Mike Prevatt
Multimedia Producer/ReporterMike has been a producer for State of Nevada since 2019. He produces — and occasionally hosts — segments covering entertainment, gaming and tourism, sports, health, Nevada’s marijuana industry, and other areas of Nevada life.
He’s been a journalist in Las Vegas since moving here in 1998, serving as a music and entertainment editor and writer for alt-weeklies Las Vegas CityLife and Las Vegas Weekly before moving to radio and news journalism. He still flexes his writing muscles for Desert Companion magazine.
A Los Angeles native and UCLA graduate, Mike will talk your ear off about music, film, amusement parks and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Elaine Wynn, who, with her ex-husband Steve Wynn, co-founded Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts, has died at age 82, according to the Elaine P. Wynn and Family Foundation. -
Elaine Wynn, who, with her ex-husband Steve Wynn, co-founded Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts, has died at age 82. She made as much of an impact in the Las Vegas community as she did on the Strip.
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One academic area in which Las Vegas excels is music education, and a lot of the credit goes to teachers like Stephen Caplan. -
April brings Southern Nevadans all their (arts) flowers -
The showmanship. The bottle juggling. The drink in your hand at the end. There’s something very Las Vegas about flair bartending. -
Spring is a busy time for the arts, especially as theater companies and universities pack their calendars before the usual May season ending. But it’s also a prolific time for the literary world, where not only events but book releases abound. -
It’s been relatively status-quo for Las Vegas Strip entertainment this year. But some recent developments bear exploring. -
From tacos to jazz, March has everything to fulfill your entertainment needs -
The resounding trumpets. The warm acoustic guitar undertones. The beautiful Spanish vocal harmonies. That’s the unmistakable sound of a mariachi band. -
Arts and entertainment generates more than $15 billion in annual spending in Nevada. But during the pandemic and other downturns, that industry — both on and off the Strip — gets hit as hard.
