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October 3
FILM
Live-in Maid, Hippodrome, 4:30, 7, & 9pm.

MUSIC
Abeliefin, Tuesdays Debut, Thunder Over Water, Backstage Lounge. Classic Punk for Ye Olde Drunk, Common Grounds - Porch. Hank III, Assjack, Those Poor Bastards, Beta Bar. Karaoke, University Club. Karl Weismantel Duo, Emiliano’s. New Song Night, Lightnin’ Salvage, 6-9pm, free. The deep and holy sea, anders parker, spinnaker, Lightnin’ Salvage. Today Is The Day, Tai Pan, Defcon 4, Christine, Beta Bar. Tom Miller’s Birthday Bash, The Gootis Trilogy, Common Grounds. Twist and Shout! DJ Tom Spin, Atlantic.

OTHER
Banned Books Week, Wild Iris. Barnyard Buddies, Morningside Nature Ctr, 3-4pm. Chenrezig & Green Tara Practice, Tibetan Meditation Ctr 7-9pm. Crafter’s Circle, High Springs Library, 1pm. Crafters’ Coffee Klatch, Archer Library, 10am-noon. Greek Night, Book Lover’s Café. Gville Front Runners, Thomas Ctr, near fountain, 6pm. Students for a Democratic Society, Civic Media Ctr, 4pm. The Avenue Coffee House, Goering’s Books, 8pm. Union Street Farmers’ Market, 4-7pm.

THEATER/DANCE
Brazilian Dance, Unified Training Ctr, 7-8pm, 338-9063. Irish Dance, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 6pm, $5, hamletdance@aol.com. Tango, Bailey’s Gym, 7:45pm, $5, www.gainesvilletango.org. Zydeco, Fat Tuesdays, 7pm, 870-2538.

UF/SFCC
SFCC Student Senate Meeting, S-29/30, 8pm. UF Scrabble Club, room 2318, Turlington, 9:30pm.

October 4

ART
Museum Nights, Harn Museum & FL Museum of Nat History, 5-9pm.

FILM
Live-in Maid, Hippodrome, 7 & 9pm.

MUSIC
Bad Moon Rising w/ DJ Coin Laundry, Common Grounds - Porch. Bang Bang!! DJ Cameron, Atlantic. Gothic/80’s Darkwave, Club Plasma. Iron Horse Bluegrass Band, Baby Dracula, Barnacles, Common Grounds. March to May, Modern Skirts, Snow Child, 1982. Marty Liquori Jazztet, Leo’s 706. Michael J & Starfish, Durty Nelly’s. Paco’s acoustic jam, Tim & Terry’s, 9pm-1am. The Derek Trucks Band, Phillips Ctr, 7:30pm. Unkle Brad, Speakeasy. Vascular Symphony, My Evil Side, Sarcastic, Backstage Lounge. World Music - DJ Nora, Lightnin’ Salvage, 6-9pm, free.

OTHER
Banned Books Week, Wild Iris. Ethiopian Night-Vegetarian Cuisine, Book Lover’s Café. High Springs Farmers’ Market, 2-6pm. Mystery Book Discussion Group, Tower Road Library, 2pm. Sierra Club Meeting, Entamology-Nematology Bldg @ UF, rm 1031, 6pm. The Poetry Jam, Civic Media Ctr, 7:45-11:30pm. Volunteer Mtg, Civic Media Ctr. Writers at Florida, Goering’s Books, 8:30pm. Yoga, Downtown Library, 5:30-6:30pm.

THEATER/DANCE
Belly Yoga, Hip Moves, 6-7pm, $8, 352-692-0132. Israeli Dancing, B’nai Israel , 7pm, andrew@bronz.com. Latin Night, Plasma, 10:30pm. Salsa, Unified Training Ctr, 8pm. Scottish Country Dance, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 6:30-9:30pm. Swing Dance, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 6:30-9:30pm, 377-0018. The Cherry Orchard, Constans Thtr, 8pm.

