Today’s episode features the LifeSouth Community Foundation Race Weekend featuring the 16th annual kid’s marathon, 5K race and Half Marathon in downtown Gainesville from Feb. 19 to 20. The event is designed to highlight the need for blood donations which benefit North Central Florida residents. The race returns for 2022 …
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Today’s episode features the Gainesville Community Playhouse production of “Return to Sunset Village – An Adult Comedy” from Jan. 28 to Feb.13. The original play, written by Michael Presley Bobbitt, focused on a naïve widow discovering the sexually charged shenanigans in a swinging Florida retirement community. The play beat the …
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Today’s episode features Habitat for Humanity of Marion County and their upcoming fundraiser on Jan. 21 at the Circle Square Cultural Center at On Top of the World in Ocala off State Road 200. The event will feature a well-known Elvis tribute artist, Cote Deonath, in performance along with a …
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Today we are featuring the non-profit organization Kings of the Springs. Two close friends – Brent Fannin and David Cobiella – founded the organization after exploring the springs and sharing their adventures with the world through short videos. As they continued to explore, they found that the springs were in …
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Today’s episode features the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention Spark Wonder event on December 31 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in downtown Gainesville. The Museum will have a bevy of unique activities, food, drinks, fireworks at 6:30 p.m. and glow-in-the-dark dancing for revelers of all ages. The Cade will …
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Today’s episode features Storytime on the Green: Holiday Edition sponsored by the Alachua County Library District. During the week of December 14, join library staff for outdoor holiday stories and songs at library branches and other locations throughout Alachua County. Library staff will share holiday tales and lead activities perfect …
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Today’s episode features the 75th anniversary of the movie, “The Yearling,” based on the novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and starring Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman and Claude Jarman, Jr. The Friends of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Farm are hosting a special screening of the iconic movie at the Marion Theater …
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Today’s episode features the return of the first full capacity audience in the Gainesville Community Playhouse Vam York Theater since March 2020. In this production of Oliver, the streets of Victorian England come to life and focus on a malnourished orphan in a workhouse who becomes the neglected apprentice of …
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Today’s episode features the return of Joey’s Wings, a 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, November 21 at 8:30 a.m. at Westside Park in Gainesville. At the benefit event, runners and walkers of all ages can enjoy a 3.1-mile course, music and food from local restaurants. Joey’s Wings was established in 2014 …
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Today’s episode features the nationally recognized Downtown Gainesville Festival and Art Show on November 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 2021 event will transform downtown Gainesville into a masterful blend of art, music, and entertainment. Presented by the City of Gainesville Department of Parks, Recreation and …
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