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Kaedama is crowdsourcing the opening of their first location through Kickstarter.

Kaedama looks to expand on ramen success story

Elenie Gonzalez, Staff Reporter October 16, 2017

It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Saturday night and multiple cars begin pulling into an empty parking lot across the street from the Monarch and Prickly Elder bars on Rio Grande Avenue just off Mesa Street–except people are not going to the bars. Instead, they...

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Day one of Weekend Two was full of underrated acts

Leslie Sarinana, Copy Editor October 13, 2017

Austin, TX. Home of the state capitol, smoked barbeque, Matthew McConaughey and Austin City Limits Music Festival. Every October, hipsters flock to Austin for ACL to watch some of the biggest names in music and some lesser known indie bands. This year...

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 "Where is Our Exile" focuses on Mexican and American culture on the border being equal.

The Rubin Center’s fall exhibits open for the semester

Gaby Velasquez, Photo Editor October 13, 2017

The Rubin Center held the opening reception for its three fall semester exhibitions on Thursday, Oct. 12. Featured artist Suzi Davidoff maps in her series of drawings, "Simplified World," to illustrate how the world had changed physically and...

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Fifth annual El Paso Wine Festival kicks off this weekend

Fifth annual El Paso Wine Festival kicks off this weekend

Brianna Chavez, Contributor October 11, 2017

The Rotary Club of El Paso will kick off the fifth annual El Paso Wine Festival this Saturday at the Keystone Botanical Gardens. The festival will feature over 300 different wines from over 40 different wineries from all over the world as well as food...

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Songs to listen to in anticipation of ACL's Weekend Two: A playlist of the headliners

Songs to listen to in anticipation of ACL’s Weekend Two: A playlist of the headliners

Leslie Sarinana, Copy Editor October 10, 2017

Here are the top 3 songs from all of ACL's headlining acts to get you pumped for Weekend Two of the festival. Jay-Z: "The Story of OJ" [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM7lw0Ovzq0" /] "Numb/Encore" [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4bSgkCQ4cI"...

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Chalk the Block celebrates ten years with largest attendance

Chalk the Block celebrates ten years with largest attendance

Gaby Velasquez, Photo Editor October 9, 2017

Chalk the Block, an annual arts festival organized by the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD), turned downtown El Paso into a canvas of hope and inspiration. Local artists came together with national and international artists...

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Portugal. The Man will be performing at the Plaza Theatre on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.

Portugal. The Man brings alternative rock to El Paso

Jeremy Carranco, Sports Editor October 9, 2017

Known by many alternative and indie rock fans for their recent hit, “Feel It Still,” from the album “Woodstock,” Portugal. The Man arrives to the Sun City at the height of their career as part of their 2017 October and December tour. The band...

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Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ revisited 10 years later

Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ revisited 10 years later

Eddie Velazquez and Leslie Sariñana October 9, 2017

Ten years ago, art rock legends Radiohead released what is arguably one of the best albums of their careers, “In Rainbows.” It was their first album to not only be distributed as a pay-what-you-want project, but it was also crafted and released outside...

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Mura Masa preforms at Tricky Falls

Mura Masa shows versatility with varied set at Tricky Falls

Eddie Velazquez, Entertainment Editor October 5, 2017

Guernsey-born DJ, electronic music producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alexander Crossan—better known as Mura Masa—fed off London-based singer Fliss’ energy, as the duo cooked up an electric mix for a mid-sized Tricky Falls crowd...

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Members of UTEP's Alpha Xi Delta rejoice after they are announced as winners of the lip sync battle.

Greek organizations secure annual homecoming lip sync trophy

October 4, 2017

  In one of the most anticipated events of the RSO homecoming week, Theta Chi and Alpha Xi Delta teamed up for their '90s filled routine to take first place at the annual lip sync battle on Wednesday afternoon. Different organizations joined...

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Ice Creamed Myself provides vegan and dairy treats to the community

Brianna Chavez, Contributor October 2, 2017

Almost everyone has screamed for ice cream at some point in their lives. Dominque “Dom” Airington and Alejandra “AJ” Zorrivas love ice cream so much that they traded their graduation trip for a $1,000 ice cream machine and created Ice Creamed...

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Rim Road is adjacent to  Tom Lea Park, which over looks the East side of El Paso.

Date spots­—where to take your date as fall rolls around

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-In-Chief October 2, 2017

As fall rolls in and the temperature drops 20 degrees—enough for Ugg boots to be worn across the town—date spots start popping up, and couples have never had it better in El Paso. Two people can find pretty decent romantic spots all across the city...

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