We’d like to invite you to LiveVibeTV’s Season 3 Opening:
“WHAT’S HAPNAN? Arts & Sciences in the Digital Age”
Thursday November 17 at 7:30 PM.
UF Digital Worlds Institute REVE
An innovative UF nanotechnology engineer uses video games to help recruit students for high-tech careers, the head of the Art school plays the Blues, and PK Yonge elementary school students demonstrate how music and audio engineering have changed their lives…
Seats in the Live Studio audience can be reserved at:
RSVP@DigitalWorlds.ufl.edu
The regional, national and international community can also tune in and interact with the featured guests live during the show at:
www.LiveVibeTV.com
Former Sante Fe College student Adrian Villaverde returns to Gainesville as the headliner for AV CLUB 2011 show on Saturday, October 22 at the new Sante Fe College Fine Arts Hall. Villaverde established himself in the Miami club scene and is now an internationally recognized producer of dance music. Adrian has performed with artists and DJ’s including Benny Benassi, Porter Robinson, Laidback Luke, Wally Lopez and was tapped to open for Grammy Nominated Wolfgang Gartner, one of the Top 100 DJ’s in the world. Gainesville DJ Aeriform will also be on hand to lend support to the show with his compelling mixes.
Sharing the stage with the DJs will be an eclectic variety of musical talent, many of whom are actually former or current University of Florida and Sante Fe College students.
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AUDITIONS for HOST / EMCEE of the AV CLUB Show 2011
15-minute auditions are now being scheduled to occur on Monday OCT 17 between 5:30 and 7PM at the Digital Worlds Institute REVE in Old Norman Gym. Location:
http://digitalworlds.ufl.edu/resources/directions_REVE.asp
Persons wishing to be considered to be the Host/Emcee the OCT 22 AV CLUB SHOW event in Sante Fe’s new Theatre must be:
-Energetic
-Able to improvise and work a young college crowd between the various
different acts/artists on AVClub Show
- able to follow general direction and know the names of each and every
one of the artists so they can be properly and enthusiastically introduced
and acknowledged as they leave the stage
- in contact with Digital Worlds Institute by phone (352) 294-2020 ASAP to set up their appointment time. Make this call ideally no later than EOD Friday OCT 14 but certainly by Noon Monday OCT 17
For more info on AV CLUB, please see:
http://digitalworlds.ufl.edu/dcs2/avclub/# or
www.AVCLubShow.com
For more information please contact : info@digitalworlds.ufl.edu
To set up an audition time, call Digital Worlds Institute by phone (352) 294-2020
WCJB-20:
All around the world people continue to mourn the loss of Apple Icon Steve Jobs.
His life and innovations touched many…including a state of the art digital arts program at the University of Florida.
Directors of the program say their institute is designed to help students become more like Steve Jobs.
TV 20’s Duke Carter reports.
Watch the story here.
(Photo by Erica Brough)
Gainesville Sun:
Catching a play, musical act or dance performance Monday was as easy as walking around the University of Florida campus.
The 12-hour marathon of cultural happenings, called “random acts of culture,” was intended to increase awareness and appreciation of artistic opportunities at UF. It marked the kickoff to a month celebrating the arts and humanities at the university and beyond.
Read more.
(Photo by Vonecia Carswell)
Independent Florida Alligator:
Artistic students met the first Monday of October with a dancing gold crystal and a flash mob on the Reitz Union Colonnade.
The UF College of Fine Arts and the Fine Arts College Council hosted an arts and cultural opportunities fair Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Reitz Colonnade in celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month.
With about 70 campus and local clubs and organizations participating, the fair offered students a chance to find unique ways to connect with the art community.
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Oct. 3 is marked as the “kick-off” date for the National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM), with an Arts and Cultural Opportunities Fair to feature community and campus organizations related to arts, culture and humanities from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the J. Wayne Reitz Union colonnade. Participation is free to attendees.
There will be a special presentation at noon during the fair. Dignitaries and guest speakers, including UF President Bernie Machen and Mayor Pro Tem Thomas Hawkins, will address attendees. President Machen is expected to talk about the importance of arts and humanities in the higher education learning experience and Mayor Hawkins will present a proclamation on behalf of the City of Gainesville.
Learn more about the fair and NAHM at http://www.arts.ufl.edu/ahmonth.Arts \
Cultural Opportunities Fair Participants
4MOST Gallery and WARPhaus
Acrosstown Repertory Theater
Alachua Children’s Theater
Argentine Tango Club
Art Education Club
Art History Association Art/Science Collective (ScArt)
Arts in Health
Brazilian Cultural Arts
Exchange Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere
Cinema Verde
City of Gainesville
College of Fine Arts
Contra Dancing Club
CREATE
Dance Alive National Ballet
Dudley Farm Historic State Park
FLEX Fest
Florida Museum of Natural History
Florida Players
Florida Swing Dancing Club
Floridance
Friends of Music
Friends of Theater and Dance
Gainesville Chamber Orchestra
Gainesville Civic Chorus
Gainesville Dance Association
Gainesville Fashion Week, LLC
Gainesville Harmony Show Chorus
Gainesville Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Gator Jazz Band
Gator Salsa Club
Harn Museum of Art
Hippodrome Theatre
INsite Magazine
International Center
JWRU Arts & Crafts Center
JWRU Leisure Courses
Korean Undergraduate Student Association
Mass Visual Arts
Matheson Museum
Multicultural & Diversity Affairs
No Southern Accent
S.O.N.G.
Society Promotions
Stephen C. O’Connell Center
The After School Art Club
The Doris Bardon Community Cultural Center
Theatre Strike Force
UF Africa Choir
UF Carillon Studio
UF Center for the Arts and Public Policy
UF Department of Housing
UF Fine Arts College Council
UF Hillel Arts
UF International Center
UF Men’s Glee Club
UF Museum Studies Program
UF Music Composition
UF Performing Arts
UF Singer-Songwriter Society
UF Symphony Orchestra
University Galleries
University Gospel Choir
Volaticus Aerial Dance Club
VSA FL
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National Arts and Humanities Month is upon us and the University of Florida has some great events planned for its celebration, the first of which are less than a week away on Monday, October 3! Don’t miss your chance to help kick off NAHM with gusto!
The Kick Off events on Oct. 3 are:
12-hour Cultural Marathon
“Random acts of culture” throughout campus, aimed to increase awareness, appreciation and excitement for artistic opportunities at UF.
Spontaneous locations on UF Campus, Oct. 3, 8am - 8pm
UF Campus Opportunities Fair
Academic units pair with students and community organizations to promote opportunities to join, explore and enjoy the arts and humanities in our area.
Reitz Union Colonade, Oct. 3, 10am - 3pm
Both events are FREE and open to everyone. We can’t wait to see you there!
For more information about NAHM at UF please visit: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/ahmonth/Default.aspx
