The Modern Contemporary Art Museum — a proposed three-story, 35,000-square-foot complex — may not be ready to break ground for a year or two, but it has its first employee: Melanie Coffee, who’s been hired as project manager.
Arts & Culture
“Reflections of the Ebony Guys, Dolls & Techs,” a photo exhibit chronicling black dancers and technicians, is scheduled to be featured through the end of March at the Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway.
Two-time Tony-winner Patti LuPone has been been at home on stages from Broadway to London for decades, but she shares her musical wanderlust in the concert “Far Away Places,” which she brings to The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall Thursday.
Teddi Tarnoff didn’t grow up jamming on the bass or singing heavy rock, but you wouldn’t know the difference listening to her perform today. Although trained in classical music, she joined the original School of Rock Philadelphia to learn how to play the guitar at 14. Now she runs the School of Rock Las Vegas West.
Johnny Mathis, Under the Streetlamp and a “50 Shades of Gray” musical parody join The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall lineup in May and June.
The Haifa Symphony of Israel made its debut performance in Las Vegas for an enthusiastic (but rather small) crowd Thursday at UNLV’s Artemus Ham Hall as part of the university’s Charles Vanda Master Series.
Little Theatre goes ‘True West’ … Sibling rivalry powers “True West,” Sam Shepard’s acclaimed play about two estranged brothers, which begins a three-weekend run in Las Vegas Little Theatre’s Black Box.
Pianist Roman Rabinovich has been collaborating with Israel’s Haifa Symphony Orchestra for almost 20 years, which wouldn’t be particularly noteworthy except for the fact that he’s only 28 — and made his concert debut at 10 years of age.
The version of “The Tempest” created by Teller and Aaron Posner is not stuffy Shakespeare by any stretch of the imagination.
It isn’t clear exactly what the audience will see when Molodi hits the stage March 13, but it’s sure to be energetic and eclectic.
Two performance artists, Ward Shelley and Alex Schweder, are spending 10 days living, eating and sleeping on a giant hamster wheel to make a larger point: We all have to work together to get through the daily grind.
The mystery surrounding 17th century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer’s use of light and how he was able to produce such photorealistic paintings has baffled art historians for centuries.
How do we remember to forget?
Award-winning pianist Alexander Schimpf performs Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 — for the first time in concert — with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, while David Lockington returns as guest conductor for Saturday’s concert.
‘Eurydice’ explores myth with a twist: The classic Orpheus myth gets a change-of-perspective twist in Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice,” which continues through Sunday at UNLV.