The movie studio would be built at the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in southwest Las Vegas, but that depends on a bill clearing the Nevada Legislature.
Education
Magician legend David Copperfield, the late Shecky Greene and acclaimed composer Keith Thompason will be honored by the UNLV College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame.
Elementary, middle, high school and UNLV students will take part in a contest to choose digital designs to be displayed on the famous Las Vegas venue this summer.
The four-year “Warrior Pathway Program” aims to provide about $4.5 million in trade school scholarships funded by the Engelstad Foundation.
Shanea Anna Chee, a student at Brown Junior High School in Henderson, was selected as a finalist for her doodle highlighting her Diné heritage.
KFC is offering free college tuition for its employees in Nevada thanks to a partnership with nonprofit online school Western Governors University.
For a second consecutive year, the UNLV dance team won the premier hip-hop division at the International Cheer Union’s world cheerleading championships.
Cassandra Valenti, an 18-year-old senior at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, is among 109 musicians selected for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America.
Las Vegas Academy Mariachi Director David Rivera says that mariachi programs are flourishing in the Las Vegas Valley and keeping kids in Clark County in school.
The Chefs for Kids program brings meals to students at Title I schools, which have a large percentage of low-income students, in Southern Nevada.
Clarence Gilyard, a UNLV film professor, was famous for his role as computer-terror expert Theo in “Die Hard.”
Darryl McDaniels, a founding member of the rap group Run D.M.C., highlighted education and called the ABCs “the greatest rap of all time.”
Artist Claes Oldenburg was known for his large-scale Pop Art sculptures, including the Typewriter Eraser, Scale X,” at CityCenter.
Javon Johnson’s short film “Voicemails to My Future Self Vol. 1” is based on his 2013 poem “‘Cuz He’s Black”
Sofia Murillo, a third-grade teacher at Mater Academy Mountain Vista, inspires her 2.9M followers with TikToks about her life as a Latinx teacher.