City of Las Vegas Cultural Arts & Community Events
June 2011 Calendar Of Events
400 Stewart Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89101
Contact: Margaret Kurtz, (702) 229-6993 April 7, 2011
PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Ethnic Express International Folk Dancing (ages 8+)
Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8:45 p.m.
Admission: $4 dollars per person per week; pay at the door.
Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., (702) 229-6383.
Have an evening of international fun learning Armenian, Bulgarian, Israeli, Arabic, Macedonian, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Chinese and Serbian folk dances. No need to bring a partner. For more information, call (702) 229-6383.
Scottish Country Dancing (ages 13+)
Fridays, 6:30 to 8:45 p.m.
Admission: $5 general admission; $4 for members of Southern Nevada Old Time Contra Dancers. Pay at the door.
Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., (702) 229-6383.
Scottish country dancing is the beautiful ballroom dance of Scotland and may be lively and joyful or gentle and graceful. From the first chord to the final bow or curtsey, participants will be inspired by the driving reels, jaunty jigs, snappy strathspeys or lilting airs. Dancers should wear comfortable clothes and soft shoes. For more information, call (702) 229-6383.
Summer Youth Dance Camp (ages 11-18)
Register starting June 1 for camp Wednesday-Saturday, July 6-30, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Fee: $175; $25 discount during pre-registration period.
Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., (702) 229-6383.
Classes in ballet technique, modern, lyrical, jazz, contemporary jazz, Pilates and more for two groups - intermediate and intermediate/advanced dancers. Auditions for placement June 25, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Pre-registration June 1-11 (save $25). Mail-in registrations must be received prior to June 11 to receive the $25 discount. Registration June 15-25. For more information, call 229-6383 or visit www.artslasvegas.org.
Rainbow Company Youth Theatre Presents “How I Became A Pirate” (all ages)
June 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 at 7 p.m. and June 5, 11 and 12 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $3 children 12 years and younger; $5 ages 13-17 and seniors 62 and older; $7 adults.
Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., (702) 229-6383.
Based on the popular picture book “How I Became a Pirate” by Melinda Long, this musical production
takes its young hero on a wave of adventure. For tickets or more information, call 229-6553 or 229-6383, or go online to artslasvegas.org.
Rainbow Company Summer Conservatory (ages 8-16)
Monday-Friday, June 13-24; performance Saturday, June 25.
Cost: $225 for entire two weeks.
Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., (702) 229-6383.
Actor training for every experience level. Guest artists will present special workshops.
The Poets’ Corner (adults)
Friday, June 17, 7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., (702) 229-4800.
Keith Brantley hosts a forum for established poets and open-microphone participants. For mature audiences.
Plena Libre in Concert (all ages)
Friday, June 17, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., (702) 229-3515.
Enjoy the music of four-time Grammy Award nominees Plena Libre as they bring the music of Puerto Rico to life with a swinging rhythm section, horns, vocals and dance. For tickets and more information, call 229-3515 or visit www.artslasvegas.org.
Contra Dancing (all ages)
Cosponsored by the Southern Nevada Old Time Contra Dancers.
Saturday, June 18; group lessons 6:30 p.m., dancing 7 to 10 p.m.
Fee: $7 adults; $5 members, students and military; $3 children under 16 and non-dancing adults. Pay at the door.
Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., (702) 229-6383.
Dance to the live music of an acoustic band playing joyful fiddle tunes, driving reels, and a waltz or two. All dances are taught and called; newcomers and families are welcomed. No need to bring a partner. Wear comfortable flat-soled shoes and casual clothing. For more information, call 229-6383.
Exhibitions
2011 Celebrating Life! Annual Fine Arts Exhibition
Exhibition May 20-June 30, Wednesday through Friday, 12:30 to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Salon de Refusés exhibit May 20-June 8, same hours. Gallery is closed Sunday-Tuesday.
Free admission.
Charleston Heights Art Center, 800 S. Brush St., (702) 229-6383.
Each year the city of Las Vegas Arts Commission and the city of Las Vegas sponsor the “Celebrating Life!” fine arts competition to recognize the talents of Las Vegas artists. Clark County residents age 50 or better are invited to enter their original works in this 11th annual juried event. Artists enter original works in the following fine art media categories: Drawing and Pastel; Mixed Media (2-D); Painting; Sculpture and Ceramics (3-D); Watercolor and Gouache; and Photography. This year’s judges will be Stewart Freshwater, Suzanne Hackett-Morgan and Bobbie Ann Howell. Artists whose works are not selected for the 2011 Celebrating Life! exhibition will have the option to display their submissions in the Salon de Refusés exhibit in the Charleston Heights Arts Center Gallery. Award-winning pieces from the 2011 Celebrating Life! exhibit will travel to the City Hall Bridge Gallery to be displayed July 7-Aug. 25, 2011.
Great Basin Exteriors: A Photographic Survey (all ages)
May 26-July 10, by appointment.
Reception and Artist Lecture, May 26, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Historic Fifth Street School Gallery, 401 S. Fourth St.
This exhibit examines loss, change and abandonment in the American West. It features 30 photographs by Adam Jahiel, Daniel Cheek and Nolan Preece, who have independently photographed subjects that are changing or quickly disappearing from the Western landscape. Preece will attend to give a lecture about his work. Organized by the Nevada Arts Council, this exhibit is one of the traveling exhibits in the Nevada Touring Initiative – Traveling Exhibit Program, and is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nevada State Legislature. To see more about this exhibit go online to http://nac.nevadaculture.org/dmdocuments/GBETEP.pdf.
Hot Glass: Art and Architectural Glass from Stacey Neff and the New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshop (all ages)
June 17-Aug. 18, Wednesday through Friday, 12:30 to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Gallery is closed Sunday-Tuesday.
Free admission.
Charleston Heights Art Center, 800 S. Brush St., (702) 229-6383.
“Hot Glass: Art and Architectural Glass from Stacey Neff and the New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshop” features new ideas for the very old material of glass. The New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshop (NMEGW) is dedicated to fostering the development of new art and architectural glass from recycled material. The pieces are made by a variety of excellent artists who come from other art disciplines, in cooperation with Executive Director Stacey Neff and facilitating glass experts. Selected NMEGW Fellowship recipients, all of the showcased artists are demonstrated professionals of excellence in their fields. Artists included in the exhibit are Martin Horowitz, Dana Newman, Sam Scott and Stacey Neff.
