Body horror is back: The movie you can’t eat while watching

Dominique Macias, Contributor/Photographer • October 16, 2024

Newest Body Horror film, The Substance, hit theaters this month. Directed by Coralie Fargeat, setting her intentions with this movie, making everyone leave the theaters a different person—no pun intended. Making younger and older generations grateful for their own bodies.

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Revival of “Dream Monster” in the Sun City

Avery Escamilla-Wendell, Contributor/Writer • October 15, 2024

The friendly Dream Monster is making its appearance once again, being spray painted across multiple areas of El Paso. The creative consultant and director of Cool Things Creative and creator of Dream Monster, Matthew Martinez, has brought back his beloved mural of Dream Monster after a six-year hiatus from art.

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For the Spooky Season lovers: Read along how Ricardo Marquez builds his own DIY Costume and really recommends it

Victoria Valadez, Contributor/Photographer • October 13, 2024

Ricardo Marquez shares his opinion about Halloween costumes and recommends students to DIY their own costumes also, as he mentions how it is cheaper, reusable and makes your costume fit more flattering.

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Two Door Cinema Club makes way to El Paso in sold-out show

Iziah Moreno, Staff Photographer • October 11, 2024

Two Door Cinema Club returned to El Paso on Sept. 25 at the Plaza Theater along with their opener Petey for a sold-out show. The show is a part of their US and Canada tour, the biggest in their career.

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Oculto Film Festival showcases borderland horror with thrilling creations from local filmmakers

Ximena Cordero, Staff Reporter • October 9, 2024

The sixth annual Oculto Film Festival was a bi-national event, taking place in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. The event gave horror enthusiasts a chance to watch films created by filmmakers from the borderland and around the world.

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Sun Bowl to see a ‘Sky Full of Stars:’ Coldplay will perform in El Paso June 2025

Marco Hinojosa, Audience and Engagement Editor • October 8, 2024

Coldplay announced the El Paso tour date for their newest album titled 'Moon Music.' The concert date set for June 13, 2025 marks the band's only stop in Texas.

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‘C U L8R Alligator,’ Lanita ‘Lana Del Rey’ ties the knot with Jeremy Dufrene

Frida Acuna and Marco Hinojosa • October 7, 2024

Living legend, 39-year-old Lana Del Rey recently became one with 49-year-old swamp tour guide, Jeremy Dufrene. The private wedding took place in Des Allemandes, Louisiana Sept. 26.

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Sitting at the edge of your seat: El Paso Film Festival Returns

Sebastian Perez-Navarro, Staff Reporter • October 7, 2024

For the seventh year in a row, West Texas’s Preeminent destination for Indie film has come and gone. The Film Festival’s fallout is one which hopes to inspire the inner director of those young and old.

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Florafest offered El Paso a chance to learn about native plants and support UTEP’s Centennial Museum and Gardens

Ximena Cordero, Staff Reporter • October 7, 2024

Florafest, an event hosted by UTEP’s Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, took place Sept. 28. Customers could purchase native plants with the help of local gardening experts which helped support the museum and gardens.

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Need a quiet place to study?

Victoria Valadez, Contributor/Photographer • September 27, 2024

With such a large campus, UTEP has many well-known and hidden gem areas where students can study.

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World-Renowned El Paso legend and private investigator, Jay J. Armes, passes away at 92

Rumi Sevilla, Staff Reporter • September 24, 2024

Jay J. Armes, a world-renowned private investigator and native El Pasoan, passed away at 92, according to a Sept. 19 Facebook post shared by his son, Jay J. Armes III.

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“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”: A Twisted Revival of the Strange and the Unusual

Rumi Sevilla, Staff Reporter • September 23, 2024

Following the 1988 release of Beetlejuice, Tim Burton has brought back both longtime fans and newer generations to theaters —36 years later— with the newest release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

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