Kristen Peterson
Story Archive
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ArtTreasure chest: Secret artwork hidden behind breasts at the Venetian revealed
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 "They were trying to re-create Renaissance Venice, and I was giving them contemporary art.” --Toland Grinnell
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ArtArtist-designed benches will 'beautify' Downtown, but must they function?
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 Ass-burn? We can fix that.
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ArtWeekly Q&A: Photographer Shelbi Schroeder focuses on the naked—and real—female form
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 “I just started being obsessed with who I am and able to love who I am without having to hide behind clothing and hide behind my cellulite and hide behind my rolls.”
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DowntownFremont East before and after—a local’s story in images
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 Fascinated with the speed of the changing landscape Downtown, photographer Richard Brian captured his neighborhood.
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A&EGig Depio’s ‘A Brief History’ tackles immigration, politics and social media
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 His decadent paintings are almost operatic.
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ArtBig changes for Downtown’s Modern?
Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 "It's time to refresh the project, look at options of location and ensure that our communication about the project is more clear than it has been in the past."
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ArtHot glue, anyone? Art Bar at UNLV’s Barrick Museum is a creative respite for everyone
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 Even professional exhibiting artists have sat down at the space, creating works that eventually went into gallery shows.
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A&EMore than Pretty Eggs: Bellagio’s ‘Faberge Revealed’ looks at Russia’s designer to the tsars
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 Opulence, decadence, excessive ornamentation and extreme wealth.
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A&ENot your grandma’s slots: The art and technology of today’s multisensory machines
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 The gaming machines of the future are built by teams of video-game caliber animators and artists—and they’re hitting casino floors today.
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ArtOlivia Gatti’s ‘The Motherlode’ at TastySpace looks at family
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 The moments between the moments, the experiences that slip away and the “beauty in the ordinary.”
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A&EWelcome home, Helen: A Las Vegas literary magazine is born
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 Designed to capture the spirit of Southern Nevada through art and literature, Helen launched this month with a 56-page issue.
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FilmScreening at Inspire: Documentary 'The Space Between' looks at healthcare in Kenya
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 Catch the flick (and a Q&A with the filmmakers) at Inspire Theater this week. Find all the details here.
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Art‘Home Sweet Home’ dioramas illustrate America’s obsession with violence
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 The exhibit features scenarios so over the top you want to laugh—and so real you want to cry.
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A&EGeoffrey Ellis’ photo exhibit blends Las Vegas’ present with its past at Brett Wesley Gallery
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 It's inspired by the '70s and '80s Mob era.
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MusicWeekly Q&A: Storm Large on feminism, fringe pioneers and why you don’t touch Lou Reed
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 Q&A: Storm Large's act works with both punk-rock and symphonic audiences. She brings it to the Smith Center this weekend.
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ArtNew gallery Satellite Contemporary opens in Emergency Arts this month
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 The new space is a joint effort by a trio of artists and faculty at Northern Arizona University.
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ArtDowntown's First Street Art Trail is coming to life
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 Even as the gallery scene is slowing, the Arts District is getting some attention.
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ArtThe Arts District: Where have all the galleries gone?
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 With galleries closing, creative spaces in the Downtown neighborhood have hit a low note.
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ArtLife is art inside the Western Hotel at LIB
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 The art component of Life Is Beautiful hit visitors with a multi-sensory wallop, the kind of one-two audio/visual punch taking over the streets outside.
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ArtArt couture: Bellagio exhibits one of artist Nick Cave's wearable sculptures
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 The artist's button-covered "Soundsuit" is now on display.
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Fine ArtDowntown’s TastySpace Gallery to close December 1
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 It’s another big loss for an arts scene already without CAC exhibits and preparing for Trifecta’s end.
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ArtWhat’s with the giant slides? Artists take over Western Hotel at Life Is Beautiful
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 “Freefall” is a vertical move from Tillinghast’s courtyard water installation (a 30-by-60-foot reservoir) last year at the Odyssey,
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A&ELady Rizo brings her irreverent cabaret show Downtown
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 It's renditions of well-known songs, but she makes them her own.
