Culture

Taking a stand for culture

$100 million! The single largest philanthropic grant in state history goes to the forthcoming Smith Center for the Performing Arts (model seen here), which will house the Philharmonic, Nevada Ballet Theater, touring Broadway shows—you know, cultural stuff. The stuff we’re always crabbing about not getting its due. Perhaps the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation grant bodes well for the Downtown scene. Perhaps, upon Smith’s completion in 2011, smart people will stand on its grounds and be cultural, like this.

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