The Pets and Patriots Foundation hosted the Pup Ruck 5K Run/Walk charity event at Depot Park in Gainesville on Sunday. The foundation provides service dogs to veterans with PTSD in North Central Florida.
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The program discussing the building of literal and figurative border walls around the world included a film festival, student projects and a speech given by a guest speaker, former vice president of the European Commission Günter Verheugen.
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Tucked neatly into a road just off of Highway 441 in Micanopy is a patch of land that thrives in the fall. During October and November there is music, farm animals, and festival food.
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The 2017 Micanopy Fall Festival, held this past weekend, hosted more than 200 vendors this year. Fairgoers browsed through a selection of items including hand-made jewelry, organic soaps, hot sauce, knives, wind chimes and boiled peanuts.
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The Currys return for the 2nd Annual UF Global Health Education Mission Trips Fundraiser at Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville on Friday, October 27, 2017. Director of the UF Global Health Education Program for the UF College of Medicine, Dr. Elizabeth DeVos, says, "Every year, over a hundred faculty and students from UF participate in spring break medical mission trips providing services to under-served communities and also allowing our students to work with medical students abroad and non-profit organizations abroad to understand better cultural competencies that help to make them better doctors and pharmacists in our communities here." The main event is from 8:00 to 10:00 PM, preceded by a special V.I.P. acoustic performance by The Currys with a Meet & Greet/Q&A Session from 7:00 to 8:00 PM.
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Members of the LGBTQ community dressed in rainbow flags, brought their friends and family, and made new friends Saturday at Bo Diddley Plaza in downtown Gainesville.
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Organizations like the Gainesville Youth Choir are a snippet of Gainesville’s thriving arts and cultural scene. Being a nonprofit, the organization relies on fundraising, grants and funding to continue their expenditures. However, the past year saw a dramatic decrease in state funding.
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While some of Gainesville small businesses and artists struggle amid growing competition and the influence of online stores, other embraced new technologies in an attempt to increase sales.
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In spring 2006 The Gainesville Community Playhouse, founded in 1927, managed to raise $2 million after a multi-year campaign and build its current building, the Vam York Theater. “Theater should be a mirror to society,” said its membership and choreography coordinator Susan Christophy. “Theater is supposed to be showing us who we are, so we can create an open dialogue.”
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Homecoming events have taken place all week on the University of Florida's campus, including the annual homecoming parade.
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