Local artists, cultural representatives and arts supporters gathered last week at three town meetings sponsored by the Nevada Arts Council to explore the state of the art scene and offer recommendations for improvements.
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“External Forces,” would be an apt title for a radio show. The wild world of morning programming is often dictated by outside external, and unanticipated, decisions from on high.
The show, penned by label founder Berry Gordy Jr., includes dozens of Hitsville classics, from the Jackson Five’s “ABC” to Smokey Robinson’s “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me.”
Our arts picks this week include Las Vegas Little Theatre’s production of “A Little Night Music” and the Las Vegas Philharmonic performing works by Beethoven and Mozart.
Vanity opened at the start of 2010, but won’t survive 2017 amid major renovations at Hard Rock Hotel.
Brian Dewhurst ran away with the circus at age 13; his son, Nicky, was hanging around the tent at an even younger age.
Broadway in the Hood’s production of Katori Hall’s award-winning drama begins a four-performance run Friday — the launch of the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend — at The Smith Center’s Troesh Studio Theater.
About two dozen students stood on the edge of the dance floor, taking turns crossing the floor in pairs, stalking, crawling, leaping and eventually hissing and yipping.
Buddy Greco headlined at such legendary hotel-casinos as the Sands, Desert Inn and Flamingo during his years in Las Vegas. His final public appearance was at the venerable Italian American Club in August 2015.
Summerlin resident’s World War II screenplay to be on display at library
Michaella Bradley, 20, returns to her hometown with fellow cast members in Disney on Ice’s “Worlds of Enchantment,” which opens a four-day run Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
“There is nothing quite the same as being onstage and being able to have a relationship with an audience that feeds you,” Cranston said.
When the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas acquired more than 8,000 costumes and other items from Les Folies Bergere, they came with a mystery. Two women have been unraveling it with the help of photographs, first-person accounts and a little dancing.
In a town where you can see circus performers, superstar musicians, and the topless undead, it can be a challenge for thought-provoking productions — based on subtle wordplay and nuanced acting — to get noticed. Several of the valley’s most interesting theaters, productions and spaces are in east valley.
Many art educators contend that drawing from life and, in particular, drawing from the figure is the foundation of all other arts. Others say life drawing is not a means to an end, but an end in itself. Either way, those interested in life drawing have weekly and monthly options in the Arts District.