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Name: SPARC STEAM STATION POP UP
Start: 2026-06-20T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-20T15:30:00+00:00
Location: Legacy Park

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June 2026
SPARC STEAM STATION POP UP

June 20 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Legacy Park 15400 Peggy Rd, Alachua, Florida, United States

Join us for a hands-on STEAM Pop-Up to experiment, build, design, and create at interactive activity stations created by local artists! Activities will be primarily geared towards youth in middle […]

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AFROFUTURISM WEEK KICK-OFF PARTY

Saturday, January 24 at Santa Fe College Blount Center
(530 W. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601)

A community celebration and panel introducing Afrofuturism Week, featuring music, dance, hands-on art activities, a screen-printing workshop, a pop-up library, and a family-friendly Afrofuturist comic workshop.

Sponsors: Bailey Learning and Arts Collective, Center for African Studies
Funded in part by Visit Gainesville, Alachua County

MLK LECTURE

Thursday, January 22 at Pugh Hall Ocora
(296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, FL 32611)

A public lecture honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., featuring visiting scholar Kathi Earles, MD, speaking on Afrofuturist themes hosted by UF African American Studies.

Cirque Kalabanté

Tuesday, January 21 | 7:30pm
Phillips Center

West African acrobatics, drumming and dance

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Sponsored by UF Performing Arts

Art After Dark

Thursday, January 30 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm
HARN Museum of Art

HESCAH lecture with Stephanie Dunning at 6pm and reception, fashion show curated by Anani Blakey at 7:30pm, music performance, art activities, and refreshments.

Co-sponsored by HESCAH and the HARN Museum of Art

Afrofuturist Film Watch Party

Tuesday, January 28 | 6:00pm
Santa Fe College Blount Center
Room DB-109/110

A collection of three short films from the African Diaspora: “Pumzi”, “Afronauts”, and “Daughter of the Sea” that delve into Afrofuturism, migration and the fantastical, with community conversations led by a panel of UF faculty, Dr. Ariadna Tenorio, Dr. Abdoulaye Kane and filmmakers, Alexis Garcia and Nuotama Bodomo, moderated by Antoine Williams.

Sponsored in part by UF Center for African Studies, Santa Fe College Blount Center, BLAAC2BASICS, UF Center for Latin American Studies, and UF Center for Humanities.

GFAA Furious Joy Art Exhibition & Reception

Friday, January 24 | 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Gainesville Fine Arts Association

Zora Neale Hurston Panel Discussion

Wednesday, January 22 | 6:00pm

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Panel discussion on
Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God Led by Dr. Porchia Moore

In partnership with UF Libraries and The NEA Big Read in Alachua County
Co-sponsored by Dept. of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies

June 2026