October 5

ART
Looking Beyond Sight, Harn Museum, 2pm.

FILM
The Bubble (Buah, Ha), Hippodrome, 6:45 & 9pm.

MUSIC
Athma, Hollow Days, Luna Halo, Plane Jane Automobile, 1982. Blitzbergen, Lightnin’ Salvage, 6-9pm, free. Brazil, Common Grounds - Porch. Dr. Um, Speakeasy. Hank Williams III (2 sets!) & Those Poor Bastards, The Venue, $16adv @ Hyde & Zeke’s, ticketweb.com. Jacare Brazil, Agbedidi Jellya, Marimba Ayin, Downtown Community Plaza. Kalus, Rojo Diablo, Backstage Lounge. Maida Vale (Ex-Forever Changed, Avery & Katherine Speed), Beta Bar. Soulphonics, Duppies, Common Grounds. the deep and holy sea, Cassette, spinnaker, kathleen, Lightnin’ Salvage. Whiskey & Co. Tour Kickoff Party! w/Lucero, Bobby Bare Jr., Atlantic.

OTHER
Alachua Co. Singles Dance & Social, University City Lion’s Club, 8-11pm, Age 30+, 377-9566. Banned Books Week, Wild Iris. The Word Is Spoken, Bar One, 8-10pm, free. Yoga, Wild Iris, 5:30pm.

THEATER/DANCE
A Street Car Named Desire, High Springs Community Thtr, 8pm. American Buffalo, Civic Media Ctr, 8pm. Brazilian Dance, Unified Training Ctr, 7-8pm, 338-9063. Greek Dance w/ Embros Orchestra, Gville Woman’s Club, 7:30-11:30pm, 352-371-7258. International Folk Dance, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 8pm, $3, 352-359-2903. Latin Night, Whiskey Room, 10:30pm. The Cherry Orchard, Constans Theatre, UF, 8pm. The Shape of Things, Phillips Ctr Black Box, 8pm.

UF/SFCC
Gator Nights, Reitz Union, 6pm-2am. UF Astronomy Public Night, Campus Teaching Observatory, 7-9pm.

October 6
ART
Art Festival at Thornebrook, 352.384.3642. Docent-Led Tours, Harn Museum, 2pm.

FILM
Mi Mejor Enemigo/ My Best Enemy, Hippodrome, 2pm. The Bubble (Buah, Ha), Hippodrome, 4:30, 6:45, and 9pm.

MUSIC
Dead Mens Dreams, Backstage Lounge. Del The Funky Homosapien, Devin The Dude, Bukue One, Beta Bar. DJ Griffin, University Club. Electronic SubSouth # 33: The Flight Orchestra, The Ludovico Technique, Elijah B Torn, Common Grounds. Frank Whitenack, Lightnin’ Salvage, 6-9pm, free. Lady Cherelle, Speakeasy. Oh Sanders, The Dark Romantics, Mouse Fire, Clock Hands Strangle, Atlantic. slowmotion skyrocket, Between the Trees, New Atlantic, Liam and Me, Holiday Parade, 1982. SPHFN! + Bambu, Common Grounds-Porch. The Ones to Blame, Hayshaker, Side Bar. Unsafe Sax, Maude’s. 8:30pm. Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Phillips Ctr, 7:30pm..

OTHER
441 Farmers’ Market, NW 34th St & US Hwy 441, 8:30am-1pm. Banned Books Week, Wild Iris. Devil’s Millhopper Ranger Guided Tour, Devil’s Millhopper, 10am, 955-2008. Guided Tour, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 10am, 372-4981. Lavender Menace Bicycle Club for Women, 8-9am. Overnight Backpacking Trip, North Rim of Paynes Prairie. Res. required, 466-4100. High Springs Farmer’s Market, 11am-3pm, (386)454-3950. Veg4Life, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 6:30pm, Community potluck vegan dinner, $1, 375-7207.

