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Intersection
The City of Las Vegas gets pop-social to stay connected
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Check out their "Can't Stop the Feeling" video, which shows city employees and local residents shaking it to Justin Timberlake's hit song.
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Fine Art
CAC’s ‘ART + SCIENCE’ exhibit explores the disciplines' natural coupling
Friday, July 22, 2016 Curated by Linda Alterwitz, ART + SCIENCE brings together work that makes interesting bedfellows of the two disciplines.
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Fine Art
Garilyn Brune's big, big world celebrates the glory of being body-positive
Thursday, July 21, 2016 Brune’s message of gender identity and physical acceptance is back in Las Vegas, this time at the Center.
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Fine Art
Local artists Martin Kreloff and Diane Bush make Sahara West Library a must-visit this month
Monday, July 11, 2016 Know your neighbors.
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Intersection
Discussing Las Vegas: Story, image and memorabilia
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Two events this week look at the past.
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Art
Biblical temptresses in neon: San Francisco-based Whitney Lynn looks at Las Vegas in the larger context of time
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Old Masterworks live in the vernacular of Vegas Vic and the Hacienda’s Horse and Rider.
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Intersection
Deep-fried Twinkies and lamentations at the last night at Mermaids
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 "I don’t think anybody else offers the Twinkies like this. What are they going to do with all these people?"
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A&E
Transported through time, Charo brings the fun and camp back to Vegas
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 Only a week after the implosion of her former Riviera home, Charo wows the South Point crowd.
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Fine Art
Size doesn't matter: Small Space Fest packs a punch at Emergency Arts
Friday, June 24, 2016 Nearly 100 artists and performers gathered to discuss humanity, no matter how abstractly or unintentional, through their work.
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Art
Mermaids in the desert give love to Coney Island
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 A bunny rabbit drinking a Bud Light and an 8-foot mermaid walk into a bar.
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Fine Art
The artistically boundless Small Space Fest fills Emergency Arts
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 “We didn’t ask artists to present their works, but to present themselves."
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Intersection
Why we can't have nice things: The disregard and vandalism of 'Seven Magic Mountains'
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 We’re barbarians. We destroy things others create and think it’s hilarious.
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Art
Photographer Yousuf Karsh and the intimacy of the 20th century elite
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art offers a look at the cultural, academic, scientific and political lives of significance.
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As We See It
Harrison House takes its rightful place on the National Register of Historic Places
Saturday, June 4, 2016 The Historic Westside destination was a boarding house that became a safe haven for black Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) construction workers.
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Intersection
Public art generating power? Maybe in Las Vegas
Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Land Art Generator Initiative could change our public art and clean-energy landscapes.
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Features
A slice of Americana: The nostalgic brilliance of the Las Vegas drive-in
Thursday, June 2, 2016 Under the stars at the West Wind.
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Intersection
Now a piece of anti-Trump art, the Donald’s old campaign bus is Vegas-bound
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 The bus stops in Vegas for First Friday before moving on to California for the final primary election.
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Intersection
Deconstructing Angry Birds’ ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Hogas, Pigvada’
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Elvis, neon and the removal of big bands.
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Features
The unstoppable Larry Ruvo and his crusade to improve life in Las Vegas
Thursday, May 19, 2016 Larry Ruvo's examined life, from busboy to great benefactor of Las Vegas.
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As We See It
Ugo Rondinone’s ‘Seven Magic Mountains’ inspires roadside contemplation
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 An expected 19 million vehicles will pass the "Seven Magic Mountains" installation during its two years in the desert before it gets spirited away without a trace.
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Fine Art
An eye-popping wallop of art just off I-15 has travelers making detours
Monday, May 2, 2016 “Seven Magic Mountains” is a poignant work of art with a message that inspires contemplation, but with the allure of a mid-20th-century roadside attraction.
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Art
A creative space: Art, literature and the five senses at the Nest
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 The Reading Room's art of the story.
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As We See It
Neon rhythm: A spontaneous symphony among historic signs
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Neon Museum artist-in-residence Jennifer Bellor is composing something different.
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Features
Finding the Southwest at Cactus Joe’s
Friday, April 22, 2016 A Blue Diamond nursery taking Las Vegas back to its roots.
