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.
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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.
St. Jude Local Las Vegas Chapter presented the 2014 Celebration of Life Sculpture Exhibit, a collection of 10 sculptures designed by sculptor Dorit Schwartz and painted by world-renown and locally acclaimed artists.
First Friday organizers invite Las Vegas filmmakers to participate in a First Friday film competition. Cinematographers can submit a three-to-five minute film with the theme “Secrets of First Friday,” all shot during the March festival.
In addition to March and early April concerts by the Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonic Pops, the first 18 days of March will bring three international orchestras to town. The first was the St. Petersburg Philharmonic at The Smith Center on Saturday; next will be Israel’s Haifa Symphony at UNLV’s Artemus Ham Hall on March 13, followed five days later, at The Smith Center, by Britain’s Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with brilliant young American violinist and conductor Joshua Bell.
When it came time for the autobiography subtitled “Ray Charles’ Own Story,” Charles chose a down-to-earth name befitting a singer who belonged in any and every musical family: “Brother Ray.” Clearly, Ray Charles was — and is — a man for all musical seasons.
Good times roll for Mardi Gras: Locals can “laissez les bon temps rouler” (translation: let the good times roll) at two separate Mardi Gras events this weekend.
John Trimble loves music, and he loves visual art. And in his exhibit on display at the West Las Vegas Arts Center Community Gallery, he brings these two aspects of the arts together.
It seems a little funny that “Bad to the Bone” George Thorogood is playing the fancy Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
The Children’s Discovery Museum, the Springs Preserve, the National Atomic Testing Museum and the Marjorie Barrick Museum at UNLV are among Las Vegas-area museums featuring visiting and temporary exhibits.
Prepare to snap your fingers to the music and scream like an Elvis fan. The musical “Bye Bye Birdie” is coming to Bishop Gorman High School.
The 2008 Tony Award winner for best musical, “In the Heights,” makes its Las Vegas premiere at Las Vegas Academy. And rightly so.
The world premiere of “Anton Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard of the Living Dead,” at the Onyx Theatre, blends elements from the Russian playwright’s stage classics, sci-fi movies — and zombies rampaging through the Russian countryside.
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