The city of Las Vegas' Office of Cultural Affairs is exhibiting the work of adjunct faculty from CSN and UNLV at the Bridge Gallery in Las Vegas City Hall, 400 Stewart Ave., on the second floor.
The exhibit, set to run through March 7, includes work by Jay Bailey, Brent Sommerhauser, Fred O'Hare, Zak Ostrowski, Deidre Pope and Clyde Huyck.
Admission is free. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 229-1012.
BANDSTAND JAM SERIES SET
Ellis "Blusoul" Rice will perform a collection of jazz and blues standards, along with new and original material, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 29 at the East Las Vegas Community Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave.
The free event is sponsored by the city of Las Vegas Department of Leisure Services as part of the Nevada Artist Bandstand Jam Series. For more information, call 229-1515.
Free Performance to highlight black history
A free performance titled Our Story is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd.
A variety show with a message, Our Story takes a look through the ages of black history. The show follows the awakening of a young girl who thinks black history is of no importance. It offers a mixture of dance, drama and popular music. For more information, call 507-3980.
ARTIST ENTIRES WELCOME FOR CONTEST
The Southern Nevada Water Authority is accepting entries for its 2008 Trash to Treasure Water Smart Art competition.
Based on the theme Conserve Water, Conserve Life, the competition challenges artists of all ages and levels to submit works inspired by recycled materials to create a water-smart masterpiece.
Entries will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 7-8 at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd. For more information, visit snwa.com or h2ouniverstiy.org.
GODDESS DRUMMING WORKSHOP PLANNED
Women are encouraged to bring something to bang or shake to Blue Sky Yoga, 103 E. Charleston Blvd., at the Arts Factory, as this communal drumming event returns by popular demand.
The event takes place from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday and is followed by a communal drum circle, with special guest drummers from the Red Rock Drum Circle.
For more information, call Blue Sky Yoga at 592-1396.
CENTER DISPLAYS WORK OF PHOTOGRAPHER
The work of photographer and Brown University professor Kerry Stuart Coppin is on display at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North through March 23.
Brown's sepia photographs offer a gritty yet poetic peek at inner-city living in Africa with Between Me and the Other World: Photographs of Urban Africa and the Disapora.
For more information, call 229-1012.
WEST LAS VEGAS ARTS CENTER PRESENTS MEMORABILIA
The pictorial exhibit Black Extravaganza: A Cultural Awakening! will run through March 2 in the community gallery at the West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd.
The exhibit showcases the accomplishments of black dancers, fashion designers and musicians through the memorabilia of Black Extravaganza Productions, a nonprofit, black-run corporation chartered in Nevada. The exhibit is curated by John Stephens, one of Black Extravaganza's founders, and it will feature his poetry.
Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call 229-4800.
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL SHOWS VISUAL ARTISTS
Cirque du Soleil dancers and staff are showcasing their artistry in painting, photography, pen and ink and jewelry making in the troupe's fourth annual art exhibit at the Open Space Gallery inside the Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd.
Titled The Collective, the exhibit is a range of art pieces created by individual performers, technicians and staff members from Cirque du Soleil productions and will be on display through Feb. 27.
CINEVEGAS ART HOUSE SERIES CONTINUES AT NEONOPOLIS
The CineVegas Art House Screening Series has returned to the Galaxy Neonopolis 11, bringing independent, foreign and documentary films to Las Vegas each week. Upcoming films and dates include:
* Friday to Feb. 28: The CineVegas Art House Screening Series will present a mini-festival showcasing the works of David Lynch. The series will include "Lynch," a new documentary compiled from over two years of footage. CineVegas also will bring to Las Vegas a new 35 mm print of "Eraserhead," Lynch's newest film "Inland Empire" and some of Lynch's shorts.
Tickets to all screenings are $8.75 for adults Sunday through Thursday, $9 for adults Friday and Saturday, $6 for bargain matinee, and $6 for children, students, senior citizens and military personnel. Galaxy Neonopolis 11 is at 450 E. Fremont St.
For more information, call 992-7979 or visit www.cinevegas.com/screenings.
EXHIBIT LOOKS AT LANDSCAPES
The Las Vegas Springs Preserve presents an exhibit by fine art photographer Nicholas A. Price.
Playground of the Gods provides a look at Nevada's landscapes via more than 30 traditionally hand-printed photographs of untouched rock displays. They depict faces and scenes portrayed in the rocks, clay and mountainsides of the Valley of Fire.
The Springs Preserve will display Playground of the Gods from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through April 30. For more information, call 822-7700.
ARTISTIC BANNERS TO ADORN DOWNTOWN
The Las Vegas arts scene takes to the skies as Ivan Brunetti presents 50 serialized artworks printed onto banners hanging along Las Vegas Boulevard, from the Las Vegas Arts District to City Hall.
The exhibit will be on display from Feb. 28 through February 2009.
Brunetti will lecture at UNLV at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the Alta Ham Fine Arts Building, Room 257. A project dedication officiated by Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman will take place at 4 p.m. on Feb. 28 at Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street, followed by an artist reception from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Downtown Cocktail Room, 111 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
CENTER HOSTS ART EXHIBITION
The works of 20 Las Vegas artists are on display in the biannual Occupied Space exhibition at the East Las Vegas Community Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave.
The center's hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays. The display will be up through May 2009.
The free exhibition features works by Greg Allred, Katelyn Bessette, Mark Brandvik, Randa Bishop, Amanda Farrar, Robert M. Gurn, Merrilee Hort, Bonnie Kelso, Charles Morgan, Dolores J. Nast, Atsuko Parker, Eric Pawloski, Jeanette Perez, Donna Potter, Paul Rosenberg, Marc Rosenthal, Sean Russell, Dorothy Rutlidge, Teresa Testa and Elizabeth Ward.
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