More stars than there are in heaven. That’s how MGM used to describe its lineup of luminaries during Hollywood’s golden age. But the motto also applies to the lineup of luminaries now at Bellagio’s Gallery of Fine Arts.
Arts & Culture
Wands at the ready. Harry Potter is taking over the Discovery Children’s Museum March 19.
Life Long Dreams started simply enough: with one child and one mother. Today, the nonprofit hosts scores of children and brings kids with special needs together to express themselves artistically and find the confidence to share that expression.
In a room tucked high above the basketball courts at the Lied Memorial Boys & Girls Club, about a dozen students gather for an hour every week to master the arts — not athletics — and play with bows — not balls — as Tianna Harjo introduces them to the violin.
The Life Cube, a project brought to Las Vegas by Burning Man artist Scott Cohen, will be illuminated by LED lights in a ceremonial moment of silence.
Because March is Women’s History Month, the Neon Museum’s tours include content honoring the notable females behind some of the 150-plus signs on display in the Neon Boneyard.
For the past 20-plus years, local high school students eager to follow that star have had exactly one place to go: the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts. This school year, however, the options have expanded.
Our arts picks this week include “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder at The Smith Center, the black comedy “Sordid Lives” at the Onyx and more.
The Tony-winning musical, at The Smith Center through Sunday, takes a genially jaunty approach to what might seem serious business: a serial killer’s upward climb through the branches of a venerable family tree.
Just because it looks easy doesn’t make it so. Consider the works of renowned abstract artist Kelly, who died at 92 late last December in his native New York state.
Although the Scintas have been in town only 16 years, it feels like they have been here a lot longer, probably because their style and shtick harken back to their roots: the classic entertainment of Rat Pack-era Vegas.
If you’re looking for Donna Brown at the Southern Nevada Sons & Daughters of Erin St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival this year, keep your eyes peeled for a woman with green hair and green eyebrows.
Hundreds of Elvis Presley artifacts, including his high school yearbooks and first gold album, are at the center of a legal dispute that erupted after Westgate Las Vegas Resort closed the legendary rock star’s exhibit late last month.
Erin Evans went to Iraq as a military police officer, and after years of playing her favorite music in the “sandbox,” she came home as “KJ Vegas Babe” at Ellis Island Casino. It was a journey, she said, that was simply meant to be.
What does a 40-year-old Canadian father of five know about planning a visit to Las Vegas? Everything.
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