85°F
weather icon Clear

Arts & Culture

Juneteenth event in Las Vegas honors locals — PHOTOS

The seventh National Juneteenth Observance Foundation Juneteenth Jazz and Spoken Word Celebration, featuring a free concert, information from community organizations and the presentation of the Juneteenth Heritage and Legacy Awards, ran Sunday at the West Las Vegas Library Theater.

Myron Martin caught ‘in the middle of the madness’ in Times Square

Myron Martin, president of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, is in New York this week seeing a bevy of Broadway plays and musicals to fulfill his responsibility as a member of the Broadway League who votes on the member of the group that selects winners of the voter for the Tony Awards each year.

Norm Johnson, 84, finally receives high school diploma

Norm Johnson was facing a stint in a juvenile detention center when offered the option of joining the Air Force. He enlisted and served in the Korean War.

THE LATEST
Theme of February’s First Friday: ‘From the HeART’

The First Friday arts festival is set for 5-11 p.m. Feb. 3 at throughout the 18b Arts District, near Charleston Boulevard and Main Street. The event includes live entertainment, artists’ booths, food vendors, the artisan bazaar, music and a live painting exhibition. The streets surrounding the block that includes Art Square, 1025 S.First St., are set to close.

‘O’ swimmer inspired to splash into broadcasting

They say that “if you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life.” Such is the life of Henderson resident Christina Jones. Through her love for swimming, her career in broadcast journalism blossomed.

Calif.-based street artist transforms old Vegas

California-based artist, Christina Angelina, paints the town red… and blue, and yellow, and any spray paint color available.

$200,000 just the beginning for Huntridge Theater

Backers of an effort to revive the historic Huntridge Theater in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday celebrated raising more than $200,000 for the cause.

Ballet ready to warm up right for ‘The Nutcracker’

There’s a sigh of relief at the Las Vegas Ballet Company. Performers had a full rehearsal schedule before this month’s show, something it wasn’t able to do for its last performance because of an increase in rental fees for Las Vegas-Clark County Library District facilities.

Summerlin artist uses brush to help block out city blight

What used to be an empty dirt lot with barren walls, dying plants and broken glass was transformed after muralist Nja Onê unveiled her newest work May 25 as part of the neighborhood beautification project commissioned by the Gateway Arts Foundation, 9113 Lazy Hill Circle.