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Fine Art
Land art on the horizon: Get ready for Ugo Rondinone’s ‘Seven Magic Mountains’
Friday, April 22, 2016 The colorful rock totem installation is slated to open to the public May 11.
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Features
A quick look at the Cooperative Extension Demonstration Gardens
Thursday, April 21, 2016 This garden proves that growing in this climate can be fruitful and relatively easy once the soil is amended, watering is strategized and planting style is determined.
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As We See It
Don't break out the bubbly: Thoughts on the new Champagnes sign
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 The white Champagne glass tilting amid bubbles on a round red backdrop had been replaced by a contemporary and less celebratory look.
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A&E
On deck: Doris Kearns Goodwin, presidential historian (and baseball enthusiast) talks American leadership at UNLV
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Kearns Goodwin is a regular on news talk shows, including Meet the Press, helping to dissect the players and policies in D.C.
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Art
Burning Man, Fine Art and Kitsch walk into a bar ...
Thursday, April 14, 2016 “Why should art, of all things, be free from critical dissection?”
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A&E
Swine races, rides and fried dough: A day at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo in Logandale
Friday, April 8, 2016 The exhibition halls of small-town glory.
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Art
In 'The Gathering' artist Chris Bauder gathers the nomads of the desert
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 The life and death of a tumbleweed and all that crosses its path.
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As We See It
In Brief: Dino's patio and Liberace's cars
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Also, deputies will now be riding motorcycles in parks.
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As We See It
Bundy protest: Weighing liberty and justice on the courthouse steps
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Cliven Bundy’s supporters hold up signs—“Ranchers lives matter” and “Honk for freedom.” A tourist snaps a photo.
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As We See It
Farewell, Super Bloom: An appreciation of Death Valley’s wildflower phenomenon
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Thanks for the memories.
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Fine Art
This Week in Arts: artist talks, exhibit openings and Visitor Made
Monday, March 14, 2016 The Barrick Museum is hopping this week.
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Art
Altering art: The unfortunate fable of ‘holy cheeseburger’
Thursday, March 10, 2016 Unless a contract says otherwise, artists who sell their works no longer have a voice in what happens to them.
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Features
A-Bombs, showgirls and African masks: a museum rhapsody in Las Vegas
Thursday, March 3, 2016 An inspiring mini-tour of our museumscape.
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Music
This Week in Arts: a costume tell-all, a Dave Hickey book talk and a priceless violin
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Costume designers promise to delve into the “comedy, the tragedy and the wardrobe malfunction” at the Nevada State Museum this weekend.
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A&E
The Phil’s concertmaster on playing a priceless, nearly 300-year-old violin
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 It's a classical concert you don't want to miss.
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Arts District
New ownership at the Arts Factory calls to mind the good times and cantankerous bouts
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 Memories of former owner and longtime figurehead, Wes Myles, from his bocce-ball tourneys on the patio to his colorful protests over city codes.
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Fine Art
Make Art at the Barrick: Visitor Made has guests responding to exhibits
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 With construction paper, X-Acto knives and protractors, visitors test the “My kid could make that” claim heard at contemporary art museums.
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Fine Art
Artist Roscoe Wilson examines the ways we confine and manufacture nature
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 It’s contemporary America’s relationship with nature presented at its most extreme and bizarre.
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Fine Art
Headed to Emergency Arts, Small Space Fest aims to be a total art immersion
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 The event is seeking submissions from new, emerging and established visual and performance artists.
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Fine Art
This Week in Arts: Laurens Tan, public art designs and Downtown’s impending art immersion
Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 Holland-born Australian sculptor Tan is currently living in Beijing, following a 10-year stint “living as a pilgrim” in Las Vegas.
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As We See It
Main Street's Corner Building is set for a makeover
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 The 11,000-square-foot building features a large courtyard area in back and a bank of small storefronts overlooking California Avenue.
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As We See It
How critical is art and design to the future of Maryland Parkway?
Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 The Maryland Parkway Public Art Urban Art Design Plan was introduced this month at the first of four public meetings designed to gather input from the community.
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Features
Words of love: From Ruth and Naomi to Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 "I can’t see how I can go on living away from you—these intermissions are death."