Kristen Peterson
Story Archive
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As We See ItIs Shelley Berkley playing follicle politics?
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 What's up with Shelley Berkley's hair? And how will it affect Nevada politics?
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EntertainmentFran Lebowitz, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Anita Baker on Smith Center's fall lineup
Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 Objectively speaking, there is no one funnier on the planet than Fran Lebowitz.
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FeaturesIf classic literature's 'tart of tarts' hosted a Vegas club
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 A giant fame-grubbing bug. An LED-fighting knight. Thou hast seen nothing yet.
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A&EThe revamped Barrick readies for its reopening with an exhibit of Las Vegas Art Museum works
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 come September 18, when UNLV’s Barrick Museum opens anew, the community will get a look at what’s been sitting in LVAM’s back room since its doors shut in 2009.
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As We See ItClark County approved the creation of its first public art fund. Now what?
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 Not only did the commission unanimously pass the county’s first-ever percent for art fund, the entire room seemed to champion it.
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FeaturesA day on the ice, learning to curl
Thursday, July 26, 2012 Not everyone gets to vigorously sweep pebbled ice in order to assist a granite stone, “thrown” down the rink by a teammate at the other end.
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Fine ArtThree things to know about Art Square
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 A run-down alley between industrial buildings is now a landscaped garden.
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Weekly Q&ASinatra and handcuffs: Pia Zadora talks to the Weekly
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Now a Las Vegas resident, Zadora takes the stage at Cabaret Jazz.
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5 ThingsThinking about parking validation, TV doorbells and goat-men
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Also, Chick Fil-A vs. the Muppets is still happening.
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As We See ItLas Vegas artists selected to help rehabilitate foreclosed homes
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 The project is part of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program, designed to restore neighborhoods blighted or emptied by the foreclosure crisis. Using federal funds, the county purchases homes that are foreclosed or vacant, then rehabilitates them
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A&EArtist Philip Denker takes on new materials with impressive results
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Once again, Denker delivers a clean, mathematical aesthetic through laborious work, this time using craft material to create slick abstract pieces that appear digitally created.
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A&ERemembering the horror and innocence of the Atomic Age at Blackbird Studios
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Group show Atomic Vegas/Area 51 takes us back to a bygone era
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A&EPhotographer Steve Diet Goedde gets inimate in 'New Works' at Sin City Gallery
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 The images are sexy and playfully provocative. More than anything, they’re intimate.
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Weekly Q&AGrowing up Gypsy: 'They see you as a thief and a fortune-teller'
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 I still know that if I tell someone I’m Gypsy, 80 percent of the time it’s going to come back as something negative.
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A&EZak Ostrowski transforms P3 Studio into a wooden wonderland
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 'Morphological Alchemy' runs through July 15 at the Cosmopolitan.
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A&EHorror meets humor in Abigail Goldman’s crime scene dioramas
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 'Little Lives,' showing at Trifecta, straddles a fine, dark line
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Fine ArtBesmirching innocent imagery with 'Past Time'
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Trifecta exhibit skews nursery-time narratives.
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A&EAmanda Harris Gallery opens Downtown with a Dahl-Berg bang
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 The contemporary artist's work is currently being shown at the new SoHo Lofts space.
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As We See ItLas Vegas fails to win a grant to make Main Street one-way
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Ambitious plans for Downtown thoroughfare have been shelved.
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As We See ItThe Atomic (Liquors) resurrection
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 It’s as if the Sobchiks closed up one night and never came back in the morning.
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As We See ItDocumenting Downtown imagery before it's too late
Thursday, June 21, 2012 Vegas Vernacular Project steps up its game plan.
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LV WeeklyThe Woman of Shoshone
Thursday, June 21, 2012 Running the town was an unlikely gig for Susan Sorrells, a Smith College graduate who had spent time in Liberia with the Peace Corps, worked for California Sen. Thomas Kuchel in Washington and lived four months in the Soviet Union during the Cold War while considering a career as a diplomat. But it is her birthright.
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A&EThe cranes have landed at Brett Wesley Gallery
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Luis Varela-Rico's metal origami pieces find a home.
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As We See It
Thinking about Kabuto, a 3D printer that makes burritos and more
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Also, a recently-released Aretha Franklin recording.
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ArtYarning for attention: Community crochet project spruces up pedestrian bridge
Thursday, June 14, 2012 The question had been nagging residents for years: What does one do with an ugly utilitarian pedestrian bridge crossing a busy thoroughfare? The blocky structure over Maryland Parkway lacked imagination. Made of concrete, steel beams and fencing, it was as lackluster as the stretch of road under it. But then came a group of senior citizens wielding knitting needles and crochet hooks.
