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Raul Herrera, a spoken word artist with the Los Angeles-based organization "Get Lit," recites his poem called "Can I speak about my culture?" The poem called attention to the Hispanic American experience in America at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Marquesha Babers, a spoken word artist with the Los Angeles-based organization "Get Lit," cites her poem called "That Girl." The poem called attention to being black in America at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Moss Rogers, 5, tags his twin brother Giles Rogers, 5, in a youthful game of tag at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Gordon Ip, a spoken word artist with the Los Angeles-based organization "Get Lit," recites his poem called "Invisible Minority." The poem called attention to the Asian American experience at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Chris Kirchman, 22, lifts My Yoga Connection & Alter Ego Fitness AcroYoga instructor Maggie Rucker, 22, at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Gainesville resident Fae Nageon De Lestang from the band "Flatland" plays the violin and sings vocals in a collaboration with New York artist Ahmen and Gainesville resident Aaron Colverson at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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New York artist Ahmen performs his song, "Our Time" at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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A view of the frank2016 Community Street Fair crowd from behind the stage. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Savants of Soul lead male singer Justin McKenzie performs at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Savants of Soul lead female singer Chelsea Oxendine performs at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Gainesville residents sit and enjoy the Savants of Soul opening performance at frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Savants of Soul drummer Alex Klausner performs at the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Cassandra Lister, 49, grooves during the Savants of Soul performance at the frank2015 Community Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Myla Schultz, 70, spontaneously dances with Paul Jenkins, 52 at the frank2015 Community Street Fair that celebrated the reopening of Bo Diddley Plaza on Thursday. Neither Schultz nor Jenkins knew each other before Jenkins asked her to dance, but the pair danced throughout the concert and invited others to join them. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Little Jake & The Soul Searchers perform at the frank2016 Community Street Fair crowd from behind the stage. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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A view of the frank2016 Community Street Fair crowd from behind the stage. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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R&B singer Little Jake Mitchell performs vocals with Little Jake Mitchell & The Soul Searchers for the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Gainesville native Charles Bradley performs as the headliner act for the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Gainesville native Charles Bradley performs as the headliner act for the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
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Gainesville native Charles Bradley performs as the headliner act for the frank2016 Community Street Fair. The free and public concert celebrated the Bo Diddley Plaza reopening on Thursday. (Cresonia Hsieh/WUFT News)
Hundreds of residents gathered in downtown Gainesville Thursday night to celebrate the reopening of the Bo Diddley Plaza. The free concert was held as a part of frank, a conference focused on communications and social change. The plaza closed last March for renovations. The concert featured spoken word poetry by the Los Angeles-based organization "Get Lit," opening musical performances by the Savants of Soul, Little Jake & The Soul Searchers and a musical collaboration between New York-based artist Ahmen and Gainesville artists Fae Nageon De Lestang and Aaron Colverson. The headlining act was Charles Bradley. The evening also included art by 352Creates and a variety of local food trucks and microbrews.