Arjuna Myles spends weeks every summer at band camp. But he's no high school student or band director. He’s a drill designer; he directs hundreds of high school students scampering in intricate patterns across football and practice fields around North Central Florida, like ants under a microscope.
Read More »Where In The World Is John Belushi? The Disappearance Of A Melrose Landmark
For nearly five years, two statues have greeted visitors outside of an old art gallery along State Road 26 in Melrose. The sculptures depicting the likenesses of John Belushi and Dan Akyroyd’s characters Jake and Elwood from the 1980 film The Blues Brothers have become a local landmark, but now the one of the sculptures is missing.
Read More »Juvenile Offenders Get Chance In The Spotlight With Guidance From Hippodrome, River Phoenix Center
Raiford is Union Juvenile Residential Facility currently holding 24 young men from ages 13 to 18. For the next few months a team of theater and education workers from Gainesville will make weekly visits to the detention center to help rehabilitate these young men.
Read More »Lawyers: Rapper 21 Savage Released From Immigration Custody
In a statement, lawyers Charles Kuck, Dina LaPolt and Alex Spiro said the rapper, whose given name is She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was released Tuesday.
Read More »Volume Down: City Commission Votes Against Unlimited Noise Permits After Quality Of Life Complaints
A proposed ordinance came before the Gainesville City Commission on Thursday that would eliminate the limit on permits for entertainment for small businesses that might be causing loud noise until two in the morning.
Read More »Alachua County’s Days For Girls Chapter Offers Sewing Classes While Helping A Worldwide Need
The Alachua County chapter of Days for Girls is offering 30 people a chance to take a free sewing class and learn what goes into making the reusable pads.
Read More »Photo Gallery: Gainesville Honors Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gainesville residents take to the streets to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and speak out for equality on Monday.
Read More »Local Chorus ‘Voices Rising,’ Fresh Off A National Competition Win, Plans Holiday Concerts
Voices Rising will have a free holiday concert, at First United Methodist Church on Northeast First Street in Gainesville, 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday.
Read More »Families Of Crime Victims Will Receive Teddy Bears To Aid Grieving Process
A Jacksonville-area woman is helping families cope with loss by making teddy bears made out of clothing of loved ones killed due to violent crime.
Read More »Guitar Art with Dana Hill and Henry Lowenstein
The 'Guitar Art' exhibition runs now through February 8, 2019 at the University Gallery (400 SW 13th Street, Fine Arts Building B).
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