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Arts & Culture
January’s First Friday at the downtown arts district features an interactive project that makes you think about the future.
When Colin Shaughnessy’s dad called to tell him he was on the news, he was in disbelief.
The musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir “Fun Home” begins an eight-performance run in The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall, with Kate Shindle (Miss America 1998) playing Bechdel as an all-grown-up Bechdel who’s trying to come to terms with her younger selves — and her troubled parents.
As Gordie Brown’s music director and sidekick, Steve Swinford looked like Jay Leno and played guitar like Jimmy Page.
At an intermission-free 100 minutes, “Fun Home” packs the most emotional power into the shortest show in recent memory — although “show” is hardly the word to describe such a depth-charge musical drama.
“Rock of Ages,” an ode to the Boubon Room on the Sunset Strip, played up the double entendres during its closing show Sunday night at the Rio.
Invoking memories of another NBA star who fancied VegasVille, Kevin Durant of the Warriors hit multiple nightclubs and toasted the arrival of 2017.
Under an image of George Michael, Elton John performed “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” at the Colosseum at Caesars on Wednesday, and is expected to continue the tribute this weekend.
If your idea of welcoming the new year involves the great outdoors, Clark County Wetlands Park has you covered with two free New Year’s Eve nature walks.
British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book “Watership Down” became a classic of children’s literature, has died, according to his daughter. He was 96.
“We’ve built a world-class, state-of-the-art museum that will rival any children’s museum or science museum in the country. But we have to make this a bigger part of the fabric of the community,” says Tifferney White, president and chief executive officer of Discovery Children’s Museum.
The First Friday arts festival is scheduled from 5 to 11 p.m. Jan. 6 at venues throughout the Las Vegas Arts District, near the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Main Street. Live entertainment, artists’ booths, food vendors and more are planned. The event is set to include artists, the artisan bazaar, food trucks, music and a live painting exhibition. The streets surrounding the block that includes Art Square, 1025 S. First St., are set to close for tents and trucks with food, art and music.
Get ready to snap your fingers to a swinging number the moment Old Soles takes the stage. The name is an oxymoron, as the dance group is anything but old.
There’s a new theater downtown, ending the area’s six-year streak without the silver screen following the closure of Galaxy 14 Neonopolis on Fremont Street.
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