Local rapper Ekoh releases anti-bullying video
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 5 days agoIt's become increasingly harder to say Las Vegans don't look out for one another.
Two weeks ago, we reported that a local rapper named Ekoh had filmed a music video at Green Valley High...
Review: Theatrical documentary discredits climate change deniers
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 1 week agoUntil some kind of rational consensus concerning global warming, climate change and energy policy comes to fruition, documentaries that feed the debate such as Greedy Lying Bastards need exposure...
Homecoming for trumpeter Kenny Rampton at Smith Center jazz show
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 1 week agoNearly a full house welcomed back native son Kenny Rampton last night at The Smith Center, which featured the esteemed Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in its Reynolds Hall auditorium.
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High art with high stakes: Jevijoe Vitug's 'Casino Capital'
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 weeks agoTwo Damien Hirst spot panels lay on the floor raised up a few inches by Campbell’s soup cans. Visitors to the Momas and Dadas Project Space toss crumpled dollar bills at them, trying to land a...
Save Yayo Taco show tonight, 4 p.m.
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 weeks agoBecause local punks are unfalteringly supportive of their own, several local bands are banding together to raise money to keep Yayo Taco open after it closed following failed health inspections...
First glimpse: Artwork for the exhibit 10th Circle at VAST
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 weeks agoWe stopped by the VAST Space Projects on Thursday to snap a few shots as gallery owner Shannon McMackin, curator David Pagel and their team put the show together.
The show opens with a 6-8 p...
DIY all-ages venue Yayo Taco closes its doors
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 weeks agoThere's nothing on the windows of Yayo Taco to indicate closing. No farewell message. No letter from the Health District indicating the University district restaurant's C health grade. The door's...
Documentary on Westside concluding TV run tomorrow
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 3 weeks agoThere was once a time when dirt roads dominated West Las Vegas, when jazz beats of the 1940s and 1950s echoed from hot spots like the Harlem Club and the Ebony Club — places that served residents...
The Cosmopolitan announces 2013 Thursday pool concert series
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 3 weeks agoLast year's spring-into-fall Thursday concert run at The Cosmopolitan's Boulevard Pool proved so successful, it's doing it again.
Officially starting with the already announced Hot Chip/...
Weekend highlights: Musicians rally for one of their own, and beer
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 3 weeks agoBefore you settle on the new Die Hard flick (which we hear is shitty) or congregating at the usual characterless suburban video-poker bar because they have $1 Miller Lites, consider these...
