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.
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Lining up to vote The returns come in
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Florida cut funding to cultural affairs by 80 percent this year which impacts about 500 cultural organizations in the state.
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The theater group is enjoying a two-week residency at the Hippodrome. The residency includes an array of different events.
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A rendition of Frankenstein featuring an all-female cast is set to hit the Hippodrome Theatre just in time for Halloween.
Read More »The Hippodrome Theatre is receiving a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. The grant will be used toward the production and creation of the community-centered work "The Hidden Sayings".
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Jeannette Rizzi has written a one-woman show, hosts a podcast, and is working on a documentary she hopes will get picked up by HBO. But the Alachua native's motivation for her life's work is rooted in a tragic loss that sent shockwaves through the small-town community two decades ago.
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Gainesville couple Mark and Barbara Armbrecht travel North Central Florida to teach the blues in schools. Their work is a part of a blues society program aiming to spread blues education to school children.
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The proposed Florida state budget would decrease the arts budget from 26 million dollars to five million. Nonprofit arts organizations, like Gainesville's Hippodrome, face an increasing need for community support.
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Peaceful Paths, the Hippodrome theater and River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding partnered for a Unity Day march and rally on Oct. 5.
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