The Cosmopolitan to build new music venue
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 3 weeks agoDeath to the Chelsea, long live the Chelsea!
The Cosmopolitan is finally going to build a permanent venue for concerts and other spectator events, according to a report from Associated Press...
Fear and Lounging News and Notes: Life is Beautiful local showcase, Caravels' new album, more
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 3 weeks agoSome music notes for the week:
Organizers for the fall-slated Life is Beautiful music/arts festival promised the inclusion of local talent upon announcing the two-day downtown event last...
Everything old is new again at the "Saver's Prom"
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 4 weeks ago
Cultural notes: Smith Center releases spring program; Krave to screen LGBT films
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 4 months 2 days agoSome arts-related news for today:
*Just ahead of its first anniversary, The Smith Center released its program for the spring season, and it's a capital-C cultural doozer. Highlights of the...
Seeing spots: Damien Hirst exhibit coming to downtown
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 4 months 2 days agoIn his typical, over-the-top style, iconocalstic British artist Damien Hirst unleashed a barrage of colored spots upon the world a couple of years ago, exhibiting over 300 spot paintings...
Festival announcements: Neon Reverb, Punk Rock Bowling and more
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 4 months 5 days agoAmidst the buzz about the Life is Beautiful Festival kicking off in the fall, the veteran downtown music festival Neon Reverb just announced the first bands for its March 22-24 installation: Pure...
House of Blues begins the Coachella booking spree
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 4 months 1 week agoHouse of Blues has cleared J. Spaceman for landing. The Mandalay Bay concert venue has booked English psychedelic rock band Spiritualized for its first-ever Las Vegas show on April 12, which is...
New monthly rave to launch at Utopia site
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 4 months 1 week agoGet out your glowsticks, neonites. Atlanta-originated electronic dance music promoter OFASHO just set up shop in Las Vegas, and its first order of business is the monthly rave SHO STOMP.
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DJ news: Musical chairs on Strip; EDC passes on sale Wed.
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 4 months 1 week agoAs part of its continuing scorched-earth mission to sign every EDM superstar DJ to its roster, the Wynn nightlife empire -- which includes XS, Encore Beach Club, Surrender and Tryst -- revealed...
Follow our nose: Where we look forward to eating in 2013
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 4 months 2 weeks agoThere are a lot of restaurant openings already planned for 2013. Here are the ones I have my eye on.
The Light Group invades Mandalay Bay: Mandalay Bay has turned four of their restaurants...
