Some people hear the phrase “Caped Crusader” and think of Batman. But the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s “Three Musketeers” reminds us that caped crusaders were righting wrongs in Paris several centuries before the Dark Knight ever showed up in Gotham City.
Arts & Culture
Our arts picks this week include Clark County Wetlands Park’s open house and Super Summer Theatre’s production of “Memphis.”
The new production opens Wednesday in the center’s Reynolds Hall for three previews, each including an audience question-and-answer session that will help creators tweak the show prior to July 9’s gala opening.
People can view his paintings at the Sahara West Library, where a 50-year retrospective of Kreloff’s Pop Art-influenced work continues through Aug. 6.
When the first preview of “Much Ado About Nothing” opens the festival next week, it will mark the debut of the Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre, part of Southern Utah University’s $38.6 million Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center.
The $8 million Southern Utah Museum of Art is set to open July 7 in the complex that houses the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s theaters.
Our arts picks this week include Jane Monheit’s salute to Ella Fitzgerald, and the Springs Preserve’s new live animal show, “Desert Survivor!”
The Speakeasy Swingers have close to three centuries of experience among them, and they have no intention of stopping now. They love the music they play, and they believe the audience for it continues to grow.
The name is cool and gives patrons a hint as to what to expect when they walk through the doors of Kaffe Live. Part artisan sandwich shop and part live entertainment hub, the business recently opened at 5135 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 145.
Since North Las Vegas began experiencing an economic rebirth a few years ago, City Councilman Isaac Barron began to ask himself, “What is a city without art?”
When actress Kady Heard learned that the inaugural group show at The Bubblegum Gallery would be mermaid-themed, she dove into the opportunity to participate. Artists from all over the Las Vegas Valley contributed paintings, sketches, watercolors, decor, jewelry and more, and Heard slipped into a mermaid tail and donated her time during the show’s June First Friday opening. The show is the first of many themed group exhibits planned in the coming months.
Primrose Martin strolled the rows of exhibits with her mother and brother Saturday afternoon at the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con.
“Hamilton” should keep Strip properties interested, but The Smith Center has become an effective host for most Broadway musicals.
Now in its fifth year, “DjangoVegas!” spotlights the beguiling, infectious style of jazz pioneered by the original guitar star, Django Reinhardt.
Our arts picks this week include the new exhibit “Playing With Light” at the Springs Preserve and a staging of “A Few Good Men” at the Onyx Theatre.