By Kate Arrows Enoire @theetcetera Hermila Cuevas, 32, had a rough and unstable childhood underscored with isolation and paternal abuse. She met her future husband Jacob when Mia was 14 and Jacob was 17 years old, and two years later, they were married with their first child, Angelica. Fifteen years...

Eastfield’s Literary & Fine Arts Festival continues through May 10, with Communications Career Day, a guitar festival and Eastfield’s Got Talent still to come. Past events include a digital scholarship lecture, a talk from the Sequential Self curator and original short plays written and directed...

Dancers from across the DFW area performed pieces choreographed by Eastfield professors during the annual Faculty Dance Concert on March 22 in the Performance Hall. Muscle Memory Dance Theory, Booker T. Washington and Danielle Georgiou Dance Company were among the dance groups on stage.

New college president Eddie Tealer got the chance to meet students and answer their questions at the "What's the Tea with Tealer" event in the Hive on Jan. 31. After the discussion with Tealer and a quiz show, the event offered chips and guacamole, iced tea and games.

Welcome Week kicked off the Spring 2019 semester with doughnuts, transfer resources, a Fun Friday and more. The week also included the opening of the "Borderlands" art gallery, and the North Texas Food Bank was on campus giving away produce. Click any image to begin gallery:

The sixth annual retro convention, Retropalooza, happened on Saturday and Sunday at the Arlington Convention Center. Attendees could buy and sell video games, vinyl records, comic books, and more at the convention that celebrates all things retro. -Compiled by Andrew Walter

Analise Minjarez and Sarita Westrup, also known as the group Tierra Firme, hosted an interactive art piece. Student made art out of recycled T-shirt fabric and yarn on a land loom throughout the month of April. The group, recruited by art gallery director Iris Bechtol, visited campus on selected days...