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Comedy festival comes back to Austin, brings familiar performers amongst new ones

Comedy festival comes back to Austin, brings familiar performers amongst new ones

Brynn Dominguez, Senior Life&Arts Reporter  April 8, 2025

Ten days, around 31 headliners, four theaters and 14 venues — the 13th annual Moontower Comedy Festival returns to Austin this Wednesday, bringing along laughter, skits, improv and rising comedy stars.  The...

Joe Keery proves he's one of the best actor-turned-musicians with ‘The Crux’

Joe Keery proves he’s one of the best actor-turned-musicians with ‘The Crux’

Kwame Hodge, General Life&Arts Reporter April 7, 2025

Singer-songwriter Djo, also known as Joe Keery (“Stranger Things”), continues making waves in the music industry from his 1-billion-streamed song “End of Beginning” on his 2022 psychedelic project...

"Why Alanis Morissette Matters"

UT Press book establishes why people ‘oughta know’ about feminist pop icon Alanis Morissette

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter April 7, 2025

Alanis Morissette’s poetic lyrics and sonic angst have enraptured audiences since her 1995 album, “Jagged Little Pill.” Now, 30 years later, author Megan Volpert dives into Morissette’s legacy,...

Duet performance to highlight relationship complexity through dance at Cohen New Works Festival

Duet performance to highlight relationship complexity through dance at Cohen New Works Festival

Gianna Means, General Life&Arts Reporter April 7, 2025

Amidst white noise and birdsong echo, dancers step into a world where love unfolds like a dream — electric and captivating. “You Got My Heart,” a dance performance debuting at the Cohen New Works...

Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk write horror-comedy slasher of the summer

Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk write horror-comedy slasher of the summer

Madison West, Life&Arts General Reporter April 7, 2025

“Hell of a Summer,” written and directed by Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”) and Billy Bryk (“When You Finish Saving the World”), premiered in theaters on April 4. The bloody slasher transports...

Top 6 Cohen New Works Festival must-see pieces

Top 6 Cohen New Works Festival must-see pieces

Gianna Means, Life&Arts General Reporter April 6, 2025

Hosted by UT Theatre and Dance, the Cohen New Works Festival is a week-long showcase of 40 student pieces, including performances, installations, dances and plays. With the festival running from April...

2hollis album “star” blends genre-defying music with introspective lyricism

2hollis album “star” blends genre-defying music with introspective lyricism

Angelina Liu, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 6, 2025

  In a 30-second clip that quietly went viral last December, artist 2hollis sits in his car, promoting his latest single “jeans.” With short, brown hair, he fumbles awkwardly with a water bottle...

Alumni shape future of Austin Psych Fest, talk organizing festival, time at UT

Alumni shape future of Austin Psych Fest, talk organizing festival, time at UT

Charlotte Karner, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 3, 2025

During his freshman and sophomore years, radio-television-film alumnus Aly Gomaa worked at KVRX and hosted a radio show called “Psych Out.” Now, he’s on the team organizing Austin Psych Fest as a...

Ballet Austin performs intense interpretation of Spring

Ballet Austin performs intense interpretation of Spring

Brynn Dominguez, Senior Life&Arts Reporter April 3, 2025

Lifting his partner up while she holds her leg high, two ballerinas jump and dance over their corps de ballet, playing a more sophisticated yet mischievous version of the common childhood game of leapfrog....

Alyssa Jones, a graduate student, volunteers at the Prosper Center's north location on March 31, 2025.

UT students file taxes for low-income individuals, families through Foundation Communities

Bailey Raymond, General Life&Arts Reporter April 3, 2025

A postdoctoral physicist and his wife, who recently immigrated from India, entered a bustling room of W-2 and 1099 forms, looking to file and understand the taxes of their new country. Enthusiastically,...

Nueces Mosque holds Eid al-Fitr celebration honoring end of Ramadan

Nueces Mosque holds Eid al-Fitr celebration honoring end of Ramadan

Eyesha Sadiq, General Life&Arts Reporter April 1, 2025

After 30 days of daytime fasting, holding iftars (times of breaking fast) at night and suhoors (morning eating time before starting the fast), Nueces Mosque held its last Ramadan event with its Eid celebration...

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