GAINESVILLE, Fla. —The rare occurrence of the planet Venus passing directly between the Earth and the sun will take place Tuesday evening.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 2012 Graduate Student Grants and Fellowships Conference will be held Friday in the University of Florida’s Health Professions, Nursing, and Pharmacy Building, known as HPNP.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Visitors can explore an ancient Mayan civilization and culture in the Florida Museum of Natural History’s newest temporary exhibit, “An Early Maya City by the Sea: Daily Life and Ritual at Cerros, Belize,” opening Saturday.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Alachua County Master Gardener Annual Plant Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to noon May 19 at the UF/IFAS Extension Office, 2800 NE 39th Ave.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A special Mother’s Day performance by Straight No Chaser will be held at 2 p.m. May 13 at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Digital Worlds Institute will present the finale of the third season of “LiveVibe TV” at 7:30 p.m. April 26 at the REVE auditorium, located in Norman Gym.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Performing Arts presents a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” at 7:30 p.m. April 23 at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The UF Symphony Orchestra concert, conducted by Raymond Chobaz, will celebrate the close of the 100th anniversary season at 7:30 p.m. today in University Auditorium.

INESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History is giving away 400 native trees from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 28 in honor of Arbor Day.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. ― Jon Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On a Prayer” is one 1980s hit that, unfortunately, more than 100,000 people relate to each day as they wait for a lifesaving organ.