Photo Blog 1/24/13

Photo Blog 1/24/13

ArtsVegas' photo blog. Presented by Stephanie Gonzales, a photographer living and working in Las Vegas.Visit her Etsy shop below. Gonzagraphy Etsy Shop Toy Bombs and Shiny Boots of Leather @ Artifice, Las Vegas, January 17, 2013

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Debbie Millman: On Failure @ Clark County Library

Debbie Millman: On Failure @ Clark County Library

On Failure: How The Worst Moments In Your Life Can Turn Out To Be The Best In early 2003, Debbie Millman discovered a weblog for the very first time. The “blog” covered graphic design and branding, and though she had never heard of blogs before, she excitedly dove into the content and unexpectedly came face [...]

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Recap: Sea Wolf @ Beauty Bar

Recap: Sea Wolf @ Beauty Bar

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It felt like being trapped in a sardine can at Friday's Sea Wolf show that took place downtown in the recently gutted and gilded Beauty Bar. The crowd mostly consisted of young googly-eyed girls with thick rimmed glasses and vibrant lipstick that claimed their space (more like territory) as close to the stage as possible [...]

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Benjamin Alejandro Closing Reception @ Amanda Harris Gallery

Benjamin Alejandro Closing Reception @ Amanda Harris Gallery

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Los Angeles street artist Benjamin Alejandro held an artist talk at his closing reception at Amanda Harris Gallery in downtown Las Vegas. Alejandro, who is noted for wheat-pasting his own police mugshot all over LA, walked us through the gallery to offer some insight into his process. He started off noting that his work is influenced [...]

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Rock of Ages @ The Venetian

Rock of Ages @ The Venetian

Rock of Ages is the first Broadway musical I’ve ever been to where the audience is actively encouraged to act up. At the door, ushers hand out lighter-shaped LED lights to use in place of the real thing for requesting an encore—not that this stopped our seat neighbors from sparking up their own. As with [...]

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First Friday Gallery Highlights – January 2013

First Friday Gallery Highlights – January 2013

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Here's a quick roundup of gallery offings in the Arts District this month. Above: a "self portrait" of me generated by Selina Davenport's "Memory Traces" @ Trifecta Trifecta Gallery Cirque du Soleil's eighth annual employee exhibit PARADE: The Collective is a group show presented in a varying degree of shapes, sizes, and media. Selina Davenport [...]

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Review: The Killers @ The Cosmopolitan

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It’s been over eight years since I bought a copy of The Killers’ Hot Fuss from the now defunt Revolution Records in Washington, DC. I’ve had a tenuous relationship with them ever since. What started as the breakout record of the summer of ’04 quickly grew into a Groundhog Day effect well into ’05. Then [...]

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Photo Blog 12/28/12

ArtsVegas’ photo blog. Presented by Stephanie Gonzales, a photographer living and working in Las Vegas.Visit her Etsy shop below. Gonzagraphy Etsy Shop The Burning Symphony, Curse Words Are Verbs and Shiny Boots of Leather at Meatheads Bar, Las Vegas, Decemer 28, 2012 ArtsVegas: Covering Las Vegas Art and culture since 2009. Written by Stephanie Gonzales [...]

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Q&A: Opera Singer Suzanne Vinnik

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Originally from Las Vegas, Suzanne Vinnik’s career is taking off in a major way. While Las Vegas has always been associated with show business, rarely do people think of opera and high art in general as a Valley phenomenon. Thanks in part to new institutions like The Smith Center and to resident artists and those [...]

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Local Business Profile: Corner Store Furniture

A lot of stores that feel like museums do so in a «you break it, you buy it» sort of way. In other words, shops that look showroom good make you feel showroom anxious. Very rare is it to find a shop that has the design flare of the MOMA but the laid back atmosphere [...]

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