By JON AGUIRRE Staff Writer @TheEtCetera Foreign instruments litter an empty stage. Soft pink lights illuminate the background behind three large white sheets resemblship sails. A trio of musicians takes the stage, later joined by members of the Eastfield Chorus and Dance Company and the Women’s...

By MACKS PREWITT Staff Writer @MacksPrewittETC East Fork Mall houses the largest variety of goods anywhere in the Mesquite area. Like a thrift shop on steroids, this mall is a must-stop attraction for the shopper who wants to discover new items and deals. It is like the “I Spy” books I used...

By CAITLIN PIPER Copy Editor @TheEtCetera There’s something inherently hypocritical about a developer trying to paint their game with a “war is hell” message while still setting aside room for a spirited multiplayer death match somewhere in the code. Civilians are being slaughtered, entire...

By DAVID SILVA Editor in Chief @DavidSilvaETC Just as “Iron Man” and Robert Downey Jr. broke open the gates for the “first generation” of Marvel Cinematic Universe glory, “Doctor Strange” and Benedict Cumberbatch look to keep the golden age of superhero movies alive and strong by bridging...

By CAT DYSON Reporter @TheEtCetera “Keeping Up With The Joneses” doesn’t start out like any other comedy involving spies, but a house exploding in the first scene might give that away. Director Greg Mottola fabricates an uplifting comedy with hilariously awkward moments and action scenes...

By RODRIGO MENDOZA Reporter @TheEtCetera Guest director Akin Babatunde — an actor and writer who teaches theater and humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas and Mountain View College — will be leading the Eastfield Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s...

By JON AGUIRRE Staff Writer @TheEtCetera When you listen to the very first track of “Atrocity Exhibition,” you become aware that this isn’t your average hip-hop album. You realize you’re about to embark on a journey, a ride full of terror, pain and hilarity through the mind of Danny Brown. Brown...

By JON AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera When you think of experimental music, you may think it has to be weird, inaccessible or unpleasant. But experimental hip-hop trio clipping shows that innovation in music can be enjoyable and accessible. Clipping. has mostly been categorized as “noise rap,” a genre...

By MACKS PREWITT @TheEtCetera The smell of coffee, jazz playing softly in the background, a purple door and books galore. This place isn’t in Los Angeles, New York or San Francisco, but right here in Dallas at Serj Books, a bookstore and café that sells products made by Texas-based companies. I...

By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Editor’s Note: Includes season one spoilers. How do you kill Pablo Escobar? Don’t ask anyone in season one of the critically acclaimed Netflix original series “Narcos.” They’ve all tried and failed. Local police officers, drug enforcement agents and other...

By KEVIN ORELLANA Reporter @TheEtCetera It’s been some time since I’ve watched, much less enjoyed, a Tim Burton film. Faced with the task of keeping my eyes in their respective sockets during a screening of Burton’s latest vision of spirals, white make up and sunken eyes in “Miss...

By RODRIGO MENDOZA @TheEtCetera Pittsburgh native Mac Miller has had a lot of hit songs including “Donald Trump” and his 2013 duet “That Way” with his now-girlfriend Ariana Grande. Miller’s last few albums have not done very well commercially or critically, but I think that when the couple...

By RODRIGO MENDOZA @TheEtCetera Rebecca Skloot’s debut nonfiction book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” is this year’s common book, a literary work integrated into classes and activities throughout the academic year. The common book experience is designed to encourage the college...

By JON AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera The annual Eastfield faculty art show gives students a glimpse of their art professors’ abilities. But for the past two years, professors have invited guest artists to share exhibit space for the “In Good Company” show. The show opened Aug. 29, and many students...

Iris Bechtol sharpens her craft of sculpting, painting, photography and teaching by pushing herself and others to step outside of their comfort zone By MAYRA ROSALES-MONTOYA @TheEtCetera Iris Bechtol walks among the artwork in Gallery 219, viewing a show she curated from the best of student artwork....

Alejandra Rosas/The Et Cetera The Dallas Arboretum is featuring pumpkins as a part of its fall festivities. It’s technically still summer and certainly feels it, but the promise of cooler temperatures and pumpkins spice everything looms on the horizon. Celebrate the season of falling...

By Macks Prewitt @TheEtCetera John Krasinski stars in and directs “The Hollars,” a humorous family drama that follows struggling cartoonist John Hollar (Krasinski) living in New York City with his pregnant girlfriend Rebecca (Anna Kendrick). When his mother (Margo Martindale) suffers a stroke,...

The Et Cetera held an Instagram photo shootout in April and asked students, faculty and staff to submit shots that represented their “Eastfield Experience.” Submissions covered a variety of people and places on campus. First place winners were Early College student Isabel Espinoza in the student...