Garrison Hall is pictured on Nov. 7.

Attendees of the Turning Point USA UT vigil for Charlie Kirk pray at the West Mall on Sept. 11, 2025. TPU officers spoke, along with students who gave testimony about Kirk's impact on them.

Ben Schneider, lead vocalist and founder of Lord Huron, performs "Who Laughs Last" at the Moody Center on Oct. 30.

Josh Reyna poses for a portrait outside the Texas Union on Nov. 18.

Garrison Hall is pictured on Nov. 7.

Ryan Bingham performed at Moody Amphitheater on Nov. 7 with the Texas Gentleman. The heartfelt country set featured several guest performers, like local Austin musician Calder Allen. The Texas Gentleman,...

Amanda Shultz, widely known as DJ Mandy, hosted and performed at a day party at Scoot Inn on Nov. 8. The party also featured DJs Austin Ashtin and Orya. 

Fans cheer and sing during DJ Mandy's set at Scoot Inn on Nov. 8.

Fans cheer and sing during DJ Mandy's set at Scoot Inn on Nov. 8.

DJ Mandy headlines at Scoot Inn on Nov. 8.

DJ Mandy headlines at Scoot Inn on Nov. 8.

Orya, an Austin-based DJ, performs at Scoot Inn on Nov. 8. She was the second opener before DJ Mandy took the stage.

The Recreational Sports Center pictured on Oct. 29. Recreational Sports decorated the building with a 90s theme.

Alternative band Water From Your Eyes brought their hilarious deadpan delivery and shredding guitar solos to the Brushy Street Commons’ stage on Tuesday night. The night featured a packed lineup,...

Fine arts alum Juan Leyva, a member of the Coahuiltecan tribe, leads the entire mindfulness summit in a traditional grounding exercise on Oct. 18.

Kids play on the Cactlandia fort in the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center on Oct. 18.

The smoke from a fire at an abandoned hotel off of Interstate 35 seen from Ion Austin on Oct. 5, 2025.

Levitation Fest returned to Austin for its 18th year from Sept. 26 to 28. The metal and psychedelic music festival hosted 31 bands in total, including headliners Mastodon, TV on the Radio and Pavement. The...

Alternative rock band Blonde Redhead performs at Levitation at Palmer Events Center on Sept. 27, 2025. The band performed a hypnotizing set featuring songs like "Snowman," off their most recent album,...

Heavy metal band The Sword performs at Levitation at Palmer Events Center on Sept. 26, 2025.

Heavy metal band Mastodon headlined the first day of Levitation at Palmer Events Center on Sept. 26, 2025.

Teen Suicide performed at 29th St. Ballroom at a late-night Levitation show on Sept. 26, 2025. Atlanta-based Lowertown opened, kicking the show off at 11:30 p.m.

Alternative rock band Blonde Redhead performs at Levitation at Palmer Events Center on Sept. 27, 2025. The band performed a hypnotizing set featuring songs like "Snowman," off their most recent album,...

Hoover iii performs at Levitation at Palmer Events Center on Sept. 27, 2025. The band encouraged audience members to become friends with others around them during the set.

Rock band Model Acritz performs at the outside stage at Levitation at Palmer Events Center on Sept. 27, 2025. The campy performance included an outfit change, smeared lipstick and an impossibly long microphone...

Alternative rock band Wednesday performs at Levitation at Palmer Events Center on Sept. 27, 2025. The band honored the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene, the storm that destroyed the band's hometown...

Alternative rock band Wednesday performs at Levitation at Palmer Events Center on Sept. 27, 2025. The band honored the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene, the storm that destroyed the band's hometown...

Upchuck poses for a portrait on the Palmer Events Center grounds on Sept. 28, 2025. Levitation marked the first show of their tour supporting their upcoming third album, "I'm Nice Now."

Levitation attendees wait for hardcore band The Armed to take the outside stage at Palmer Events Center with Sept. 26, 2025.

Castle Rat performs at Levitation at Palmer Events Center on Sept. 26, 2025. The medieval fantasy metal band kicked the first festival day off on Friday.

Lowertown performed at 29th St. Ballroom on Sept. 25, 2025 at a late-night Levitation show. Olivia Osby, one of two members, took off her shoes and stretched before singing an acoustic set.

Girlpuppy performs at Mohawk on Sept. 24, 2025. She opened prior to Launder and headliner Beach Fossils at one of Levitation's first night shows.

Students for a Democratic Society organized a "Fight Trump's Agenda" protest on the Main Mall Sept. 4. The protest featured speakers from University Democrats, Dr. Angela Valenzeula and Partners in Health....

Este Haim talks to a fan on Sept. 26, 2025. The three sisters moved throughout the crowd, met fans and signed items.

Danielle Haim poses for a picture with a fan outside Jo's Coffee on South Congress on Sept. 25, 2025. The band paid for fans' coffees.

