Datebook

Friday, March 16, 2001 | 8:51 a.m.

Handmade work

The Great Craft Festival, featuring items made by 300 independent workers from throughout the country, will be from noon-6 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Admission is $6; $5 for seniors; $2 for youth, ages 6-16; and free for children 5 and under.

Valley voices

Keith Brantley and Pendelita Toney will host the monthly poet's corner at 7 p.m. today at the West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd. The Young Poet's Corner, featuring youths ages 8-16, will be from noon-1 p.m. Saturday. Call 229-4800.

Basket-making

The Lost City Museum in Overton will hold its first Paiute Day, devoted to learning the culture of Southern Paiutes, on Saturday with a basket-making workshop from 9 a.m.-noon. Admission is $10. There will also be a demonstration of Paiute dances from 1-4 p.m. Call 397-2193.

Paddy's Day party

The Fremont Street Experience is hosting a St. Patrick's Day party, featuring live entertainment, today and Saturday. Call 678-5777.

Aurthors to appear

Author Bakari Shabazz will sign copies of "Coming Clean: A Tale Told From the Heart" from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at B. Dalton Bookseller at the Meadows mall. Call 878-4405.

Joan Eleanor Gustafson, author of "A Woman Can Do That! 10 Strategies for Creating Success in Your Life," will sign copies of her book at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd.

Also at Barnes & Noble, at 1 p.m. March 23, former President Jimmy Carter will sign copies of his autobiography, "An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood." Call 631-1775.

Local performers

Nevada Theatre Company will hold auditions for its production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" from 6-9 p.m. today and 1-4 p.m. Saturday at 2928 Lake East Drive. Call 873-0191.

The Las Vegas Little Theatre will hold auditions for its production of the musical "Nunsense," from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at 3844 Schiff Drive. Call 362-7996.

The Passion Plays of Las Vegas is auditioning singers, actors and technical workers for its sixth-annual production of "He's Alive," being performed April 9-14 at the Riviera. Call 889-4202.

Auditions for musicians, ages 16 to 21, wishing to perform in the August Young Artist Recital Series will be by appointment only, through April 28 at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center. Call 229-6211.

Joe Behar's Community Drama Workshop is holding auditions from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturdays, through April 28, for its annual Showcase of Talent to be presented in May in the Gold Coast showroom. Call 457-0234.

'Lightscapes II'

Artists are invited to submit their qualifications to produce an public art project using technology from the Fremont Street Experience canopy for the "Lightscapes II" exhibit. Applications, which must be received by 5 p.m. April 16, are available by calling 229-6844 or 229-4631.

Southern drama

"Indigo Blues," the award-winning drama set in the South, will be performed at 8 p.m. today at the Clark County Library Theater, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, and on Sunday at the West Las Vegas Library Theater, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Admission is free. Call 313-2624.

Little theater

The Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3844 Schiff Drive, presents a comedy "Run for Your Wife," at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Additional performances will be Thursday through March 25 and March 29-April 1. Tickets are $12; $10 for seniors and students. Call 362-7996.

Romantic comedy

The Off-Broadway Theater, 900 E. Karen Ave., presents Bernard Slade's romantic comedy "Tribute" at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $16; $14 for students and matinees. Call 737-0611.

University singers

The Young Inspiration Gospel Choir from the University of California, Berkeley, will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at Green Valley Presbyterian Church, 1798 Wigwam Parkway. Also at the church at 6:30 p.m. Sunday is a bell concert, featuring handbell choirs. Call 454-8484.

Big-band sounds

Boyd Coulter & the Good Times Band will perform big-band sounds from the 1940s and oldies from the 1950s and '60s at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Charleston Heights Arts Center Ballroom, 800 S. Brush St., as part of a St. Patrick's Day dance. Tickets are $12; $10 in advance. Call 229-6383.

The Walter Boenig Big Band will be among those featured at the "Big Band Bash" at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Community College of Southern Nevada's Nicholas J. Horn Theater on the Cheyenne campus. Tickets are $12.50 for adults; $10 for seniors and students. Call 651-5483.

Concerts scheduled

The Las Vegas Civic Symphony, featuring professional, semiprofessional and music students from Southern Nevada, will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Call 229-6211.

