Tanya Fedak is the Spring 2025 Avenue editor and third-year journalism major. You might also recognize her from WUFT, where she's an anchor and reporter. When she's not on the clock, you can find her rereading "Me Before You" or planning her next trip to NYC.
18-year-old country singer Mason Ramsey performed at Gainesville's Heartwood Soundstage Thursday.
Across the ocean in Gainesville, a group of UF students are working to help Ukraine return to the normal it knew before Feb. 24, 2022.
Carson Springs is a nonprofit organization working to combat the increasing risk of extinction by keeping wild species in environments similar to their native habitats.
From Oct. 16 to Oct. 27, the UF School of Theatre and Dance put on a nine-show run of the musical, which follows traveling conman Harold Hill, played by Ethan Garrepy, who goes from town to town persuading citizens of his “plan” to form a boys marching band. After collecting payments for instruments and uniforms, he skips town, starting his pursuit of his next victims. But this time, it’s a little different.
To get in the fall spirit, here is a list of the five best pumpkin farms in the Gainesville area.
Streetlight hosted its second annual Strides for Sickle Cell Walk Sept. 21. With more than 300 people in attendance, the event raised over $4,000 to spread awareness for sickle cell disease.
Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, located just west of the university on Southwest Second Avenue, creates an intimate experience and open conversations for performers and audience members alike.
The “Noah Aaron Sams Supernova Runway Extravaganza” is an interactive runway event hosted by Sams, a 21-year-old UF psychology senior and aspiring clothing designer, at How Bazar. Inspired by his time in Gainesville, the event will feature a culmination of Sams’ fashion creations he made during his time studying at UF.
From the electrifying rhythms to the show-stopping choreography, “On Your Feet!” captivated audiences with an emotional retelling of the stories of Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan, Grammy-award winning Latin-American musical artists.
Saturday morning, the Florida Museum of Natural History opened its new permanent exhibit, Water Shapes Florida. The exhibit is centered on Florida freshwater and its shape on human life over time. The exhibit, with interactive projector screens and physical replicas of underwater wildlife, aims to illustrate the evolution of the state's aquifers, rivers and most famous springs just north of the museum’s location in Gainesville.
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