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Fine ArtGoldwell Open Air Museum to open a printing studio Downtown
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Open Air Printers brings the spirit of Goldwell to Downtown--in a printing studio
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A&EDiscover another side of the artist at 'Da Vinci - The Genius'
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 The Venetian exhibit includes 75 live-size inventions.
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A&EA good yarn: Guerilla knitting meets community pride on Maryland Parkway
Monday, June 11, 2012 What does one do with an ugly utilitarian pedestrian bridge crossing a busy thoroughfare?
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A&ESin City Opera adds its special spice to 'An Incomplete Education'
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 The sexual frustration of teenage newlyweds, exposed at Onyx.
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Fine ArtNude meets camp in new Kleven Contemporary exhibit
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Emily Scott does nudes with attitude in Life Room—Blue Screen at Kleven Contemporary
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As We See ItThink you know Las Vegas? Try our exclusive crossword
Thursday, May 31, 2012 Can we have a word?
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A&EArtist explores language’s strange evolution at Trifecta
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 LA-based Thomas Lee Bakofsky enchants with Yes No Maybe.
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A&EBurlesque Hall of Fame Weekend brings together past and present legends
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Get ready for a blast of burlesque this weekend
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A&EArtist Stephen Hendee returns with "The Pinpoint Remains"
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 We know Hendee from his glowing futuristic environments made from translucent polypropylene and fluorescent lights, and his Downtown public sculpture, “Monument to the Simulacrum.”
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5 Things
Thinking about 'Saturday Night Live,' James Bond and more
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Also, Downtown is about to get soaked.
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A&ETop secret! Atomic Testing Museum pulls back the curtain on Area 51
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 They've even got an Avrocar. Wait, what's an Avrocar ... ?
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A&ECity's Aerial Gallery moves to First Street as part of Downtown's Art Trail
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 The city is moving the Aerial Gallery over to First Street as part of its Art Trail project, designed to stretch from Boulder Plaza behind the Arts Factory to the Golden Nugget on Fremont Street.
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Weekly Q&ABrian "Paco" Alvarez, a Las Vegas original
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 There’s nothing more rewarding for a geek like me than reading the missives between two individuals debating the name of Las Vegas, should it be Las or Los.
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CultureNevada Ballet Theatre to celebrate 40 years—and its move to Smith Center
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 A lot has changed—for Las Vegas and NBT—since the company formed in 1972.
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Fine ArtBiscuit Street Preacher gives us the beach
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 In Santa Monica, opening May 3 at Trifecta Gallery, the Preacher does something completely different.
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BusinessWes Myles' planned departure marks the end of an era in the Arts District
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 The Arts Factory owner has decided to sell the popular Downtown space.
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StyleOld favorites find new life at Galaxy Foam
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Vinyl, tweed, suede - you name it, Galaxy's got it.
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Fine ArtInfatuation meets art at 5th Wall's Oshima exhibit
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Daniel Oshima has extracted nearly everything from his bedroom and brought it into the small gallery space, arranging it accordingly: the unmade bed, the lamps, the television, the stereo, notebooks, sketch pads.
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As We See ItMickey D's gets hip on the Strip with Metro McDonald's
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 The usual grub meets contemporary design at the new Strip-side space.
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As We See ItBuild a block Downtown: the fantasy and reality
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Bringing the community together for neighborhood change is a well-traveled road in these parts.
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As We See ItTime to go beyond the pot: six products to save you from planter monotony
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Add some flair to your gardening!
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Las VegasWetlands Safari: Exploring Clark County's desert oasis
Friday, April 20, 2012 We’re hoping to see the black-tailed gnatcatcher, because it’s quite the stunning little bird, round and insectivorous, with a fantastic name. The Clark County Wetlands Park visitors center gives us a better idea of what we’ll actually see while wandering the preserve—herons, rabbits, quail—but nothing prepares us for the noontime show at West Middle Pond.
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As We See ItMain Street in full bloom
Thursday, April 19, 2012 Downtown's Main Street is building the foundation of a diverse business district.
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As We See ItWhat do we say when schoolyard tactics enter the adult world?
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 We bully without even knowing we’re bullies.
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A&ETea time with artist Mai Ueda at Cosmo's P3 Studio
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 As with traditional Japanese tea ceremonies, we’re leaving the real world behind, but we’re watching ourselves do so.
