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Burnin' Rubber
Mar. 20, 2016Gainesville Raceway hosted the 47th annual Amalie Motor Oil National Hot Rod Association Gatornationals drag racing weekend. On Saturday, qualifying sessions were held for the Nitro- and Pro Stock-class cars and motorcycles. More than 300 vehicles entered across the 13 racing classes during the four-day event.
Art Through Action
Mar. 20, 2016During a Harn Museum of Dance event Saturday, 70 dancers and choreographers from the UF School of Theatre + Dance had their work showcased.
Gainesville waits for votes to roll in
Mar. 15, 2016Across Gainesville, residents and students gathered to watch the results of both the local election and the presidential primaries.
Paint a latte
Mar. 14, 2016Know Where Coffee celebrated its one-year anniversary with its first-ever latte art competition, attended by about 40 people.
Let's Have a Ball
Mar. 13, 2016The Arab Student Association hosted its largest event of the year, the ninth annual Arabic Ball, Saturday at the Reitz Union.
Built for Speed
Mar. 10, 2016On any given night, you’ll find a room full of Gator Motorsports team members working with all sorts of machines: lathes, saws and welders. In one corner of the workshop sits the object of their labor, the skeleton of a miniature Formula-1 car: the F16. In May, the students of Gator Motorsports will wheel out the completed race car in the Formula SAE Michigan competition, an event in which 120 teams from around the world pit their car designs against each other to see who can build the fastest, most efficient and most economical car.
Union Street Farmers Market comes back to Bo Diddley
Mar. 9, 2016Gainesville residents browse vendors’ wares on Wednesday afternoon at the first Union Street Farmers Market after the Bo Diddley Plaza renovation. Previously, the farmers market was being held on Lot 10 in downtown Gainesville.
Ringing in the Year of the Monkey
Mar. 6, 2016The Vietnamese Student Organization hosted Tet, its 43rd annual Lunar New Year celebration, on Sunday. The theme of the event, which took place in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom, was “A New Age.” It included games and chances to win raffle tickets before the show and during intermission, as well as performances by singers, dancers and martial artists.
Party on the Plaza: Bo Diddley Community Plaza reopens
Feb. 25, 2016A crowd gathered to watch a variety of musical performances at Bo Diddley Community Plaza’s grand reopening event, featuring The Savants of Soul and Little Jake & the Soul Searchers and headlined by Charles Bradley.
Up in the Air
Feb. 22, 2016A pair of friends and parkour veterans explore and vault across campus.
O'Dome Sweep
Jan. 31, 2016Florida got a commitment from gymnast Danielle Ferris, as Ferris announced on her Instagram Sunday.