EVENTS
North Florida Blues Society presents: 21 Blue: 6 p.m. today, 5:30 p.m. doors open, Aug. 22, High Dive in Downtown Gainesville. $25, general admission, $15 North Central Florida Blues Society members. (Rob Richardson, 352-871-0676, ncfblues.org) 21 Blue delivers Blues for the 21st century, featuring vocalist and cornet player Longineu Parsons and guitarist Ted Shumate, playing music ranging from Louis Armstrong, Howlin’ Wolf, Miles Davis, and Jimi Hendrix. 21 Blue brings authentic low down & dirty Blues to the 21st century and beyond and meld contemporary Blues and Jazz into a rhythmic mixture that is truly unique and amazing. 21 Blues latest release, Live at Heartwood, was a 2020 International Blues Challenge finalist for Best Self-Produced CD. Dr. Longineu Parsons is Professor of Music at Florida A&M University and is President of Tribal Disorder Records.
Free Fridays Concert Series: 8-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, Bo Diddley Downtown Plaza (www.freefridaysgnv.com 393-8746) Featuring the band “Just Three,” a performing group out of Atlanta, featuring 3 vocalists. Their dynamic stage presence comes with tight harmony, superb lead vocals and choreography that “is cool and smooth.” Adrian Edwards, Fredd Henderson and Karim Sabree make up this soulful trio of vocalists who call their music “old school with a new school twist.” They are influenced by the Philadelphia sound of The Delfonics, The O’Jays, The Stylistics and Blue Magic and have recently celebrated 40 years in the entertainment business.(highdivegville@gmail.com, 872-5949)
Ryan Montgomery-We Brought the Party Tour: 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, Knockin’ Boots Saloon, 201 W. University Ave. Hosted by Ryan Montgomery.(352-354-3681)
Songwriters Night with Ali Patton, Kile Keller and More: 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, High Dive, 210 SW 2nd Ave. Tickets: $8.(highdivegville@gmail.com, 872-5949)
Tamayo, Twins Suns, Perfect Sequence: 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, High Dive, 210 SW 2nd Ave.Tickets: $8.(highdivegville@gmail.com. 872-5949)
The Florida Vintage Market: Noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, High Dive, 210 SW 2nd Ave. Free, unique outdoor shopping experience. Curated variety of vintage clothing, sustainable fashion, street wear, custom clothing, sneakers, makers artists, food and more. (highdivegville@gmail.com. 872-5949)
Gainesville Comedy Shows presents The Comedian Games: 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, High Dive, 210 SW 2nd Ave.Tickets: $8 (highdivegville@gmail.com. 872-5949)
Quit Tobacco group: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24 LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, (virtual options also available or by phone. Call 866-341-2730 to reserve your spot.) Pre-registration required. This free one time, two- hour group will provide tips to deal with triggers, withdrawal symptoms and prevent relapse. You will also receive up to 4 weeks of free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges. This group more than doubles your chance of quitting for good.
NEW EXHIBITIONS
GFAA GALLERY: Call to Artists: Motion: Today, Aug. 22, Exhibition will be in gallery and online. Looking for artwork related to movement or motion or artwork that moves. Small original artwork for sale in the gift shop.(gainesvillefinearts.org) Gallery Hours: 1 – 6 p.m. Tuesday – Friday, and 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, 314 S. Main Street.
Shadow to Substance: Now through Feb. 27, 2022, The Melvin and Lorna Rubin Gallery, The Harn Museum, 3259 Hull Road. The exhibition creates a chronological arc from the past to the present into the future using historical photographs from the Harn and Smathers Library collections and through the lens of Black photographers working today.
LAST CHANCE
The Florida Museum of Natural History: Now through Sept. 6 offering Blue Star Museums 2021 program which provides free admission to all fee-based exhibits for active duty military personnel and their families including members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members.
University Galleries: Museum Studies: The Artwork of Richard Heipp: Saturday, through Friday, Aug. 20. Thursday, through Aug. 28. (273-3000) Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Solo exhibition with more than 60 works in a variety of media.
