Ten college-bound seniors have received more than $35,000 in scholarship money from Cox Las Vegas this year as part of the annual Cox Diversity Scholarship program in partnership with the Public Education Foundation and Southern Nevada-based diverse organizations.
Since 2014, Cox has been presenting its Cox Diversity Scholarships to graduating seniors in Clark County, totaling $245,000.
“Our partnerships with nonprofit diverse organizations enable...
Longtime Las Vegas entertainer, Jimmy Emerson will host a special Zoom show May 12 and June 9 at 7 p.m. He will showcase entertainers, tell stories, mix drinks and provide tons of fun.
Emerson and his partners had planned opening their cabaret bar before the COVID-19 crisis hit. Now, he is waiting out the shut-down with a drink in one...
If you’re getting this magazine in your mailbox for the first time, congratulations on your recent marriage! With the advent of same-gender marriage, we have created a data base, using names and addresses from Clark County marriage licenses.
It hasn’t been cheap, as we must purchase the list, month-by-month, and then process it to remove all the opposite-gender couples. Invariably,...
I initially wrote this for April, but as you likely noticed, the Spectrum couldn't publish due to COVID-19. Not only did we lose our advertising base, but more importantly, our distribuiton, since most of the 115 locations this publication is distributed at, were closed.
The USPS comes through again, and we're mailing out nearly 10,000 copies of this magazine. So...
With businesses struggling during the lockdown from the COVID-19 pandemic, Cox Media is offering free television advertising to local restaurants.
“We know this is a challenging time for our local restaurants and we want to help,” Tonya Ruby, vice president of Cox Media, Las Vegas said in a press statement.
“This is an opportunity to support restaurants who have shifted their...
Our April 2020 issue will be online only. I’m sure everyone can figure out why, but in case you’re reading this 20 years from now and wondering, it’s due to our COVID-19 shutdown.
As one can imagine, printing 11,000 copies of the Spectrum and then mailing most of them, takes a considerable sum of money. Losing many of our advertisers,...
Vegas Urban Pride Awards
The Vegas Urban Pride Awards and Kings' Birthday will be held April 11-12. Both are fundraisers for the Pride event in October.
The Vegas Urban Pride Awards is a peer-to-peer voting ballot. Winners are selected by popular vote for each category. Nominate an influencer living and actively conducting business in the Las Vegas community to be recognized...
2020 is the year we will make a crucial decision about the next U.S. president. It is also the year that the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment’s ratification. What’s that? The amendment opened voting rights for most women in all the states. Las Vegas will have a historic marker recognizing women’s activities for the vote — one of only...
It would be easy to take the Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada (The Center) for granted. From HIV testing and counseling services; to programming for youth; groups for aging populations, women and the trans community. It’s hard to remember a time without The Center. While there is something to be said for a community taking ownership of...
This month, Las Vegas history buffs are in for a special treat with Super Summer Theatre in the Studio version of “The Rat Pack Lounge.”
Recently, I dropped in to talk with Vic Candelino (Napoleon Buenrostro), owner of the Rat Pack Lounge. He reminisced on the golden days of the bar when Frank and Dino and Sammy hung out with...
