Fine arts, Dixieland jazz and … Broadway karaoke?
Art
ARTISTS GO
‘FACE 2 FACE’
Portrait of the artists — and the viewers. That’s the concept behind “Face 2 Face,” the latest artists-in-residence project at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’ P3Studio.
The participating artists, Las Vegas-based Todd Duane Miller and Southern Californian JW Caldwell, draw on their respective strengths in photography and painting for the project, using composite portraiture to produce a visual record of P3Studio’s guests.
The process begins with Miller taking photographic portraits of visitors, then displaying half-face views on the studio walls — alongside Caldwell’s composite paintings of each “Face 2 Face” photo combination.
With one side of the studio featuring black-and-white photo composites and the other side more subjective, colorful paintings, the artists hope to highlight individuality as well as similarity, differences as well as human connection.
“Face 2 Face” continues through Aug. 10 in the P3Studio at The Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Gallery hours are from 6 to 11 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays; call 702-698-7000 for more information.
Dance
LIBRARY HOSTS
DANCE FESTIVAL
The 16th annual Dance in the Desert Festival returns to the Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center this weekend, offering three free performances featuring companies from across the nation — and across the ocean.
Some 19 different troupes — including one from South Korea — will perform 40 separate works during the free dance concerts.
It’s the second consecutive year Dance in the Desert has been presented at the Summerlin Library, following 14 years at the College of Southern Nevada’s Cheyenne campus.
“We are elated to once more be partnering with the Library District,” festival director Kelly Roth said. “Summerlin has always had a great location and an ideal stage for viewing dance.”
Visiting artists and companies include Alicia Sehn (Philadelphia); Art of Motion Dance Theatre (Ridgewood, N.J.); Avocado Dance Theatre (Temecula, Calif.); Baek Hyun-Soon Dance Company (Seoul, South Korea); Big Rig Dance Collective (Dallas); Canyon Movement Company (Flagstaff, Ariz.); Diane McNeal Hunt/ELEVATE DanceWorks (Tempe, Ariz.); and three Phoenix-based participants, Dulce Dance Company, Kaleidoscape Dance and Scott A. Bodily.
They’ll join such Southern Nevada-based companies as C DuFault Dance Repertory, Concert Dance Company, the CSN Dance Ensemble, Kremer Dance Collective, Las Vegas Ballet Company, Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater, Nevada Repertory Dance Theater and Red Desert Dance Ensemble, along with festival director Kelly Roth &Dancers.
Free performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. Also, free master classes will be presented from 10:30 a.m. to noon Friday and Saturday.
For more information on Dance in the Desert, visit www.newdancefoundation.org.
Music
DIXIELAND JAZZ
REVS UP SUNDAY
Dixieland jazz will enliven Sunday afternoon as the Royal Garden Dixie Cats take the stage at the Bootlegger Bistro in a concert sponsored by the Las Vegas Jazz Society.
Trumpeter Merv Harding leads the Dixie Cats; he’s been in Las Vegas since 1963 and has played with such Strip legends as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Liberace, and for the Stardust’s Lido de Paris and the Tropicana’s Folies Bergere.
Joining Harding for the Dixieland program: trombonist Randy Crawford, clarinet and saxophone player Steve Johnson, banjo player Tom Marth, pianist Larry Millonzi, bassist Bob Sachs and drummer Paul Testa.
They’ll perform at 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Bootlegger, 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. South. For tickets ($10), call 702-313-6778 or visit VegasJazz.org.
Theater
COMEDY VISITS
WINCHESTER
Laughs need no translation, as local audiences will discover in the Spanish-language comedy “Ella, mi amante y mi señora,” to be performed Saturday at the Winchester Cultural Center.
Luis Vargas directs Luis Visentin’s comedy, written for the company Inarte, which has previously presented “Se Vende Una Burra,” “El Loco de Moda” and other plays at Winchester.
In “Ella,” a man — who’s got three relationships going in the same neighborhood — resorts to comedic measures to keep each of his squeezes from finding out about the others.
“Ella, mi amante y mi senora” will be performed at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. For tickets ($10 in advance, $12 on the day of the show), call 702-455-7340 or visit www.clarkcountynv.gov/parksregistration.
Music
ONYX STAGES
OPEN MIC NIGHT
Calling all Broadway wannabes. If you’ve ever longed to belt out a stage number, Sunday’s your chance, as the Onyx Theatre hosts its monthly Broadway Open Mic Night to benefit Off-Strip Productions.
Bring your sheet music (the song must be from a bona fide musical) and a real live accompanist will provide musical backing for your performance; live lights and sound will add to the theatrical atmosphere. Each participant will receive a video copy of his or her performance — and feedback from the audience, if so desired.
The Broadway Open Mic Night begins at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave. For tickets ($10), call 702-732-7225 or visit www.onyxtheatre.com.
— By CAROL CLING
