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Jon Muq stands for a portrait at Austin City Limits Music Fest on Oct. 12, 2024.

Jon Muq discusses musical upbringing, gears up to perform at home festival

Trinity Orosco, Life&Arts Desk Editor October 14, 2024

Jon Muq ignited a spark in himself after he laid his eyes on a guitar for the first time at 18 years old. Thirteen years later, after releasing his first album Flying Away, he prepares to set the stage...

Q&A, screening of ‘The In Between’ film allows students to explore unique perspective of life on the border

Q&A, screening of ‘The In Between’ film allows students to explore unique perspective of life on the border

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter October 13, 2024

Filmmaker Robie Flores stood before the audience of alumni, aspiring filmmakers and students on Tuesday explaining that the film they were about to see was not only a love letter to her hometown of Eagle...

Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield play house in ‘We Live in Time’

Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield play house in ‘We Live in Time’

Analise Pickerrell, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 13, 2024

Audiences no longer need to wonder what the two most attractive and charming actors of our generation look like falling in love, starting a family and enduring tragedy. Studio A24’s “We Live in Time”,...

Kaylyn Caudillo performs for Muses & Mics Night on October 10th, 2024.

‘Muses and Mics’ event brings night of art, live performance

Maya Thakur, General Life&Arts Reporter October 13, 2024

On Oct. 10, students of all different backgrounds and majors filled the WCP ballroom. Colorful lights danced along the walls, and paintings and digital artwork lined the room. At the front of the ballroom,...

JP Udenenwu of JP’s Pancake Company at his ACL Stall on Friday. “A lot of people come in for ACL. We get people from all over the world saying “Oh my gosh we’ve seen your pancakes before,” he said.

Local food vendors benefit from network building at ACL

Flora Farr, Life&Arts Desk Editor October 13, 2024

While high heat means good business for local sno-cone vendor Sno-Beach at Austin City Limits Music Festival, the high foot traffic this year nearly led to running out of spoons. Luckily, Sno-Beach...

Dua Lipa performs at Austin City Limits Music Fest on Oct. 12, 2024.

Dua Lipa dances the night away, proves she can

Trinity Orosco, Life&Arts Desk Editor October 13, 2024

“Austin how we doing?” Dua Lipa said Saturday night to her ACL weekend two audience. “I love you guys. I love this city. I love this festival. I love … that I get to do this for the second...

‘My job is to help people fall in love’: Country artist Braxton Keith talks ACL debut, social media, country music values

‘My job is to help people fall in love’: Country artist Braxton Keith talks ACL debut, social media, country music values

Analise Pickerrell, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 13, 2024

Country music artist and Texan Braxton Keith began his career by posting cover videos on social media platforms like YouTube. The 23-year-old now boasts hundreds of thousands of streams and several viral...

Blink-182 performs at Austin City Limits Music Fest on October 4, 2024.

blink-182’s ACL set proves band trio hasn’t grown up, they don’t need to

Flora Farr, Life&Arts Desk Editor October 12, 2024

“I want honesty: are we hotter because we play musical instruments?” said blink-182’s Tom DeLonge mid-performance yesterday night. “That’s the only reason we started this.” blink-182 delivered...

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Austin-based Con Mi MADRE gets its own city-designated holiday, supports Latina daughter-mother success through college

Tyler Pullum, General Life&Arts Reporter October 11, 2024

The city of Austin honored Con Mi MADRE, an Austin-based non-profit, with its own day. Proposed by Councilwoman Vanessa Fuentes, the Sept. 26 designation honors the organization’s dedication to helping...

Six apps every UT student should download

Six apps every UT student should download

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter October 9, 2024

There's just about an app for everything now. This comes in handy as balancing academics, extracurriculars and social life at the University proves hectic. Whether you’re a freshman still trying...

Austin-based Chief Cleopatra gears up for her biggest stage yet

Austin-based Chief Cleopatra gears up for her biggest stage yet

Katherine Jones, General Life&Arts Reporter October 9, 2024

Five years after releasing her debut EP, Lesa X Lenny Vol.1, Chief Cleopatra has gone from small local gigs to landing a coveted spot at this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. Originally from...

Pranisha Karuturi, founder and owner of By Pranisha, a sustainable clothing brand, smiles in her Austin apartment while wearing a design from her "Bloom" collection on Oct. 7, 2024. Karuturi is a UT class of 2022 graduate owns and a member of the UT Kendra Scott Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute and FoundHER program.

UT alumna launches sustainable fashion brand

Bailey Raymond, General Life&Arts Reporter October 8, 2024

A single golden rack holds the culmination of Pranisha Karuturi’s last year of work. The silky petals of spring and denim sets with white lace of the “Bloom” collection are the UT alumn’s first...

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