Universal Cutlery Culture: the spoon’s diverse history
By Keri | Oct. 1, 2014Ever been bewildered by the multitude of forks, knives and spoons jostling for space at a formal dinner table? Which to use? When? And how did they get there, anyway?
Ever been bewildered by the multitude of forks, knives and spoons jostling for space at a formal dinner table? Which to use? When? And how did they get there, anyway?
Soon women won’t have to worry so much about forgetting to take that pesky little pill, and guys can be in charge of birth control too.
The blood, sweat and tears that go into building a reputation can all go to waste in an instant — especially once racy images are involved, as celebrities have learned this past month.
Student Government elections are over — lucky for those of you who somehow managed to avoid Turlington — and the results are in: Swamp. The Avenue took a look at the important write-in candidates our Student Body wanted but didn’t get.
Colombians and Venezuelans will gather to dance and discuss soccer. The fast-paced chatter of hand gesturing Cubans will hum in the background as they purchase food at a nearby stand.
A popular page is pulling away from the social news-based website Reddit.
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Moonbeard for a drink at Loosey’s this week.
What happens when two Florida State University frat bro alumni get together?
When the first Original Gainesville Food Truck Rally opened one Saturday in January 2013, thousands of people lined up to sample food from six local food trucks.
Eating, like cooking, is an outlet for creativity and manipulation. Take Oreos, for instance. Do you eat the frosting first and save the chocolate wafers for last? Do you carefully take apart the cookie to separate the filling and then scrape it off with your teeth? Or do you chomp through the whole cookie?
Painting brought vibrancy to Jess Yelvington’s life when she faced difficult times with her health.
“Les Miserables” is a tale of salvation, and that’s just what Gainesville Community Playhouse expects to show in its own production.
Horror fans will not want to miss the activities the Hippodrome State Theatre has planned in October because there’s something different to scream at every week.
Hundreds of fans and curious walk-ins alike packed into The Motor Room downtown Friday night. For a venue known for its Deep End and Neon Liger parties, The Motor Room hosted a bit of a different party.
Double entendres, sexual innuendos and clever marketing.
Wanderers downtown Friday night found it hard to miss the bat signal projected on the face of the Hippodrome State Theatre.
By the time this goes to print, a mixed army of ultra-fem and utilitarian sportswear-clad supermodels (and their respective wake of editors, photographers, bloggers and street-style influencers) will have already hopscotched from New York to London to Milan, now embarking on day two of Milan Fashion Week.
If you’re expecting a show named after Batman’s crime-ridden hometown to be about the Dark Knight himself, Fox’s “Gotham” will turn off that mental bat signal.
UF’s University Gallery has opened its doors to an art collector who has amassed thousands of pieces of art since 1986.
Do you ever find yourself making snap judgments based on race and still insist that you’re not racist? The characters in Bruce Norris’ Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning play “Clybourne Park” certainly do.