Seattle artist Buster Simpson will offer a public art workshop from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. The workshop is free, but preregistration is required and enrollment is limited.
Simpson holds degrees from the University of Michigan and has worked on major infrastructure projects, site master planning, signature sculptures, museum installations and community projects, including a $14 million light rail bridge collaboration over the Salt River in Phoenix, now under construction, and art master plans for urban centers and watersheds that integrate community and ecology with art.
He uses media ranging from rotting wood to the highly technical Brush with Illumination, and he has emphasized a devotion to the earth and its ecology in everything he has made.
Simpson will be a featured speaker in a discussion of green public art projects at the Americans For The Arts convention on June 1-3 at the Flamingo. He also is one of three artists currently helping to design Clark County's 12-mile Flamingo Arroyo Trail.
To register for the workshop, call Patrick Gaffey at 455-8239 or e-mail to gaffeyp@co.clark.nv.us. For more information on Buster Simpson, visit www.bustersimpson.net.
COMMUNITY
Celebrate Israel Independence Day
The United Jewish Community/Jewish Federation of Las Vegas will host a community-wide Israel Independence Day celebration concert from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Congregation Ner Tamid, 55 N. Valle Verde Drive.
The event will feature performances by singing and recording artists Visions. The female trio will perform old and new Jewish inspirations melodies.
In addition to the concert, U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., a Holocaust survivor, will share his personal and professional insights about Israel. U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., also is expected to attend.
Tickets to the concert and celebration are $5. To purchase tickets, visit www.jewishlasvegas.com.
ENTERTAINMENT
Eat food, watch movies at center
The Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, will conclude its Films and Food Festival on Thursday at 7 p.m. Appetizers are served prior to the film. Tickets are $3.
The last film, "Simply Irresistible," will be shown Thursday. The movie, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean Patrick Flanery, tells the story of a woman (Gellar) who inherits her mother's fledging restaurant, which she believes to be magical. Flanery is a retail executive who tries to resist Gellar and her creations. The film is rated PG-13.
ENVIRONMENT
Solar-powered refueling station opens
The Las Vegas Valley Water District marked the opening of a solar-powered hydrogen refueling station on April 12.
The effort included the Water District, UNLV and the UNLV Research Foundation.
Culminating a four-year effort spearheaded by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., (who helped obtain crucial grant funding) and through a partnership with UNLV, the Water District's pilot hydrogen refueling station project provides an additional alternative fuel for Water District vehicles. Alternative-fuel vehicles, including gas/electric hybrids and those utilizing compressed natural gas and biodiesel, make up 77 percent of the district's fleet.
The station uses power collected by solar panels that follow the sun's path across the sky. The facility's generators use electrolysis to separate oxygen from water to extract hydrogen which is stored and used as fuel. Hydrogen is colorless, odorless and releases no damaging by-products. It has no carbons, unlike other fuels that produce harmful emissions.
FUNDRAISER
Junior League to paint town for charity
The Junior League of Las Vegas will hold its annual Paint the Town Red gala from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Friday at Wynn Las Vegas.
The masquerade ball will include dinner, live and silent auctions and recognition of outstanding citizens.
Junior League sustainer Donna Andress will receive the Lifetime Community Achievement Award for the contributions she has made to Las Vegas in the last 55 years.
JLLV also will award Don and Dee Snyder with the Florence Lee Jones Humanitarian Award for their contributions and dedication to Las Vegas.
Tickets are $175 each or $1,500 for a table of 10. Sponsorship tables are available for $3,000.
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