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Folkloric dance-off

Folkloric dance-off

The stage is set for the 2013 Adjudication Festival, where dance programs from schools across the Valley will bring the festival to life with their choreographies and compete for a chance to be recruited into the [...]

A new company

A new company

The members of newly minted Encantado Theatre have big dreams that involve a Broadway-in-the-Valley venue, six shows a year and workshops for local kids. But that’s way down the line because for now, Encantado consists of [...]

‘Just sing your heart out’

‘Just sing your heart out’

Out of 25 students, freshman Jocelyn Cazarez, an 18-year-old music major, was awarded $250 Feb. 14 as the first place winner of the Bronc Idol singing competition for Career Services Week. Bronc Idol is a singing [...]

Re-drafting the Drafthouse

Re-drafting the Drafthouse

After hearing the news about the planned Cinemark Movie Bistro in Edinburg, freshman Imalay Cuellar’s eyes widened in excitement. As an avid moviegoer, she already began making plans to attend the Valley’s first dinner theater scheduled [...]

Library hosts exhibit on Iraqi women

Library hosts exhibit on Iraqi women

The University is featuring an exhibit from Sept. 10 to Sept. 28 in the Library’s first floor art gallery to represent Iraqi women. The “Iraqi Women of Three Generations: Challenges, Education, and Hopes for Peace” is [...]

Preparing for the workplace with fashionable flare

Preparing for the workplace with fashionable flare

Photo by Belen Diaz As part of Career Week, the University’s Office of Career Services held it’s Career Style Fashion Show in the UTPA Ballroom, Sept. 18. Students were nominated by their peers at Bucky’s Block [...]

Artist Twin Shadow to perform at Cine El Rey

Artist Twin Shadow to perform at Cine El Rey

Light drum beats and synthesized keyboard sounds will penetrate the walls of the McAllen Cine El Rey Theatre, for the first-time Valley performance of pop artist Twin Shadow. Singer and songwriter George Lewis, Jr., who goes [...]

The Rise of the Arcade Scene?

The Rise of the Arcade Scene?

In the past, coins jingled in the pockets of those anxiously waiting for their turn to play on the boxy game machine. Onlookers huddled around the player as he or she tapped the buttons and shifted [...]

DJs shake up South Padre

DJs shake up South Padre

This Labor Day weekend Sept. 1-3, Isla Del Sol Fest will hold its first Electronic Dance Music festival at South Padre Island, an event that will eventually form a one-two punch for entertainment at the Island. [...]

New students get crash course in Bronc life

New students get crash course in Bronc life

The second Bronc Roundup came off without a hitch this week, ranging from Aug. 24-26 and acting as the second part of orientation for new students at the University. The event is designed to introduce freshmen [...]