Pride Month, the annual June festival that celebrates the LGBTQ community, is celebrating its 12th edition in El Paso.   Events scheduled to take place in the borderland include Pride Night with the El Paso Chihuahuas, and the annual Pride...

During the morning of Saturday, May 25, it was announced that Ximena Sariñana, who was scheduled to perform the same day, would no longer appear in this year’s festival due to “unexpected visa issues.” However, an email sent by Neon Desert Music...

As part of earning a graphic design degree at UTEP, one must complete the portfolio class. It’s a class that usually is the first to be filled once registration starts and overflows with students. Each semester these students must curate a student-led...

Graduation marks the end of an exciting, frustrating and enriching part of a student’s life and after two years as a graduate music performance student, Amy Miller is ready to receive her master’s degree in music performance. “My first year here,...

Alas the time has come, and where to begin? I’ve always loved writing, and I never considered a career in journalism – until recently. In the summer of 2018, I walked into The Prospector office to give real journalism a shot. It was definitely a challenge,...

The Department of Theatre and Dance will present “Trajectory: Senior Dance Capstones” May 10 as part of a final senior dance project. The capstones are a series of eight- to 10-minute choreographed pieces directed by the graduating dance seniors,...

American band Slayer kicked off its last leg of their final tour in El Paso May 5 at the UTEP Don Haskins Center. El Paso metalheads gathered to raise their horns, one last time to one of the ‘Big Four’ bands of thrash metal, as the band performed...

The UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance premiered its production of “Oedipus El Rey” April 26, at the UTEP Wise Family Theater. “Oedipus El Rey” is a modern-day Latinx adaptation of the Greek tragedy “Oedipus Rex” by Luis Alfaro. “It...

El Paso singer and songwriter Roman Rouge is set to perform at this year’s Neon Desert Music Festival on Saturday, May 25 in Downtown El Paso. Rouge began writing music at the age of 11 and throughout high school, he began releasing his music on SoundCloud...

Local art-pop band Pet People is set to perform at the ninth annual Neon Desert Music Festival 2019 on May 26 in Downtown El Paso. Pet People consists of four musicians: lead singer and guitarist Nicole Velarde, Ross Ingram on keyboards, Tomas Tinajero...

As college students on a tight budget, sometimes fashion is the last thing on our list when it comes to spending money. Although purchasing clothes from big-name brand stores at the mall is easier and nicer, it does tend to add up. Sometimes finding cheap...

The UTEP Theatre and Dance Department is a student-centered program located in the Fox Fine Arts, which offers a variety of performances and design opportunities for students and artists as they develop and refine their skills fit for a professional career...