Las Vegas natives Imagine Dragons joined several organizations in presenting three Clark County schools with music education grants in a special ceremony at Clark High School in Las Vegas on Thursday.
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Las Vegas Academy of the Arts kicked off its Silver Anniversary celebration with alumni, parents and staff all welcoming students back to school with a complimentary T-shirt that commemorated the school’s 25th anniversary on Friday.
Jonathan Cain and Ross Valory — members of the legendary rock band Journey — inspired students to pursue their musical dreams and played the well-known hit “Don’t Stop Believin” at the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts on Wednesday.
Neon signs lighting up the night as bright as day. The heat. Dust accumulating in the corners of half-finished swimming pools in abandoned developments at the edge of the city.
Experts say the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” has sparked a heated debate: that it either brings suicide up as an important topic of discussion, or encourages it for impressionable teens.
The Clark County School District is warning parents about the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why,” a show about a teenager who killed herself.
The Smith Center’s second annual Heart of Education Awards will honor outstanding Clark County School District teachers.
All’s well that starts well. William Shakespeare didn’t write those exact words, of course, but he’d certainly recognize the sentiment behind them — and how well they describe a new partnership between Western High School and the Shakespeare Institute of Nevada.
Nancy Uscher believes “life is an adventure.” Make that adventures. Her UNLV office — the one she occupies as dean of the College of Fine Arts — reflects that belief, with keepsakes of her adventures as musician and educator.
The 30th anniversary of the annual Festival of Communities was held on the Academic Mall to showcase the melting pot that is Las Vegas. People from all walks of life — from yogis to light saber performers — attended the festival, which was held in conjunction with Rebel Preview Day to let high school students and their families experience UNLV’s diversity.
English professor Felicia Campbell has spent more than 50 years at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which already makes her career notable in a facts-and-figures kind of way.
Andre Agassi has been the focus of interest by both political parties since he retired a decade ago, but all he wants to run are his charter schools.
They’re moments when the design of a room and the objects in it become glaringly problematic for people suffering from health problems, and they’re the types of design gaps UNLV’s new master’s degree program in health care interior design hopes to resolve.
Where there were once rainbows, there are now murals depicting activities at the school. Leavitt Middle School, 4701 Quadrel St., recently held a contest, asking students what artwork they’d like to see on the walls. The murals are now nearing completion.
In a room tucked high above the basketball courts at the Lied Memorial Boys & Girls Club, about a dozen students gather for an hour every week to master the arts — not athletics — and play with bows — not balls — as Tianna Harjo introduces them to the violin.
