Stories by Kristen Peterson - Las Vegas Weekly

Paul Beard, vice president and COO of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, poses in Reynolds Hall at the center Monday, April 7, 2014.

Weekly Q&A

Smith Center’s Paul Beard discusses the art of booking shows

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Talking Broadway, jazz, Las Vegas talent and Laurie Anderson

“Juice” is a piece by Jerry Misko in the exhibit Swing at the Nevada Humanities Gallery in ArtSquare Monday, April 7, 2014. L.E. Baskow

Fine Art

Neon unplugged: Artist Jerry Misko tones it down for ‘Swing’

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Casino lingo meets menu typography

Emin’s I Promise to Love You at the Cosmopolitan

Fine Art

Five questions with Tracey Emin

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

The artist's I Promise to Love You is at the Cosmopolitan

A selection of male costumes from the show Jubilee is seen on display at the Nevada State Museum Friday, April 4, 2014.

As We See It

Showboy costumes move out of the background at Nevada State Museum

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

A number of Jubilee's showboy costumes are on exhibit at the institution, including some worn on opening night.

Art

British artist Tracey Emin sends her love

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

“I can’t believe how much I love you.”

As We See It

CAC board wakes up the community, but where are the Guggenheims and the Rockefellers of Las Vegas?

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

When the 25-year-old Contemporary Arts Center announced Friday its plan to dissolve the organization, there was a palpable moment of silence from those hearing the news.

The Las Vegas Camera Club set up shop in Downtown’s ArtSquare this past week.

As We See It

Snapshot storefront: Las Vegas Camera Club opens a space at ArtSquare

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

The club's Downtown space offers a multitude of services to members and interested patrons.

Tim Bavington’s Symphony Park sculpture serves as a gateway to the Smith Center.

Fine Art

Tim Bavington becomes first visual artist in UNLV's Entertainer/Artist Hall of Fame

Sunday, March 30, 2014

The award, named for Academy Award-winning director George Sidney, honors residents, past and present, who've made an impact on the arts (including architecture, visual and performing arts) in the community.

The “Eco Logic” CAC group exhibit curated by Jevijoe Vitug Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014.

Fine Art

Contemporary Arts Center votes to dissolve after 25 years

Friday, March 28, 2014

After years of financial struggles, the nonprofit is set to shut down in April after a final show.

A look at “Schematameme,” an exhibit by Christopher Jones at TastySpace Gallery located inside Emergency Arts, Monday, March 25, 2014.

Fine Art

Words portray us and other signs of the times in ‘Schematameme’

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Fun with contemporary vernacular.

Lucas Michael’s interactive exhibit includes an area where visitors have two portraits taken. One stays, the other they keep.

Entertainment

Analog, secrets and Lucas Michael at Cosmo’s P3Studio

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

A Polaroid Big Shot

$Nevada Senate Bill 390 requires the development of a fracking program and its regulations.$

Environment

Inside an emotional debate over fracking in Nevada

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Locals shared many concerns, including news reports from other cities linking hydraulic fracturing to earthquakes, toxic air and water contamination.

Kiel Ranch is one place benefiting from the $1 million recently allocated to Southern Nevada preservation efforts via bond sales.

History

A few local places we’d preserve with a sudden windfall

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Adobe structures at Kiel Ranch and Floyd Lamb State Park are benefiting from small grants, but what else in the Valley should be preserved?

Jim Stanford’s “Del Mar” at Trifecta Gallery

Fine Art

Finding infinite symmetry through Las Vegas signage and a Hindu/Buddhist metaphor

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Las Vegas artist and bodhisattva teacher Jim Stanford and his contemplative photomontages .

A&E

What to expect when the world’s first Polaroid Museum opens in Las Vegas next month

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

A 75-year-old  history of technological innovation.

Rich tapestry: Kent Anderson Butler discusses his work at Amanda Harris Gallery on March 13.

Fine Art

Faith-based artist Kent Anderson Butler to discuss tapestry works at Amanda Harris

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

The LA-based artist, who teaches at an evangelical Christian school, incorporates his religion and religious references into his work.

Outside the box: Nicky Watts’ Isolation.

A&E

Boxed in: Performance artist Nicky Watts explores emotional isolation

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Catch the socially experimental exhibit at Brett Wesley this month.

Bring it in for the “Power Cuddle” with Leslie and the LY’s.

A&E

Leslie Hall, gem sweater queen, brings her spandex-infused satire rap to Artifice

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014

It''s "Tight Pants/Body Rolls" for everyone.

Weekly Q&A

Weekly Q&A: Kristen Hertzenberg talks Broadway out west and making a home in Vegas

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014

The Vegas-based performer is a genre-spanning, world-class talent.

Fine Art

Notes from the CAC's public art panel discussion

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014

The conversation touched on the lack of private investment by community leaders, opportunities for temporary public art and more.

News

Local women every Las Vegan should know about

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014

March is National Women's History Month. Get your local learn on!

Find Wally’s World: The Loneliest Art Collection in Nevada at the Nevada State Museum.

Art

Last chance to see 'The Loneliest Art Collection' before it leaves town

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014

Peruse the extensive collection of Eureka Opera House owner Wally Cuchine.

Brent Holmes’ “A History of Slavery Pt. 2”

Fine Art

The art of food, vintage rides and folklore at TastySpace's 'African-American Talent Showcase'

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014

Food: the ultimate “cultural hand-me-down.”

Small wonder: The DesertSol home at Springs Preserve emphasizes smart, eco-friendly design.

Housing

UNLV's DesertSol home proves sustainability is possible—and stylish

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014

The residence took second place in the U.S. Department of Energy's international Solar Decathlon last year.

A&E

Bellagio showcases female artists in 'Painting Women'

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014

Mary Stevenson Cassatt, Georgia O'Keefe and more are featured in Painting Women.

Fine Art

On the nature of things at CAC's 'Eco Logic'

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014

The recent behavior of this planet has turned things belly up.

Religion

At a Catholic church in Boulder City, science and religion share common ground

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014

Bridging the great divide in BC.

Art

Las Vegas turns neighborhood blight into a thing of beauty

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014

The city of Las Vegas commissioned an artist to create paintings on plywood that will board up abandoned houses.

“Cabezon (I’m Changing the Environment…Ask Me How!),” artwork by Suzanne Hackett-Morgan, is displayed at the Sahara West Library.

Fine Art

Suzanne Hackett-Morgan brings to life the abandoned roadside attractions of the American West

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014

Giant artifacts dwarfed by the dramatic sweeping western vistas.

As We See It

Downtown's new Inspire magazine cafe lives up to its name

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014

An opium den for magazine junkies.

First Friday

First Friday will feature 55 haiku on Downtown Streets

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014

They'll be projected onto walls and streets for the monthly art festival.

Works by Las Vegas artists could be featured in a September exhibit at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Entertainment

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art considers Las Vegas artists for national show

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014

Make no mistake—this is a pretty big deal.

The intersection of Fremont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard, pictured today and in 1956.

Features

Fremont Street: Then and now

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014

An anything-goes strangeness has taken over Fremont Street, and it’s not even 2 p.m. on a Thursday. Tip-hungry SpongeBob SquarePants busks next to a stuffed baby SpongeBob  in a stroller. Showgirls fix their sequined headpieces. Relentless barkers call from their kiosks as slightly intoxicated tourists meander past under a four-block canopy that blocks out the sunlight.