Long before The Smith Center for the Performing Arts came along, Charles Vanda helped pioneer high culture in Las Vegas.
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Over time, the relationship between musician and place becomes downright symbiotic. Springsteen and New Jersey, Cobain and Seattle, Newton and Las Vegas. The same goes even for the most hallowed of sounds.
These are the stories of six artists whose work portrays — and seeks to protect — the Mojave Desert.
Chantal Chandler’s “Zine Within a Zine” Celebrates a Downtown Las Vegas Childhood.
Tyler Jones, founder and CEO of Blue Heron Homes, discusses modern design, luxury living and his future in a vintage Vegas neighborhood
How three Golden State architects helped Las Vegas find its form, and its groove
Behind Michelle Rohl’s embodiment of Janis Joplin is the story of her own legendary life in Vegas rock
Tired of scurrying from air-conditioned car to air-conditioned building? Time to head outward and upward for a hike far — but not too far — from the city sizzle of Las Vegas.
A writer-runner chases wellness by the mile, and wonders where it’s taking him
Las Vegan and UNLV alum Jenny Stiles lived with illness, integrity, and a determination to serve others.
From Thomas Mack to T-Mobile to Allegiant and beyond, how sports arenas have transformed the shape of Las Vegas.
It’s rare for the champ of any wrestling league to be a woman. It’s rarer still for her to be openly pansexual. Taking things even further on the rare-o-meter: She’s competing against a man in the main event.
From the Sands to the Dunes, an architect-artist communes with the ghosts of Las Vegas’ imploded hotels
Photographer L.E. Baskow peers through the shattered looking glass and rediscovers Las Vegas in design fragments, a window from the real to the surreal
Las Vegas and the Art of Seeing Differently: How changing the way we look at our city can change the way we feel about it