Sure, they’re lanterns rising into the nighttime sky. But for RiSE Festival participants, each lantern is a blank canvas that carries into the heavens messages, in the form of drawings or words, that express joy, pain, regret, gratitude, sorrow, hopeor any other emotion they need to feel, and share, in that moment.
About 500 miles from Las Vegas, a blank stretch of desert has been transformed into a functioning city for just more than a week through the efforts of both organizers and the attendees themselves.
Inside the recently opened Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway Center is a frosty white mural that holds hidden secrets to the naked eye. It’s only when seen with a polarized viewer that a new colorful world greets the eyes.
A journey to Japan is a lot easier — and as close as Bellagio — thanks to two new exhibits showcasing nature and art in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Teller’s magical production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and the arrival of a new music director for the Las Vegas Philharmonic added vibrancy to the local arts scene in 2014.
Watching the cast of “Betrayal: The Last Supper” rehearse, a thought occurs.
