The annual StreetFest will be back in downtown El Paso on June 17 and 18. On this 15th year of the festival the lineup features the bands Neon Trees, Seether, Collective Soul and The Goo Goo Dolls among others. Veronica Hernandez, live events manager...

Editor’s Note: Eric Vasquez is a Prospector writer currenty studying abroad throughout Europe. This is the first entry of his travel blog. Paris is well known for being the home for works of art that stand titanic in human history: Da Vinci’s “Mona...

Kids-N-Co is hosting a kinder summer camp for children ages 5 to 7 from June 13 to June 25. The goal of the camp, which will be taught by UTEP students, is to show young children the mechanics of putting on a theatrical performance and to encourage longtime...

“Black,” a new album from country singer Dierks Bentley, is a raw, organic project from the seasoned artist that holds nothing back. Stepping away from traditional country-pop, the album uses acoustic music and black-and-white music videos that aid...

The Office of Student Life will be hosting Movies on the Lawn at 8:30 p.m. on Fridays throughout the month of June at Centennial Plaza. General admission is free, and a meal combo including a hotdog, soda and popcorn can be purchased for $5. June 3:...

Day two of Neon Desert delivered enthralling acts and served as a memorable close to the sixth-annual music festival. While the first day featured more big-name artists who had a lot of hype prior to the show, the second day surpassed initial expectations...

Kicking off the two-day festival, day one of Neon Desert was filled with big-name headliners, strong acts and served as a promising start to the sixth-annual music fest. Fifteen artists and bands performed on three main stages (Franklin Mountain Stage,...

The UTEP Dinner Theatre is hosting auditions for “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” at 7 p.m., May 31 at the UTEP Dinner Theatre. Those interested in auditioning must prepare a song with a piano accompaniment. The sheet music is required, but a pianist...

The second the lights turned off at the Don Haskins Center, the crowd stood up straight, anticipating what was to come. The curtain dropped and the rock band, The Scorpions, took the stage, waiting only a split second to begin performing, and it took...

As The Cure front man Robert Smith strummed his guitar, a concert goer in a U2 Vertigo T-shirt—an obvious nod to his taste in music—grabbed his hair in excitement and yelled: “no freakin’ way!” The band was performing “Close To Me”...

Bold statement of the day: Chance the Rapper will be the first independent artist to win a Grammy—not that the 23-year-old artist from Chicago cares too deeply for the award. Nonetheless, it has almost been a week into Chancellor Bennett’s third project,...

If I can thank my literature degree for anything it is the ability (dare I say superpower?) to sniff out the big questions a film raises. I mean the heavy hitters, the existential-crisis-go-bug-eyed-in-the-shower thoughts that add a whole new dimension...