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EVENTS
Free Fridays Concert Series: 8-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, Bo Diddley Downtown Plaza (www.freefridaysgnv.com 393-8746) Featuring Morningbell, an all-original psychedelic rock band that has called Gainesville home since 2004. The band released six albums between 2004 and 2013, including 2011’s “Basso Profundo”, which Indie Rock Cafe awarded with a “best new release” review. To celebrate the album’s 10th anniversary, Morningbell will perform songs from it at their “Free Fridays” concert, including several that have never been performed before. The band also oversaw a remix/remaster of the album, which will come out on all streaming platforms the day of the “Free Fridays” show. Morningbell will also perform songs from their acclaimed albums “Sincerely, Severely” and “Boa Noite” at the concert. The band features guitarist/singer Travis Atria, bassist Eric Atria, keyboardist Stacie Atria (married to Eric), and drummer Chris Hillman. Morningbell has performed at Bonnaroo and South by Southwest (SXSW), and had songs featured on FX’s Better Things, MTV’s The Real World, and GQ.com.
Indie Live Presents: Charles Irwin & Bobby Kid: 8 p.m. Friday. Oct. 15, Heartwood Soundstage, 619 South Main St. Get ready for a night of live indie music. Tickets $10 pre-sale, $12 at the door.
Rocky Horror Picture Show! Live on Stage: 8 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 13, High Dive. Glory Days presents. Tickets $10 – $13.
C.B. Carlyle & the Desert Angels, Luke Sechcrest, Vincent Ryan: 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, High Dive. Tickets $8.
GNVpunk Pop Punk & Emo Night: 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, High Dive. Tickets $8.
Wavves: 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, High Dive. Glory Days Presents. Tickets$22 ADV., $25 DOS.
Ghosts, Goblins and Groceries: Throughout the month of October, Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo and Santa Fe College Police Department are working together again this year to help food-insecure families in the community with a canned food drive. Complete list of locations at (sfcollege.edu/zoo). The food drive to benefit Saints Food Share and Catholic Charities. Anyone who brings a canned good to the SF Teaching Zoo during regular hours of 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (last entry into the zoo is 2:30 p.m.) will receive $1 off admission for each item donated. There will be donation boxes at the SF College campuses.
Vintage Market Sale: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, October 16, the grounds of the Archer Community Center 16671 SW 137th Ave. Archer. www.ArcherHistoricalSociety.org, to email: ArcherHistorical@gmail.com or call Linda 374-8240. 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. Sponsored by the City of Archer and the Archer Historical Society.
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
GFAA Gallery: Now through Nov. 20, the exhibition ‘SYNERGY’: an integrative exhibition with the Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG). (gainesvillefinearts.org)The Front Gallery will feature a Doug Dankel Photography Retrospective that runs September 21 – October 23.. Smaller original artworks for sale in our gift shop. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 1 – 6 pm and Saturday 11 am – 4 pm. 1314 S. Main Street.
Shadow to Substance: Now through Feb 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.
Good News Arts: collaborates with local, regional, and national artists to provide creative education opportunities, exhibitions, and cultural programming to the community. Good News Arts serves as a community center, free and accessible to all. Located in High Springs at the First Avenue Centre, 23352 W HWY 27, Suite 80.
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.
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.
Library hours extended: The Alachua County Library District has increased evening hours at eight locations starting Monday, Oct. 4. The update will add hours at Archer, Cone Park, Hawthorne, High Springs, Library Partnership, Micanopy, Newberry, and Waldo branches.
New branch schedules are:
• Headquarters Library and Millhopper, Tower Road, Alachua, High Springs, Hawthorne, and Newberry branches: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday noon-5 p.m.
• Cone Park and Library Partnership branches: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Sunday
• Archer, Micanopy, and Waldo branches: Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday
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://harn.ufl.edu/bookorder. 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
First Annual European Car Show: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Oct. 23, on Saturday, Oct. 23 in two parking lots across the street from The Cheesecake Factory on Archer Road. The event will feature more than 120 cars and motorcycles from Mercedes to Audi, Ferraris to Lamborghinis. From vintage to modern models.There will be live music, vendors, and lots of fun. The show is free to attend for spectators; proceeds will benefit The United Way of North Central Florida. For more information – registration, vendor space, and future sponsorship opportunities, visit, https://bit.ly/butlercarshow. Title Sponsors include Continental Imports, Audi Gainesville, Werkshop49, Charles Schwab, BMW of Gainesville, and Porsche of Ocala. The event is a partnership with the BMW Car Club of America (Florida Suncoast Chapter) and Porsche of Ocala.
Sparks and Spook:10 a.m -5 p.m. Oct. 30. Cade Museum of Creativity and Invention. Experience tricks and treats, oozy slime and creepy fake blood, along with a witch’s brew of fun for kids and families. Children, 17 years old and under in costume get in free. The event features a safe environment with games and activities. Kids can learn about the macabre and mysterious forces of nature from the Cade’s own mad scientists while participating in engaging, sensory-friendly activities, arts and crafts.
36th Annual Art Festival at Thornebrook: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 16-17, Thornebrook Village Square, 2441 NW 43rd St. (271.4772, artsshowthornebrook@gmail.com)
PLAYBOI CARTI: NARCISSIST: 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct.17, Stephen O’Connell Center. Tickets range from $29 – $295 + fees at playboicarti.com. Genre-defying rapper Playboi Carti’s first headline tour since 2018, when he took several cities by storm in support of his sophomore album Die Lit. Carti will continue to wow audiences across the country with his electric live performances and unique fan experiences on tour this fall.
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://www.eventbrite.com/e/punkhouse-in-the-deep-south-the-oral-history-of-309-registration164919557837
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Kevin Costner & Modern West ‘Tales from Yellowstone Tour 2021: Oct. 25, The St. Augustine Amphitheatre. Tickets now online at Ticketmaster.com and the venue Box Office.
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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