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 »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 »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.
Read More »Holiday Theater Productions Abound In Alachua County
Many local actors in North Florida are preparing for their holiday productions. That includes Rusty Salling, who has been playing Ebenezer Scrooge for more than 20 years. He will do so again starting Saturday at the Hippodrome Theater in downtown Gainesville.
Read More »No, Gainesville’s Downtown Art Festival Isn’t Really In October
A street banner hanging between the Pi Kappa Alpha House and Ben Hill Griffin Stadium proclaims the festival for Oct. 16 and 17, a month behind the actual date: this Saturday and Sunday.
Read More »Downtown Festival Expected to Draw Diverse Artwork Because of Nationwide Acclaim
This weekend's 32nd annual Downtown Festival and Art Show in Gainesville climbed into the number-10 spot on Sunshine Artist magazine's "200 Best" list of fine arts festivals, moving up three spaces from last year.
Read More »Filmmaker Adam Bowers Shoots Movie At Well Known Gainesville Locales
“We’ll premiere it a festival hopefully in early 2014,” Bowers said of the new movie. “Yeah, we’ll definitely have a screening in Gainesville.”
Read More »Werewolves, Zombies And More: Zombie Town At The Hippodrome
This Halloween season, the Gainesville Hippodrome State Theatre is bringing Zombie Town: A Documentary Play to the stage. WUFT News sat down with actor Logan Wolfe to talk about the upcoming show.
Read More »‘Blackfish’ Documentary Tries To Show SeaWorld’s Dark Underbelly
SeaWorld is the subject of criticism due to the release of a documentary called "Blackfish," which questions SeaWorld’s treatment of the captive orcas and its actions after a trainer's death in 2010. It opens at the Hippodrome later this month.
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