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The nonprofit organization Pride Community Center of North Central Florida hopes online fundraising through the popular website GoFundMe will help it keep its doors open next year.
Read More »Expected Road Closures During Gainesville’s Downtown Festival This Weekend
The annual Downtown Festival & Art Show is this weekend, and like its name suggests, it will be held in downtown Gainesville on Nov. 14 and 15. Due to the expected high levels traffic, Gainesville Regional Transit System released a map of alternatives to the usual downtown routes. Roads will be closed …
Read More »Southwest Fifth Avenue Project Makes Porters Community Proud
Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency's Southwest Fifth Avenue project built new sidewalks in the community of Porters in downtown Gainesville. The CRA received the Out-of-the-Box Award from the Florida Redevelopment Association on Oct. 22 for addressing issues in the Porters neighborhood. These redevelopments have given community members a new sense of pride for their neighborhood.
Read More »Local Volunteers Band Together For The Fest
The Fest, a three-day punk music festival, will be held from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1. It will take on the help of 443 volunteers to execute the festival's 14th year at multiple Gainesville venues.
Read More »The Doris Bardon Cultural Center Reopens, Features Wildlife Art Exhibit
The Doris has settled into its new location on South Main Street after being closed for two years. It opens on Friday and will feature its "Artist Naturalists in Florida: Then and Now," exhibit.
Read More »SNAP Program Increases Purchasing Power At Some Farmers Markets
Gainesville farmers markets offer various benefit programs to encourage shopping, but the benefits don't apply to all local markets.
Read More »The Feminism Behind All-Girl Presentation Of “Frankenstein”
A rendition of Frankenstein featuring an all-female cast is set to hit the Hippodrome Theatre just in time for Halloween.
Read More »More Gainesville Bars Are Banning Smoking
Durty Nelly's Irish Pun got rid of ashtrays Oct. 1. Ten Gainesville businesses still allow indoor smoking.
Read More »13th Annual Fast-A-Thon Benefits Local and National Charities
Islam on Campus hosted its 13th annual Fast-A-Thon at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on Tuesday and rewarded about 700 attendants with a free meal. The event featured guest speaker Ustadh AbdelRahman Murphy and will benefit Project Downtown Gainesville, a local charity, and Islamic Relief USA with a goal of benefiting Nepal earthquake survivors.
Read More »Some Want Bo Diddley Plaza Facelift To Include “No Smoking” Sign
Bo Diddley Plaza in downtown Gainesville is being renovated, but the one thing that won't be included is a "no-smoking" sign. Some residents are irked by that. Diddley was also against smoking. One resident asked city commissioners to ban smoking in the plaza. But a city manager said state law forbids it from banning smoking in city parks.
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