The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...bad immigration policy. They are the Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez...."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

Isaac Gomez’s one-woman show The Way She Spoke

"...story in question is the epidemic of femicides in Ciudad Juárez, the Mexican sister city of El Paso, where..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Vortex Repertory Company's The Way She Spoke

At the Vortex, Isaac Gomez's drama made us remember the lost women of Juárez

"...women who have gone missing or been murdered in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, over the last quarter-century, a subject that..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Postcards’ Journey From the Border to the Stage

Writer Oscar Cásares, photographer Joel Salcido, and musician Carrie Rodriguez collaborate on a multimedia production

"...traveled east from Salcido’s hometown of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez to Cásares’ hometown of Brownsville and Matamoros...."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by Benton Graham

Cross-Border Craziness

Judge says feds can take Eagle Pass land for fence, and more

"...Also on the environmental front, the Ciudad Juárez-El Paso area hasn't been a clean-air oasis in..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

El Paso vs. War on Drugs, Redux

El Paso City Council tries, again, to pass resolution denouncing war on drugs

"...denounced the ongoing drug-fueled violence in its sister city, Ciudad Juárez – and, once again, a provision denouncing the..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Column by Jordan Smith

Oops!

"...In the Oct. 18 feature, "The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez" by Debbie Nathan, we mistakenly said that Cortney..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Column

Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

Murder City reads like a nightmare, a recurring one, and not just because of its horrific subject matter

"...Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fieldsby Charles..."

April 2, 2010 Books Review by Cindy Widner

On the Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juárez

Operating with limited resources, Steev Hise interviews mothers, activists, scholars, and writers to paint the portrait of a city in a state of severe crisis

"...On the Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juárez..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Review by Toddy Burton

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...more than 320 women who have been murdered in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and the approximately 450 Juárez women who..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Reefer Madness: Don't Talk About It

El Paso City Council's resolution calling for an 'open debate' on legalizing drugs draws threats of funding cuts

"...expressing the city's support for its beleaguered sister city, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Juárez is at the center of a..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Cassandro

Biopic celebrates the life of queer luchador Saúl Armendáriz

"...Topo in small-time barrio matches across the border in Ciudad Juárez. Barely making an impression in the ring (he’s..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Demi Lovato Doc Opening SXSW Film 2021

Punk icons, serial killers, wrestlers, and comedy in movie list

"...strand. Meanwhile, in the Global track, the wrestlers of Ciudad Juarez represent the proud tradition of lucha libre in..."

Jan. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Phillip Kaminiak Luchadoras portrays the courageous female wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a city known for its high murder rate..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Joints

The year in drugs

"...resolution in support of El Paso's beleaguered sister city, Ciudad Juárez. O'Rourke pushed for discussion of legalization of marijuana,..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, April 8-15

"...CIUDAD JUÁREZ: CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE Panel discussion with special..."

April 9, 2010 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...families were waiting to crawl through razor wire in Ciudad Juárez, but during the reporters’ 24 hour project, no..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature

Faster Than Sound: Nine Records That Inspired Austin Author Fernando A. Flores' Valleyesque

From Pauline Oliveros to Big Boys, sounds behind the surreal South Texas-rooted story collection

"...Frédéric Chopin's kidnapping in a dream sequence set in Ciudad Juárez. With such sonically minded literary chops, the Chronicle..."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Federico Archuleta Has More Murals to Make

The artist who made “‘Til Death Do Us Part” isn’t letting the pandemic stop him from making art

"...Rio Grande with his parents to visit relatives in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and soak up the culture there, and..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stuck Between Worlds in Cine Las Americas' Feature Dear Homeland

Filmmaker Claudia Escobar finds musician Diana Gameros playing the waiting game

"...her adopted home in California to her family in Ciudad Juárez. Escobar recalled that Gameros saw the drive as..."

July 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...Zenith (Ciudad Juárez, Mexico)..."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Beto, Castro Come to Town

2020 Texans throw shade as rivalry heats up

"...the Mexican side. (His campaign touted Beto's crossing to Ciudad Juárez, a fairly routine trip for an El Pasoan..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Playwright-Performer Provides a New Kind of Documentation in (Un)Documents

In an award-winning solo show, Jesús I. Valles sits down, alone with family

"...parents brought them to Texas from their home in Ciudad Juárez in Mexico. Through what Valles calls "sheer accident,"..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Arts Feature by Beth Sullivan

Workers of the World, United in Time

UT Lecturer Anne Lewis on her new doc, A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas)

"...experiences of workers in Eastern Tennessee, interior Mexico, and Ciudad Juárez, exploring links that geography cannot erase. Here, she..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s New Batch of Supper Clubs

Three of the city’s latest additions to the underground dining scene

"...tie," and reminds him of his family's move from Ciudad Juárez to El Paso for a better life. While..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Patricia Vonne

"..."Severina," while "Mujeres Desaparecidas" tackles the ongoing femicide in Ciudad Juárez. Spain's fiery spirit is prominent in "Torero" and..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Music Review

Day Trips: Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso

A peace park on the border where generations of differences were washed under the bridge

"...years it was disputed territory between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. Now it is a peace park near the..."

June 19, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Where Fences Don't Make Good Neighbors

AFS Doc Nights: Purgatorio

"...each scene. If I tell you we are in Ciudad Juárez, for example, all of a sudden you are..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Running to Daylight

Blind runner and teacher determined to see what he can do

"...around Texas: a childhood spent between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez; time working and schooling himself in the fields..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Top 9 Joints

"...was looking to offer support to its sister city, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. But that ain't cool, said members of..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith