A new partnership is bringing the future of filmmaking right to UNLV. The university's film department and Vu Studios announced a new era of innovation at the school.

As Nevada and other Western states look to spread out across more federal land, environmentalists and advocates of “smart growth” worry about sustainability, sprawl, water and climate change.

Long before Siegfried & Roy, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, or Chris Angel made magic one of the biggest draws in Las Vegas the strip's first illusions were performed by a woman named Gloria Dea. 

Tuesday night, right before his own show on the Strip, Copperfield helped induct Dea into the UNLV Fine Arts Hall of Fame.

UNLV's College of Fine Arts is inducting the 2023 honorees for its Hall of Fame. Among them are Emmy and Sag award-winning actor and comedian Brad Garrett.

UNLV College of Fine Arts Dean Nancy Uscher says, “There is opportunity here that one doesn’t find in other places.” That is true of the many students who have come out of UNLV and entered into the Las Vegas entertainment workforce and creative community. It is also the case, also, for the inductees into the UNLV College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame, all with a unique Las Vegas affiliation.

Gloria Dea, the first Las Vegas Strip magician, passed away at Saturday morning, loved ones confirmed with FOX5. Dea recently celebrated her 100th birthday last summer and was given the key to the Las Vegas Strip. The occasion was attended by David Copperfield, Teller of Penn and Teller, and other headliners and bigwigs across the Las Vegas magic community at the Westgate Resort and Casino.

The Las Vegas community is honoring the death of the first magician to perform on the Strip. Gloria Dea was set to be honored at UNLV for her contributions to the performing arts industry.

On the northeast side of the Great Salt Lake, a little over a hundred miles from Salt Lake City, lies perhaps the most notable piece of land art ever made, and due to record-low water levels caused by a drought that threatens the very existence of the lake, the Spiral Jetty is more visible than ever.

A new arthouse theater has opened in Las Vegas and we look at how the film industry is fairing in Southern Nevada and whether A-list actor and new Las Vegan Mark Wahlberg’s plan to make Las Vegas “Hollywood 2.0” could happen.

In 2012, as head of physical production for Summit Entertainment, Andi Isaacs retired from Hollywood. With 30 years and many major projects, from Scent of a Woman to The Twilight Saga under her belt, she was ready “to fall in love with something else,” Isaacs says. She did film industry consulting, a lot of volunteering, and started an MS in counseling before finding that “something else”: teaching film to young adults. She says this age group “has my heart,” because “they’re struggling and need encouragement … (but also) they’re resilient and smart and have so much to offer.” Due to her particular expertise, Isaacs’ arrival at UNLV Film this school year represents a shift in the department’s academic approach. She sat down with Desert Companion in her movie paraphernalia-trimmed office recently to explain.

Record label owner. Filmmaker. Photographer. Communications guru for the UNLV College of Fine Arts. Shahab Zargari wears more hats than almost anyone else in Las Vegas’ creative community.