Event Calendar
Upcoming Events
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Kronos Quartet - Awakening
A 90-minute program that not only memorializes the events of 9/11, but also offers audience members a chance to reflect on the tragedy in a way that offers both healing and hope.
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Laurie Anderson - Homeland
A series of songs and stories that creates a poetic and political portrait of contemporary American culture, and addresses the current climate of fear, obsession with information and security.
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Shakespeare & Company in Hamlet
Renowned company’s first national tour features a real-life mother and son in the roles of Queen Gertrude and Hamlet.
2008
BLAST!
January 6, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Contemporary, Family, Broadway, Theater and Stage
BLAST!, winner of the 2001 Tony® Award for Best Special Theatrical Event, is comprised of a field of brass, percussion and visual performers brought together in a unique explosion of music and theater.
Location: Phillips Center
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman, Conductor and Violin Soloist
January 8, 2008 at 7:30 pm
The RPO and Pinchas Zukerman combine their musical talents on works by Elgar, Bruch and Tchaikovsky.
Location: Phillips Center
Dance Alive National Ballet presents Kim Tuttle and Friends
January 12, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Location: Phillips Center
Jay’s Bridal presents Gainesville Wedding Expo
January 13, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Doors open at 12 noon. Fashion show begins at 2 p.m. Prize drawings will be at 4 p.m.
Location: Phillips Center
Movement (R)evolution Africa: a story of an art form in four acts
January 14, 2008 at 7:30 pm
In an astonishing exposition of choreographic fomentation, nine African choreographers tell stories of an emergent art form and their diverse and deeply contemporary expressions of self.
Location: Phillips Center
Urban Bush Women with Compagnie Jant-Bi
January 17, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Les écailles de la mémoire (The scales of memory) explores the themes of resistance, memory and love while highlighting the visceral link between African-Americans and Africans.
Location: Phillips Center
Gainesville Chamber Orchestra presents 25th Anniversary Celebration
January 18, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Location: University Auditorium
The State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico
January 19, 2008 at 7:30 pm
One of the premiere orchestras in Mexico will perform works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Schumann, as well as “Sensemaya” by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas.
Location: Phillips Center
Interpreti Veneziani
January 20, 2008 at 5:00 pm
No musical ensemble better captures the romance and mystery of Venice than Interpreti Veneziani, based at the famous San Vidal Church, where Antonio Vivaldi regularly played.
Location: University Auditorium
Aquila Theatre Company in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22
January 20, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Spoken Word, Broadway, Theater and Stage
Based on Joseph Heller’s novel, Catch-22 is a satirical exploration of bureaucracy’s often confusing rules and regulations.
Location: Phillips Center