Loren Miranda

Every morning before heading into the orange groves for his shift, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park tour guide Rick Mulligan reads one of the titular author’s letters. He tries to pick a letter that was written on the date he’s going in, to get a sense of how she was feeling that day.

Gainesville’s Pop Punk and Emo Nite, a monthly event hosted at various venues like The Wooly and the new Vivid Music Hall, has now become a hallmark of Gainesville’s nightlife scene.

Dance Alive Studios brought the timeless ballet “Swan Lake” back to the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts March 25. A recently announced facility is also helping Dance Alive turn the page into a new era.

Survivor: Florida, a two-day competition, is an ambitious challenge of wits and strength — both physical and mental — proved to leave only one survivor.

This experimental approach is the foundation of Dance Alive’s most proximal performance, “Horse of a Different Color.” Displayed at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 18, the experimental ballet will take viewers on a journey to a different realm where anything is possible. 

With Valentine’s Day looming around the bend, over 100 Gainesville singles lined up to get into the High Dive’s newest event Friday night: “Truth or Drink”— because, why not?

The Avenue compiled a list of talented local Black-owned artisanries and businesses to support this February (and every month after that).

Presented by Glory Days and the High Dive, the Original Gainesville Food Truck Rally celebrated its 10th anniversary Saturday. The completely free event at 210 SW 2nd Ave. gathers various savory local food trucks in one place. 

Anchor.fm, Spotify’s free podcast-hosting platform, launched its second pop-up podcast studio Jan. 26 as part of its Making Space program.

Newly located at 9409 SW Archer Rd, the annual Faire began Jan. 14 and ends the weekend of Jan. 27.

Several north central Florida bands will compete in a battle-of-the-bands-style concert Friday.

Gainesville’s first specialty ramen restaurant, shut its doors permanently Dec. 31, 2022.

Gainesville’s first specialty ramen restaurant, shut its doors permanently Dec. 31, 2022.