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    A Strip cultural legacy

    Jan 25, 2021

    Strip titan Sheldon Adelson deserves credit for expanding our vision of what Strip entertainment could be

    Fifth Street

    January 21, 2021

    Jan 21, 2021
    Bringing Everyone In at Nuwu Art | History for (Ventriloquist) Dummies | The Inauguration Poet | Hip Hop and Mass Incarceration
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    Two Local Artists On What They Love About The Las Vegas Art Scene

    Jan 11, 2021
    Elizabeth Quiñones-Zaldaña is a poet who's said our valley's colors and urban life challenge her poetic imagination.
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    Fifth Street

    December 31, 2020

    Dec 31, 2020
    2020 Wasn't a Total Hellscape | My Secret Rock | Media Sommelier
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    Bulletin Board
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    Ballad of the Neon Cowgirl

    Dec 10, 2020

    How Vegas Vickie got her groove back (and the dents out) for an iconic return Downtown

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    December 10, 2020

    Dec 10, 2020
    The Doctor With a Thousand Kids | Lost (and Found) at Double Negative | Media Sommelier
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    Portraits Of Resilience: How 19 Women Around The Globe Face The Pandemic

    Oct 09, 2020
    Women often bear a heavier burden at times of crisis. They take care of the kids, the house, the survival of families. NPR photographed and interviewed 19 women over 3 weeks. Here are their stories.
    Fifth Street

    October 1, 2020

    Oct 01, 2020
    My Showgirls Theory | Health Information Exchange | Rediscovering Black Literature | Barrick's Transformation | Media Sommelier
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    Fifth Street

    September 17, 2020

    Sep 17, 2020
    Mushrooms | COVID Design | Nevada Wildlife Explained | Media Sommelier | Clowns! Art!
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    Fifth Street

    August 20, 2020

    Aug 20, 2020
    Our inaugural issue! Featuring: KD Matheson | Immigration | American Rehab | Media Sommelier | Sisolak's Soliloquy
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    Art & Design
    Artist Ekene Ijeoma on the set of "Deconstructed Anthems" at Houston's Day For Night Festival in 2017.
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    This Audio Portrait Of The 2020 Census Asks: Whose Voices Really Count?

    Aug 06, 2020
    Nigerian American artist Ekene Ijeoma is an MIT professor who draws on sound and data to explore representations of social justice. He's working on a "voice portrait" of the census called A Counting.
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    Viva Las Burners

    Jun 30, 2020

    At AREA 15’s Art Island, Burning Man culture experiments with Vegas-style commercial spectacle

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    How To Make A Mini-Zine About Life During The Pandemic

    May 28, 2020
    All you need is a sheet of paper and a pen. Read the comic for directions on how to fold and what to write in your zine. Then share it with Life Kit on social media. We'd love to see it!
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    Olivia Laing, author of <em>Funny Weather,</em> at the Barbican in London in February.
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    'Funny Weather' Asks What Art Can Do In A Crisis

    May 13, 2020
    At her best, Olivia Laing turns criticism into an elevated form of hospitality: Like a good party host, she introduces you to someone, tells you what she likes about them, then leaves you to it.
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    Goats and Soda
    Right: "Mask Up," a submission to Amplifier, an arts group. Left: "Grandmother's Affection — For Global Health," a submission to the United Nations.
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    Artists Paint A Portrait Of A Pandemic

    May 11, 2020
    The United Nations and Amplifier, an arts group, called on artists to create inspiring and informative posters, graphics and animations around the coronavirus. Here's a selection of submissions.
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    Distance Learning (and Laughter and Music)

    Apr 06, 2020

    Culture and entertainment aren’t dead — they’re just safely six feet away. Here’s your stay-home list from our experts!

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    Tribute: The Inspirational Presence Of Las Vegas Artist Alexander Huerta

    Jan 24, 2020

    Las Vegas artist and gallery owner Alexander Huerta died Monday, saddening an entire arts community. 

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    Reno Art Project Expands Murals, Sculptures Beyond City Core

    Nov 04, 2019

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — There's hardly a corner left in downtown Reno without a sculpture or a mural but a few blocks beyond downtown and art becomes sparse.

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    Goats and Soda
    Nesma (left) and Anys are Algerian siblings who came out to each other at a party. They live in Paris, and both identify as queer. "It now makes us stronger and committed together for the queer and Algerian causes," Anys says.
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    'Un-African'? Photos Challenge Notions Of LGBTQ Identity In The African Diaspora

    Nov 02, 2019
    Mikael Owunna's new book captures the stories of LGBTQ African immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers reconciling their identity and their heritage.
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    Code Switch
    Illustration of Misha Euceph, host of KPCC's "Tell Them I Am," and Tan France from "Queer Eye."
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    The Ramadan Podcast Where Muslims Take It Up A Notch From 'Islam 101'

    Jun 03, 2019
    In the KPCC podcast "Tell Them, I Am," host and producer Misha Euceph aims to give Muslims a space to define their identities outside of stereotypes and broad generalizations.
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    Art & Design
    "Rabbit" by Jeff Koons was sold for more than $91 million at Christie's in New York on Wednesday night. It set a record for the most expensive work by a living artist to be sold at auction.
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    Jeff Koons' 'Rabbit' Fetches $91 Million, Auction Record For Work By A Living Artist

    May 16, 2019
    Robert Mnuchin, an art dealer and the father of the Treasury Secretary, bought the sculpture for a client. Some art collectors consider the silver bunny to be the holy grail of Koons works.
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    The Hot Seat

    Apr 01, 2019

    This is a talk about a speech — specifically, Colin Powell’s 2003 address to the U.N. Security Council, in which he insisted that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction.”

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    Animals
    The painting "Millie on the South Lawn" by Christine Merrill hangs at the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog.
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    Dogs Have Their Day: AKC Dog Museum Opens In New York City

    Feb 08, 2019
    From the educational to the artful, the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog is reopening in New York City, featuring lots of artifacts about our furry, four-legged friends.
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    Ode
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    This Is Us

    Nov 19, 2018

    My mash note to a painting that indicts Las Vegas' heedless growth

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    Interstate 11 Built With Features Highlighting Lake, History

    Aug 07, 2018

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Motorists on a section of Interstate 11 near Boulder City will get glimpses of Lake Mead, art deco-style bridges and a mural depicting the history of Hoover Dam.

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