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Cultural highlights this month

Hills and Hopes - mixed media on canvas - 58" x 130"
Valentin Yordanov
Valentin Yordanov

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Valentin Yordanov

Winchester Cultural CenterIn West From Home, the artist torques lines, shapes and colors into patterns that almost look like landscapes but which don’t quite jell into discrete placeness — in other words, perfect for the disorienting liminality of modern life. Free, 703-455-7340

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Kim MacQuarrie

The Writer’s BlockThe Downtown bookstore continues to bring the world to Las Vegas, this time with the author of Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes and Revolutionaries — MacQuarrie’s tale of traveling South America to investigate stories  about Che Guevara, Pablo Escobar, Butch and Sundance, and that Kon-Tiki guy. 7p, free, thewritersblock.org

 

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December 5

Space Karate

Winchester Cultural CenterSpace Karate is a local experimental music outfit — just the sort of band to pick up the challenge issued by the musician Beck when he released Song Reader, the sheet music for a suite of songs, and urged bands to create their own versions. Space Karate will. Expect ukulele. 7p, $10-$12, 702-455-7340

 

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Blanche DeBrie’s Emergency Xmas Broadcast

Onyx TheatreThe premise: Burlesque queen DeBrie finds herself snowbound at a low-watt outback radio station, and uses her imagination to conjure a freewheeling holiday extravaganza. 8p, $20, onyxtheatre.org

 

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December 26

Kwanzaa

West Las Vegas Arts Center, West Las Vegas LibraryBegun in 1966, Kwanzaa has become a significant celebration of African values, culture and community. This year’s event will feature a speaker, performances, a marketplace and more. 11a-4p, free,  artslasvegas.org