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Austin-based Black Books releases new album, member and former professor talks album design

Austin-based Black Books releases new album, member and former professor talks album design

Charlotte Karner, General Life&Arts Reporter October 29, 2024

As a former faculty member and adjunct professor in UT’s Department of Art and Art History, Clarke Curtis said he felt confident in his design and printmaking abilities. However, not knowing what academics...

Mexic-Arte Museum hosts 41st Viva la Vida parade, festival 

Mexic-Arte Museum hosts 41st Viva la Vida parade, festival 

Joe Ferrara, Life&Arts General Reporter October 28, 2024

As the sun beat down on Saturday, dancers wearing rattling beads, gleaming feathers and intricate face paint performed to thousands of people lining 6th Street. Neon skirts and massive butterfly wing...

Alfredo J. Velasquez and Sergio Morales discuss Dia de Los Muertos traditions, stereotypes, and history at a Latinx Graduate Student Association and Black Graduate Student Association gathering on Oct. 25, 2024. Velasquez is the executive director of LGSA and Morales is the director of communications.

Graduate students host educational Día de los Muertos event, teach students about the holiday’s significance

Riddhi Bora, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 28, 2024

While growing up, during Día de los Muertos, Alfredo Velasquez watched his dad collect vibrant colored flowers and listened to stories about how people in Oaxaca, Mexico, danced, celebrated and shared...

Kate Angel performs at the Far Out Lounge on Oct. 24, 2024 as part of her Fall 2024 “Rock for a Cause” Halo Tour. Performing alongside artists Christine Renner and RoZY, her “Rock for a Cause” series of concerts hopes to raise money for cancer research for MD Anderson.

Q&A: Musician discusses benefit for UT cancer research

Brynn Dominguez, General Life&Arts Reporter October 27, 2024

After losing her grandmother to cancer, rock artist Kate Angel decided to host the “Kate Angel Rock For A Cause” fundraiser to raise money for the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Angel...

Finn Higginbotham (Demetrius) and Alexandra Greyson's (Helena) act during tech rehearsal of A Midsummer Night's Dream on Oct. 24, 2024.

Opening night of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” proves timeless nature of Shakespeare

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter October 27, 2024

Some may believe Shakespeare's work is dated or out of touch, but students from the Texas Theater and Dance program seek to prove them wrong through their inspired performance of  “A Midsummer Night's...

Guadalupe Street on Oct. 23, 2024.

New businesses on The Drag face barriers to success

Behr Rinke, General Life&Arts Reporter October 24, 2024

Zack Smith grew up playing video games at Einstein’s Video Arcade on Guadalupe Street. Employees there wore white lab coats and the low lighting felt like stepping into a mad scientist’s laboratory....

Pizza & Politics event offers students candid insights into political discourse

Pizza & Politics event offers students candid insights into political discourse

Katherine Jones, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 24, 2024

Students gathered for a candid discussion with Paul Begala, former UT student body president, renowned political strategist and CNN commentator, at the Annette Strauss Institute’s Pizza & Politics...

UT alumna turns curiosity into productivity with first book “Out of Paper”

UT alumna turns curiosity into productivity with first book “Out of Paper”

Charlotte Karner, General Life&Arts Reporter October 23, 2024

As a Ph.D. student at the University, art historian Katie Anania developed curiosity for drawing as a medium in the 60s and 70s, when works on paper started to be shown as final products in exhibitions....

An Vo and Hieu Tran present their business during the finals of the Herb Kelleher Entrepreneurship Center's Freed Family 2024 Pitch Competition on Oct. 17, 2024.

UT engineering students win Freed Family Pitch Competition with ‘All Eyes’ uniquely accessible vision care instrument

Maya Thakur, General Life&Arts Reporter October 22, 2024

A year of late nights hunched over hot glue in a Jester dorm room and rehearsing their pitch presentations paid off for Raghav Katta, An (Ian) Vo and Hieu (Johnny) Tran. On Thursday, they won first place...

SHEspeaks brings panel of founding businesswomen to campus, sharing their success through failure

SHEspeaks brings panel of founding businesswomen to campus, sharing their success through failure

Katherine Jones, Life&Arts Senior Reporter October 22, 2024

A panel of female founders and leaders shared their journeys and insights at the Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute’s SHEspeaks event. Sharing anecdotes on milestones as well...

Barefoot Outfitters employees smile behind the checkout counter during the grand opening of their store on Oct. 17, 2024.

New family-owned game day store brightens up empty storefronts on Guadalupe

Bailey Raymond, General Life&Arts Reporter October 21, 2024

On Wednesday at 12:20 p.m., the desolate storefront on Guadalupe housed a few shelves and a ladder. By 4 p.m. the next day, customers streamed into the fully stocked Barefoot Campus Outfitter to check...

Nine DIY Halloween crafts to decorate your place this spooky season

Nine DIY Halloween crafts to decorate your place this spooky season

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter October 21, 2024

The scariest part of Halloween might just be the price tag on decorations. However, with a little creativity and some everyday household items, students can transform their homes into spooky haunted houses...

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