Just two days after receiving the proclamation declaring April as National Poetry Month in Alachua County, E. Stanley Richardson’s work laid before him. Years of hard work had seen him graced with the title of Alachua County Poet Laureate by the county commission. But on a recent night at this …
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Since 2009, award-winning author Deborah Willis’ prestigious work has traveled the country. But for nearly five months, her master creation, “Posing Beauty in African American Culture,” will call the Harn Museum of Art its temporary home. “Beauty to me is power,” Willis said during a recent visit to the Harn, …
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The wage gap does not simply affect office jobs. Historically, the art world has been recognized for more of its Picassos and Van Goghs than its Kahlos. Even now, female artists struggle to gain a foothold, with many leading art museums across the country failing to present collections representative of …
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Kuiyi Shen, who has a doctorate in art history, adored art since his childhood in China. Fitted in a Neptune-blue shirt and charcoal blazer, he stepped into the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida prepared to teach. Not about brushstrokes, but about creativity. “Art paints a bridge …
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Alex Febles has been intrigued by the art of storytelling, so much so that he began his college career at the University of Florida as a journalism major, hoping to tell the stories of others. Soon after, he discovered a desire to relay his personal stories to the world through …
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Sipping on cocktails and munching on appetizers, 50 people gathered at the Greater Gainesville Young Professionals’ monthly mixer at a restaurant in Celebration Pointe recently. Different owners and employees of local businesses who chatted with one another at MidiCi Neapolitan Pizza about personal and professional topics. At the gathering was …
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Sam Goforth knows he’ll never discover everything about his ancestors, but finding out what he can is a trip worth taking.
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“From Colored to Black” is a Gainesville play that reflects on past and current race disparities within the north central Florida African American community.
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The National Policy Institute has taken matters into its own hands after several local businesses attempted to reduce attendance to Richard Spencer’s speech Thursday.
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