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Everyone from Dungeon Masters to Pokémon trainers assembled for the first gaming flea market on Saturday at Gamesville Tabletop on Northwest 25th Place.
Read More »Gainesville Store Hosts Flea Market To Bring Gaming Community Together
Micanopy’s 45th Annual Fall Festival Highlights Its Rising Art Scene
The festival brings about 25,000 to 30,000 people to Micanopy over two days.
Read More »Legacy Of Captain James King Will Live On Through An 11-Year-Old Clarinetist
Each year during the Captain James B. King Veterans Day Concert, a clarinet is presented to one Alachua County middle school band student.
Read More »The Pride Before THE FEST
Punk is often held up as a home for those who feel like outcasts, but even within this space, some felt the local punk scene didn’t include everyone.
Read More »Turnout At Peanut Festival Helps Fund New “Williston Wonderland” Holiday Attraction
The Williston's annual Central Florida Peanut Festival's success inspired the chamber's Christmas events committee chairman, Michael Langston, to do something different from years past.
Read More »Gainesville Artist Honors Breast Cancer Survivors With Portrait Collection
Iris Coe-Gross’ collection of 26 cancer survivor portraits is on public display for the third year in a row during October.
Read More »With Traditional One In Transition, County Fair With New Name Operates In Gainesville
This was the scene at the inaugural Greater Alachua County Fair, which will remain open on the county fairgrounds area on Northeast 39th Avenue through Saturday.
Read More »Archived Interview with Tom Petty Birthday Bash Organizer, Jason Hedges
Six months after Glenn Richards’ conversation with Jason Hedges about his band’s debut album, Jason (also frontman of the Petty tribute band, Heavy Petty) would be organizing a concert to celebrate the life and legacy of Gainesville’s Tom Petty, who passed away unexpectedly on October 2nd. Two years later, that original event – held over what would have been Petty’s 67th birthday – has grown into the Tom Petty Birthday Weekend featuring multiple events across the city including two music festivals.
Read More »Hippodrome Theatre Production Of “The Blameless” Focuses On Healing After Gun Violence
"The Blameless" follows a family as they have a shooter’s father over for dinner.
Read More »Walldogs Mural Festival To Honor High Springs History In 2022
The Walldogs, a group of local, national and international artists will paint murals depicting High Springs history on at least 12 buildings in the city during the four- to five-day annual Walldogs festival tentatively scheduled for March 2022.
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