When Linda Campbell moved to Las Vegas from Los Angeles last fall, she was unaware that the Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association was looking for artists for its first residency program. Her husband saw the flier and urged her to look into it. Of 20 entrants, she was one of three selected.
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.
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.