The Las Vegas Jazz Society presents its concert, "Strings Attached," featuring trumpter Carl Saunders and pianist Vince Falcone, at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. General admission is $10; $7 for seniors and students under 12.

Brown Bag Concert

Veteran Broadway singers Gary Oakes and Lou Garcia will perform "The Best of Oakes and Garcia" at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Winchester Center Theater, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, as part of the Performing Arts Society of Nevada's Brown Bag Concerts series. Tickets are $10. Call 658-6741.

Sunday strings

The Nevada Chamber Symphony will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Clark County Library Theater, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Tickets are $12; $10 for seniors; $5 for students; and $3 for young adults, ages 13-17. Call 433-9280.

Students perform

UNLV's Artemus Ham Concert Hall will host the Clark County School District's Elementary Orff Instrument Festival at 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $1. Call 895-2787. At 7 p.m. Thursday, the school district will hold its Middle School Honor Band concert at the concert hall. Admission is free. Call 799-5478.

Form, movement

The Community College of Southern Nevada Dance Program will present an informal performance of ballet, modern dance, jazz and tap dances from 1-3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Nicholas J. Horn Theater on the Cheyenne campus. Admission is free.

Students' works

The works of Sierra Slentz-Anderson, a UNLV master of Fine Arts candidate, are on display through Saturday at the Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery.

Also at the gallery are "Pop Romances" by master of Fine Arts candidate Sherin Guirguis, Wednesday through March 31.

'Roots' showing

"The Roots of My Soul," jazz-inspired paintings by artist Gene Redden, are on display through Saturday at the West Las Vegas Arts Center's Community Art Gallery, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Call 229-4800.

Nevada artists

"Handed Down: Nevada's Living Folk Art," an exhibit of work by folk artists from around the state, is on display at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in Lorenzi Park, through October. Admission is $2 for adults; children under 18 are admitted free. Call 486-5205.

Photos displayed

The photographs of Helen Murphy are on display through Sunday at the Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave. Call 454-4575.

Watercolors

The watercolors of Utah artist Rita R. Hall will be on display during March at the Lost City Museum in Overton. Call (702) 397-2193.

Photos displayed

"Native Americans: The Red-Black Connection," a photographic essay by Valena Broussard Dismukes, is on display through Tuesday at the West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Call 647-2117.

'Old West' photos

"Photography and the Old West," an exhibition featuring famous documents and other records, is on display through March 26 at the Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway. Call 455-7955.

'Club' selections

"The Best of Nevada Camera Club 2001," the annual exhibition of selected works by members, is on display through March 26 at the Sunrise Library, 5400 Harris Ave. Call 453-1104.

Acrylics displayed

"After-images Revisted," acrylics on canvas by local artist Sylvester Collier, are on display through March 30 at the Winchester Center Gallery, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. Call 455-4856.

'Horse' subjects

"Honest Horse," black-and-white photographs of mustangs, are on display through May 11 at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Call 384-3466.

Photos displayed

Jerome Hamilton's "Solo" photography exhibit is on display through April 2 at the Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. Call 256-5111.

Sculptures

"Evolution in Form," wood sculptures by artist Darlene Nguyen-Ely, are on display through April 10 at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St.

Photography exhibit

"A Focus on Photography," an exhibit of photographs taken by area high school students, is on display through April 10 at the Enterprise Library, 25 E. Shelbourne Ave. Call 269-3000.

'Unthemed' works

The Contemporary Arts Collective, 103 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 102, presents its "Unthemed" juried show through April 21. Call 382-3886.

Photos displayed

"Las Vegas Wash Photography," an exhibit by Fred Sigmund, is on display through April 23 at the Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway. Call 435-1840.

Cultural depictions

"Quilt Paintings," featuring Carolyn Mazloomi quilts, are on display through April 23 at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center Gallery, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Call 229-6211.

Traveling exhibit

"Living on the Edge," an interactive exhibit, is on display through April 29 at the Lied Discovery Children's Museum, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Call 382-3445.

Chihuly exhibit

"Dale Chihuly: The George R. Stroemple Collection," the most comprehensive collection of Chihuly's works, is on display through April 30 at the Las Vegas Art Museum, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. Admission is $10; $8 for Nevada residents. Call 360-8000.

Local artists

An ongoing aerial-art gallery, sponsored by the city of Las Vegas, is on display on banner poles along Las Vegas Boulevard.

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