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Continue Reading →Recap: Viva Ska Vegas @ Henderson Events Plaza
This year’s Viva Ska Vegas festival was decidedly riding the Third Wave more than skank fests of the past. Viva Ska Vegas was hosted by Tazy Phyllipz, creator of So Cal radio show The Ska Parade. Be Like Max represented the local Ska set, but noticeably absent were The Remedies who played a show elsewhere [...]
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Continue Reading →Veteran in the Valley: 10 Years Later, part 4
Las Vegas has the fastest growing population of veterans in the country. Veteran in the Valley is a column focusing on the strange transition from soldier to civilian in Las Vegas and the veterans that call this city home. We knew we were going to be deployed to Iraq long before we actually left. [...]
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Continue Reading →First Friday Gallery Highlights – May 2013
Here's a quick roundup of gallery offerings in the Arts District this month. Above: detail from "Cottontail" by Charley Harper @ Trifecta Trifecta Gallery American Modernist Charley Harper (1922 – 2007) Design in the desert consists of 4 rare originals from the estate of Charley Harper, signed artist-proof screenprints from the highly collectable sold out [...]
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Continue Reading →Veteran in the Valley: 10 Years Later, part 3
Las Vegas has the fastest growing population of veterans in the country. Veteran in the Valley is a column focusing on the strange transition from soldier to civilian in Las Vegas and the veterans that call this city home. March of 2002. Ft. Lewis, WA. I was finally done with training, and in the "real" [...]
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Continue Reading →Reinventing Radio: An Evening With Ira Glass @ The Smith Center
"So … This is radio." Saturday night's "Reinventing Radio" at the Smith Center began with a near pitch black room. Host Ira Glass paced around the stage, faintly illuminated by the glow of an iPad–"I tried to convince the staff here to have the entire show in darkness." Eliminating the visual allows us to tune-in [...]
The 2000 movie Billy Elliot has been made a Broadway musical, and while I'd never seen the film, the production that came through The Smith Center last week was one of the best I've seen there. We had the pleasure of being Brian Paco Alvarez's and Zappo's guests for this stunning production, though it was [...]
This year’s Viva Ska Vegas festival was decidedly riding the Third Wave more than skank fests of the past. Viva Ska Vegas was hosted by Tazy Phyllipz, creator of So Cal radio show The Ska Parade. Be Like Max represented the local Ska set, but noticeably absent were The Remedies who played a show elsewhere [...]
Las Vegas has the fastest growing population of veterans in the country. Veteran in the Valley is a column focusing on the strange transition from soldier to civilian in Las Vegas and the veterans that call this city home. We knew we were going to be deployed to Iraq long before we actually left. [...]
The InNEVation Center hosted Startup Weekend Las Vegas, May 3-5. The nearly 120 attendees split into 12 teams to concept, design, code, and pitch an idea to a panel of judges over a weekend. The first night started with pitch exercises, aimed to get everyone into the spirit of collaboration. Out of those gazillion, 12 teams [...]
Here's a quick roundup of gallery offerings in the Arts District this month. Above: detail from "Cottontail" by Charley Harper @ Trifecta Trifecta Gallery American Modernist Charley Harper (1922 – 2007) Design in the desert consists of 4 rare originals from the estate of Charley Harper, signed artist-proof screenprints from the highly collectable sold out [...]
Las Vegas has the fastest growing population of veterans in the country. Veteran in the Valley is a column focusing on the strange transition from soldier to civilian in Las Vegas and the veterans that call this city home. March of 2002. Ft. Lewis, WA. I was finally done with training, and in the "real" [...]
"So … This is radio." Saturday night's "Reinventing Radio" at the Smith Center began with a near pitch black room. Host Ira Glass paced around the stage, faintly illuminated by the glow of an iPad–"I tried to convince the staff here to have the entire show in darkness." Eliminating the visual allows us to tune-in [...]
ArtsVegas' photo blog. Presented by Stephanie Gonzales, a photographer living and working in Las Vegas. Gonzagraphy Etsy Shop Bounty Hunter Brothers @ Motor City Cafe, 4/27/13
Las Vegas has the fastest growing population of veterans in the country. Veteran in the Valley is a column focusing on the strange transition from soldier to civilian in Las Vegas and the veterans that call this city home. “This is the hardest course in the Army.” After Basic Training finished up, I was [...]
Around 200 people gathered at the Huntridge Tavern on Saturday for Blinking Man's 4th annual Earth Day ride. The "Blinking Bike Posse" puts on the romp through city streets to promote bike awareness while reducing carbon emissions. It's been compared to Critical Mass, but the pub crawl aspect of the ride is what draws the [...]
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