THEATER/DANCE
A Street Car Named Desire, High Springs Community Thtr, 8pm. American Buffalo, Civic Media Ctr, 8pm. Argentine Tango, Masonic Lodge, 7:30pm, $10, www.tangoyte.com. The Cherry Orchard, Constans Thtr, 8pm. The Shape of Things, Phillips Ctr, 2pm, 8pm.

October 7
ART
Art Festival at Thornebrook, 352.384.3642. Docent-Led Tours, Harn Museum, 2pm,. The Walls of the Dancing Bear Cave, or ‘The Stuff I Lugged Home’ lecture by Bill Hunt, Harn Museum, 3pm.

FILM
Gay Short Film Festival, Hippodrome, 8pm, www.thehipp.org. Mango Kiss, Hippodrome, 4:45pm. OutLaugh, Hippodrome, 6:30pm. The Bubble (Buah, Ha), Hippodrome, 2:30, 4:45, 7pm. Women’s Dinner & a Movie Night, Liberty Ctr, 5:30pm.

MUSIC
Empty Fifth’s open mike, Backstage Lounge. Paco’s acoustic jam, Tim & Terry’s, 7-11pm. The Octopus Project, Common Grounds.

OTHER
ACLD Foundation Author Gala: An Evening with Erik Larson, Savannah Grande, 5-8pm, author of Thunderstruck & Isaac’s Storm, reception, silent auction, upscale seated dinner and book signing to benefit ACLD. Tickets $75, 352-334-3910. Chi Kung, Unified Training Ctr, 9pm, (904) 571-8240. Gville Front Runners, Thomas Ctr, near fountain, 6pm. In Zora’s Words: A Dramatic Reading by Vivian Filer of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hawthorne Library, 3pm, part of The Big Read. Lavender Menace Bicycle Club for Women, 8-9am. Sweetwater Unitarian Universalists, Wild Iris. Women in Black Vigil, NW 43rd St & 16th Ave, 4-5pm.

THEATER/DANCE
A Street Car Named Desire, High Springs Community Thtr, 8pm. Gville Oldtime Dance Society, Thelma Boltin Ctr, 4-7pm, $6. Israeli Dancing, Gville Dance & Music Assoc. 7pm. Salsa, Unified Training Ctr, 5pm. Shobana and Ensemble, Bharatanatyam Dance Concert, Phillips Ctr, 5:30pm. The Cherry Orchard, Constans Thtr, 2pm. The Shape of Things, Phillips Ctr Black Box, 2pm.

October 8
FILM
Manufacturing Consent, Civic Media Ctr, 8pm.

MUSIC
Bonde do Role, Beta Bar. Courtney K, Speakeasy. Deals Gone Bad, Mile 21, Rude Squad, Weaksauce, 1982. DJ Kyle, University Club. Electric Jam night, Lillian’s Music Store, 9:30pm-1:30am. Marty Liquori Jazztet, Leo’s 706/ Taylor Roberts Duo, Emiliano’s.

OTHER
Gville City Commission Mtg, Auditorium, City Hall, 1pm. Gville Scrabble Club, VFW, 1150 NE Waldo Rd, 6:30pm, 336-0960. Melrose Surge for Peace, SR 26 & N SR21, 5-6pm. Pilates-Mat, Unified Training Ctr, 7pm. Shaolin Chi Kung, United Church of Gville, 7-8pm, (904) 571-8240.

THEATER/DANCE
Beginner Belly Dance , Hip Moves, 6-7pm, $8, 352-692-0132. Cross Creek Cloggers, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 6pm, Eleta, 352-473-7761. English Country Dancing, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 7-10pm, $5, tara@p2c2e.net. MidEast Belly Dance, Unified Training Ctr, 5:45pm.

UF/SFCC
Pride Student Union General Mtg, Reitz Union, 8pm.

October 9
FILM
The Bubble (Buah, Ha), Hippodrome, 6:45, 9pm.

