Support for the arts isn’t confined to downtown or the Cultural Corridor. Virtually every neighborhood in Las Vegas has its arts offerings, and Spring Valley and southwest Las Vegas are packed with culture from theater to gallery offerings.
Arts & Culture
“Hamilton,” the hip-hop Broadway musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton, which has been everywhere from the Grammy Awards to the White House, will play The Smith Center for the Performing Arts during the 2017-18 season.
All the world may be a stage, but the stage at the Winchester Cultural Center is the world. From globe-spanning musical mashups to Spanish-language theater, the center — operated by Clark County’s Parks & Recreation Department — presents a wide world of performances that reflect Las Vegas’ increasing cultural diversity.
We all know about families that play together. But what about families who do plays together?
Vegas Voices is a weekly question-and-answer series featuring notable Las Vegans.
Photos from the second day of the SXSW music festival in downtown Austin, Texas.
Las Vegas blackjack dealer James Samaniego is convinced the artwork he found among a box of other paintings is the real deal, though he has yet to be able to fully prove it. He’s looking for a buyer to shell out much, much more than the $200 he paid for the entire box.
More stars than there are in heaven. That’s how MGM used to describe its lineup of luminaries during Hollywood’s golden age. But the motto also applies to the lineup of luminaries now at Bellagio’s Gallery of Fine Arts.
Wands at the ready. Harry Potter is taking over the Discovery Children’s Museum March 19.
Life Long Dreams started simply enough: with one child and one mother. Today, the nonprofit hosts scores of children and brings kids with special needs together to express themselves artistically and find the confidence to share that expression.
In a room tucked high above the basketball courts at the Lied Memorial Boys & Girls Club, about a dozen students gather for an hour every week to master the arts — not athletics — and play with bows — not balls — as Tianna Harjo introduces them to the violin.
The Life Cube, a project brought to Las Vegas by Burning Man artist Scott Cohen, will be illuminated by LED lights in a ceremonial moment of silence.
Because March is Women’s History Month, the Neon Museum’s tours include content honoring the notable females behind some of the 150-plus signs on display in the Neon Boneyard.
For the past 20-plus years, local high school students eager to follow that star have had exactly one place to go: the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts. This school year, however, the options have expanded.
Our arts picks this week include “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder at The Smith Center, the black comedy “Sordid Lives” at the Onyx and more.
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