ONGOING
Between Heaven & Earth, The Paintings of Alyne Harris: On exhibition through Jan. 15, 2022 are part of the City of Gainesville’s Of This Place permanent art collection. This exhibit is a community cultural asset and features 200 paintings by Gainesville native Alyne Harris, who paints to express both her lived experiences and her profound spiritual life. Harris’ work draws heavily from African-American traditions including jumping the broom in her wedding scenes. Her paintings call on viewers to travel the paths of their own recollections, an exchange that becomes part of the work itself. Her work reminds the viewer that revisiting the past can connect us with the present and the future.
Story Time on the Green: 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays weather permitting through – Oct.2. Hosted by the Alachua County Library District. Librarians and library staff will read tales and lead activities for infants through 5-year-olds at library green spaces and parks. Parents and families can bring blankets and chairs to spread out. (334-3909 or rcook@aclib.us.)Tuesdays: Possum Creek Park, 4009 NW 53rd Ave.;Cone Park Branch, 2801 E. University Ave.; Lois Forte Park, 120 NW 260th St. Newberry./ Wednesdays: Headquarters Library courtyard, 401 E. University Ave.; Hawthorne Branch, 6640 SE 221 St. Hawthorne; Wilson Robinson Park, 13975 SW 174th St. Archer; High Springs Farmers Market, 23517 NW 185th Road, High Springs./ Thursdays: Veterans Memorial Park playground area, 7400 SW 41st Place; Smokey Bear Park, 2300 NE 15th St.; Waldo Branch, 15150 NE US Highway 301, Waldo; Hitchcock Baseball Park playground, 15120 Main St. Alachua./ Saturdays: Park by the fire station, corner of NE Cholokka Boulevard and NE Seventh Ave. Micanopy.
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. or dusk today, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Drive. Admission, $10 adults, $5 children ages 5-13, free for children under 5 years old accompanied by parents. (kanapaha.org) Dogs on a leash and up to date on vaccines with no history of aggression are allowed in the park. Garden hours: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday – Wednesday, and Friday, closed Thursday. 9 a.m.- 7p.m. or dusk Saturday and Sunday.
Alachua County Library District hours: Headquarters Library and Millhopper, Tower Road, and Alachua branches: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday noon-5 p.m.; Hawthorne, High Springs, and Newberry branches: Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday noon-5 p.m.; Cone Park and Library Partnership branches: Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Archer, Micanopy, and Waldo branches: Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Face masks are required. Patrons can browse, use study rooms and meeting rooms, sign up for or renew library cards, and use computers and printing services during all operating hours. Study rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve meeting rooms at www.aclib.us/rooms or by calling a library branch. Outside service continues, weather permitting.
Survival of the Slowest exhibit: Through Sept. 12, Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Road. Hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1 – 5 p.m. Sunday. (floridamuseum.ufl.edu, 846-2000) Admission, $10, adults, $9, Florida residents, seniors and non-University of Florida college students; $7, ages 3-17, free to museum members and UF students with a valid Gator 1 Card. Complete admission pricing is available online at https://ift.tt/3oYjCE7. Guests l get an up-close look at a live sloth, tortoise, iguana and other creatures to learn about the unique adaptations some animals developed to survive, despite being slow, small or weak.
The Harn Museum of Art Store: Books for purchase: The catalogue for Peace, Power and Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa and Lewis Carroll’s book “Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There” illustrated by Maggie Taylor and associated with the exhibition Dreaming Alice: Maggie Taylor Through the Looking-Glass. Purchase in the store or reserve your copy today via https://ift.tt/3cW3qkF. Store manager will contact you for payment and arrange for shipping or pick up at your convenience.