MUSIC
Bonde Do Role, Death Set, Common Grounds. Karaoke, Backstage Lounge. Lorene Drive, National Product, Broadway, Lithium, 1982. Sammy Figueroa Latin Jazz, Savannah Grande, 8pm. Sterling Shuck & Friends, Lightnin’ Salvage, 6-9pm, free. The Hook, Common Grounds.

OTHER
Adult Chess, Books Inc, 7pm. Barbergators, First Methodist Church, 7pm, 377-6259. Butler Plaza Farmers’ Market, 2pm-dusk. Gville Poets & Writers, Books Inc, 7pm. Meditation For Relaxation And Stress Management w/ Dr. David Cox, PhD. Millhopper Library, 6:30pm. Picket for Peace & Justice, University & 441, 4-6:30pm. Radical Education Study Group, Books Inc, 7pm. River Goddesses, River Linking: From Sacred to Transferable Waters, CSE E119, Ctr for the Study of Hindu Traditions, 7pm. Tai Chi, Westside Rec Ctr, 11:30am. What’s That Noise?, High Springs Library, creatures that roam the night, 2:30pm.

THEATER/DANCE
Belly Dance, Unified Training Ctr, 6:15pm. Salsa, Unified Training Ctr, 8pm. Scottish Country Dance, Destiny Dance Studio, 7:30-10pm, 873-9207. Tribal Belly Dance, Unified Training Ctr, 6pm.

UF/SFCC
CopyNight, Orange & Brew, 6:30pm. Gator Gay-Straight Alliance, Reitz Union, 8pm.

October 10
FILM
The Bothersome Man, Downtown Library, 6:30pm.
The Bubble (Buah, Ha), Hippodrome, 4:30, 6:45, & 9pm.

MUSIC
A Wilhelm Scream, Only Crime, Beta Bar. Classic Punk for Ye Olde Drunk, Common Grounds - Porch. Gibbs Brothers Band, Soul So Heavy, Rediculus Red, Backstage Lounge. Jacare Brazil & the UF Wind Symphony, Phillips Ctr, 7:30pm. Karaoke, University Club. Karl Weismantel Duo, Emiliano’s. Klezmer Katz, Lightnin’ Salvage, 6-9pm, free. SuperGoldSmith, Side Bar. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Common Grounds, doors @ 8, $12. Twist and Shout! DJ Tom Spin, Atlantic.

OTHER
Crafter’s Circle, High Springs Library, 1pm. Crafters’ Coffee Klatch, Archer Library, 10am-noon. Dharma Study & Practice w/Lama David Bole, Tibetan Meditation Ctr, 7-9pm. Greek Night, Book Lover’s Café. Gville Front Runners, Thomas Ctr, near fountain, 6pm. Gville Pagan Group, Wild Iris, 7pm. Ocala Art Group Mtg, Appleton Museum, 1pm, Jean Svendsen, 854-9156. Sanskrit Nights, Tibetan Meditation Ctr. Students for a Democratic Society, Civic Media Ctr, 4pm. The Avenue Coffee House, Goering’s Books, 8pm. Union Street Farmers’ Market, 4-7pm. Vegetarian Or Vegan? for teens, Millhopper Library, 7pm.

THEATER/DANCE
Brazilian Dance, Unified Training Ctr, 7-8pm, 338-9063. Irish Dance, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 6pm, $5, hamletdance@aol.com. Tango, Bailey’s Gym, 7:45pm, $5, www.gainesvilletango.org. Zydeco, Fat Tuesdays, 7pm, 870-2538.

UF/SFCC
SFCC Student Senate Meeting, S-29/30, 8pm. UF Scrabble Club, room 2318, Turlington, 9:30pm.

October 11

ART
Museum Nights, Harn Museum & FL Museum of Nat History, 5-9pm.

FILM
The Bubble (Buah, Ha), Hippodrome, 6:45 & 9pm.

