EVENTS
Free Fridays Concert Series: 8-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, Bo Diddley Downtown Plaza (www.freefridaysgnv.com 393-8746) Featuring Wax Wings, an original Gainesville folk-rock quintet featuring Brian Turk on upright bass, Andrew Cook on fiddle, Terence Sorel on keys, Jared Groom on drums, and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Chelsea Carnes. With distinctively forceful vocals, Carnes captivates with relatable and poetically crafted lyrics. Her songs are artfully braced by the accompaniment of the finely skilled musicians with whom she collaborates. The results are strikingly textured and sincere compositions that rouse and haunt. Their wide appeal has seen them playing venues ranging from The Fest to the Florida Folk Festival and more.
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.
2nd Annual Gainesville Blues Showcase: 5 p.m. show, 4:30 p.m. doors open, today, Sept. 12, High Dive, 210 SW 2nd Ave. general admission $10 (HighDiveGville.VEEPS.com) Presented by the North Central Florida Society. Featuring Little Mike & The Tornados is well known for its flawless, high energy blues sound modeled after the great Chicago bands of the 50’s.
Flipturn: 9 p.m. Thursday-Friday, Sept. 16-17, High Dive, 210 SW 2nd Ave. Ticket $20 ADV, $23 DOS. Highdivegville.veeps.com
BRKLYN THE MUSICAL at ACROSSTOWN THEATER in conjunction with Buchholz High School After Hour Players: 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16-Oct. 3, 619 South Main St, in the historic Baird Center. https://ift.tt/38YQNls are $20 for the general public with a discount for students, seniors and heroes. A limited number of tickets are also available at the door thirty minutes before showtime. Masks will be required for the audience.
High Springs Century Woman’s Club Yard Sale and Bake Sale: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, GFWC High Springs New Century Woman’s Club 23674 West U.S. Highway 27. (mcasey 1050@windstream.net Proceeds go to Deeper Purpose Kids Academy and Endangered Animal Sanctuary. Hot Dogs, chips, soda and a surprise opportunity drawing.
`Rum 138: 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, 2070 SW County Road138 Fort White. And most Saturdays in September, October and November. Featuring Midnight Blue Band. (Rum138.com, on Facebook at https://ift.tt/2Xboyhm 386- 454-4247) Rum 138 features an Gallery with art inspired by the Santa Fe River and springs, sells VIBE and NuCanoe kayaks, BOTE and DRIFT Inflatable and Hardshell paddle boards. The livery service rents kayak, paddle boards and canoes, and the building acts as headquarters for Our Santa Fe River, Inc., a charitable 501c3 organization that advocates for the river.
Library District monthly reading suggestions: Anyone can subscribe at www.aclib.us/acldreads to receive a monthly email with book suggestions linking directly to the Alachua County Library District’s catalog, where patrons can reserve titles for pick up or check out digital books. Choose from 25-plus categories based on genre, age, or popularity, including general fiction, romance, mystery, teen, and New York Times Bestsellers. ACLD Reads suggests titles in all formats, including print, digital, and audiobooks.
NEW EXHIBITION
Measurements Rules Come to the Cade Museum: Sept. 19 – Jan. 2, Cade Museum. Interactive exhibition. How many chickens do you weigh? How tall are you in apples or inches or pennies? Can you use your foot as a ruler? The answers to these and other questions can be explored at Measurement Rules, an interactive exhibit at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention.
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
GFAA GALLERY: Call to Artists: Motion: now through Saturday, Sept. 18,the exhibition will be in the 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.
Survival of the Slowest exhibit: Through today, 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 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.
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.
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.
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
The Color Purple: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24 -Oct. 10, The Star Center Theatre, 11 NE 23rd Ave. From Alice Walker’s bestseller and Stephen Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated film comes a stage musical with a fresh, joyous score of jazz, ragtime, gospel and blues. Tickets: $22 adults, $20 seniors, $15 students (https://bit.ly/3tmvK5z)Hailed as “One of the greatest revivals ever!” by New York Magazine, “The Color Purple” is the epic tale of 40-years in the life of a family in rural Georgia. At its center is Celie. When Celie is forced by her overbearing father to marry a cruel farmer, called “Mister,” she is separated from all that she loves. With a soul-raising score, The Color Purple gives an exhilarating new spirit to this Pulitzer Prize-winning story. This stirring family chronicle follows the inspirational Celie as she journeys from childhood through joy to anguish and then hope as she discovers the power of love and life.
Sycamore Lane Vintage Market: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday – Saturday, Oct. 1-2, with live music 5-9 p.m., and 9 a.m. 2 p.m. Saturday, Archer, 3824 SW 170th St. retail store and seasonal market featuring more than 50 vintage and art vendors, food trucks, beer & wine and live music on Friday night with two local bands. (https://ift.tt/3Ed7Dvt) The last few markets have drawn several thousand people and have become a great event. The twice per year outdoor market has become a great community event. https://ift.tt/3Ed7Dvt
Tools to Quit Tobacco: 5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m., Sept. 28, LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, virtual options are also available on the computer or over the phone. Call 866-341-2730 to reserve your spot. Pre-registration is required. FREE one time, two- hour group will give you tips on how to deal with triggers, withdrawal symptoms and prevent relapse. You will receive up to 4 weeks of FREE nicotine patches, gum or lozenges. This group more than doubles your chance of quitting for good. Pre-registration is required.
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
Vintage Market Sale: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, October 16th, the grounds of the Archer Community Center 16671 SW 137th Ave. Archer. There will be ample space for the vendors following CDC advice. Vendors will be selling a wide range of items including furniture, pottery, vintage home made crafts, toys, books, homemade jams, tools, and lots more. Food and refreshments will be available. Vendor booth fees are $40 for 12×12 space. Sponsored by the City of Archer and the Archer Historical Society. More Information and application can be found at https://ift.tt/2YGQDNE, to email: ArcherHistorical@gmail.com or by phone call Linda 374-8240.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
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.
Kevin Costner & Modern West ‘Tales from Yellowstone Tour 2021: Oct. 25, The St. Augustine Amphitheatre. Tickets go on sale this now online at Ticketmaster.com and the venue Box Office.
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.
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.
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.
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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