Afternoon Adventure Camp: 2 – 5 p.m. Wednesdays at the Cade Museum, 811 S. Main St. This mid-week opportunity will focus on challenges that boost kids’ creativity and imagination. Cade Museum educators help children ages 5-11 engage in a broad range of hands-on STEAM experiments and activities. In the Creativity Lab and Fab Lab, children will explore and improve skills in 3D design, coding, robotics, and more. Cade’s educators will be available to help children in kindergarten through 5th-grade address homework challenges. Registration is open. Members receive a discounted rate.
Little Sparks ages 0-5: 12:15 -1 p.m. Saturday, Cade Museum, 811 S. Main St. Children will receive a personal Little Sparks kit with all of their own supplies, plus make and takes that extend the fun and learning at home. Our BRAIN and Sweat Solution exhibits will also be open for Little Sparks noon – 5 p.m.
The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention: noon – 5 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, general admission. (info@cademuseum.org) You can schedule a group tour Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
University Galleries: Museum Studies: The Artwork of Richard Heipp: Saturday, through Aug. 20. Thursday, through Aug. 28. (273-3000) Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Solo exhibition with more than 60 works in a variety of media.
Matheson Museum: Covid-19 Community Archives on display online. This exhibition has been created with the help of community members. (378-2280, mathesonmuseum.org) Current exhibits in person and online include “Trailblazers: 150 Years of Alachua County Women,” celebrating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in the U.S.; McCarthy Moment: The Johns Committee in Florida” on display online and in person. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 513 E. University Ave.Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 513 E. University Ave. )
UPCOMING
Whitney Cummings Adds Second Performance of her “Touch Me” Tour: 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., Sept. 10, Whitney Cummings is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, director and host of the podcast Good for You. Tickets, $39.50 – $55.00, (https://ift.tt/386gRuG) Best known for creating and starring in the NBC series Whitney, Whitney also is also co-creator and co-writer of the Emmy nominated CBS comedy series “2 Broke Girls.” She has appeared in multiple television shows and films, as well as multiple stand-up specials, one of which was nominated for an American Comedy Award. In 2017, she published her memoir titled I’m Fine … And Other Lies. Whitney’s first one-hour stand up special, “Money Shot,” premiered on Comedy Central in August 2010 and was nominated for an American Comedy Award. Her second one-hour stand-up special, “Whitney Cummings: I Love You,” debuted on Comedy Central in June 2014. Her third one-hour stand-up special “I’m Your Girlfriend,” aired on HBO in 2016 and her fourth, “Can I Touch It?” aired on Netflix in 2019. Aug. 19, Bo Diddley Plaza in downtown Gainesville. Local Hip Hop & RnB label, Dion Dia Records, presents an evening of future-forward music featuring: raph, RAKHU, Casey Jones II (with Hezekiah Fraizer, Alex Backman, Justin Bartholomew, and Edminson), DJ Jeremiah Ludicrous, and FARO will MC. The lineup also includes Los Angeles R&B singer Amindi.
Summer concert series: Live and Local: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, Bo Diddley Plaza in downtown Gainesville. Palimony – Noan Party Trio, Bo Diddley Plaza, downtown Gainesville. The city of Gainesville new partnership with Music GNV, running through September.,
5th annual Sing Out Loud Festival: Sept. 17, The St. Augustine Amphitheatre. The headliner is The Disco Bisquits. Tickets start at $39.50 at Ticketmaster.com and The St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office. The Disco Biscuits are an entirely different band today than they were when they first broke out of Philadelphia in the mid-90s. The Disco Biscuits are still very much the pioneers of “trancefusion,” bridging the gap between electronic music and jam bands. They still remain rock pioneers whose soul belongs as much to marathon dance parties as it does to live improvisational journeys. They still employ emerging technologies to help them create music that is 100 percent human although, perhaps, not entirely of this earth. Participating Sing Out Loud Festival venues include The St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Colonial Oak Music Park, The Lightner Museum, Planet Sarbez!, Shanghai Nobby’s, Dog Rose Brewery, St. Augustine Distillery, Jenna Alexander, SunDay Backyard, Prohibition Kitchen, and more.
