays and playwrights, and her plans for life beyond the Hippodrome.
The third installment of The Original Gainesville Food Truck Rally will be held at High Dive on May 18.
People of all ages and backgrounds gathered over the weekend near the corner of Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street in Gainesville for the 34th Annual Fifth Avenue Arts Festival.
