Las Vegas Philharmonic officials introduced Donato Cabrera as the orchestra’s new music director on Monday afternoon. Cabrera, who spent part of his boyhood in Las Vegas, also has served with the San Francisco Symphony and the California Symphony.
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The First Friday arts festival is scheduled from 6 p.m. to midnight May 2 at venues throughout the 18b Arts District in downtown Las Vegas.
Never underestimate the potential of a good workplace conversation. Gaile Ferguson, Brenda Dumas and Carolyn Hurst are artists who work in the media of, respectively, photography, fused glass art and quilts. But, like many artists, they pay the bills by working 9-to-5 jobs, in education.
When the Contemporary Arts Center announced its 25th Annual Juried Show, the nonprofit group also announced something else: its demise. But, to paraphrase something Mark Twain once wrote, reports of CAC’s demise have been exaggerated.
From barbecue to jazz, everything’s smokin’ hot during Saturday’s inaugural Smokin’ Notes festival at Providence’s Knickerbocker Park in northwest Las Vegas.
Expect an abundance of killer hot rods and hairdos nearly as big as said rides with the return of the Viva Las Vegas rockabilly weekender, one of the biggest events of its kind in the world.