A fan holds his recently signed HAIM record outside Jo's Coffee on Sept. 26, 2025. The three sisters thanked the fans for going on the walk before departing.

Danielle and Este Haim sing while waiting at a stoplight on their walk on Sept. 26, 2025. They led the crowd to Jo's Coffee on South Congress.

Fans cheer as a HAIM representative hypes up the crowd for social media on Sept. 26, 2025. More than 100 people arrived to the downtown cul-de-sac to meet HAIM.

James Clark, a marketing junior, poses for a portrait on the Icon rooftop on Sept. 21, 2025. Clark has over 755,000 followers on Instagram.

Eli Durst, the studio art department associate director, talks about his third book on Sept. 10, 2025.

Zach Johnson poses for a portrait in the New Guild co-op. Johnson is currently unenrolled from classes due to health issues.

Attendees of the Turning Point USA UT vigil for Charlie Kirk pray at the West Mall on Sept. 11, 2025. TPU officers spoke, along with students who gave testimony about Kirk's impact on them.

Students for a Democratic Society organized a "Fight Trump's Agenda" protest on the Main Mall Sept. 4. The protest featured speakers from University Democrats, Dr. Angela Valenzeula and Partners in Health....

Students and performers dance during the lip sync battle at Day of Drag on Gregory Gym Plaza on April 28.

Drag performer and activist Brigitte Bandit holds a transgender pride flag like a guitar at Day of Drag on Gregory Gym Plaza on April 28. Bandit held a Drag Storytime, danced and facilitated the lip sync...

Government and Spanish junior Isabella Thomas wears a Day of Drag pin and a lesbian flag, matching their nails. Thomas organized the event.

Marianne Alvarado and Isabella Thomas dance during the lip sync battle at Day of Drag on Gregory Gym Plaza on April 28.

Drag performer Gigi Supernova flares her skirt during the lip sync battle at Day of Drag on April 28.

Scott Cobb, the curator of the show, and Marbello, a studio art junior, pose with their work featured in the show on April 15, 2025.

The fire risk monitor at the firehouse on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Nueces Street reads "moderate" on April 6, 2025.

Boxes of flowers line the sidewalk near Littlefield Fountain on Apr. 2.

A white Tesla parked on San Antonio Street on March 30, 2025.

Illustrator Pablo Leon speaks during the Industry/Publishing panel at the BIPOC PoP Symposium on March 8. He spoke on his own experiences and the future of illustration.

Adrian Aguilera's "East: Sun - Rise AR Intervention" plays on a television next to Adriant Bereal's prints in the Visual Arts Center on Feb. 26. Maps of the locations where the project focuses are next...

Isaac Tuan spins Anna El-Assaad performing "Your Song" by Elton John at the Longhorn Singers show, "Lovesick," on Feb. 21, 2025.

An E+E volunteer hands a student some of the remaining flowers at the Crushgrams event at the Union on Feb. 14, 2025.

Heart-shaped glasses in a box on Feb. 14, 2025. Campus E+E volunteers handed them out in Crushgrams.

Friends open their Crushgrams together in the Union courtyard on Feb. 14, 2025.

A recreation of the iconic “I love you so much” mural on South Congress stands near turtle pond on Feb. 14, 2025. The pop-up mural was a part of the Longhorn Love project.

The Narcan vending machine, installed by the Naloxone In Case of Emergency organization, stands outside the Rio Market on Feb. 11, 2025.

The Narcan vending machine, installed by the Naloxone In Case of Emergency organization, stands outside the Rio Market on Feb. 11. It's open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Norman Hackerman Building at night on Feb. 10.

People shop at outdoor racks at the South Congress SwapMeet on Jan. 25. The market was open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A double-crested cormorant takes flight off its perch at Lady Bird Lake on Jan. 26.

Beneath a gleaming “50,” the audience clapped in time with “Deep in the Heart of Texas.” The crowd, barely settled from their standing ovation, erupted again as another performer graced ACL’s...

In 2002, artists Shea Little, Jana Swec and Joseph Phillips recognized a significant lack of community between the artists in Austin. After renting a warehouse studio, the group exhibited work by 38 artists...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 8 de noviembre de 2024 por Joe Ferrara y fue traducido al español por Jessica Martinez. El aroma de cuero fresco, jabones y tamales...

The scent of fresh leather, soaps and warm tamales floated through the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on Sunday. The first Longhorn Market was underway, and more than 60 alumni sold their goods to the...

Noting a lack of mindfulness programs within campus two years ago, youth and community studies senior Omar Lopez spoke to the Longhorn Wellness Center’s mindfulness coordinator, James Butler, about founding...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 28 de Octubre por Joe Ferrara y fue traducido al español por Lola Moreno-Flores. Bajo el sol del sábado, bailarines con cuentas que...

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...

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...