Gainesville

Alachua County leaders say family homelessness is a growing issue in the community.

Westwood Middle School took first place in the ninth annual Alachua County Civics Challenge this week.

One of Gainesville’s largest food events returned to Celebration Pointe for its 10th year on Thursday. The GCM Spring Food Festival, hosted by Gift Certificates and More, transformed the shopping mall into a bustling hub of food, music and family-friendly entertainment.

The Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center will host its third annual “Black Cowboys & Cowgirls in Florida: Then and Now” event on Friday and Saturday, featuring a two-day celebration on history, culture, and community.

Families and art enthusiasts flocked to the Santa Fe College planetarium and Fine Arts Hall for an annual April weekend of activities on the northwest campus.

An interview with Hillary Flower, the author of a new book about snail kites called “The Kite and The Snail: An endangered bird, its unlikely prey, and a story of hope in a changing world.”

WUFT’s Glenn Richards speaks with blues guitarist and singer Samantha Fish whose Two Tours Collide with Tab Benoit is at Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville on Thursday, April 16.

Bookstores have withstood the test of technology facing off against the likes of Amazon Kindle, audiobooks and other e-formats in the digital market.

A downtown Gainesville space left vacant for nearly two years is seeing new life with the opening of Kushi & Co., a Japanese-inspired restaurant, on Bo Diddley Plaza.

The Gainesville store and event venue HOW BAZAR is hosting its third annual music festival, "Big: Culture and Arts Festival."