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What's Happening: Your 10-day forecast for May 12-21, 2023, includes "Let's Go to The Movies," First Night of The Hogtown Opry and more.

A central figure in Gainesville’s music scene for more than 40 years, Bob McPeek worked with Sister Hazel, Bo Diddley, Less than Jake and others.

Readers comment on Gainesville development, the State of the Union address and more

NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals OPINION Today's letters: Readers comment on Charlie Crist switching parties, city trash policies and cigarette butts on roadways The Gainesville Sun Good reasons to leave GOP  I was enjoying Bill Cotterrell’s take on Charlie Crist being a likely opponent for Ron DeSantis, until he got to the “flip flop” phrase regarding Crist’s change in political parties.  As a former Republican, Crist had many good reasons for choosing to leave. When his supposed Republican colleagues basically crucified him for giving Bar...

Gainesville artists gaze toward 'the Other Side' Bill Dean It’s been a year now since the COVID-19 shutdown began an extremely bleak period for Gainesville musicians, who along with the rest of the country suddenly found themselves facing new realities unique to their own livelihoods and prospects, or lack thereof. Despite the mass cancellations of gigs and a general unplugging of all live performances at the time, some musicians explored other ways of coping, including playing livestream shows from their homes or inside venues bereft of live audiences. Still others performed in music vid...