MUSIC
Bad Moon Rising w/ DJ Coin Laundry, Common Grounds - Porch. Bang Bang!! DJ Cameron, Atlantic. David Allan Coe, Beta Bar. Emmett Carlisle, Lightnin’ Salvage, 6-9pm, free. Gators for Eccentric Music Presents: Battle Axe, Bacon Machine, Pardon My Carbon, Backstage Lounge. Gothic/80’s Darkwave, Club Plasma. Marty Liquori Jazztet, Leo’s 706. Michael J & Starfish, Durty Nelly’s. Paco’s acoustic jam, Tim & Terry’s, 9pm-1am. Rocky Votoloto, Portugal, The Man, The Great Depression, Common Grounds, doors@7pm! Unkle Brad, Speakeasy.

OTHER
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, O’Connell Ctr, 8pm, doors @ 7, 6:30 for students, free, first come, first served seating, no backpacks. Ethiopian Night- Vegetarian Cuisine, Book Lover’s Café. Gville Fine Arts Assoc. Meeting, Trinity United Methodist Church, 7-9pm, Scott Lamp, 375-5660. High Springs Farmers’ Market, 2-6pm. Killer Quill Mystery Writers Group, Books Inc, 6:30pm. Micanopy Friends of the Library Meeting, Micanopy Library Town Hall, 7pm, Ginny Gillen, 466-3122. Stonewall Democrats, 901 NW 8th Ave A-3, 5:45pm, GLBT rights political group. The Poetry Jam, Civic Media Ctr, 7:45-11:30pm. Volunteer Mtg, Civic Media Ctr. Writers at Florida, Goering’s Books, 8:30pm. Yoga, Downtown Library, 5:30-6:30pm.

THEATER/DANCE
An Evening with David Sedaris, Phillips Ctr, 8pm. Belly Yoga, Hip Moves, 6-7pm, $8, 352-692-0132. Israeli Dancing, B’nai Israel , 7pm, andrew@bronz.com. Latin Night, Plasma, 10:30pm. Salsa, Unified Training Ctr, 8pm. Scottish Country Dance, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 6:30-9:30pm. Swing Dance, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 6:30-9:30pm, 377-0018.

October 12

FILM
Vitus, Hippodrome, 6:45 & 9pm.

MUSIC
Brazil, Common Grounds - Porch. Celtic Woman, O’Connell Ctr, 7:30pm. Charles Ray and the Righteous Kind, Dirty Money, Common Grounds. Dopamean, Athma, Bottom Feeder, Trial By Torment, Backstage Lounge. Dr. Chrome and The Soulbones, The Sarah Mac Band, Side Bar. Dr. Um, Speakeasy. Funkatron, Tim and Terry’s. Hispanic Heritage Month concert, Downtown Community Plaza. Joel Pickering, Lightnin’ Salvage, 6-9pm, free. The Black Dahlia Murder, The Red Chord, Goatwhore, The Absence, Beta Bar.

OTHER
Alachua Co. Singles Dance & Social, University City Lion’s Club, 8-11pm, Age 30+, 377-9566. Cuentos Latinoamericanos: Stories from Latin America, Downtown Library, 10am. The Word Is Spoken, Bar One, 8-10pm, free. Yoga, Wild Iris, 5:30pm.

THEATER/DANCE
A Street Car Named Desire, High Springs Community Thtr, 8pm. American Buffalo, Civic Media Ctr, 8pm. Brazilian Dance, Unified Training Ctr, 7-8pm, 338-9063. Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Constans Black Box Thtr, 8pm. International Folk Dance, Gville Dance & Music Assoc, 8pm, $3, 352-359-2903, seltzerj@hotmail.com. Latin Night, Whiskey Room, 10:30pm.

UF/SFCC
Gator Nights, Reitz Union, 6pm-2am. UF Astronomy Public Night, Campus Teaching Observatory, 7-9pm.

October 13
ART
Docent-Led Tours, Harn Museum, 2pm.

