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Kristen Peterson

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A new way to look at books
In this electronic-information age, artists’ focus on literary medium is timely
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
Two art exhibits held in conjunction with the Vegas Valley Book Festival present books as art in ways diverse enough that the works could appeal to those not normally fond of the usual “book art.” “Inscribed/Messages” features art that is created mostly in book form. “Altered States: Artists Re-imagine the Book” features art created by using the book as medium.

Vegas Valley Book Festival: Finding our own voice
Local writing scene is displayed in works of authors, professors and journalists
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
In its eighth year the Vegas Valley Book Festival is plucking from local waters for most of the five-day festival that begins today in downtown Las Vegas.
Local man has the instinct to dance
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
A weekly snapshot of creative people living in the Las Vegas Valley
Festival to honor dead, and traditions
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
Amid the paintings of skeletons and flowers in this year’s Day of the Dead community art exhibit is a strikingly peculiar sculpture by artist Julie Mahorney-Saenz, a composition as wild as it is contained.
On a shoestring, arts group strives to stay relevant
The Contemporary Arts Center, a fixture of the local scene for years, looks to remain on vanguard
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
The current exhibit at the downtown Contemporary Arts Center is not immediately accessible.
Mundo Juillerat: 'Life in pursuit of guitar solos'
A weekly snapshot of creative people living in the Las Vegas Valley
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
Juillerat started out playing ukulele in Hawaii and became a “shredder” — a rock guitarist who plays fast — in various bands and production shows.
Some films to interest the Whole Foods set
Festival of shorts includes at least two on organic farms
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
Hosted by the Nevada Wilderness Project and Nevada Conservation League, the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival — an offshoot of the larger festival held each year in Nevada City, Calif. — looks at individual efforts to reclaim land, save energy or preserve wildlife.
Janis McKay: Spotlight on the bassoon
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
“Composers have started writing music without bassoon because there are not very many of us. That concerns me."
Zombies your thing? Read on
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
There’s nothing like a rotting corpse slogging toward you with an empty gaze and flesh-eating desire. Its limbs fall with abandon, its hair is atrocious, and that muted, low, aching groan is alarming to say the least. Zombies wipe out entire towns by eating the decent citizens.
Opener celebrates all that’s new with the Nevada Ballet
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
When Nevada Ballet Theatre opens its season Saturday with “Timeless Innovations,” audience members will get a taste of new artistic director James Canfield, if not a better understanding of who he is.

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Recent Blog Entries (view all entries)

Las Vegas Art Museum makes it official: Will get 50 works from national gift program
Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
Las Vegas Art Museum gets 50 contemporary works from national gift program
Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
Las Vegas Philharmonic will back Placido Domingo
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
Welcome back to (a cooler) First Friday
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
Poet and author begin UNLV residencies
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
Albanian poet Luljeta Lleshanaku and authors Mary Palevsky and Robert Rosenberg begin their nine-month residency at UNLV this semester where they will write new works and interact with students via the Diana L. Bennett Literary Arts Fellows Program of the Black Mountain Institute.
Herridge out at Las Vegas Phil
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Double Down gets its due on 'Today'
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Mayor Goodman gets national honor for supporting the arts
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
New book highlights Vegas displacement
Monday, June 23, 2008
Performing Arts Center group to move downtown
Friday, June 20, 2008

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