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Current Fine Arts News
UNLV Jazz has won 53 Downbeat Music Awards — the highest honor bestowed in Jazz education.
The event, to be held April 16, features performers Timothy Hoft, piano; Alexander Dzyubinski, violin; Andrew Duckles, viola; and Andrew Smith, cello.
When the playwright's daughter asked whether giants tell stories about people, it sparked one of Rivera's most inventive works.
Some of the most vibrant headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
This evening will celebrate the university’s top soloists, demonstrating the talent cultivated within the UNLV School of Music.
Inspired by E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, the play unfolds as a fantasia set within a neocolonial landscape where a fragile friendship is placed under extraordinary strain.
Fine Arts In The News
UNLV's College of Fine Arts will honor Las Vegas Strip mainstays, entertainment luminaries and a beloved late film professor at its 21st annual Hall of Fame gala Tuesday at Wynn Las Vegas.
Dinner and program to be held at the Wynn Las Vegas on April 21
There are a few key items UNLV assistant professor Thomas Bjelic doesn’t leave the house without: his keys, his wallet … and his microphone. A sound designer for more than 30 years, Bjelic has built a career on a lifetime of listening. He’s amassed hundreds of credits while working on blockbuster horror franchises like Saw, BBC sci-fi thrillers like Orphan Black and films for the father of body horror, David Cronenberg.
The Historic Westside has seen a wave of new development projects break ground or open their doors as part of a yearslong effort to revitalize the storied region of Southern Nevada, which has long grappled with racism, disinvestment and discriminatory practices such as redlining. These efforts stretch back nearly a decade, when residents partnered with UNLV architecture students and local and international consultants to identify what the community wanted to see in the Historic Westside.
In a city known for hospitality, it's imperative to create the best atmospheres for dining, and that includes picking the best tunes. That's why a professor and sommelier are teaming up at UNLV to teach an elective course: "The Aesthetics of Music and Wine."
Founded in 2009 by UNLV alumna Kathryn Kruse, Neon Lit began without a name, just as a loose gathering of Master of Fine Arts students reading their work to one another, as Wright describes it. By 2010, the series adopted its moniker, and over the past 16 years it’s expanded beyond the university corridors into a broader civic space, drawing audiences hungry for literary community.
