There are two approaches to spending your time in this complex, enigma of a town called Gainesville.
You can complain that “there’s nothing to do” and drown your sorrows in a sub-par 3-4-1 Long Island at Cantina every night or you can embrace your precious time here in Hogtown and go explore. We’ve helped you survive your road trips and spring break, we supply you killer pregame music and we tell you where to stuff your face, but we haven’t exactly helped you become the cultured, Renaissance man you’ve always dreamed of being after watching “Anchorman” or “Archer.”
Every week we will provide you with a few of the best happenings of the city that don’t involve blacking out in Midtown or watching Study Edge at Club West.
Gainesville, it’s time to culture your fu**ing self.
STREB
What:
A gravity-defying performance put on by dance company, STREB.
Where:
Phillips Center
When:
Tuesday March 25 and Wednesday March 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Why:
Who doesn’t love witnessing heart attack inducing acrobatics? And the group has been featured on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
Get The Led Out
What:
This is more than a Led Zeppelin cover band concert. Get The Led Out is known as “The American Led Zeppelin” and has been touring for nearly ten years.
Where:
Phillips Center
When:
Friday March 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Why:
Because Led Zeppelin is one of the best, if not the greatest, rock band to ever exist. And Get The Led Out will play songs that the original band rarely played in concert.
Angels in America: Perestroika
What:
Part two of Tony Kushner’s epic play that confronts racial, civil and sexual rights in the age of Reagan and the dawning of AIDS.
Where:
McGuire Theatre + Dance Pavilion
When:
Friday March 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Why:
Tony Kushner also penned the “Lincoln” screenplay and has a few awards under his belt, so the guy knows a thing or two about portraying incredible history.
Indian Cooking Class
What:
All you need is your own apron and Blue Oven Kitchens will provide the rest. You’ll learn how to make chicken and spinach curry, coriander cilantro flatbread and other unique Indian delicacies.
Where:
Blue Oven Kitchens
When:
Thursday March 27 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Why:
Your inner “Chopped” champion has been patiently waiting for his or her debut. It’s time to shine.
