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Even before the Easter tradition, Old World artisans colored bird orbs to celebrate spring. We asked six Las Vegas artists to hatch some fresh ideas for this ancient tradition.
Designer Roger Thomas, Rainbow Company Youth Theatre and entertainer Danny Gans will be inducted into Nevada’s Entertainer/Artist Hall of Fame today at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Student Union Ballroom.
Dennis Oppenheim, the artist behind the neon paintbrushes downtown, died Saturday. He was 72. The Las Vegas paintbrushes sit unlit on Charleston Boulevard at the intersections of Casino Center Boulevard and Fourth Street. They were one of Oppenheim’s final projects but went unfinished as he quietly battled liver cancer.
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