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. [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On Oct. 18, The University of Florida College of Fine Arts School of Music, in collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies, will host the Argentine trombone quartet Viento Sur. The event will feature a public recital of music from the Argentinean folk, milongo, and tango tradition and a workshop in [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – At 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the University Auditorium, the University of Florida College of Fine Arts School of Music presents The Bad Boys of Music, a concert tribute to three composers, performed by the UF Orchestra and conducted by Raymond Chobaz.
Fifty years ago, in 1959, George Antheil, Bohuslav Martinù [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Beginning Oct. 6., the Harn Museum of Art will begin screenings for the fall 2009 RISK Cinema season, honoring independent filmmaking and the art of the moving image.
“With a tribute to one of the world’s most accomplished filmmakers, an insightful and provocative look at the Middle East, and the screening by [...]