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THE ANTHONY L. POLLARD FOUNDATION PRESENTS FORMER AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG
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Famed Civil Rights Activist to Host Lecture in Support of Foundation
(Las Vegas) - The Anthony L. Pollard Foundation will present a lecture by former Ambassador Andrew Young at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Doc Rando Hall at Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.
Ticket prices are $25 for students with valid UNLV I.D., $50 for general admission and $100 for VIP admission. Tickets can be purchased at the door or prior to the event at 702.895.ARTS (2787). For more information, contact the Anthony L. Pollard Foundation at 702.255.3001.
Young is chairman of GoodWorks International, a specialty consulting group based in Atlanta, GA, that provides strategic services to corporations and governments operating in the global economy. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he served three terms in the US Congress from the 5th district of Georgia. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter named him Ambassador to the United Nations. He served two terms as Mayor of Atlanta and was Co-Chairman of the Centennial Olympic Games in 1996.
Young was a top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the civil rights movement, was involved in its inception, and served as Vice-President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He presently serves on the Board of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change.
The Anthony L. Pollard Foundation was founded by Dr. Anthony Pollard, who has been involved with numerous community efforts in Southern Nevada. Among them are starting the annual Juneteenth Festival in Las Vegas and establishing Rainbow Dreams Academy. The foundation has been awarding the Rainbow Dreams scholarships for more than a decade and launched the annual Art for Education event to raise funds for the scholarships. Pollard also founded Rainbow Medical Centers in 1989, starting it as a single location and expanding it to six locations over the last 18 years.
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE TO HEAR RENOWNED NOVELIST CHUCK PALAHNIUK
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Legendary Fight Club author to headline Vegas Valley Book Festival
LAS VEGAS - Tickets are now available to hear renowned author Chuck Palahniuk, who will appear in Las Vegas as part of the 2006 Vegas Valley Book Festival. Palahniuk will speak at the UNLV Student Union at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. A book signing will follow. Tickets are $12 in advance, and can be purchased at www.vegasvalleybookfest.org.
Chuck Palahniuk's appearance is underwritten by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Known for his signature mix of satirical humor and bizarre characters, Palahniuk has cultivated a devoted following across the country. His works of fiction include Fight Club, Haunted, Survivor, Invisible Monsters, Choke, Lullaby, and Diary, as well as the nonfiction collection Stranger Than Fiction. He is also the subject of the 2003 documentary film Postcards from the Future.
Palahniuk's presentation will mark the conclusion of the book festival program, which runs November 3-4. Approximately 30 local and nationally acclaimed authors, journalists, illustrators and artists will participate in this celebration of the written, spoken and illustrated word. The festival's two full days of programming will include readings, panel discussions, poetry performances and book signings, and the debut of the Target Children's Book Festival on Saturday, Nov. 4.
Presented by Nevada Humanities and the City of Las Vegas Department of Cultural Affairs, the festival is an annual community event sponsored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Barnes & Noble, National Endowment for the Arts, The Art Institute of Las Vegas, Cox Communications and Nevada Public Radio.
Photos and bios of all participating writers are available, and all are available for interviews. Call (702) 895-1878.
CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE YOU PARKED YOUR CAR? THEN THIS SHOW IS FOR YOU
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Veteran comedy writer Ted Bergman brings his ground breaking comedy revue, Whoops! Or How to Age Ungracefully to Las Vegas, opening at UNLV's Judy Bayley Theater, four days only, June19th through the 23rd. Bergman maintains that Whoops! is making history because it is the, "Only world class, fall down funny comedy revue that is aimed at, and stars older people."
Bergman, whose credits include The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, All in the Family, Sanford and Son and The Garry Shandling Show, debuted the show in Northern California in 1999. "Word of mouth was incredible." Bergman says. "We never had an empty seat." He also says with a straight face that Whoops! is the only comedy that aims its humor at people who can't remember where they parked their car. "If you're over forty, you'll laugh a lot", he adds. "If you're over fifty, you'll laugh even more. If you're over sixty, it's like Saturday Night is still alive and suddenly you're 'hip' again."
