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
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.
Read More »The Feminism Behind All-Girl Presentation Of “Frankenstein”
A rendition of Frankenstein featuring an all-female cast is set to hit the Hippodrome Theatre just in time for Halloween.
Read More »Hippodrome Theatre Receiving Grant
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".
Read More »RISING ABOVE: Motivated By Painful Past, Alachua Native Champions Suicide Prevention
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.
Read More »Couple Travels North Central Florida Teaching Blues In Schools
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.
Read More »State Funding Cuts Impact Hippodrome Theatre
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.
Read More »Pictures: March and Rally for Peace
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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