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 were 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.
Via: UF School of Fine Arts
Nowhere to Go: Haiti Housing Crisis
What: A multimedia look at the devastation in Haiti in the years following the destructive earthquake that hit the country five years ago.
Where: Focus Gallery
When: Until Friday
Why: Because this holiday season, it’s important to remember that people are dealing with far worse things than your drunk uncle.
Via: Sundance
Listen Up Philip
What: A complex comedy that follows a man who feels slightly disingenuous about his current life, and he escapes to a quiet place to focus on his favorite subject-himself. Stars Jason Schwartzman and directed by Alex Perry. Tickets are $5.
Where: The Wooly
When: Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m.
Why: Because watching someone else selfishly focus on himself is much more fulfilling than doing it ourselves.
Via: UT San Diego
Wine Tasting
What: An event that serves tapas and showcases wines from JF Wine Imports. Price is $25.
Where: Sweetwater Branch Inn
When: Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
Why: Because wine tasting is fancy as fuck.
Via: Old Magoun’s Saloon
Harley Davidson’s 13th Annual Chili Cook-off
What: A free event that allows you to eat chili, drink cold beer and listen to live music to benefit Tyler’s Hope Foundation.
Where: Gainesville Harley-Davidson
When: Saturday, noon to 4p.m.
Why: Because cool biker dudes cooking you chili, serving you beer and showing off their bikes all in the name of charity sounds like a solid way to spend a Saturday.
Feature photo courtesy of: Postcards from FunTown
