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Vegas-based films, shows released for holidays
Three new movies and series based in Las Vegas, or featuring parts of Nevada, are now available on major streaming platforms.
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Sculpture design selected for litter removed from Lake Tahoe
LAKE TAHOE – A bald eagle holding a Lahontan cutthroat trout will be constructed of litter removed from Lake Tahoe and placed at the new Tahoe South Events Center. The sculpture design was chosen by the community, who cast votes to decide how some of the more than 25,000 pounds
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Resurrecting the Bohemian ghosts of the parkway
By Willie Puchert LAS VEGAS — Maryland Parkway is a street east of the Las Vegas Strip, which has a block across the from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus that in the 1990s was lined with record stores, cafés, shops, bars and restaurants, most of which are gone
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Pahmeier named Nevada's Poet Laureate
CARSON CITY–Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak this week appointed author and University of Nevada, Reno professor Gailmarie Pahmeier as Nevada Poet Laureate. She will serve a two-year term from September 2021 through August 2023. The state’s Poet Laureate is tasked with “propagating the art of poetry and encouraging literacy
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Four northern Nevada students win fire prevention poster contest
CARSON CITY–Nevada’s State Fire Marshal Division this week announced four winners in the 2021 State of Nevada Fire Prevention Week Poster Contest. The winning artwork will be featured on billboard in Elko, Reno/Sparks, Carson City and Las Vegas during Fire Prevention Week Oct. 3-9. The winners of
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New mural to welcome visitors to Carson City
CARSON CITY–Carson City this week unveils a new outdoor mural on the north facing wall of the Carson City Visitors Center, at the corner of Carson and Washington streets. The mural was painted by local muralist Abner Rivera. Carson City has been adding murals to its public art collection
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BLM kicks off 2021 photo contest
CARSON CITY—The Bureau of Land Management is hoping Nevadans will take a lot of photos of the state’s landscape between now and Sept. 15. It has partnered with TravelNevada, the state’s tourism bureau, for the 2021 BLM Nevada photo contest. “Nevada is a state full of wide-open
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Art exhibit, auction features works by former and current inmates
CARSON CITY–A collection of artwork by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people is now on display at Western Nevada College in Carson City and up for auction as well, with proceeds benefitting the school’s Higher Education Prison Program. The artworks—more than 60 in all—were donated by Dr.
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UNR launches artist-in-residence program at Great Basin National Park
RENO – The University of Nevada, Reno’s School of the Arts has launched a new Artist-in-Residence Program at Great Basin National Park, slated for summer 2021. The application period is open now and continues through March 15. “The park offers the solitude of the wilderness and provides expansive and renowned
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Nevada student wins national radon poster contest
RENO – Reno resident and Davidson Academy student Maya Park-Weber earned the top prize in the National Radon Poster Contest after taking home first place in the Nevada Radon Poster Contest. Park-Weber’s poster, “Radon Can Cause Lung Cancer,” earned her $1,000 for the national prize, a $75 gift card
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Travel Nevada’s 4th-grade flag-design contest runs through Nov. 25
CARSON CITY — Nevada fourth-graders can win a virtual meeting with Gov. Steve Sisolak for their entire class in Travel Nevada’s Discover Your Nevada Kids flag contest. The competition is part of youth component of the Discover Your Nevada campaign, promoting in-state travel and exploration. The flag competition invites students
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Nevada Humanities virtual exhibit opens Dec. 4
LAS VEGAS– What and whom do we choose to memorialize? Nevada Humanities’ new virtual exhibition, New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas, curated by Wendy Kveck, seeks to answer that question and others. The exhibition opens online Dec. 4 and continues indefinitely. The exhibit features collaborative work from creative teams
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New mural adorns Tahoe’s East Shore Bike Path
By Ryan McGinnis INCLINE VILLAGE — Last Friday, a community mural arts project commissioned by the Tahoe Fund and a host of other community-driven organizations had its official ribbon-cutting ceremony. The completed project blends a colorful sway of day and night imagery of Tahoe’s mountain landscapes. Tyler Rivenbark and Frida
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Northern Nevada sophomore wins Nevada Poetry Out competition
CARSON CITY — Despite winning both the local and district competitions, Eakjot Sekhon was said she was surprised after recently winning the 2020 Nevada Poetry Out Loud Competition. The sophomore, who attends Robert McQueen High School in Reno, was one of six finalists culled from more than 4,000 high school
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Las Vegas artist and UNLV team dentist to exhibit at Overton museum in July
OVERTON — The art of Las Vegas native Jim Callaway will be on exhibit at Overton’s Lost City Museum July 10 – 31. Callaway, who graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, with the intention of being an art teacher shifted focus after attending dental school in Detroit in 1969. His
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Henderson musician earns National Heritage Fellowship
WASHINGTON, DC— A Henderson, Nevada singer songwriter has received the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Suni Paz is one of ten recipients of the 2020 National Heritage Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Paz is one of the first artists to bring the