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ArtThe birthday party machine: Artist Justin Favela’s Arkansas fiesta
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 Who wants cake, cake and more cake?
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FeaturesHow to understand Plato's Theory of Forms
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 "Ideas exist nowhere and no when."
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Site FeatureHow to extra clean your goods in the privacy of your own bathroom
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 "Cleanliness brings happiness."
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FeaturesHow to grow dwarf citrus without a garden
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 All it takes is a large pot, compost ... and lots of patience.
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PrintLocal authors highlight this year’s Vegas Valley Book Fest schedule
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 A mix of local and national writers will discuss their craft, telling stories and talking on issues pertaining to literature, society and writing.
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ArtSush Machida on fish, air fresheners and his mural with Tim Bavington
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 "Art doesn’t choose anybody. It’s for everybody."
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ArtJesse Smigel’s giant cat head is ready for its close-up
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 Be the paw. Just be the paw.
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ArtA wide angle view of Nevada Artists through NAC's fellowships
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 "I saw these common threads -- biography, place, memory..."
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ArtThe beauty of strange circumstances and iconic stewardesses in Sam Davis’ ‘Jettison’
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 Here, the women are on an adventure of another kind, regardless of the bleak and sudden surroundings.
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ArtLiving with art: The suburban home turned private art gallery
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 “If I like it, I’m going to get it and worry about where it’s going to go later.”
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ArtA tale of two Dr. Sketchy’s drawing nights: Las Vegas and Boulder City
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 Artists (and non-artists) gather monthly for some cocktails and creativity at the anti-art school establishment.
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ArtCollector Branden Powers plants art on the streets for you to find
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 "Whatever happens is the art itself.”
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A&EWeekly Q&A: Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman’s enduring legacy
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 Her legendary character will be featured on some Bally slot machines.
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MusicKristen Hertzenberg brings her soulful vocals back to the Smith Center
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 A “love-haunted set of blues, rock, jazz, folk and country”
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ArtEast meets West in ‘Ghost Dogs: Japanese-American Legends’ at Donna Beam
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 The commonality between them extends beyond the East-meets-West art elements and into the powerful messaging within the work.
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A&ELiberace and Jerry’s Nugget signs glow again in Neon Museum’s Boneyard
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 Both signs are part of the Boneyard’s permanent exhibit and are among six in the yard that have been restored.
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ArtMexico: Perceptions, memories and dreams in artist’s Piñata utopia
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 Justin Favela's cross-cultural social study of sorts that welcomes everyone to play along.
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WeatherNature’s wrath: The problem with rain in the nation’s driest state
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 Gov. Brian Sandoval declared a state of emergency in flood-damaged Moapa.
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People in the ArtsPussy Riot joins the Life Is Beautiful speaker lineup
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 Two founding members of the feminist punk group will come to Las Vegas in October.
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ArtSuzanne Shifflett brings ‘The Sum of All Its Parts’ to Sin City Gallery
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 The San Francisco tattoo artist pairs the art historical with the queer contemporary.
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As We See ItEchoes of Ferguson: Talking racial profiling in Las Vegas
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 Community members, including Congressman Steven Horsford, recently convened for a town hall meeting to discuss the issue.
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As We See ItFrom Cirque to travel and photography, Armand Thomas remains a storyteller
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 The photographer is the second artist to show work at the Window at the Ogden.
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CultureBlue Angel uproar signals a clash between preservation and development
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 “Fremont Street is really a historic scenic byway that needs to be preserved. This is a pressing matter."
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A&EThe Weekly Interview: NBT’s James Canfield
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 Dance past and present this season at the Nevada Ballet Theatre.
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ArtGiant cat head to take over Downtown corner
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014 You had us at giant gnomes, Jesse. But, by all means, keep going.
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As We See ItA bright hope for the Cultural Corridor fades from view
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 Plans for a $45 million complex (and Rosemary's spinoff) at Reed Whipple are off the table for now.
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ArtPalm reading: The precision of Louis Varela-Rico’s suspended hand
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 ‘Organic Study No. 1’ marks a stylistic departure for Luis Varela-Rico
