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We watch them jump, fall and get blown up on screen, but most of the time we have no idea who they are. Stuntmen are known to be among Hollywood’s most…
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In 1949, Brenda Williams attended the historic Westside School, what was then called the Las Vegas Grammar School.Although the school was integrated at…
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John Edmond was 21 years old when he first saw a game of baccarat. There was something about the high-class style, he said, that drew him in.After…
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After graduating from the University of Nevada - Las Vegas' cinema production program, Michelle Payne noticed something was missing in the Las Vegas film…
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Marya Shegog started her public health career in the lab - doing research and scientific analysis for several federal and corporate entities. But soon…
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“Know thyself.” It’s the orienting philosophy for a series of talks at the West Las Arts Center (947 West Lake Mead Blvd.) being presented every Friday this month and next under the rubric “The Native Son Bookstore Revisited.” Shuttered in 2008, Sam Smith’s Native Son Bookstore, in West Las Vegas, did much more than sell books.
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H. Lee Barnes, author of the classic Vegas novel The Lucky, busts out of the valley with his new Texas-set novel The Gambler’s Apprentice. His prose? Spare, tight. His stories? Moving, human. His cred? Been in the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame since 2009. 7p, free, thewritersblock.org
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Following the end of World War II, the U.S. became more racially integrated. One example of this change was the acceptance of African-American soldiers as…
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In honor of Black History Month, the executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans will address…
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In honor of Black History Month, KNPR's State of Nevada is profiling different African American citizens who have made a difference in our state. Former…