It’s been around for almost 200 years and it’s still knocking ’em dead.
Arts & Culture
Since launching it’s accompanyment of Charlie Chaplin films with “City Lights,” the Henderson Symphony Orchestra has featured “The Gold Rush” and “Modern Times.” Next up is “The Circus” and “Kid Auto Races at Venice.”
Forrest Gump may not be there. But his philosophy — “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get” — definitely will be when the 2014 Vegas Fringe Festival kicks off a two-weekend run Friday at Las Vegas Little Theatre.
“Ding-dong. Hello, my name is Elder …” Very soon The Smith Center for the Performing Arts will fling open the doors on Reynolds Hall to a flood of patrons. There are those who may be familiar with that opening salvo to “The Book of Mormon.” But we’d still like to hear it. And we’d like to see it.
You know the old joke about the best way to get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. But for 34 members of the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society, it’s no joke.
Ready to have your mind blown? Anastasia Steele, the submissive female protagonist of the best-selling erotic fiction series “Fifty Shades of Grey,” is pretty much your basic Disney princess/musical comedy ingenue. Boom.
For June, First Friday organizers are celebrating the art and science of sound with a variety of auditory programming, including a silent dance party, a design-your-own instrument station and other family-friendly activities.
Find fun things to do in your neighborhood from an Opera Las Vegas production of “The Barber of Seville” to a free Chinese music concert.
A German museum has put on display a copy of Vincent van Gogh’s ear that was grown using genetic material provided by one of the 19th-century Dutch artist’s living relatives.
Nevada may not have a lottery, but “The Book of Mormon” does.
The last time View checked in with the rock band Joei & The Fulcos, they’d returned to Summerlin after performing in the Zhangjiajie International Country Music Festival in China. Now, they’ve come off a 16-performance schedule in Europe, and Joei, 17, has been tapped to be in the independent film “Heidi” in a supporting role.
A bit of history and plenty of music can make for a full calendar if you’re scouting out things to do this weekend. If that’s not what you want, hit a Hawaiian festival or crack a book for summer reading.
Johnny Mathis gave up a shot at the Olympics to make his first recording. Almost 60 years later, he’s still singing — and returns to Las Vegas to make his Smith Center debut.
The second annual Children’s Art Festival is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 31 at Centennial Hills Park, 7101 N. Buffalo Drive.
The Window, a multipurpose space with an artist-in-residence program, opened May 12 in the northwest corner space of The Ogden, 150 Las Vegas Blvd. North.
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