The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park: Sept. 3 it’s Soulshine in the Music Hall, a multi-genre band from South Georgia gets the weekend started off on a high note; Sept. 4 in the Music Hall will be The Band of Brothers, awesome musicians from Mayo who are off the charts great. Sunday, Bam and JaJo, on the front porch with their multi-genre music and lots of fun to close out the holiday weekend of entertainment. Suwannee River off US 129 at 3076 95th Drive in Live Oak.
Author James Chapin shares debut novel: 4 p.m. Sept. 4 in person program, free. (https://bit.ly/3lYyogc)Chapin will share his debut novel Ride South Until the Sawgrass, and tailor his reading to materials inside the Matheson History Museum, creating a conversation between literature and history. Admission is free but registration is required. Capacity limited to 50; masks are required.
The High Springs Brewery’s Hops & Shop Craft Fair: Noon – 5 p.m. Sept. 4, High Springs Brewery, 18562 NW 239 St. Handmade Christmas cards, Fall and Christmas Decorations, wreaths and many unique gifts. The GFWC High Springs Women’s Club will be there.
Matheson Museum: Punkhouse of the Deep South: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13, The Matheson Museum, 513 E. University Ave. Free and in person. Authors Aaron Cometbus and Scott Satterwhite will share about their book Punkhouse in the Deep South, and discuss the history of the famed “309 Punkhouse,” while shedding light on the largely ignored lives of average punks, living in the oldest punkhouse in the South. For safety, capacity will be limited to 50 people and masks are required. Admission is free but registration is required: https://ift.tt/3gkMuoQ
PAW Patrol 
Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure: 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25, and 11 a.m. a.m. and 2 p.m. Sept. 26, Addition Financial Arena in Orlando. (ticketmaster.com) Action-packed, music-filled production The PAW Patrol is back and on a roll in person and LIVE on stage. Ryder and your favorite pups have been working hard to get back on the road and they are ready to roll to Orlando.
CASTING CALL
Dance Alive National Ballet Opens Auditions for its 56th Season: (kim@dancealive.org) Auditions for DANB, Nutcracker and the youth group, Next Generation will be held Saturday, Aug. 14; Cost, $25 payable to DANB at time of auditionProfahl Studios,1325 NW 2 St. Hours are: 12:30- 1:15 p.m. for ages 7-8; 1:30-2:15 p.m. for ages 9-10; 2:15-3:15p.m. for ages 11-13. Ballet experience required. Auditions for Soldiers, Party Children, Franz’ friends, Mice, DANB and Next Generation are at 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. for ages 11-14 2nd year pointe as of August 2021. Same age jazz dancers 4:30-5:15 p.m. for ages 12-17 3rd year pointe as of August 2021. Same age jazz dancers. Ballet experience required. Pointe work for those roles on pointe.
Audition for Party Children, Franz’ friends, Clara’s friends, young adults, Mice, Angels, Snowflakes, Act II corps, DANB and Next Generation at 5:30-6 p.m. Audition for Mother Goose’s tumblers for ages 7-18. Must be able to do back handsprings, splits, headstands, front and back walkovers and aerial tricks.
THEATER
The Star Center Theatre’s “American Son”: 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26 opens with a preview performance and runs through Sept. 5, the Star Center, 11 NE 23rd Ave. (378-3311) The riveting Broadway Play, American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown takes place entirely in the waiting room of a South Florida police station, where in the middle of a stormy night Kendra and her estranged husband, Scott, await news of their missing 18-year-old son, Jamal. The play features a powerful cast of four. Amanda Edwards (Kendra Connor), David Fields (Scott Connor), Alex Christophy (Officer Larkin), Rod McNealy(Lieutenant Stokes). For the health and safety of our patrons there is limited seating and masks will be required while in the building
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UPCOMING CONCERTS
Wynonna Judd: 8 p.m. show, 7 p.m. doors, Sept. 17 to perform at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. now. Tickets $59.50 – $99.50 St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office or Ticketmaster.com. The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Box Office remains closed at this time.