FILM
Peace is Possible by Prem Rawat, Downtown Library, 2:30pm. Todos Somos Estrellas/We’re all Stars, Hippodrome, 2pm. Vitus, Hippodrome, 4:30, 6:45, & 9pm.

MUSIC
Caribou, Born Ruffians, Common Grounds, $10. DJ Griffin, University Club. Horizen, Side Bar. Lady Cherelle, Speakeasy. Marvin Hamlisch & Joel Grey, Phillips Ctr, 7:30pm. Save It For Sunrise (Final Show), Beta Bar. SPHFN! + Bambu, Common Grounds - Porch. The Rockaway Fumes, The Dali Drama, Soul Found, Backstage Lounge. The String Theory, Tim and Terry’s. Unsafe Sax, Maude’s. 8:30pm. Velveeta Underground, Lightnin’ Salvage, 6-9pm, free.

OTHER
2007 Gainesville Pride Festival, noon, www.gainesvillepride.org. 441 Farmers’ Market, NW 34th St & US Hwy 441, 8:30am-1pm. ButterflyFest, Florida Museum of Natural History, one day $5/adults & $2/ages 5-12, (352) 846-2000, ext. 245. Devil’s Millhopper Ranger Guided Tour, Devil’s Millhopper, 10am, 955-2008. Exploring Healing Paths, Wild Iris, 8am-4pm. Female Health And Education: Information for women from a licensed midwife, Downtown Library, 6-8pm. Friends of the Library Book Sale, 430 N Main St, 9am-6pm. High Springs 3rd Annual Fall Festival, Lucie Regansdorf, 454-2206, www.highsprings.com. Melrose Farmer’s Market, Take Me Magical Places Garden Cafe, 8am, (352) 475-3737. Micanopy Historical Society Meeting, Ryan Hall, 2pm, 466-3835. High Springs Farmer’s Market, 11am-3pm, (386)454-3950. The Melrose Pumpkin Festival, 9am-6pm, 475-1533.

THEATER/DANCE
A Street Car Named Desire, High Springs Community Thtr, 8pm. American Buffalo, Civic Media Ctr, 8pm. Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Constans Black Box Thtr, 8pm. Argentine Tango, Masonic Lodge, 7:30pm, $10, www.tangoyte.com.

October 14

ART
Docent-Led Tours, Harn Museum, 2pm, www.harn.ufl.edu. High Springs: A Photographic Journey, High Springs Library, 2:30pm. Open House for Butterfly Exhibit, Gville Artisans’ Guild Gallery, noon-5pm, 378-1383.

FILM
Vitus, Hippodrome, 2:30, 4:45, & 7pm.

MUSIC
Empty Fifth’s open mike, Backstage Lounge. Flying Turtles String Band, Hawthorne Library, 3pm. Paco’s acoustic jam, Tim & Terry’s, 7-11pm. Sounds Of The Harp, Tower Road Library, 2pm. Talich String Quartet, Phillips Ctr, 5pm.

OTHER
Barnyard Buddies, Morningside Nature Ctr, 3-4pm. ButterflyFest, Florida Museum of Natural History, one day $5/adults & $2/ages 5-12, Marilyn Martin, (352) 846-2000, ext. 245. Chi Kung, Unified Training Ctr, 9pm, (904) 571-8240. Friends of the Library Book Sale, 430 N Main St, 1-6pm. Gville Front Runners, Thomas Ctr, near fountain, 6pm. Interweave, potluck & speaker, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 6:30pm. Mystery Lovers Unite!, Archer Library, 3-4pm. Sweetwater Unitarian Universalists, Wild Iris. Women in Black Vigil, NW 43rd St & 16th Ave, 4-5pm.

THEATER/DANCE
A Street Car Named Desire, High Springs Community Thtr, 8pm. American Indian Dance Theatre, Phillips Ctr, 2pm. Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Constans Black Box Thtr, 2pm. Israeli Dancing, Gville Dance & Music Assoc. 7pm, andrew@bronz.com. Salsa, Unified Training Ctr, 5pm.