Elizabeth Williams

From Beyonce’s Super Bowl extravaganza in January to last week’s debut of the “Bound 2” video, The Daily Texan Life & Arts staff fondly recounts some of the best pop culture moments, movies and music of the year. 

Fun Fun Fun Fest wristbands not only allow admittance into the festival, but admit festival-goers into Fun Fun Fun Nites for free.

For movie buffs, the month of October means one thing: 31 days of horror movies.

Angeliska Polacheck might be the nicest witch in Austin.

Jacuzzi Boys have been banging out sunny, beach party rock since 2007. 

Go for the music, stay for the hand-printed T-shirts and pistol-shaped belt buckles.

By most standards, Austin is not that weird. Food trailers, graffiti parks and music festivals do, in fact, exist in other cities. But CyberFest, on the other hand, is in a category of its own.

This Sunday, Museum Day features free exhibits in museums all over the city for art aficionados, music lovers and facial hair fanatics.

Rachel Simone Weil knows video games aren’t just for boys. Weil is a visual artist and second-year Master of Fine Arts design candidate. She creates 8-bit glitchable art under the name Party Time! Hexcellent!, based on graphics from the Nintendo Entertainment System. She also runs FEMICOM, an online museum dedicated to preserving feminine design games and gaming systems.  

Austin PRIDE Week 2013 is finally here. We've compiled a list of the week's go-to events so you can celebrate Austin's LGBTQ community with plenty of sing-alongs and dance parties.

The summer of 2013 was a great time for pop music, especially if you’re into anthemic break-up tunes and 70s-inspired musical pleas to get it on. Here are the seven songs we couldn’t escape.

Finals are almost here, so The Daily Texan wants to help you procrastinate to your fullest potential.

The typical camping experience revolves around enjoying the outdoor world and feeling connected with nature.

“The Priceless Slave” navigates treacherous waters by exploring the raw nerves of slavery through the complexities of master and slave, husband and wife, man and woman.

The Daily Texan sat down with classical guitarist Susan McDonald to discuss her upcoming program “The Aquarium: a Marine Micro-Ballet for Guitar and Sea Creatures” and what performing really means to her.

“Black Metal” is a narrative short film following a singer in the wake of a murder committed by a teenage fan in the name of his music. 

South By Southwest, now in its 26th year, has seen its fair share of strange and wicked awesome happenings. Here’s our top 10 list of the wild and wonderful things that have occurred and could again.

Dr. Loving from the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at UT discusses the modern college relationship. Treat everyday like Valentine's Day, he advises, and learn from your relationships.

Karen Thompson Walker’s “The Age of Miracles” opens on a seemingly typical Saturday morning that turns into the day everyone realized the Earth as they knew it was changing. 

Austin is not known for its synth-pop bands.

Thirty years after her death, Ayn Rand, the Russian-American novelist and philosopher, is still making headlines.

It’s been almost three years since Austin’s hometown heroes, Spoon, released their last record, Transference, leaving many of their fans asking what frontman Britt Daniel was up to.

Eager young composers at UT are given the chance to have their music heard through the Collective Labors of the UT Composition Hub, or CLUTCH.