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Blue Birds Jazz Combo preform at Mozart's The Loft on October 17, 2024.

Butler Jazz Combos perform at Mozart’s, provides welcoming space for local jazz community

Ana Taveira and Charlotte Karner October 21, 2024

As the sun begins to set over Lake Austin, Austinites gather in Mozart’s Coffee Roasters’ “The Loft” to enjoy fresh brews and the sweet sound of the Butler School of Music’s jazz combos. What...

Students collaborate on stand out video game ‘Prom: Paradise and Pandemonium’

Students collaborate on stand out video game ‘Prom: Paradise and Pandemonium’

Brynn Dominguez, General Life&Arts Reporter October 20, 2024

After meeting for the first time, 10 students decided to work together for the next 48 hours to create a fully interactive and downloadable video game.  Jeremy Suh, an arts and entertainment senior,...

Bollywood dance team Texas Dhoom performs a classical Kathak dance for the Indian Cultural Association's Jashan event in the WCP Student Activity Center on Oct. 18, 2024.

Sixteen years later, Indian Cultural Association brings back event highlighting Indian culture

Riddhi Bora, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 20, 2024

Last year, while sorting through their storage locker, Indian Cultural Association (ICA) members found fliers from 2008 advertising an event titled “Jashan,” which translates to “celebration” in...

UT alumna revisits college experience, talks comedy in film ‘American Spirit’

UT alumna revisits college experience, talks comedy in film ‘American Spirit’

Joe Ferrara, Life&Arts General Reporter October 17, 2024

Ten years after actor Mackinlee Waddell first set foot on UT’s campus, she found herself sitting in Jester Plaza. The scene mirrored nights from her college experience, as she told ridiculous party stories...

Alumni discusses new Amazon Prime Video show “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh,” South Asian representation in film

Alumni discusses new Amazon Prime Video show “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh,” South Asian representation in film

Riddhi Bora, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 17, 2024

Actor, comedian and radio-television-film alum Sahana Srinivasan plays Bhanu, the eldest child and daughter, in “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh,” a comedy show on Amazon Prime Video following an Indian...

Queer Trans BIPOC Agency kicks off its meeting series focusing on safety, resources, community

Queer Trans BIPOC Agency kicks off its meeting series focusing on safety, resources, community

Joe Ferrara, Life&Arts General Reporter October 17, 2024

The smell of fresh empanadas and the sound of thoughtful discussion between more than 20 students filled the former Multicultural Engagement Center on the evening of Oct. 16.  The Queer Trans Black...

Woman looks through clothes on Oct. 12 at newly opened 2nd Street Vintage located on Guadalupe Street.

2nd Street’s grand opening brings sustainable style to UT’s campus

Katherine Jones, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 17, 2024

The vibrant energy of The Drag welcomes its newest addition: 2nd Street. The establishment opened its doors on Oct. 5, bringing sustainable fashion right across campus for students. 2nd Street boasts...

UT study provides cell phones to Austin’s unhoused population

UT study provides cell phones to Austin’s unhoused population

Behr Rinke, General Life&Arts Reporter October 16, 2024

While working as a pharmacist in Richmond, Virginia, Leticia Moczygemba Ph.D. interviewed unhoused service providers — caseworkers, nurse practitioners and physicians — to better understand the...

Andy Langer in front of the Cactus Cafe on Oct. 14, 2024.

New senior director of live music and entertainment, Andy Langer aims to revive UT’s live music and entertainment scene

Katherine Jones, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 16, 2024

Thirty years after earning his degree, Andy Langer, a journalism alumnus from the class of ‘94, returns to the University as the senior director of live music and entertainment. Langer said this role...

Meadows Center announces UT’s first ‘Educator Icon’

Meadows Center announces UT’s first ‘Educator Icon’

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter October 15, 2024

In 2004, Vaughn Gross boarded a bus with friends, expecting a fun day trip. She did not know that her husband secretly planned a surprise honoring her lifelong dedication to education. As the bus arrived...

UT alumna Chiarello educates and inspires local voters through sketch show “Over the Lege”

UT alumna Chiarello educates and inspires local voters through sketch show “Over the Lege”

Angelina Liu, General Life&Arts Reporter October 15, 2024

On stage at the Scottish Rite Theatre, two voluntary actors play young school children using tourniquets to stop the bleeding on a giant stuffed teddy bear named Tourniquet Teddy. The audience erupts in...

Live from the Texan, it’s a ‘Saturday Night’ review

Live from the Texan, it’s a ‘Saturday Night’ review

Minza Mirza, Associate Life&Arts Editor October 15, 2024

The debut of  “Saturday Night Live” pushed the stakes of live television. Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” does not let viewers forget those words — mainly because nearly every character in...

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