GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Players, the University of Florida’s student-run theatre group, continues its fall 2009 showcase season with Martin McDonagh’s terrifying and funny The Pillowman on Nov. 6, 7 and 8, in the Phillips Center Squitieri Studio Theatre, formerly the Black Box Theatre.
In a totalitarian police state, acclaimed writer Katurian is brought in for [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida School of Music will celebrate the 195 birthday of the inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax, with a concert of saxophone music at 12:50 p.m. on Nov. 6 in the University Auditorium.
Adolphe Sax, the son of a Belgian musical instrument maker, was born on Nov. 6, 1814. His [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An award-winning composer and the leader of the largest astrophysics experiment in the world will come together Sunday for the Florida premiere of “Einstein’s Cosmic Messengers,” an inventive multimedia concert.
This concert will feature Andrea Centazzo, composer, percussionist, and multimedia artist, and University of Florida professor of physics David Reitze, head of the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Fall 2009 Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series at the University of Florida continues Tuesday with a lecture by Michael Grunwald, a prize-winning national reporter for Time magazine.
Grunwald will present “The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise,” at 7 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. It is free [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Men’s Glee Club and Women’s Chorale, under the conduction of Mihoko Tsutsumi, will have a joint Fall Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 in the University Auditorium. Tickets are free for UF Students, $8 for faculty, staff, and non-UF students, and $10 for the general public.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — On Oct. 24, runners and walkers may start celebrating Halloween early with the University of Florida Student Physical Therapy Association at the Trick or Trot 5K and One- Mile Walk.
The 5K run starts at 8 a.m. and the One-Mile Walk starts at 8:15 a.m. UF Physical Therapy students will provide massages [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Fine Arts School of Music presents “Mostly Multicultural Musical Musings” conducted by Will Kesling. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 in the University Auditorium.
The musical is comprised of folk music from around the world with a mix of other interesting works [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Starting at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23 at the Nadine McGuire Black Box Theatre, Florida Players, the University of Florida’s student-run theatre group, will kick off its fall 2009 season with Tom Stoppard’s modern classic, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.
Two intermittent characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet spend their time “offstage” spinning coins, playing [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Interested in pursuing a graduate or professional degree? The Career Resource Center is hosting Graduate and Professional School Information Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 21 in the Reitz Student Union Grand Ballroom.
The fair, which is for UF students and alumni only, features representatives from more than 120 graduate [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — From Oct. 18 to Nov. 1, “40 Years of Mudfest” will be celebrated in the Tolbert Residential Area on the University of Florida campus.
Each fall, the Tolbert Area Council (TAC) arranges for a 1,250 sq.-ft.-pit in the Tolbert Area Courtyard to be dug and filled with Georgia Red Mud and water. [...]