Art aficionados know that October is likely to inspire galleries full of spooky and weird paintings, but several venues in the Las Vegas Valley are hosting shows full of art that seems spooky on the surface but is actually a celebration of life through the embrace of death.
Some people enjoy their work so much, they’d do it even if they didn’t get paid. Summerlin-area resident Karan Feder is one such person.
The first day of the annual Life Is Beautiful Festival kicked off Friday, as crowds of people began to arrive in downtown Las Vegas, but not everyone was feeling festive. Some business owners say the festival hurts profits.
You don’t have to be German American to come to Jazz Night Tuesdays at the German-American Social Club of Nevada, 1110 E. Lake Mead Blvd., but it does raise the price of admission from the $2 members pay to a whopping $7, which really isn’t much for three hours of jazz by seasoned performers.
Most people imagine the life of a stand-up comic as a long series of anonymous hotel rooms and performing endless one-night gigs in dingy clubs with brick walls. Vinnie Favorito has been performing almost exclusively in Las Vegas since 2003. “It’s awesome,” Favorito said. “I have a great family and a great support system. Now I have a new family, (Red Mercury Entertainment). I’ve never been with such a professional crew as I am now. I’ve never been with a group that really cares the way this one does.”
The first Las Vegas International Juried Art Competition drew 207 artists entering more than 350 individual pieces of art.
Steve Horlock envisions a world where global warming has driven man further indoors and animals reclaim nature.
Life might not be so beautiful for downtown commuters as preparations for a massive music, food and arts festival is prompting the closure of several streets nine days before the event begins.
Statues of a nude Donald Trump sparked a furor Thursday when they were discovered in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland and New York. Within hours, red-headed Las Vegas-based artist “Ginger,” whose real name is Joshua Monroe, was in the spotlight.
In order to find old school Vegas, Lena Prima had to move to New Orleans. Prima, who is performing Aug. 20 at the Suncoast, was born in Las Vegas and grew up with her father Louis Prima’s legacy.