Hit Musical “Forever Motown”: 5 p.m. doors open at 4 p.m. for matinee, and 8 p.m. show, Oct. 2 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall. (www.pvconcerthall.com) Theo Peoples of The Four Tops and Glenn Leonard of The Temptations perform Live. Tickets $59-$69 for Forever Motown Matinee and Evening performances are on sale now at The St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office and online at Ticketmaster.com. The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Box Office is open only on show days at this time.
Legendary punk band Flogging Molly: 5:30 p.m., and at 4:30 p.m. the doors open. Oct. 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre. Special guests include Streetlight Manifesto, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, and Thick. Tickets on sale now online at Tickets $45 at Ticketmaster.com.
Shinedown with special guest Dirty Honey: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, presented by 107.3 Planet Radio. (shinedown.com)Tickets, $42.50 – $82.50. on sale 10 a.m. May 17 at the . St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office and Ticketmaster.com.
Country Hit Maker Brantley Gilbert: 7:30 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m. doors open Oct. 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Tickets on will go on sale now at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office and Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $49-$84. With back-to-back Platinum albums and a grassroots following millions strong, Gilbert’s music has been shared, covered, and adopted as the soundtrack to Saturday night and Sunday morning by audiences around the world.
Indie Rock Chart-Toppers Modest Mouse: 7 p.m. , 6 p.m. doors open, Oct. 17 The St. Augustine Amphitheatre. Tickets $52.50 are on sale now at The St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office and online at Ticketmaster.com.
Thundercat: 7:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. doors open, Oct. 26, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall. Channel Tres will be the opening act, and special guests will appear at certain shows as well. Tickets on sale now , $35 in advance, $40 day of show (Ticketmaster.com and The St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office). Thundercat is the bassist / singer Stephen Bruner. He is the mercurial talent, GRAMMY award-winner, highly respected, and much in-demand with his peers.
Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo: Oct. 29, Saint Augustine Amphitheatre. Special guest star John Waite. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. May 21 at, Amphitheatre Box Office and Ticketmaster.com) Together they have created two multi-platinum, five platinum and three gold albums, as well as nineteen Top 40 hits. They have sold over thirty million records worldwide and have won an unprecedented four consecutive GRAMMY® awards. Their rock and roll love affair has endured for more than three and a half decades. Pat and Neil continue to tour, selling out concerts everywhere. Their chemistry will undoubtedly be thrilling music fans forever
The Fixx & The English Beat: 8 p.m. show, 7 p.m. doors open Oct. 24, The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall. a new wave rock group The Fixx & The English Beat will take the stage. Tickets on sale at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office and online at Ticketmaster.com. The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Box Office remains closed at this time.
Thundercat: 7:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. doors open, Oct. 26, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall. Channel Tres will be the opening act, and special guests will appear at certain shows as well. Tickets on sale now , $35 in advance, $40 day of show (Ticketmaster.com and The St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office). Thundercat is the bassist / singer Stephen Bruner. He is the mercurial talent, GRAMMY award-winner, highly respected, and much in-demand with his peers.
Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo: Oct. 29, Saint Augustine Amphitheatre. Special guest star John Waite. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. May 21 at, Amphitheatre Box Office and Ticketmaster.com) Together they have created two multi-platinum, five platinum and three gold albums, as well as nineteen Top 40 hits. They have sold over thirty million records worldwide and have won an unprecedented four consecutive GRAMMY® awards. Their rock and roll love affair has endured for more than three and a half decades. Pat and Neil continue to tour, selling out concerts everywhere. Their chemistry will undoubtedly be thrilling music fans forever
A Peter White Christmas: 8 p.m. show, 7 p.m. doors open Dec. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, in partnership with The Florida Theatre. (Ticketmaster .com $66.00– $116.50) Tickets for A Peter White Christmas go on sale at 10 a.m. now at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office Ticketmaster.com)
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