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...
So the Criminal-in-Chief has been impeached. There will be a trial in the Senate but whether it’ll be a fair trial or simply a rigged trial, remains to be seen.
One day, when Trump is out of office and all the crimes come to light, those responsible for the delays and coverups, whether in the Senate or House, must...
This report is dedicated to the year we have just experienced – the year in review – with the good, the bad, and the ugly. Some things were very ugly!!!
In the positive realm, Donny and Marie closed their act at the Flamingo after an 11-year run. Now, Marie is doing something she is really excited about, that is,...
● Nevada Conservatory Theatre
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and the Nevada Conservatory Theatre could be starting a new Las Vegas holiday tradition with its magical production of the C.S. Lewis classic, “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” dramatized by Don Quinn.
Follow Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter through the wardrobe into their adventures in Narnia at...
