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Arts & Culture
The Opportunity Village Magical Forest turns 25 this year. The wondrous holiday attraction features the Holiday Express party train and hundreds of decorated trees and rides.
A small crowd gathered Saturday at Lorenzi Park’s Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza to learn about other cultures through a series of dance performances with influences from around the globe during Global Fest, a celebration of folk dance organized by the Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs.
One of his favorite places to practice his craft is Las Vegas, where he has performed since the ’60s. He returns to town Saturday for a show at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Friday was the latest high-profile person to attend the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” but he became the first to get a sharp message from a cast member from the stage.
Our arts picks this week include “The Scarlet Pimpernel” at Summerlin Library and Jim Brickman’s “Pure Piano” greatest-hits concert at The Smith Center.
Ryan Schmitt is a familiar face in downtown Las Vegas and on the Strip, an artist who turns balloons into all sorts of everyday objects, such as hats and bicycles.
The 13th annual “White Christmas” tour checks into The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall for an eight-performance Thanksgiving week run.
For the 21st year, Cigar Aficionado Magazine hosted its Big Smoke Weekend in Las Vegas, featuring educational seminars and hands-on activities for fans of cigars.
On Monday, the Black Mountain Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary with “The Writer in the World: Celebrating 10 Years of the Black Mountain Institute,” a free program in the Student Union Ballroom at UNLV.
James Robinson produces everything from crime drama to iconic heroes’ adventures in his Huntridge neighborhood home.
Autumn de Forest’s signature includes a heart hovering over the second “U” of her first name. Considering that she turned 15 a few weeks ago, that’s not much of a surprise.
As a kid, Justin Favela hated pinatas. “I was a very calm, quiet kid who didn’t want any conflict,” he says.
The dance company celebrates a milestone Friday at The Smith Center with a performance blending old and new. But the 10th-anniversary season launch almost became a final bow.
Art lovers in the tiny town of Baker are lashing out at the Nevada Department of Transportation for hauling away sculptures from a roadside exhibit launched by the locals almost two decades ago. An NDOT crew cleared out much of the metal artwork from state Route 488 on Nov. 1, citing safety concerns along the five-mile route between Baker and the Lehman Caves Visitor Center at Great Basin National Park.
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