ISSUE #9 JANUARY 2023

Comedian Fortune Feimster Brings Tour to El Paso

Jan. 28
7 p.m., Magoffin Auditorium

Fortune Feimster is bringing her "Live Laugh Love!” tour to the Don Haskins Center. The comedian has appeared in shows including "The Mindy Project" and “Kenan,” as well as movies such as “Yes Day” and “Office Christmas Party.”

UTEP Faculty Biennial Art Exhibition Opening

Jan. 19
5-7:30 p.m., Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts

View recent work by 22 faculty members in the Department of Art in the Rubin and L Galleries. The exhibition “Study is What You Do With Other People” points to the radical potential within cacophony.

UTEP Dinner Theatre Presents ‘The Prom’

Feb. 3-19
Various times, UTEP Dinner Theatre

The UTEP Dinner Theatre presents this musical comedy about big Broadway stars, a small town, and a love that unites them all. Enjoy dinner and a show, or a no-dinner matinee.

“Nuestros Hombres Ausentes (Our Absent Men)” Documentary Screening

Jan. 26
6 p.m., Quinn Hall, Room 212

Join UTEP’s Creative Writing Department for a special viewing of the award-winning “Nuestros Hombres Ausentes (Our Absent Men),” a documentary short about the curse of absent fathers and overcoming toxic generational patterns, followed by a Q&A.

Lhakhang Open to Public

Jan. 4, 7, 11, 18, 25
11 a.m.-1 p.m., Centennial Plaza

The Lhakhang, UTEP’s cultural jewel from Bhutan, is open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Wednesday and the first Saturday of every month. Stop by for a guided tour and learn about the Kingdom of Bhutan, which gifted the structure that was reconstructed on Centennial Plaza in 2015.

A Square Partnership Sculpture Exhibition

Monday-Saturday through June 10
10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Centennial Museum

Engineering students from UTEP’s Department of Civil Engineering and sculptors from the Department of Art collaborated to create art that honors the legacy of UTEP civil engineers in El Paso.

Clarinet Symposium Guest Artist Recital

Jan. 27
7:30 p.m., Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall

Guest artist and University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor Denise Gainey will perform with the El Paso Winds and UTEP Visiting Assistant Professor of Clarinet James Logan.

El Paso Pro Musica Presents Guitarist Jason Vieaux

El Paso Pro Musica Presents Judy Carmichael Jazz Trio

Women’s Basketball vs. LA Tech

Jan. 7
1 p.m.
Don Haskins Center

The Miners will take on the LA Tech Bulldogs for the second time this season, this time on their home court at the Don Haskins Center.

Men’s Basketball vs. UTSA

Jan. 11
7 p.m.
Don Haskins Center

Women’s Basketball vs. Rice

Jan. 14
12 p.m.
Don Haskins Center

Men’s Basketball vs. Florida International

Jan. 19
7 p.m.
Don Haskins Center

Carin Leon

Feb. 10, 8 p.m., Don Haskins Center

Heroes and Saints: A Play by Cherrie Moraga

Starting Feb. 24, Various Times, Wise Family Theatre

Monster Jam

Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Sun Bowl Stadium

Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation Donates $25 Million to UTEP

On Dec. 1, 2022, UTEP announced the naming of its college of business administration as the Woody L. Hunt College of Business, along with a $25 million gift — the largest in the university’s history — from the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation.

The contribution will fund initiatives that position UTEP’s Woody L. Hunt College of Business as the leader in teaching and research on trade and commerce between the United States and Mexico.

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