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The Emerging Artist Program was developed in response to a challenge: What would it take to diversify the Downtown Festival and Art Show?
Read More »Inside the effort to diversify north central Florida’s largest arts festival
Interactive art exhibit brings Gainesville immigrant community together
Participants on Saturday cautiously walked through a maze of tightly arranged clay pieces. Afropop music plays as artist Eugene Agyei explained his interactive art. The clay figures are a visual representation of the obstacles immigrants face coming to a new place, he said. Agyei hosted “Complex Journey,” an interactive art …
Read More »Gainesville’s Pride Festival returns after a two-year hiatus
Bo Diddley Plaza filled up with colorful flags and smiling faces on Saturday from noon into the night for the Pride Festival.
Read More »The Point, Oct. 7, 2022: UF names one finalist in presidential search: U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse
The Nebraska senator is likely to resign to become the school's next leader.
Read More »Pride festivals returning to north central Florida
After a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatus, both the Ocala and Gainesville Pride festivals are coming back. Ocala’s Pride celebration will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, in Ocala’s Downtown Historic Square. The event begins at 10 a.m., and it includes drag performances, local bands and artists, food trucks, face painting and other …
Read More »2022 UF Homecoming Parade: How to watch live, the parade route and other details
It's Homecoming Week, and that means the parade is coming back to Gainesville.
Read More »Original Gainesville activists reconvene, continue marijuana decriminalization battle
While statewide marijuana arrests have dropped, thousands are still arrested. In 2018, about 38,000 people were arrested under marijuana possession charges. By 2020, that number dropped to about 18,000.
Read More »The Point, June 20, 2022: A Florida Education Association Is Pushing Back On The State’s New “Anti-Woke” Law
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Florida higher education union decries new ‘anti-WOKE’ law. “In the wake of an anti-WOKE legislative session distinguished by controversial education bills, one Florida union representing university faculty members is pushing …
Read More »Demonstrators make plea for stricter gun laws in Gainesville March for Our Lives protest
March for Our Lives arose from the anguish of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. It is a youth-led movement with hundreds of chapters nationwide advocating for stricter gun laws and the elimination of gun violence. The advocacy group gained considerable momentum four years ago, delivering a colossal message begging for change.
Read More »Gainesville residents and city officials gather to strategize how to tackle affordable housing issues in the city
City officials and residents met Wednesday in Bo Diddley Plaza to discuss a plan for solving the city's affordable housing problem.
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