The Guide

The Las Vegas Natural History Museum invites locals to embark on a cultural holiday journey at its annual museum-curated, community-created exhibition, A December to Remember. Included with museum admission or membership, visitors can immerse themselves in the rich tapestry of global holiday traditions and celebrations.

The six-week event features a unique collection of exhibits, workshops, and performances by notable community groups and civic organizations showcasing holiday customs from various local ethnic groups and religious cultures. General admission tickets: $14 per adult and $7 for children ages 3-11, and can be purchased at www.lvnhm.org or the door. Discounts are available for Nevada residents with valid ID.

Homero Hidalgo’s work epitomizes abstract art. The intricacies between color and lines in his paintings allure the eye. That, and his creative ability to find symbolism in unexpected places, are what make his work stand out. His recent exhibit, Goldmining, presents a two-dimensional combination of painting and smartphone photography. By using components of both artistic fields, Hidalgo attempts the “goldmine” of media consumption.

Why is Core Contemporary, one of the city’s most vital art galleries, closing? Owner/gallerist Nancy Good told “KNPR’s State of Nevada” that Clark County’s handling of the Commercial Center redevelopment — to say nothing of unwanted intrusions in the complex by non-patrons — has left some tenants no choice but to leave. So Good is ending Core’s run with not only the SOMA exhibit by multidisciplinary artist Laura Esbensen, but also a funeral — specifically, a Jazz Funeral & Wake — on December 13. The affair will acknowledge both the death of her gallery as well as its life — and the life it helped breathe into the local arts community — complete with a proper funeral procession through New Orleans Square and a party at the gallery after. Dress up for this one, folks.

Note: Gallery is also open to appointment times.

The Las Vegas Natural History Museum invites locals to embark on a cultural holiday journey at its annual museum-curated, community-created exhibition, A December to Remember. Included with museum admission or membership, visitors can immerse themselves in the rich tapestry of global holiday traditions and celebrations.

The six-week event features a unique collection of exhibits, workshops, and performances by notable community groups and civic organizations showcasing holiday customs from various local ethnic groups and religious cultures. General admission tickets: $14 per adult and $7 for children ages 3-11, and can be purchased at www.lvnhm.org or the door. Discounts are available for Nevada residents with valid ID.

Homero Hidalgo’s work epitomizes abstract art. The intricacies between color and lines in his paintings allure the eye. That, and his creative ability to find symbolism in unexpected places, are what make his work stand out. His recent exhibit, Goldmining, presents a two-dimensional combination of painting and smartphone photography. By using components of both artistic fields, Hidalgo attempts the “goldmine” of media consumption.

Why is Core Contemporary, one of the city’s most vital art galleries, closing? Owner/gallerist Nancy Good told “KNPR’s State of Nevada” that Clark County’s handling of the Commercial Center redevelopment — to say nothing of unwanted intrusions in the complex by non-patrons — has left some tenants no choice but to leave. So Good is ending Core’s run with not only the SOMA exhibit by multidisciplinary artist Laura Esbensen, but also a funeral — specifically, a Jazz Funeral & Wake — on December 13. The affair will acknowledge both the death of her gallery as well as its life — and the life it helped breathe into the local arts community — complete with a proper funeral procession through New Orleans Square and a party at the gallery after. Dress up for this one, folks.

Note: Gallery is also open to appointment times.

When folk herbalist Iyana Esters goes out in the field to learn about Afro and Indigenous ancestral healing practices, she takes her camera, she told Double Scoop’s Brent Holmes in October 2023. Holmes reviewed the opening of Esters’ photography exhibit, Birthed From the Soil, which was on display at UNR’s Front Door Gallery through January. Now making its way to Las Vegas, the collection explores the life- and food-ways of Yawah Awolowo, an Alabaman farmer, chef, and midwife known as Mama Yawah. The photos’ gentle color and focus reflect not only Esters’ connection to her subject, but also her use of plant-based dyes in processing the images.

Exhibit runs through January 29.

The Las Vegas Natural History Museum invites locals to embark on a cultural holiday journey at its annual museum-curated, community-created exhibition, A December to Remember. Included with museum admission or membership, visitors can immerse themselves in the rich tapestry of global holiday traditions and celebrations.

The six-week event features a unique collection of exhibits, workshops, and performances by notable community groups and civic organizations showcasing holiday customs from various local ethnic groups and religious cultures. General admission tickets: $14 per adult and $7 for children ages 3-11, and can be purchased at www.lvnhm.org or the door. Discounts are available for Nevada residents with valid ID.

Homero Hidalgo’s work epitomizes abstract art. The intricacies between color and lines in his paintings allure the eye. That, and his creative ability to find symbolism in unexpected places, are what make his work stand out. His recent exhibit, Goldmining, presents a two-dimensional combination of painting and smartphone photography. By using components of both artistic fields, Hidalgo attempts the “goldmine” of media consumption.

Why is Core Contemporary, one of the city’s most vital art galleries, closing? Owner/gallerist Nancy Good told “KNPR’s State of Nevada” that Clark County’s handling of the Commercial Center redevelopment — to say nothing of unwanted intrusions in the complex by non-patrons — has left some tenants no choice but to leave. So Good is ending Core’s run with not only the SOMA exhibit by multidisciplinary artist Laura Esbensen, but also a funeral — specifically, a Jazz Funeral & Wake — on December 13. The affair will acknowledge both the death of her gallery as well as its life — and the life it helped breathe into the local arts community — complete with a proper funeral procession through New Orleans Square and a party at the gallery after. Dress up for this one, folks.

Note: Gallery is also open to appointment times.