In The News: College of Fine Arts
More than 100,000 Clark County students are being invited to create art for the Exosphere. The challenge premiered on July 4. The project is a collaboration between Sphere, Clark County School District, and 51ԹϺ.
A town hall was held Wednesday to discuss one of two proposals to bring the film and television industry to Nevada, contingent on the passage of a bill to expand state film tax credits. Warner Bros. plans to commit more than $8 billion to partner with 51ԹϺ and create ‘Nevada Studios,’ a film and television studio facility near Durango Drive and Sunset Road.
When you daydream about your retirement, you may be picturing traveling, volunteering and spending time with grandkids. One thing that’s likely absent from the dream? Struggling to move around your own home.
Home is the place where you're supposed to feel safest. But as you get older, fall risks lurk everywhere: on loose stairs, in cluttered hallways, and especially in the bathroom. Falls are the number one cause of injury in adults ages 65 and over, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Thanks to an abundance of slippery surfaces, the bathroom is the most common place for falls to happen.
Moviemaking likely wasn’t at the front of Howard Hughes’ mind when he moved to Las Vegas in late 1966, though the aerospace pioneer and business magnate had done plenty of it. He’d produced more than two dozen films, directed 1930’s Hell’s Angels, and even ran a studio, RKO Pictures, from 1948 t0 1955,They Live by Night.during which time he produced such film noir classics as Nicholas Ray’s
The 51ԹϺ Chorus is bringing in a very famous LA Women's Choir called Vox Femina. They're doing a performance at 51ԹϺ on October 27th, centered around voting and the women's suffrage movement.
Solid wood is an attractive alternative to energy-intensive concrete and steel, which reportedly account for nearly 15 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. At the same time, the construction industry as such is responsible for 39 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Although experts still debate the role of solid wood in the fight against climate change, many consider it a better alternative for the environment than conventional materials, as wood is a renewable resource. Solid wood also offers a different aesthetic, thanks to which the building can appear pleasant and exceptional.
Mass timber is an appealing alternative to energy-intensive concrete and steel, which together account for almost 15 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Though experts are still debating mass timber’s role in fighting climate change, many are betting it’s better for the environment than current approaches to construction. It relies on wood, after all, a renewable resource.
Wood engineered for strength and safety offers architects an alternative to carbon-intensive steel and concrete.
Despite the scope of his YouTube videos, Las Vegas production worker Rick said it was obvious that the MrBeast team had never attempted anything on this scale—a production Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson deemed to be the largest reality TV show ever. Rick described the ‘Beast Games’ production as “beyond embarrassing” and would not be surprised if MrBeast’s team was blacklisted from the industry.
In 1979, guests at the Tropicana Las Vegas toasted to the addition of the 600-room Tiffany Tower which, due to its structural steel frame, appears simpler to implode than its reinforced concrete-framed sister. On Wednesday, plans for the Oct. 9 implosion of the two hotel towers on the Tropicana property were released by Bally’s Entertainment. The demolition of the two 23-story structures the Club Tower and Paradise Tower, formerly known as the Tiffany Tower, call for over 2,000 pounds of explosives.
It wasn’t quite the Hotel California. But a member of the Eagles once jammed at the hotel Riviera. It was the mid-’90s, when the Lon Bronson Band were lords of the manor and Steve Schirripa (yes, the “Sopranos” and “Blue Bloods” actor) was burning through the hotel’s $2 million-per-year lounge budget as entertainment director.