GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Speech and Hearing Clinic is celebrating the American Academy of Audiology’s 20th anniversary this spring by offering hearing free screenings and an education series on Living With Hearing Loss to the public.
Free hearing screenings will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1405 N.W. 13th St., [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Autism Awareness 5K Walk/Run to benefit the University of Florida Center for Autism and Related Disabilities is scheduled for Saturday at Westside Park.
Registration begins at 8 a.m., and the walk/run will be held from 9 to 11 a.m.
The event is hosted by Eastside High School’s Students Together for Autism Research, or [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla.— Beethoven Cycles are a rarity, particularly outside of major metropolitan areas, but Gainesville audiences have a unique opportunity to experience the beauty and complexity of some of Beethoven’s most inspiring compositions through a special two-season cycle at University of Florida Performing Arts.
As a part of the Beethoven Cycle, six string groups will perform [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Preparations are under way for the 45th Annual Junior Science, Engineering, and Humanities Symposium to be held Feb. 3-5 at the University of Florida.
More than 300 ninth- through 12th-grade students and science teachers from school districts throughout the state will attend. The event is sponsored by the university’s Center for Precollegiate [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Looking for a way to participate in Super Tuesday? Political expert Donald Critchlow will present “Civic Engagement and Modern Conservatives” at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Ocora Room in Pugh Hall on the University of Florida campus. The event is free and open to the public.
A professor of history at [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A talk and book signing by Col. Anne Wright will occur at 7 p.m. on Jan. 29 in the Arredondo Room of Reitz Union. The event is sponsored by the UF International Center.
Wright has been speaking about peace since the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. At that time, Col. Wright [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Players, sponsored by the University of Florida Student Government, will welcome its first Tony Award-winning guest speaker, Katie Finneran, at 3 p.m. on Jan. 31.
The stage and screen actress will offer insight into her journey to the Broadway stage, television and the big screen, as well as answer questions from the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — This January the groundbreaking collaboration AEROS, which was created on the University of Florida campus and made its world premiere at the Phillips Center, comes home to Gainesville.
World-renowned contemporary choreographers Daniel Ezralow, David Parsons and Moses Pendleton, in collaboration with STOMP creators Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, joined forces with athletes from [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Long a favorite in South Africa, Ladysmith Black Mambazo might have escaped the notice of the world at large had it not been for fate’s intervention and Paul Simon. After hearing the group perform, Simon was so inspired by their sound that he included them on his seminal “Graceland” album. [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As a part of the puppet duo Hugo & Ines, Inés Pasic has earned accolades from around the world for her striking puppetry. Her latest work, “The Worlds of Fingerman,” a production of Gaia Teatro, takes the audience on a journey like no other.
Gaia Teatro, a company Pasic formed with fellow [...]