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As cultural program supervisor for Clark County Parks and Recreation for the past two decades, Patrick Gaffey has helped define the arts and cultural life…
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Last year we talked to Lance Smith when one of his artworks was vandalized.It was a utility box painting and it was vandalized in a curious way — it was…
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When cowboys come to mind, they may be real-life people turned legends -- Billy the Kid, or Wyatt Earp, or Annie Oakley, let’s say. Or they may be…
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In the world of classical music it’s men who, historically, have been in the limelight.We know 19th century composer Felix Mendelssohn. But how many of us…
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An upcoming theatrical reading in Las Vegas combines music and activism – specifically immigration issues.It’s called “Más Americanos,” and it will take…
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If you dial up artprize.org, the home screen will inform you — under the rubric “Plan your visit” — that there will be “more than 1,500 works of art” at some 160 venues “across three square miles of Grand Rapids, Michigan” for a few weeks in September and October.
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When Patrick Gaffey first encountered Bishr Hijazi’s Arab Ensemble, it consisted of Hijazi, playing the oud, and three percussionists. “You could see that he could use somebody who could play a little bit more legato,” says Gaffey, the county cultural-program supervisor who runs the Winchester Cultural Center.
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A review of Matthew Couper's exhibit Horror Vacui , at the Winchester Cultural Center: The gallery was permeated by the staccato of small cards slapping…
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Jed Distler likes the piano. He also likes a challenge. The pianist decided he would condense all of Thelonious Monk's music into a single performance: a…
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Las Vegans Michael Monson and Tony Flanagan wanted to capture a part of Vegas that locals may ignore and tourists are oblivious to. They went out and…