Beneath the multiple masks of this actor: a taut, quiet intensity With his tall, reedy physique and voice to match, there’s no actor in Las Vegas quite like Shane Cullum. His performances are notable for a quality that makes his characters neither heroes nor villains, but simply human.

Style Tips The right style for the big show You’ve got season tickets in hand, dinner plans locked in and after-show cocktails planned — you’re all set for The Smith Center’s Broadway Series. Just one minor thing: what to wear.

They’ve got the look: Local style icons on why they wear what they wear so well Nancy Houssels retired dancer, full-time patron of the arts Personal style: simple, classic, timeless Favorite designers: Oscar de la Renta and Armani. Being of short stature, I rarely wear large prints, multi-colored outfits or bulky fabrics.

I’ve always been known as the guy in the gray T-shirt. Then one evening, I decided to play dress-up It was my amazing technicolor dream shirt: a crazy-hued patchwork of fabric remnants that my mom sewed into a long-sleeved testament to one teenager’s desire for attention.

Biniam Asefaw had to flee his home in Eritrea to make a home in Las Vegas. His story of travail — and triumph — has turned him into a figure of inspiration There are many churches in Las Vegas, but there are only two serving the valley’s small community of Eritrean immigrants.

The Dish: Feast for the senses Off to a big show at The Smith Center? Graba bite in the neighborhood During the six months it’s been open, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts has already lured much traffic — and many diners — downtown. But that was something of a test drive, as The Smith Center fine-tuned its performing spaces and its programming mix.

anomymous: we come, we eat, we dish The Rio is a funny place for us to eat. It’s got off-Strip accessibility, but lacks the culinary flash of its neighbor, the Palms.

This guitarist loves to play fast — but takes it slow when teaching young ones how to shred Corey Catalano started playing guitar in Brooklyn — and he started young. When he was four years old, Corey’s first guitar was a Mickey Mouse model with a stem-wound, music-box action.

If Las Vegas is eye-popping, luxurious and over the top, it learned from a master with long local ties. Liberace, here with his driver on stage, believed in constantly topping himself.

Happy Hour Prime Burger at Fleming’s Sure, Fleming’s is a chain steakhouse but, hidden in its menu of standard albeit well-executed steakhouse fare, is their Prime Burger — probably among the best in town. The patty’s a combination of trim from their main steak offerings, best ordered to medium-rare perfection, and topped with peppered bacon and cheddar.