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Las Vegas filmmakers premier ‘Redemption of the Fall’ in Park City

On Oct. 7, 2008, then-Henderson resident Kim Dreske was visiting her father in Park City, Utah, when she fell from a four-story balcony. On Jan. 26, a pair of Las Vegans screened “Redemption of the Fall,” their film about the incident, Dreske’s recovery efforts and her father’s inventiveness, during the Sundance Film Festival, within a few hundred feet of the balcony from which she fell.

Rainbow Company program making history entertaining

It’s easy to imagine the scene: a teacher announces to her grade school students, “It’s time for our daily lesson in Nevada history” — and the snoozefest begins.

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In 1957, Americans watched as President Dwight D. Eisenhower took his second oath of office. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, triggering the space race.

Actors flesh out first president

He’s everywhere, from Mount Rushmore to the quarters jingling in your pocket.

National Geographic’s famous photos at Venetian

Fifty photographs representing the best of National Geographic magazine are on display at the Imagine Exhibition Gallery in The Venetian.

Sunrise Mountain serves as inspiration for art installation

When artist David Sanchez Burr moved to Las Vegas six years ago he sought out a patch of desert he could study and explore. He found the stretch of land between Sunrise and Frenchman mountains and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Freedom revoked for artistic director

Audience members waiting in the lobby recently for the start of an improv show at the Onyx were startled to see artistic director Brandon Burk being led away in handcuffs. It was perhaps the most dramatic “end of a reign” in modern local playhouse history.

‘For the Joy of the Sting’ an intriguing adventure

Writer-director Mick Axelrod’s “For the Joy of the Sting,” at Las Vegas Little Theatre Studio, is an enjoyable mess, rich in possibilities.

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