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‘These Shining Lives’ Heartfelt, Heartbreaking

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre begins its 36th season with a sorrowful play by Melanie Marnich that dramatizes the perils many women once faced in the workplace. “This isn’t…

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Matheson Exhibit Examines Area’s Healthcare Legacy

A new exhibit at the Matheson History Museum will cure your curiosity for knowledge about the storied history of medical practice in Gainesville and the region. A display…

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Hot, Heavy ‘Stage Kiss’ Begins Hipp’s 44th Season

Prepare yourself for an excess of kissing and laughter as the Hippodrome Theatre and UF School of Theatre + Dance present a romantic comedy by Sarah Ruhl….

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Gainesville Has Treasures Waiting to Be Found

With an influx of thousands of freshmen to UF and Santa Fe College — and new residents arriving in town every day — this is…

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Miller Tries Making Sense of Absurd

A longtime fixture of Gainesville’s entertainment scene, Tom Miller will give an Artwalk performance with Alan Bushnell on Friday night at the Hardback Café. It’s titled…

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Zombieville Bringing Atlantic to Life

If you have an inexplicable appetite for the undead, you might want to make plans to spend Saturday night downtown at the Atlantic Nightspot. Rachel Wayne’s favorite zombie movie is, without…

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Puppet Wizard Ballard Honoring Jim Henson

The Gainesville puppeteer and some friends are staging the Jim Henson Tribute Show tonight at Market Street Pub & Cabaret to raise funds for the…

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James Gish Gives His All as Toxie Newcomer

The Arizona-based actor is the fresh new face of The Toxic Avenger, the hilarious musical comedy playing this summer at the Hippodrome Theatre. And in…

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Dual Role Suits Atkins in ‘The Toxic Avenger’

Kelly Atkins Morgan pulls off one of the greatest feats of her accomplished singing and acting career during the Hippodrome Theatre’s current summer musical comedy,…

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‘The Underpants’ Intends to Make You Blush

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre offers some comic relief with a timely satirical play written by Steve Martin. (Yes, that Steve Martin.) By day, Emily Snider Carvalho…

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