Bill Dean
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Streaming into summer
“Gainesville Live!” is the city’s new platform for local music → Read More
Striking up the bands
Local musicians talk about creating and performing in Gainesville during the time of the cornavirus. → Read More
Tom Petty's heirs release 'Gainesville'
A four-CD set of previously unreleased Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' material, live records and alternate versions of the band's songs includes the song "Gainesville" and will be released Sept. 28. → Read More
Familiar sound: Petty's heirs release 'Gainesville'
A four-CD set of previously unreleased Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' material, live records and alternate versions of the band's songs includes the song 'Gainesville' and will be released Sept. 28. → Read More
Return of the bands of years past
APRIL 13ONE OF 'HIS' NIGHTS: A couple of years ago, Bernie Leadon, one of two former Gainesville musicians who had played with the Eagles, returned to the → Read More
Wynton Marsalis, 'Cinderella' among Phillips Center acts
Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Joshua Bell with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald will fill the upcoming University of Florida Performing Arts Season with renowned sounds while Broadway musicals such as “Cabaret,” “A Chorus Line” and “Cinderella” will add visual splash as well.The 2017-2018 season, which will kick off… → Read More
Wynton Marsalis, 'Kinky Boots' among Phillips Center acts
Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Joshua Bell with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and former Doobie Brother Michael → Read More
Wynton Marsalis, 'Kinky Boots' among Phillips Center acts
Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Joshua Bell with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald will fill the upcoming University of Florida Performing Arts Season with renowned sounds while Broadway musicals such as “Cabaret,” “A Chorus Line” and “Cinderella” will add visual splash as well.The 2017-2018 season, which will kick off… → Read More
Wynton Marsalis, 'Cinderella,' among Phillips Center lineup
Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Joshua Bell with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald will fill the upcoming University of Florida Performing Arts Season with renowned sounds while such Broadway musicals such as “Cabaret,” “A Chorus Line” and “Cinderella” will add visual splash throughout the season as well.The 2017-2018… → Read More
'Dreamgirls' star Holliday to shine in SF College's Master Artist series
Broadway star Jennifer Holliday will bring hit songs from the musical “Dreamgirls” and other R&B hits to the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall when the Tony- and Grammy-award-winning performer appears for two shows Sept. 4 and 5. → Read More
List: Where to dine al fresco with a side of live music
With the city of Gainesville’s “Free Fridays” Concert Series returning Aug. 7, outdoor concerts will again fill downtown with the sounds of music on a weekly basis, this time through Oct. 23 at the temporary location of Southwest Second Avenue and Southwest Second Street while renovations continue at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza. → Read More
‘Beauty & The Beasts’ exhibit highlights the animal kingdom
A young woman in a bucolic setting sits surrounded by reindeer. An orangutan stares plaintively at what may or may not be his right hand. And what appears to be a joyous alligator beams with peace in his watery repose. → Read More
B.B. King left his mark on Gainesville
He was the “King of the Blues,” a guitarist's guitarist and a royal ambassador of his sound, not just in Mississippi, where he was born, or Memphis, where he lived. → Read More
Plan Your Week for April 27, 2015
The annual Moonlight Walk at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens will feature more than 1,500 luminaries, twinkle lights and lanterns Saturday. Moonlight Walk: 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Drive. Admission: $14; $7 for ages 3 to 13; members receive a $4 discount. THEATER The Hipp production of the comedy “The Two Musketeers” begins a final week of performances Tuesday,… → Read More
Plan Your Week for Feb. 23, 2015
The Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” opens Tuesday for a run of eight performances over six days at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. “Jersey Boys”: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $35-$75; $20 for UF students. (392-2787, www.performingarts.ufl.edu) THEATER In the new Hipp comedy “Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play,”… → Read More
Top things to do this weekend
Imagination, wonder and an appreciation for musical chops from big bands to the blues are all that's needed to enjoy a weekend of theatrical, cinemat → Read More
Marcus Roberts brings his jazz trio to UF Auditorium
In a “60 Minutes” profile of Marcus Roberts from last year, Wynton Marsalis asks the jazz pianist to play one piece — in this case “America the Beautiful” — in four different styles. → Read More
Annual film, music events provide great entertainment
Annual events in music and film this weekend mark the return of a master instrumentalist to the Gainesville Community Band, and a slate of 75 short films competing in FLEXfest 2015, the Florida Experimental Film & Video Festival. → Read More
Zap Mama and Antibalas bring joint tour to town
A new tour and first performance pairing the Congo-born, Afro-pop vocalist Zap Mama with the Afrobeat group Antibalas marks the debut of a de facto worldbeat supergroup. → Read More
'Absurd' local variety show celebrates 100th installment
The truth may or may not be absurd. But if one pathway to the truth is through absurdism, then the road to salvation leads, at least on Monday nights in Gainesville, straight to the front doors of 1982 on West University Avenue. → Read More