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Hippodrome Holiday Treats Worth Savoring

The Hippodrome Theatre presents Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for the 39th consecutive year and The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged) for the first time, just for…

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Final Weekend Ahead for Market Street Pub

The bar and nightclub on Southwest 1st Avenue will close its doors following Saturday night’s one final burlesque show. The owners of Market Street Pub…

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‘Telling Gainesville’ Brings War Stories Home

Just in time for Veterans Day, the Actors’ Warehouse offers a stage production in which five Gainesville area residents — none with formal acting experience…

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Downtown Festival Attracts Best in Art, Artists

The 35th Downtown Festival & Art Show will not only showcase 240 visual artists competing for $20,000 in prizes but also put the spotlight on…

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Alpin, Tamal Add Flavor to Local Restaurant Scene

Are you sure about building that wall? In the past two weeks, a pair of family-owned eateries have expanded downtown Gainesville’s dining options well beyond our borders.  Unbeknownst…

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Actors’ Warehouse Ready to Begin Fifth Season

The intimate playhouse on North Main Street opens its 2016-17 season with a Sunday matinee of Beautiful Thing, a coming-of-age story set in 1990s’ London….

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‘Commander’ Just the Ticket This Political Season

Can’t get enough political divisiveness these days? Try tossing an openly gay man into the presidential race and see what happens. The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre…

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Hippodrome’s ‘Baby Jane’ Ventures Into Dark Places

Bryan Mercer and Mark Chambers channel Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, respectively, in a stage parody of the 1962 psychological thriller Whatever Happened to Baby…

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Dance Alive Set for Entertaining Season

With their first half-century behind them, Dance Alive National Ballet is surging into the 2016-17 season, beginning with a Meet the Dancers event on Saturday at…

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Thomas Center Exhibit Explores Womanhood

EVE :: Woman from Archetype to Abstraction, featuring more than 35 works from a wide variety of local and regional artists, opens this week at the…

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