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 [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — From vicious fishes to a student celebration of art by University of Florida faculty members, there will be plenty to experience from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 8 at Museum Nights. The event will be at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Harn Museum of Art.
Visitors to the Florida [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A book talk will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Smathers Library in Room 1A.
Robert H. Hughes, author of “Ahorca Lagarto,” will discuss his book, which is a historical novel about life and love in Panama during the construction of the Panama Railroad, 1851-1856, and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Fall 2009 Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series continues Oct. 8 with a lecture by Joe Browder, an environmental consultant and former conservation director of Friends of the Earth.
Browder will present “Everglades Visions, Revisions, and History,” at 7 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. It is free and open to [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — From Sept. 18 through Sept. 27, the School of Theatre and Dance at the University of Florida will present A Streetcar Named Desire. The play is written by legendary playwright, Tennessee Williams.
A Streetcar Named Desire reveals the very depths of the character Blanche du Bois, a woman whose life has been [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series at the University of Florida begins again Sept. 23 with a presentation by two Gainesville historians.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History and area astronomy groups will join together for an evening of scientific discovery during the annual Starry Night event from 5 to 10 p.m. on Sept. 25.
Produced by the Florida Museum, University of Florida Astronomy Department, Florida Space Grant Consortium and Alachua Astronomy Club, Starry Night [...]