Kristen Peterson
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ArtLurking in our midst
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Peter Wegner’s stacked paper installation could grace a gallery, but lives in a hotel lobby.
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Fine ArtArt for locals only
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Exhibit at Mandarin Oriental offers opportunities for Las Vegans
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EntertainmentA poem composed entirely of lines spoken by machines in the Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 What more do you need to know?
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OrganizationsSisters acts
Thursday, March 25, 2010 The drag nuns are in it for good times and good deeds
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CultureBrave new approach
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Choreographer Thaddeus Davis connects with the city as he creates for it
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ArchitectureLou Ruvo Center takes Frank Gehry's breath away
Saturday, March 20, 2010 The celebrated architect takes an emotional look inside the building he designed.
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DowntownWhat can I do on a Saturday Downtown?
Thursday, March 11, 2010 We just happen to have an itinerary.
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ArtWhat’s on the drawing board?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Kristen Peterson asks some questions about Downtown’s arts future.
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Fine ArtMojave magic
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The Mojave Desert of Las Vegas is no universally adored land of wonder, but Cliff Segerblom knew its beauty.
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Fine ArtPaint it, positive
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Despite the economy’s devastating impact on the arts in Las Vegas, a community remains hopeful
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ArtIt's a renter's (art) market
Friday, March 5, 2010 The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art is leasing art. Is there anything wrong with that?
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Culture“Designers’ playground”: "RFP" wants you to slow down and look around
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 "2010 RFP" focuses on artistic endeavors and personal projects, rather than traditional career work.
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A&EA man, a plan, a performing arts center
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 Don Snyder was the driving force behind the successful hunt for funding for Las Vegas’ performing arts center.
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EntertainmentSuper Summer scare
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 Could the rabidly popular Super Summer Theatre be a casualty of our crippled state budget?
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Fine ArtBrahms with backstory
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 There’s nothing as enticing as a music composition with a deeply personal story behind it.
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LiteratureWhite-power movement is hiding among us
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 The white-power movement is recruiting, hating, praying, bonding and rallying. But mostly it’s hiding.
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ArtCan I get a guide with that gallery?
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art adds free docent tours for art fans.
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Fine ArtInside the Smith Center
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 A first look inside the complex that’s already changing our arts scene.
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ArtPlump burlesque? Entrails? Art!
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 No stick-thin, predictable blondes with spray tans and boob jobs here.
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PrintLove and squalor: Farewell, J.D. Salinger
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 Weekly writers say goodbye to a literary great.
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Site FeatureWhere did the big steel sculpture at UNLV go?
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 UNLV’s art collection has been paltry and, in some cases, mismanaged.
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Art'A hospital for art': Emergency Arts to open its Downtown doors to creativity
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 The artists survey tiny exam rooms, nursing stations and X-ray areas, still showing medical residue - signs, surgical lubricant, hospital-room curtains.
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MusicKlezmer at a mama-lovin’ simkhe!
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 Little did violinist Lee Schreiber know when she formed Meshugginah Klezmorim in 1991 that klezmer music was making another revival in the United States and the new group had a hungry audience.
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EntertainmentJewish Repertory launches with 'Ballyhoo'
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010 After starring in The Diary of Anne Frank last February, actor Charlene Sher (pictured) and Norma Morrow came up with the idea for another Jewish-themed production.
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A&EIs it still art with pasties?
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 Las Vegas is proving to be easily offended with the latest mural flap.
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ArtThe art of payback
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 An art department insider mocks a celebrated outsider.
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CultureArts Center taps Wendy Kveck to lead it into next phase
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 Choosing Wendy Kveck as the Contemporary Arts Center's new director sends a message: Expect great things.
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Fine ArtPutting the city-sense into CityCenter
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 Culture tourism is not our high point. People come to Las Vegas for Vegas, but exhaustion sets after a few days.
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MusicFifth Street School offers high-minded revelry (and bowties!)
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 Nothing says high-minded revelry like four guys in bow ties, a killer pianist and a gaggle of mandolins.
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ArtFirst aid for the art scene
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 At Emergency Art tenants will choose from exam rooms, doctors’ offices, nurses’ stations and X-ray rooms for their creative lair.
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Fine ArtThe joy of Bob Ross
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 It's the return of misty landscapes and “happy clouds."
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MusicSerious guitar—times two
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev, violinist with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, has fiddled her way around town and back since moving here a few years ago with her husband, flutist Alexander Viazovtsev.
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ArtProposed Arts District sculpture is anything but a sure thing
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 When the city of Las Vegas unveils its sparkling new plaza in the Arts District next month, it will do so without any hint of the park’s featured artist, Yaacov Agam.
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EntertainmentGive a little organ for the holidays
Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 You need a CD for a gift, something special, local, classical. You need organ.
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CultureThe nativity story, complete with Al Capone and The Smiths ...
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 Baby Jesus rests on a disco ball once owned by Al Capone
