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In an evening filled with entertainment, heartfelt speeches and stories of compassion and gratitude, The Center’s honorarium, held at the Palms Oct. 5, championed four community leaders and raised more than $90,000. Milo Miloscia, who won Person of the Year for his eight years serving on the Center’s board, working on the Center’s honorarium, Artrageous and its Opening New Doors...

Parks and Abdul honored by Nevada Equality Silver State Equality will honor recording artist Paula Abdul and Nevada State Senator David Parks Nov. 6 at Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club at the LINQ Promenade. This is the first ever Equality Awards for the statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, which fights for the LGBTQ+ community. “Paula Abdul has been both an LGBTQ icon and...

Aries (3/21-4/19) This month your key word is “finesse.” Seriously, do not sweat the small stuff. If something is not meant for you, do not push. Instead, embrace your feminine energy. Ladies, do Frank Marino eyelashes. Gents, wear bright colors. Be charming, be gorgeous, be magnetic … and have absolutely no expectations. Connect to spirit your way. Power color is sky...

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is a night to stop and remember the lives who were lost throughout the year due to transphobia. This event started after the death of Rita Hester, an African American, transgender individual, who was brutally murdered in Allston, Massachusetts, on Nov. 28, 1998. The murder of Rita Hester sparked a web-based project called, “Remembering Our...

In 2007, A Choreographer’s Showcase premiered on the Strip as a collaboration between the world-famous Cirque du Soleil and the venerable Nevada Ballet Theatre (NBT), one of Las Vegas’s oldest performing arts institutions. NBT is returning for its 48th season this year at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts with an encore of Tchaikovsky’s, Swan Lake, choreographed by Ben...

The slow steady din of anticipation vibrates lightly in the air at Pour Coffee House near Sunset Park. On this sunny afternoon, the shop had closed its doors to act as an impromptu meeting place for a chat with not one, but two Las Vegas Aces. The demands facing a professional basketball player in the WNBA come quickly into focus...

  What do you get when you add a guitar, set of drums and two amazing voices? Stumped? Add a touch of country, a bit of rock n’ roll, a pinch of soul and a little blues for good measure. You just read the recipe for the captivating duio, Mama’s Black Sheep. One-part Ashland Miller and one-part Laura Cerulli, these creative...

Can we just say it out loud? President Donald Trump has sold his soul and the presidency to the Russians. He needs to resign from office. In another era, he would be hung for treason. Lucky for Trump, we don’t buy into capital punishment. We would settle for him spending the rest of his life in prison. The three primary...

Whether seeking an Eames lounge chair in rosewood, an Arne Jacobsen egg chair or maybe a vintage lazy Susan relish tray to go with your vintage wine decanter or Dansk flamestone coffee pot, Bill Johnson and Mark Comstock of Retro Vegas will likely have it, if not today, then at some point. For 11 years, they’ve been selling quality vintage...

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) October vibrates to the number 1; which is Aries' favorite number. “First at the buffet,” Aries will say. In October, it is absolutely OK to be first in whatever you do. The first three weeks are success-driven, and any new projects started in the first three weeks will be meaningful. You must be willing...