University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The newly conceived North American touring production of “Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida” will make its Gainesville premiere in early January at the University of Florida’s Phillips Center. Based on the award-winning timeless love story from the classic Verdi opera, “Aida” is a new musical with Elton John’s modern pop score. Tickets are on sale now for the 7:30 p.m. shows on Jan. 5 and 6.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The New World School of the Arts holiday concert will be broadcast at 1 p.m. Dec. 24 on WUFT, Channel 5.

GAINESVILLE, FL – “100 Years of Broadway,” a revue of the biggest songs from the biggest Broadway musicals of the last century, is coming to the Phillips Center at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 15. Tickets go on sale at noon, Wednesday, Jan. 3.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of disadvantaged children will soon benefit from a $5.5 million gift to the University of Florida College of Dentistry that will fund the construction and operation of a state-of-the-art pediatric dental facility in Collier County.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Beginning Dec. 22, the Harn Museum of Art will feature the work of renowned contemporary artists in the second exhibition in the Mary Ann Harn Cofrin Pavilion.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will host “In the Open: Sandhill Crane Studies” by Gainesville artist Diane Farris beginning Dec. 14 and running through March 18. This 19-piece exhibit of photography montages is inspired by the sandhill crane, which appears across North America and in Gainesville during the winter months.
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“Tuesdays with Tosi,” the first organized iTunes podcast series for the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, premiered Dec. 5.

Country music star Toby Keith will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 in the O’Connell Center as part of his “Hookin’ Up and Hangin’ Out Tour.”

University of Florida students will have a longer drop/add period for the spring semester because of the Tostitos BCS National Championship on the first day of classes, Jan. 8.

Kyle Cavanaugh, the University of Florida’s first vice president for human resources, has been promoted to senior vice president for administration, UF President Bernie Machen announced in a board of trustees meeting on Dec 1.