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5 things to do in Austin during spring break

5 things to do in Austin during spring break

Sydnie Grayson, General Life&Arts Reporter March 14, 2025

During spring break, many students head back home or go on vacation outside the state. However, for the students staying on campus during this break, The Daily Texan found events happening throughout the...

5 things to do in Austin for Mardi Gras

5 things to do in Austin for Mardi Gras

Sydnie Grayson, General Life&Arts Reporter March 2, 2025

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, is a New Orleans tradition that encourages all those in celebration to feast before Lent, marking the end of Carnival and the beginning of Ash Wednesday and Lent....

Attendees of the "Art is Activism: Visions of Liberation" art show view artwork of a local artists on Feb. 18, 2025.

LBJ School expresses policy through eyes of local artists

Gianna Means, General Life&Arts Reporter February 20, 2025

Jazz music from the Huston-Tillotson University Jazz Collective fills the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs lobby as artists passionately speak about their work, which explores themes of liberation...

Summer Willis talks to a woman at a press conference in front of the Capitol on Feb. 16, 2025. Willis crawled the first half of the Austin Marathon and ran the second half as a way to bring awareness for sexual assault.

UT alumna Summer Willis crawls half marathon for sexual assault survivor rights

Katherine Jones, General Life&Arts Reporter February 19, 2025

Content warning: This article contains mention of sexual assault. With each painful step on her hands and knees, Summer Willis turned endurance into advocacy. The UT English alumna completed the Austin...

Pablo Tut stands for a portrait in front of his and José Ángel Koyoc Kú's piece named "Monument for the Maya people at Refugio, Texas," on Feb. 13, 2025.

St. Elmo Arts resident, fellow Pablo Tut showcases monument to Mayan legacy in ‘Land Invention’

Charlotte Karner, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 17, 2025

Walking into the Visual Arts Center, visitors are faced with a large reproduction of a construction tarp. Cut into it, a Mayan poem, “Deep Cavern, Invisible Work,” highlights the barrier between the...

Four Black artists shaping Austin’s creative scene

Four Black artists shaping Austin’s creative scene

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter February 12, 2025

Austin’s creative scene pulses at the heart of the city’s culture. This Black History Month, The Daily Texan spotlighted local Black artists whose work pushes boundaries, tells untold stories and redefines...

Latte art at an Austin Coffee Collective Thursday Night Throwdown.

Austin latte art competition creates community of coffee lovers

Gianna Means, General Life&Arts Reporter February 12, 2025

All eyes rest on the two baristas behind the espresso machine as they carefully pour the perfect design. A crowd of coffee enthusiasts buzz with anticipation while they wait for the judges to announce...

Crowd in Visual Arts Center for "The Modern Cowboy" exhibit.

‘The Modern Cowboy’ showcases integration of southern culture, gentrification in Austin

Sydnie Grayson, General Life&Arts Reporter February 11, 2025

Walking into the Visual Art Center’s “The Modern Cowboy” exhibit, various types of art fill the room, including photography, paintings, thread work and artifacts such as used baseball bats and...

UT Austin alumnus Tamir Kalifa speaks with guests during his gallery opening in the G.B. Dealey Center for New Media in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 27, 2025.

UT alumnus, journalist Tamir Kalifa reflects on Robb Elementary School shooting through conversation, song

Charlotte Karner, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 29, 2025

Kimberly Mata-Rubio, a former journalist and current advertising executive at the Uvalde Leader News, sat at her desk in the newsroom when she heard the police scanner report a shooting near Robb Elementary...

‘Postcards from the Border’ tells untold stories of Rio Grande in stage premiere

‘Postcards from the Border’ tells untold stories of Rio Grande in stage premiere

Charlotte Karner, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 24, 2025

In 2019, UT alum Oscar Cásares and his friend, Joel Salcido, drove to the border along the Rio Grande from El Paso to Brownsville. Cásares wanted to tell his children the stories of the border he grew...

Max Braunstein wins the Glen Powell look-alike contest held at Auditorium Shores in Austin on Nov. 24, 2024.

Powell to the people: Austin elects their Glen 2.0 in look-alike contest

Analise Pickerrell, Senior Life&Arts Reporter December 3, 2024

The forecast read sunny with a chance of Glen at Auditorium Shores by Lady Bird Lake on Nov. 24, when Austinites searched for the best Glen Powell look-alike in the city. Nearly 20 “Glens” participated...

‘Black Ops 6’: Finally a solid ‘Call of Duty’ experience

‘Black Ops 6’: Finally a solid ‘Call of Duty’ experience

Ryan Ranc, General Life&Arts Reporter December 1, 2024

The first “Call of Duty” game under the control of Microsoft, “Black Ops 6,” released Oct. 25. “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6” takes place during the Gulf War in 1991 and contains three modes:...

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