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He is often mistaken for governor or urged by his former Ward 5 constituents to run for that office, which is to say that Commissioner Lawrence Weekly has been recognizably active in the valley since his appointment to Las Vegas City Council in 1999.... Read full article
The smell of incense and often the quiet beat of live djembe align to coax the limbs into the challenge of poses that Maticia Sudah has traveled throughout Egypt and parts of the Caribbean to master.... Read full article
More than an armchair historian, Joe Neal honors the multitudes within him, visiting classrooms and holding talks about the presence of Indigenous Americans on this soil and in his veins.... Read full article
When Vogue Robinson became Clark County’s poet laureate in 2016, she joined the ranks of Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove, Natasha Trethewey and Tracy K. Smith, all women of color appointed to the post on either the state or national level.... Read full article
A stone’s throw away from a fire station, a small nondenominational church and a Buddhist temple, its location is in keeping with the sanctity of the space Vicki Richardson has created at Left of Center Art Gallery.... Read full article
Ricky Towers, Sr. takes pride in a life that has been high-stakes. Having launched a career on the legendary gaming floors of Fremont, Towers worked to roll the dice in favor of opportunity for the nearly 15,000 young people he coached.... Read full article
Jani and Jewel Jeppe have become creative and strategic forces in the community as performing arts coordinator at the West Las Vegas Library Theatre and cultural activities specialist at the West Las Vegas Arts Center.... Read full article
New York City born, Kim Russell is director of educational outreach for the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. She is responsible for a number of programs, including the Southern Nevada Wolf Trap Educational Program.... Read full article
Co-founder of the theater companies Afrikan People’s Art Continuum and the Hittite Empire, Ellis Rice migrated first from the small town of Kinlock, outside of St. Louis, Missouri, to Los Angeles in 1983.... Read full article