This year, fill stockings while supporting local creators.
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November 14, 2021 - 12:19 am
At her Local Oasis shop, artist Abbie Renzema sells charming gift cards and postcards adorned with her work and that of other Las Vegans. Starting at $5, 220 E. Charleston Blvd.
The Las Vegas nostalgist on your gift list will appreciate this small map poster by Las Vegas artist Rhonda Turnbough, which name-checks plenty of lost and locals-only locations. $25 at Local Oasis, 220 E. Charleston Blvd.
At her Local Oasis shop, artist Abbie Renzema sells charming gift cards and postcards adorned with her work and that of other Las Vegans. Starting at $5, 220 E. Charleston Blvd.At her Local Oasis shop, artist Abbie Renzema sells charming gift cards and postcards adorned with her work and that of other Las Vegans. Starting at $5, 220 E. Charleston Blvd.At her Local Oasis shop, artist Abbie Renzema sells charming gift cards and postcards adorned with her work and that of other Las Vegans. Starting at $5, 220 E. Charleston Blvd.Science tells us that coffee tastes better when sipped from an artisanal cup, like these from Clay Arts Vegas, 1353 Arville St. Don’t argue with science! Starting
at $20.The art lover in your family will happily rock this T-shirt emblazoned with “Seven Magic Mountains,” the wildly popular desert art piece. $20 from shop.nevadaart.orgThe delightfully quirky Office of Collecting and Design, in Commercial Center — a wonderland of knickknacks and cultural ephemera — offers “mystery boxes” for $22.22, $33.33 and $44.44. officeofcollecting.comThirteen excellent local writers grapple with love and heartache in Sin City in this latest entry in the Las Vegas Writes series. $13.95 at the Writer’s Block, 519 S. Sixth St.
When people ask if college is necessary anymore, DeRionne Pollard — the first Black woman to run a college campus in Nevada — can point to her life as an answer
They are business executives and consultants, politicos, lobbyists and nonprofit officers. They are men and women, racially diverse and politically astute. And they all worked for Harry Reid.
Eric Strain founded his Las Vegas architecture firm, assemblageSTUDIO, on April Fool’s Day in 1997. It was the perfect time, he says: “Nobody thought this thing would last.”
The story of the Fontainebleau is much like Las Vegas: A place on lists of best cities for a new start, and a place where thousands of people end up living in storm tunnels.