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“Gainesville is a hotbed for chess,” said Kevin Pryor, the tournament’s coach and the vice president of the United States Chess Federation. Pryor estimates there to be around 200 players in the city.
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They were strangers before, but as player Mia Leonord said, they became friends “very, very quickly.” During one recent weekly meetup, they shared KitKats and Pringles while fighting their way out of a dangerous catacomb.
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More than 70 people filled the seats and floor space of Loosey’s Downtown on Sunday to watch four grant-winning musicians and bands from Gainesville perform live. The grant was created by MusicGNV as a way to provide up-and-coming Gainesville musicians with studio time and name recognition in the community.
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The Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts hosted the 2024 Florida Invitational Step Show on Saturday.
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The Reenactment of the Battle of Olustee returned to Baker County on Friday, Feb. 16 for a weekend dedicated to preserving the history of the largest battle in Florida during the Civil War.
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More and more walls around Gainesville are being filled with the colors, smiley faces, and cheerful art of the Venezuelan artist Arianna Leon Uberti.
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The Gainesville Circus Center hosted an event Saturday featuring the a flying trapeze team.
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Alachua County offered the class on Saturday at the nature center in Micanopy.
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On Wednesday night, students were surprised to see supermodel and reality TV star Kendall Jenner bartending at the Social at Midtown and The Swamp Restaurant.
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WUFT Morning Edition host, Glenn Richards, recently spoke with Southern Roots-rock vocalist and percussionist, Melody Trucks. Trucks is appearing at Heartwood Soundstage on Friday, February 2nd at 8:00 p.m.
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The origins of the park go back to 2014, when the city completed a needs assessment and evaluation which determined the need for a skate park. The City Council approved $200,000 four months later to commission a design. In 2018, the council committed $410,000 to build the current street course, with the second phase of the project set aside for the future.
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“Hoggetowne Goes Downtown” is the theme of the 37th annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire.