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Oktoberfest will return to The Arts Council's Smithgall Arts Center in Gainesville on Saturday for the organization's second annual event.

The Gainesville-based Arts Council recently announced it will expand its lineup of fall events and activities with program partners and community collaborations.

Crowds gathered, tunes played and wheels hit the pavement Sunday as Gainesville celebrated its second annual Skate the City community event at the Midland Greenway.

Gainesville’s annual fall festival returns for three days of music, food and fun this weekend at the Midland Greenway.

Have you seen this whimsical jellyfish in Midtown? Meet Shelley Hassel, the artist behind the mural Gainesville artist Shelley Hassel's jellyfish swimming over a Georgia forest greets Midtown travelers near Grove Street. - photo by Scott Rogers The next time you take a stroll around the Midtown Greenway, keep your eyes peeled for a strikingly large jellyfish drifting over a shadowed forest landscape. The mural, painted by Shelley Hassel, now brightens a portion of an old brick building on the corner of Grove and Banks street...