Besides flipping the funny finger at aging, Bergman hopes that the show will help dispel some of the stereotypes about older people, that they are conservative, out-of-date and only interested in their health. (Although he will admit there's a character in the Middle-Aged Rap Group that laments, "I eat right, exercise, I'm no dope, but my prostate's the size of a cantaloupe.")
The show also features a comedy dance company called The River Dance Rejects and "America's hottest new comedy team", Glucosamine and Chondroitin. Whoops! also pokes fun at everything from the high cost of prescription drugs to dating and divorce after Fifty. There's even a bone cracking routine by The Senior Cheerleading Champions and a visit from the President of the Senile Citizens Anti-Defamation League. The show kicks off Thursday, June 20th, with two matinees a day at 1:00 and 4PM, continuing through Sunday, June 23rd. Bergman suggests you purchase tickets early because performances have been selling out weeks in advance. Tickets are $20.00, $25.00 and $30.00. Call 895-ARTS (895-2787) or any Tickets.com outlet.
AWARD-WINNING PLAY ANNOUNCED AT UNLV
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LAS VEGAS -- The College of Fine Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas announced this week that Robert Berky's play "The Redness of the Woodpecker" is winner of the Sarett National Playwriting Competition. The play will be produced in February and March by the Department of Theatre as part of its 2000-2001 season.
Auditions to perform in the play will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001, in the Black Box Theatre on campus. Callbacks will be Sunday, Jan. 21. Davey Marlin-Jones is the director. The play takes place in the southwest where a young man is kicked off a bus in the middle of nowhere and is accosted by an old man who claims to be the Greek poet Homer. With no alternative, the young man accompanies the old man to a town constructed in the remains of a '54 Chevy pickup (the Woodpecker) inhabited by a strange collection of characters and a few harbingers.
Winning playwright Robert Berky, artistic director of the Performing Arts Company of Jackson Hole, WO, is an award-winning theatrical clown, actor, director and playwright.
"The play is about becoming aware, about landscapes that affect us, and things we can't put a handle on," said Berky.
The Morton R. Sarett National Playwriting Competition, which is held biennially, was established at UNLV by Gwynneth and Robert C. Weiss as a memorial to Morton R. Sarett, playwright and author, for his love of theater and his spirit of innovation and creativity. A winning author receives a cash award and his or her play is produced by the Department of Theatre at UNLV. Submitted manuscripts go through several readings by initial and secondary review panels before submitted to a national panel of judges for final reading and selection. This arduous task takes several months before final cuts are made, the winner selected.
Those wishing to audition will need to sign up at the Department of Theatre office located in the west end of the Carlson Education Building and prepare a one-minute contemporary American monologue.
Rehearsals for "The Redness of the Woodpecker" will be in the evenings and Saturdays beginning Jan. 22. Performances of "The Redness of the Woodpecker" are at 8 p.m. Feb. 23, 24, March 1, 2, and 3 with matinees at 2 p.m. Feb. 25 and March 4. Tickets, $6, are on sale at the Performing Arts Center Box Office on campus. For information on auditions, please contact the Department of Theatre at 895-3666.
UNLV DANCE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS 'FOOTAGE' CONCERT
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LAS VEGAS -- A concert of new choreography--"Footage"--by Dance Department students and guest artists will be presented at 8 p.m. Nov. 16, 17, and 18 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. There will also be a 2 p.m. Nov. 18 concert.
This program in Dance Space One of Ham Fine Arts Studio room 111 will include work by world-renowned jazz choreographer Pattie Obey.
General admission is $6. Students with valid IDs enter free. Seniors and military pay $5.
For further performance information, call the Dance Department, 895-3827. For ticket information, call the Performing Arts Center Box Office, 895-3801.