Las Vegas Spectrum

I would like to highlight a recurring event that I have been to many times in the past few years and have really enjoyed. As a part of their season, A Public Fit does several free staged readings at the Clark County Library. It is free but get there early because they are very popular. The next event is A Public Fit...

The numerical value of the end of the next decade of this century is FOUR. Four is the number of foundation, structure and setting a concrete base. This is the year of establishing your legacy. Wills, trusts, inheritance and the settling of old affairs will be a priority. The faster any pending legal issues may be concluded, the better it...

Happy New Year, Fam! It’s the dawning of a new decade and 2020 is about to pop off. Sure, there is work to be done. … Dear God, please let the democrats get it together by November. And, can we all just agree that climate change is a thing, women should make their own health care decisions and gun...

Did your Christmas flash by in a whirlwind of shopping and parties? ► In the silence of the winter snow the Utah Opera in Salt Lake City is providing us with one last opportunity to discover the meaning of the season with their stirring production of “Silent Night,” a contemporary opera by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell. It is Dec. 24,...

With more than 2,000 people who use vaping products suffering serious respiratory injury and some 40 known deaths, the safety of vaping has come under new scrutiny. Many communities have moved to ban the sale of vaping products. But are we reacting too fast to limit that sale of a product that some say helps to reduce tobacco dependency? Combustible tobacco...

The Center held elections recently for new leadership of its governing board. The executive committee serves as leaders for the board with fiduciary responsibilities and accountability for The Center’s operations. The Center’s executive committee includes: ● Brian Hosier – president, governing board                                  ...

It’s a new year, and it’s our birthday! Spectrum turns 1 this month. It was 12 months ago that Publisher Rob Schlegel rallied the forces and said: “We must have a progressive Las Vegas LGBTQIA+ magazine.” He bought Night Beat from his old friend, Bill Schafer, pulled together a group of friends, mostly lesbians, who promptly ripped up the...

The Bernie Sanders’ Campaign held a “Medicare For All” Town Hall Dec. 8 at the main branch of the Las Vegas Public Library on E. Flamingo Road. It was moderated by Keenan Korth, Nevada political director of the Bernie Sanders’ Campaign. Speakers for the afternoon event included: Michael Lighty, widely regarded as the father of “Medicare For All” and Healthcare...

Nevada is home to a vibrant, diverse queer community, and the percentage of adults living in Nevada that identify as LGBTQ+ is the third-highest in the nation. That beautiful tapestry was on full display at this year’s Las Vegas Pride Parade in October, where Elizabeth Warren donned a rainbow feather boa and marched down the streets of downtown Vegas...

In the last three years alone, Donald Trump has instituted a discriminatory, un-American ban on transgender Americans from serving the country they love, his Justice Department has actively fought against protections from employment discrimination for LGBTQ Americans and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has endangered the safety of transgender students all while Republicans in state legislatures have put forward...