Brett Sperry - Gallery owner, businessman Already influential thanks to his Brett Wesley Gallery and Art Square (to say nothing of his role in Westwood Studios, the pioneering video-game company that laid some groundwork for the Vegas tech scene), Sperry has upped his ante with his announcement in November that he’s spearheading a drive to site the Modern Contemporary Art Museum downtown. The project faces long odds and many hurdles, but Sperry seems able to gather quality players — including top-shelf philanthropic fundraiser Julie Murray — around the project.

UNLV President Neal Smatresk shocked most of Las Vegas when he announced, just months after signing a four-year extension to his original four-year contract, that he was leaving to take a presidential post in Texas.But a look at history might have lessened the surprise: The 12 people who have led the campus have stayed, on average, for five years.

Smart accessories for the world of work — whether you’re the CEO or starting your climb up the corporate ladder The Power HeelFor the female executive, there’s the power heel. To keep it strictly about business, choose heels no more than three inches high.

Linda Alterwitz’s ghostly photos explore the intersection where science and soul meet — and sometimes clashIt was 14 years ago that Linda Alterwitz began suffering from the excruciating headaches. These lasted for three years, during which time doctors discovered a small tumor on her pituitary gland.

When Jay Sarno visited Las Vegas in 1963, he wasn’t impressed. Surveying the city’s second-class hotels and cheesy Old West themes, the Atlanta hotel developer found nothing fabulous about it.

A new UNLV program aims to train the next generation of nuclear safety experts. Competitive salary, love of plutonium a plusThe delicate and dangerous operation was called “tickling the dragon’s tail,” and someone made the dragon very angry.

Nevada-born composer Eric Whitacre talks Godzilla, Grammys and being mistaken for a ‘Game of Thrones’ actor.It’s cold and raining in London, but the weather doesn’t darken Eric Whitacre’s demeanor.

Mountain doA guide to keeping things slopacetic on Mt. Charleston, whether you’re a bunny or a downhill dominatorBefore you go: Stock up on warm stuff at locally owned McGhie’s.

Nevada has tempted the influential with many chances to misuse their power. Here are five times they gave inEben Rhoades and the Disappearing MoneyIn the same 1864 election in which they supported Honest Abe Lincoln, Nevadans elected Eben Rhoades state treasurer.

Reflections on influence by a man who has none.One of the many gifts this city bestows upon us is a clear demonstration of the nature and perks of power — and, more to the point in my case, its inverse, powerlessness.