On Aug. 23, graduate students assembled at the UGLC for the Graduate Student Orientation and Training. Organized by the graduate school, there were conferences welcoming both new and returning graduate students, the resource fair, food trucks and...

New Era Wrestling's weekly Lucha Frontera livened up the El Paso County Coliseum with its light heavyweight tournament on July 28. Lucha Frontera is produced by the local production company Empty Pockets. Empty Pockets, which provides New Era Wrestling...

Illusionist, stunt artist and magician David Blaine will amaze the Southwest when his North American tour takes him to The Plaza Theater on July 21. Blaine is a committed, fearless magician, who is willing to risk his body for the sake of the audience’s...

On July 24, the El Paso chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) hosted their first forum. Between printing machines and with a small assortment of chairs, members and prospects got together to talk about the community of graphic designers...

Odd-Lab is an experimental place, where innovative props and choreographies are created, and where odd people reside. For seven years, Odd-Lab has taken fire as a dance partner and together they’ve captivated and astonished audiences across the Southwest....

Local band Old Kids is well stocked with classically trained musicians whom appear to fear nothing since they expect nothing. Since their slow and sporadic beginning in 2013, to their first humble performance in 2015, Old Kids have remained loyal not...

This summer the office of student life will kick off their series of Movies on the Lawn with popular, family, and cult classic films. The four movies that will be presented this year are Selena (1997), Moana (2016), Sing (2016) and the remake of Disney’s...

On Nov. 18, creative writing professor Jeff Sirkin read from his  latest collection of poetry, “Travelers Aid Society,” to a packed room of students, faculty and fans of his work. In his book, Sirkin questions the meaning of freedom and the complexity...

“Desierto” is the first full-length film by Mexican director Jonas Cuaron. After co-writing the award-winning “Gravity” with his father, Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas co-wrote, produced and directed “Desierto.” The thriller is about immigrants crossing...

There are some things every El Pasoan simply knows: the fact that we are in the United States, not in Mexico and our authority on great Mexican food. We also know that El Paso wouldn’t be the city it is if it was not for its connection to its sister...

This Halloween, the ghost tours by Paso Del Norte Paranormal Society will turn 10 years old. The society was founded by Reverend Henry Flores after he went through paranormal and historical tours of other cities. Flores began investigating the haunted...

On Oct. 4th, more than 30 local filmmakers and film lovers attended a city council meeting to present incentives that promotes film production in El Paso. The main goal is to turn El Paso into an advantageous place where their profession can grow. In...

Every member of The Chamanas has been in the local music scene for more than 10 years, but the band is only three years old. During those years, every member of The Chamanas was scattered. They all knew each other some way or another, and it wasn’t...

The American movie industry is in an era of recycled ideas. Hollywood is banking on American audiences’ willingness to pay to watch their favorite heroes of a bygone era or to know what ever became of them. Movies such as “Star Wars VII: The Force...

This month the Alamo Draft House hosted a mini-film festival called “Septemburton” that is dedicated solely to Tim Burton. Following Burton’s latest film release, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” based on the books by Ransom...

It’s been more than a year since the buzz of Cincinnati Street died with Hemingway’s, Cincinnati Bar and Corner Tavern going out of business. These past few months, however, several new bars have opened to liven up the college area of yesteryear....

Associate professor in creative writing Jose de Piérola was among seven UTEP faculty members honored with the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, which recognizes those teachers who have demonstrated extraordinary and original instruction inside the...

The UTEP football team ended their 2015 season 5-7 with no chances of a bowl game. This performance seemed to dissuade some students from spending their Saturday nights at the Sun Bowl. The Kugler era began in 2013 with a disappointing 2-10 record, but...

The Plaza Classic Film Festival graced the streets of downtown once again with films for the ­­ninth year in a row, from Aug. 4-14. The variety of films ranged from productions such as “Giant," “Apocalypse Now” and the “Star Wars” trilogy...