Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson talks of “a big hole,” that has prevented the city from enticing top sport and entertainment event. Now, he says, “That hole has been filled.”
Arts & Culture
The three-day Vogue Knitting Live! show at Red Rock Resort attracted a mix of local and national knitting and crocheting enthusiasts. It included an art exhibition, knitting classes, boutique shops and even a yarn toss.
Jon Gray was known to hang with such stars as Kanye West and Jay-Z at the Palms a decade ago. Today he’s responsible for reenergizing the hotel-casinos nightlife spaces.
Despite gusty winds Saturday morning, hundreds flocked to Reese Freedom Park to celebrate the legacy of Cesar Chavez, a Latino civil rights leader who worked to ensure farm workers were provided fair pay, water breaks and protection from harmful pesticides in the early 1960s.
Vincent Falcone was a tough perfectionist, but was a passionate artist who befriended some of the greatest peformers in the entertianment industry.
The “Dream Machine” dream came true for artist Wayne Littlejohn in mid-December, when his towering, spiral metal sculpture capped by a mushroom (cloud?) was dedicated at Siegfried & Roy Park near McCarran International Airport.
Before artist Sush Machida painted “Hope Corridor,” the corridors at Child Haven didn’t reflect much hope.
Las Vegas doesn’t have a major art museum. But art projects from trail shelters to bus shelters, from sidewalks to traffic islands, are transforming public spaces — and, advocates hope, opening eyes to the power of art.
Marty Allen is a World War II hero and one of the most enduring comedians ever. He showed again he can fill a room with laughs at South Point Showroom to celebrate his 95th birthday.
Spring has sprung in Las Vegas. And with warmer weather comes an influx of artful activities throughout the valley. Rock out to the orchestral music of “Game of Thrones: Live” at MGM or head downtown for the pop-up art gallery “Tilting the Basin.”
It’s dueling pianos time in this Charles Vanda Master Series showdown: Acclaimed pianists Paul Cibis and Andreas Kern battle at UNLV’s Artemus W. Ham Hall, taking turns performing classical works before the audience determines the winner.
Vince Gill and Lyle Lovett are just a couple of guys swapping songs and stories on their two-man tour that visits The Smith Center Friday.
Comedy legend Shecky Greene, less than a month from his 91st birthday, tumbled and was taken by ambulance from the Italian American Club on Wednesday night.
Wayne Newton thrilled the Penn & Teller Theater audience on Wednesday with an unbilled appearance at a taping of “Fool Us.”
The charitable trust that owns and operates Marta Becket’s theater in the desert has been granted more time to submit years of delinquent tax filings and unpaid fees to the IRS and California regulators.
