Locals celebrating pop culture returned to the ninth annual El Paso Comic Con (EPCON) April 12-14 at the El Paso Convention Center in Downtown El Paso. The El Paso Comic Con is an annual, three-day weekend with cosplay (dressing up as favorite characters),...

The UTEP Centennial Museum hosted a special reception Saturday, April 13, for its most recent exhibition “Uncaged Art,” an art collection created by the children who were held in the immigrant detention center in Tornillo, Texas. In June 2018, the...

Local solo artist Jordan Taylor is set to perform at the ninth annual Neon Desert Music Festival on Sunday, May 26 in Downtown El Paso. Taylor is a solo singer and considers the genre of her music as a mixture of R&B and pop. “I suppose I would...

The nation’s leading healthy, fast, casual poke restaurant, Pokéworks, will celebrate the grand opening of their new east side location on April 13, with a buy one, get one free special and other giveaways at 1318 George Dieter Drive. There is currently...

The Student Engagement & Leadership presents the “Visions: Creativity Never Gets Old” exhibit by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the Union Gallery for all to admire and explore. OLLI a program founded by Bernard Osher provides...

The El Paso Comic Con brings a handful of celebrity guests for a pop culture-filled weekend April 12-14 at the El Paso Convention Center. The three-day event includes costume and trivia contests, a poker tournament, a cosplay competition, gaming, merchandise,...

Local alternative-indie band Homerun Derby is set to perform at the ninth annual Neon Desert Music Festival 2019 May 26 in Downtown El Paso. Homerun Derby currently consists of three musicians: lead singer and guitarist Mark Rodriguez,  bassist Ivan...

Local progressive and experimental rock band The Anhedonians are set to perform at the 2019 Neon Desert Music Festival May 25 in Downtown El Paso. The band consists of guitarist Serg Carrasco, keyboardist Matthew Santillan and drummer Paul Dumond, who...

Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers for the “Game of Thrones” series. For years since the very first episode of the series of  “Game of Thrones,” characters have said the now popular phrase “winter is coming.” Now as the show...

Sun City Craft Beer Festival, El Paso’s largest craft beer festival, returned to celebrate craft beer on the Borderland for the sixth year on March 30 and 31 at the El Paso Convention Center Plaza. This year’s festival highlighted and hosted a “Sunday...

The El Paso Zoological Society hosted the fifth annual Brew at the Zoo presented by Sun City ER, with dozens of breweries available for beer lovers to choose from March 30 at the El Paso Zoo. Hundreds of attendees had the opportunity to sample beers...

The Water Lantern Festival, voted No. 1 Festival in 2019 by USA Today, took place from 4:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 30 at Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta Drive. The popular event was founded in 2017 and takes place in almost half of the country The festival...