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By taking proper precautions, actors should soon be able to return to the stage of the Hippodrome Theatre.
Read More »The Show Must Go On: Gainesville’s Hippodrome Theatre Prepares For ‘Hybrid Season’
Hippodrome Theatre Production Of “The Blameless” Focuses On Healing After Gun Violence
"The Blameless" follows a family as they have a shooter’s father over for dinner.
Read More »The University of Florida And Downtown Gainesville Celebrate National Coming Out Day
Keynote speaker Schuyler Bailar’s coming out story was the culmination of an entire day of festivities held at UF and in downtown Gainesville.
Read More »Downtown Gainesville Crosswalk To Be Painted With A Rainbow Amid Some Church Members’ Concerns
Gainesville’s Public Works Department this week is painting rainbows within a crosswalk at the intersection of NE First Avenue and NE First Street.
Read More »Hippodrome Interview: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Nick Bublitz says, “The co-production is a yearly event between the School of Theater and Dance and the Hippodrome and it is the base of which we kind of launch both seasons … and it’s a wonderful opportunity to really have students at the School of Theater and Dance work professionally at the Hippodrome.”
Read More »Gainesville Residents Petition for More African-American Films
Two UF professors are leading an effort to persuade the three local first-run movie theaters – all owned by Regal Cinemas, the nation’s second-largest theater chain – to offer more such films.
Read More »Juvenile Offenders Get Chance In The Spotlight With Guidance From Hippodrome, River Phoenix Center
Raiford is Union Juvenile Residential Facility currently holding 24 young men from ages 13 to 18. For the next few months a team of theater and education workers from Gainesville will make weekly visits to the detention center to help rehabilitate these young men.
Read More »Photo Gallery: Decision Day In Alachua County
Lining up to vote The returns come in
Read More »Florida Cuts Budget For Cultural Affairs
Florida cut funding to cultural affairs by 80 percent this year which impacts about 500 cultural organizations in the state.
Read More »Photos: Theater Group Enjoys Two-Week Residency At Hippodrome Theatre
The theater group is enjoying a two-week residency at the Hippodrome. The residency includes an array of different events.
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