What's Up weekly
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What's Up is an alternative weekly newspaper circulated every Wednesday in El Paso, Texas
, Ciudad Juárez, México
, and nearby Las Cruces, New Mexico
. The publication is a member of the Alternative Weekly Network. What's Up prints 30,000 issues and distributes every Wednesday at various locations throughout the region such as local restaurants, cafés, bars, youth centers and retail stores. What's Up is also delivered with its sister publication El Paso Inc., El Paso's business newspaper, to home subscribers. What's Up, encompassed by El Paso Inc., is a member of the Better Business Bureau.
is a great place to live and everything there is to do and see each week. Areas of content include food, cinema, theater, art, music, and nightlife in El Paso and the surrounding region.
What's Up was originally published on Thursdays. The print timeline was moved to Wednesdays in order to give readers more time to use the paper to make weekend plans.
and Amigo Airsho. What's Up's reader's choice awards, the Best of the Best, also ends in a special issue after a nomination session and voting party every spring. In 2009,What's Up also launched What's Up for Kids, an annual comic-book sized newspaper written for El Paso youth, ages 8 to 13.
Syndicated content in What's Up includes News of the Weird
and ¡Ask a Mexican!
. Notable musician and native El Pasoan Jim Ward
formerly wrote the column From The End Of This Pen, covering music, life, and El Paso itself.
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
, Ciudad Juárez, México
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...
, and nearby Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state....
. The publication is a member of the Alternative Weekly Network. What's Up prints 30,000 issues and distributes every Wednesday at various locations throughout the region such as local restaurants, cafés, bars, youth centers and retail stores. What's Up is also delivered with its sister publication El Paso Inc., El Paso's business newspaper, to home subscribers. What's Up, encompassed by El Paso Inc., is a member of the Better Business Bureau.
History
What's Up is published by Investor Publications, Inc., and was founded by Tom and Ellie Fenton and Debra Fraire. The publication promotes why El PasoEl Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
is a great place to live and everything there is to do and see each week. Areas of content include food, cinema, theater, art, music, and nightlife in El Paso and the surrounding region.
What's Up was originally published on Thursdays. The print timeline was moved to Wednesdays in order to give readers more time to use the paper to make weekend plans.
Special Sections
What's Up publishes several special issues annually to cover notable El Paso events, including the Sun Bowl football gameSun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
and Amigo Airsho. What's Up's reader's choice awards, the Best of the Best, also ends in a special issue after a nomination session and voting party every spring. In 2009,What's Up also launched What's Up for Kids, an annual comic-book sized newspaper written for El Paso youth, ages 8 to 13.
Syndicated content in What's Up includes News of the Weird
News of the Weird
News of the Weird is a syndicated newspaper column edited by Chuck Shepherd that collects bizarre news stories. It was created in 1988. , it is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate and published in more than 250 newspapers in the United States and Canada. As of July 2008, the daily internet...
and ¡Ask a Mexican!
¡Ask a Mexican!
¡Ask a Mexican! is a U.S. syndicated weekly column written by Gustavo Arellano and published by Orange County's alternative weekly OC Weekly. It was first published in 2004 as a one-time spoof, but it ended up becoming one of the weekly's most popular columns.Every week, readers submit their...
. Notable musician and native El Pasoan Jim Ward
Jim Ward (musician)
James David Ward is an American musician. A self-taught guitarist and pianist, he was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the band Sparta; he was also the co-founder of the seminal post-hardcore band At the Drive-In.-At the Drive-In:While in At the Drive-In, Ward played rhythm guitar and...
formerly wrote the column From The End Of This Pen, covering music, life, and El Paso itself.