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This weekend, Gainesville will host events such as Santa Fe College's Spring Arts Festival, Gainesville Fashion Week and Jest Fest!
Read More »“Viva Europe!” brings European culture to Gainesville
Europe comes to Gainesville with the second annual "Viva Europe!" festival held in Bo Diddley Community Plaza over the weekend.
Read More »“Viva Europe!” gives Gainesville fun way to learn about continent
The UF Center for European Studies, the International Center and Santa Fe College will host its second annual "Viva Europe!" festival this weekend to educate Gainesville residents about Europe and the EU.
Read More »Gainesville mayoral race candidates hold forum at Santa Fe College
WUFT's Twitter coverage of the final forum, hosted at Sante Fe College's downtown campus.
Read More »Third annual Florida Earthskills Gathering starts today
About 30 minutes north of downtown Gainesville, past farm land and dirt roads, under shady trees and the bright sun, Finca Mycol bustled with volunteers Wednesday.
Read More »Gainesville’s art and film festival Cinema Verde right around the corner
The fourth annual environmental art and film festival, Cinema Verde, will welcome all film and art enthusiasts this February at Zuzu Jolie restaurant and banquet hall in downtown Gainesville, Fla.
Read More »Group surveys Alachua County’s homeless
Armed with clipboards and food for participants, volunteers with the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry collected information about this area's homeless people.
Read More »Honoring King’s legacy, two lauded at downtown event
On what would have been Martin Luther King's 84th birthday, people around the nation are celebrating his life, as well as the second inauguration of President Barack Obama. The Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida hosted a variety of events today to mark the occasion at the memorial gardens bearing his name in downtown Gainesville.
Read More »Porters Community Center working to build neighborhood through youth involvement
South of downtown Gainesville's bars and nightclubs, in a leafy neighborhood between University Avenue and Depot Road, the staff at Porters Community Center works to make the area around them better.
Read More »Gainesville farm grows vegetables for local soup kitchen
Gainesville's first urban farm is putting a charitable spin on the farm-to-table concept by donating locally grown vegetables to a Gainesville homeless shelter and soup kitchen.
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