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Events Happening in El Paso this Week

Events Happening in El Paso this Week

Prospector Staff Report November 5, 2019

MANA: Rayando El Sol Tour 2019  8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6  UTEP Don Haskins Center  The Grammy Award-winning Latin rock band returns to El Paso to perform at the UTEP Don Haskins Center once more for their 2019, “Rayando El Sol Tour”...

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This Matters: Embracing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity.

Graduate student deciphers cultural inertia through Newton’s laws of motion

Margaret Cataldi, Staff Reporter November 5, 2019

The UTEP Student Engagement and Leadership Center (SELC) hosted an engaging and insightful discussion titled “The Good Old Days” where facilitator Angel Armenta used the theory of cultural inertia to further explain why some groups present hostility...

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DeadBeach Brewery Birthday Block Party, El Paso, Tx.

El Paso brewery celebrates four years of beer

Sven Kline, Contributor November 5, 2019

Deadbeach Brewery celebrated its fourth anniversary since opening its doors with street beer, food trucks, live music, art, and street vendors Saturday, Nov.2 at its downtown location on Durango Street.   Local beer lovers convened outside the brewery...

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Cher to come to El Paso, Texas on 2020.

Cher to perform at El Paso

Prospector Staff Report November 4, 2019

Jorge Vasquez of UTEP’s Office of Special Events announced Monday, Nov. 4, that American singer, actress and television host, Cher, will perform March 6, 2020 at the Don Haskins Center.  Vasquez was joined by 93.1 KISS-FM on-air personality, Monika, who...

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Ice & Pan is a traditional home-based tea place located in El Paso, Texas.

Boba tea, an emerging exotic drink in El Paso

Jaqueline Martinez, Staff Reporter October 28, 2019

“Boba” is the popular term for the chewy black pearls found at the bottom of boba tea, or sometimes known as “bubble tea.” The increasingly popular boba tea is a combination of tea or water with creamer, flavoring and of...

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Disney Pixar Coco in Concert with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra.

El Paso Symphony to perform ‘Coco in Concert’

Prospector Staff Report October 28, 2019

El Paso Symphony Orchestra (EPSO) will celebrate Día de Los Muertos with a live rendition of the Academy Award-winning animated film “Coco” by composer Michael Giacchino at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at The Plaza Theatre.   Set in a fictional...

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There are plenty of event happening in El Paso this week.

Events Happening in El Paso this week

Jaqueline Martinez, Staff Reporter October 28, 2019

Zoe Aztlan Tour 2019 at The Plaza Theatre  8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30  El Paso Plaza Theatre  Latin Grammy award-winning Spanish rock band, Zoe, returns to El Paso for their 2019 “Aztlan” tour. The band will be performing at the El...

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Store owner Michelle Bocanegra looms over Alexia as she embraces the coffin at the Tooth and Veil ugly Halloween sweater tea party.

Tooth and Veil hosts tea party for goth community

Alexia X. Nava Carmona, Copy Editor October 28, 2019

Tooth and Veil: Oddities and Macabre Shop hosted the Halloween Ugly Sweater Tea Party as part of their monthly Mourning Tea parties at its location on 820 Mesa St. Friday, Oct. 25.   The Mourning Tea parties, which started in March, were inspired...

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Kanye West, April 2019

Kanye West praises God in new gospel album

Anahy Diaz, Contributor October 28, 2019

After multiple delays and technical changes, Kanye West released his new album “Jesus Is King,” praising God, Heaven and his new path to religion Friday, Oct. 25.   The American rapper welcomed his ninth studio album with collaborations that...

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Austin HS student actor acts as one of the asylum patients at the Shakespeare's Asylum show.

UTEP and Austin High School present Shakespearian-themed haunted house

Daniel Rey Perez, Photographer October 28, 2019

UTEP’s Department of Theater and Dance, in collaboration with theater students from Stephen F. Austin High School hosted “Shakespeare’s Asylum,” a theatrical haunted house that runs until Nov. 1.   The show acts as a traditional haunted...

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G-Eazy drops Halloween-esque EP Scary Nights.

G-Eazy drops Halloween-esque EP ‘Scary Nights’

Isaiah Ramirez, Staff Reporter October 28, 2019

Bay area rapper, G-Eazy, released his extended play (EP) record “Scary Nights” Oct. 18, just in time for Halloween festivities.   The EP has ghoulish-themed beats and a Halloween-like vibe embedded within its eight tracks. The album’s cover also features...

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Jesús I. Valles performs his play (Un)Documents at the Wise Family Theater Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.

Play reflects on immigration issues at the border

Maria Ramos Pacheco, Contributor October 28, 2019

Jesús I. Valles, critically acclaimed actor and poet, performed for the first time in El Paso his play “(Un)documents,” a story of his struggle in becoming a U.S. citizen Oct. 25, at UTEP’s Wise Family Theater.   Written in 2018,...

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