After a brief pause in 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19  pandemic, The El Paso Community Foundation Plaza Classic Film Festival returns to the Plaza Theatre this summer. The 14th annual Plaza Classic Film Festival will be July 29 to Aug.8  in...

The company One World LLC is bringing the Water Lantern Festival to the Sun City Saturday June 19. Those interested can bring a date or friends and family to enjoy celebrating a traditional Chinese festival. According to Britannica, the tradition of...

THIS LATTER HALF OF THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS   While the films of the Conjuring Universe are by no means renowned for innovative or subversive horror, the predictability factor and exhausted subject matter made for one of the most lackluster...

UTEP’s Student Engagement & Leadership Center and the Student Government Association hosted Minerfest at the Don Haskins Center, April 29.   Comedian Jourdain Fisher opened the show, followed by El Paso’s own The Swell Kids, and Brian Todd...

UTEP’s Up All Night event brought students together at Centennial Plaza for a social celebration and relaxation activities before Spring semester finals commence.  Designed to encourage community interaction and provide a space to alleviate the...

Alex Diaz is a UTEP alumnus who is now the published author of two books: “Love and Wine” and “In the Books.” His journey to becoming an author wasn’t the typical path. It started with Diaz studying business. “That’s what my dad wanted...

COVID-19 shut down movie theaters and restricted the release of many anticipated films. More people spent their time at home watching whatever was new on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus and all other streaming sites. As summer 2021 rolls around,...

A fresh reboot of the fighting-action arcade game Mortal Kombat hit the big screen April 16 in theaters and homes. The Midway Games and NetherRealms franchise returned with a new director, Simon McQuoid, to revive the series and set a new bar that...

UTEP’s Campus Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE) hosted the Take Back the Night event on April 22 as part of raising awareness for sexual assault month. They had a movie screening of “Roll Red Roll,” followed by a discussion led by UTEP lecturer...

Spring Fest, the first entirely in-person event of the semester, welcomed approximately 100 students and staff alike outdoors at the Student Recreation Center’s University field, April 23.   As guests entered the field, they were welcomed...

The UTEP department of Creative Writing hosted an online interactive event with Poet Laureate Joy Harjo in honor of the Somos Writers Spring Series event taking place through the entirety of National Poetry Month.    Opening with a Spanish...

The infamous titans of Toho and Hollywood, Godzilla and King Kong, returned to the big screen April 1, clashing once again after the original predecessor film was released in 1962.   It has been seven years since Godzilla last appeared...