Under an image of George Michael, Elton John performed “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” at the Colosseum at Caesars on Wednesday, and is expected to continue the tribute this weekend.
Arts & Culture
If your idea of welcoming the new year involves the great outdoors, Clark County Wetlands Park has you covered with two free New Year’s Eve nature walks.
British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book “Watership Down” became a classic of children’s literature, has died, according to his daughter. He was 96.
“We’ve built a world-class, state-of-the-art museum that will rival any children’s museum or science museum in the country. But we have to make this a bigger part of the fabric of the community,” says Tifferney White, president and chief executive officer of Discovery Children’s Museum.
The First Friday arts festival is scheduled from 5 to 11 p.m. Jan. 6 at venues throughout the Las Vegas Arts District, near the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Main Street. Live entertainment, artists’ booths, food vendors and more are planned. The event is set to include artists, the artisan bazaar, food trucks, music and a live painting exhibition. The streets surrounding the block that includes Art Square, 1025 S. First St., are set to close for tents and trucks with food, art and music.
Get ready to snap your fingers to a swinging number the moment Old Soles takes the stage. The name is an oxymoron, as the dance group is anything but old.
There’s a new theater downtown, ending the area’s six-year streak without the silver screen following the closure of Galaxy 14 Neonopolis on Fremont Street.
Our arts picks this week include Nevada Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” and photographer Edward Burtynsky’s “Oil” exhibit.
The exhibit — at the second-floor Chamber Gallery — features paintings, photographs and ceramics, with portraits, landscapes and abstracts in the mix, curated by Clay Arts Vegas co-owner Peter Jakubowski.
Painter Pablo Picasso once described the purpose of art as “washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” Whether your preferred method involves art, literature, music or theater, here are a few culture-related gift possibilities to make the washing — and wallowing — more memorable.
Michael Ogilvie, who has helped shape the valley’s public art landscape since 2005, is set to leave town for California at the end of the year.
John Bentham experienced his first living Nativity at the First United Methodist Church in Richardson, Texas, where he grew up. Now 46 and the owner of Ivory Star Productions, he has brought a living Nativity element to the annual Glittering Lights show, which his company produces.
Louie Anderson was between gigs when he got a call from Louis C.K. offering him a role in an upcoming sitcom. Anderson accepted, then learned the details.
Terrible Herbst had been asking customers at their convenience stores across the valley to donate to Toy Drive for six weeks leading up to the 18th annual event.
Our arts picks this week include the Springs Preserve’s Holiday Express and Deana Martin’s “Holiday Cheer.”
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