Earlier this summer while visiting his family in Kansas City, Sam Cordes was riding a bicycle through a neighborhood while talking on his cell phone. As one would expect, he lost his balance and toppled to the asphalt, instinctively using his left hand to brace his fall.

I hate matinees, but I'm a sucker for a musical, and this is a game-changer. Doing what an educational system should be doing, Nevada Conservatory Theatre, with UNLV, is really hitting a sweet spot.

In Las Vegas, Richard Oberacker is known principally as the music director of the band in “Ka” at MGM Grand, among the most widely respected production ensembles in the city.

When state lawmakers wanted ideas about how to improve the state’s community colleges last year, the Nevada System of Higher Education hired a Colorado-based think tank to scrutinize the four schools.

East Valley View things to do for Oct. 16-22, 2014