The Center began 2020 with expanded programs and services in its outreach through HIV services, trans and gender diversity initiatives and direct services for LGBTQ youth, who are homeless or on the verge of homelessness. The organization’s growth includes the addition of new team members working hard to better serve the LGBTQ+ community in Southern Nevada. Recent additions to the...
March 2020
Three men walk into a bar: Jimmy Emerson and friends set to open new cabaret style bar and grill in Las Vegas
Kristen Peterson -
On a recent Thursday afternoon inside the now-closed Madison Avenue Bar & Grill, drag performer Jimmy Emerson is wearing casual clothes and a black baseball cap with his first name in bright pink letters as he maneuvers through the construction area.
The diva who performed 20 years with “An Evening at La Cage,” at the Riviera ran his own production...
The 2020 presidential election may well be the most significant election in our lifetimes — if not in the history of our nation. As Nevadans, each of us will play a critical role in not only selecting the next president of the United States but determining whether we live in a just society that offers a better future for...
The results of the Nevada caucus are in and of course Sen. Bernie Sanders won a majority of our Silver State’s delegates. Congratulations to all the Bernie supporters who worked so hard to get this win. Also, congrats to Donna West and William McCurdy, respective chairs of the Clark County and Nevada State Democratic Party.
Please consider some friendly...
ACA Health Insurance open enrollment has ended. The next open enrollment will begin Nov. 1 for 2021 plans.
However, certain changes in an individual’s life can make them eligible for a special enrollment period (SEP) and allow them to enroll at any time during the year. Examples of qualifying-life events include: Loss of employer-based coverage, moving to Nevada from...
February 2020
State tax auditor files sexual discrimination complaint; finds himself facing criminal charges
Kristen Peterson -
Rino Tenorio, an auditor with the Nevada Department of Taxation’s Marijuana Enforcement Division, said he was on jury duty Dec. 13, 2018, when he received a text from a colleague requesting a photo for an office calendar.
He texted an image of himself, heard nothing back and thought little of it.
The following Monday, Tenorio arrives back at work...
February 2020
Las Vegas church joins Congregation P’Nai for Shabbat services: ‘They had come to pray with us, to help us feel less alone’
Rabbi Yocheved Mintz -
On the first Friday evening of 2020, members of Congregation P’Nai Tikvah were setting up for Shabbat services. The mood was somber. After all the shootings and other antisemitic acts that had taken place here in the United States and around the world, it was hard to bring the joy that one should have in welcoming the Sabbath. Although...
February 2020
Theater and opera this month: ‘Marcus; Or The Secret of Sweet,’ ‘A Steady Rain’ and an all-women cast of ‘Men On Boats’ among the options
Richard Davis -
Coastal elites mock Las Vegas as a cultural desert. A Public Fit Theatre (APF) continues to burst that cliché with outstanding theater like this month’s production of “A Steady Rain,” a one-act play by TV writer Keith Huff, who writes for such critically acclaimed series as “House of Cards” and “American Crime.”
Huff takes his cue from that hit crime...
February 2020
Joz of Life: Take the plunge and learn to love yourself this Valentine’s Day
Joslyn Hatfield -
Let’s get metaphysical for a minute. It’s February. It’s a leap year and if you are anything like me, you are currently bracing yourself for a mega love bomb set to explode in everything you consume. Media. Food. Entertainment. Cupid is coming in hot! And that’s cool. I encourage you to revel in it. Hearts and flowers, the whole...
As we begin the second month of a new year, I am not sure if you are keeping up with your reading goal for the year but I know I am not. I don’t really set a reading goal but doing this article the past several years I have averaged about three books a month. But this year I...