Enjoy a vibrant celebration of plant-based goodness at the Vegan Wonderland LV Night Market with onsite vendors, music, line dancing class and more. The pop-up market was originally started by Chef William Henry of Off The Vine, a Las Vegas based vegan restaurant dedicated to feeding Las Vegas healthy food.
Celebrate 50 years of the West Las Vegas Library during a special 1973-themed event featuring live music performed by Vegas Groove. The first library established on the Historic Westside was located in a storefront on “D” Street to serve the families of African American Hoover Dam migrant workers. The women of Operation Life led the […]
All are welcome at a free Sunday matinee screening of "Wonka." Enjoy this hit film starring Timothee Chalamet, Gustave Die, and Murray McArthur with fellow movie lovers from the community. Snacks and water provided by the Library District Foundation. The List relies on you to cover our expenses and pay our hard-working curators. Become a […]
Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Power of Poetry a talent showcase event hosted by Poetry Promise, Inc., with Clark County Poet Laureate Angela M. Brommel, and sponsored by The National Endowment for the Arts and the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. This event was conceived by Las Vegas poet Solid Truth and set to […]
Audrey King Lewis shares her photographs and artifacts from Mali in West Africa, home of the Dogon people. Exhibit runs April 4 through June 25. Enjoying The List? Become a member today!
Author and slam poet DominiQue Christina is slated to host a discussion on womanhood where she will share her experience as a sexual assault survivor and the ways poetry helped her crawl out of the grave.
Join Brother Yusef, the self-proclaimed king of organic deep-fried Fattback Blues, for this one-of-a kind concert in celebration of Black History Month! Brother Yusef is a self-taught musician and has been described as a master solo guitarist and a uniquely passionate vocalist. Honed over thirty years, he calls his multifaceted style Fattback Blues for its […]
Musician Sean Gaskell shares the music of West Africa with a free performance featuring traditional instruments like the kora and the African harp. He learned to play the music during his many visits to Gambia and has travled around the world entertaining audiences of all ages. Sean will be performing at multiple library locations Feb. […]
Blues artist Dennis Jones will blend his sizzling hot guitar solos combined with smooth & soulful vocals with a high-energy rhythm section to share a contemporary take on the blues with funk, rock, and reggae influences that make him truly unique. The List relies on you to cover our expenses and pay our hard-working curators. […]
On Friday, Feb. 9, join keynote speaker Ilia “Rashad” Muhammad at Kemet in the Desert weekend lecture series, hosted by Executive Director Oscar Robinson. Ilia “Rashad” Muhammad is an educator and author of "UFOs and the Nation of Islam: The Source, Proof and Reality of The Wheels," and "Exposing The War Against Islam." More recently […]
On Friday, Feb. 9, join keynote speaker Ilia “Rashad” Muhammad at Kemet in the Desert weekend lecture series, hosted by Executive Director Oscar Robinson. Ilia “Rashad” Muhammad is an educator and author of "UFOs and the Nation of Islam: The Source, Proof and Reality of The Wheels," and "Exposing The War Against Islam." More recently […]
The city of Las Vegas Live Arts Collective, led by Artistic Director Avree Walker, is honored to present "Re-Birth VOL. 1: A Collection of Thoughts," a dynamic evening of artistic collaboration, featuring choreography by Justus Whitfield, Eric Lobenberg, Radnell Marin Pedraza, and Koura Wright; and original writings and song by Teshi Thomas, Trinity Smith, and […]
The city of Las Vegas Live Arts Collective, led by Artistic Director Avree Walker, is honored to present "Re-Birth VOL. 1: A Collection of Thoughts," a dynamic evening of artistic collaboration, featuring choreography by Justus Whitfield, Eric Lobenberg, Radnell Marin Pedraza, and Koura Wright; and original writings and song by Teshi Thomas, Trinity Smith, and […]
Shellise Berry creates vibrant paintings intended to emanate a sense of peace, hope, and serenity. Her process of layering colors by making marks produces a painting with the purpose of telling a story that is spiritual and thought provoking. Her art is a combination of three styles; the non-naturalistic color use of Fauvism, the spontaneous […]
In her debut theatrical production, Ashli St. Armant presents "North," a new musical for intergenerational audiences. Set in the 1850s, "North" is based on accounts of slave escapes through the Underground Railroad, as well as St. Armant’s family history of overcoming slavery in Louisiana. While acknowledging the realities of slavery, the book and original musical […]
In her debut theatrical production, Ashli St. Armant presents "North," a new musical for intergenerational audiences. Set in the 1850s, "North" is based on accounts of slave escapes through the Underground Railroad, as well as St. Armant’s family history of overcoming slavery in Louisiana. While acknowledging the realities of slavery, the book and original musical […]
Head to the West Las Vegas Library Theater for the annual Kwanzaa Celebration. Kwanzaa is a time for families and communities to come together to remember the past and to celebrate African American culture. The event will feature the graduates of the Boys and Girls Rites of Passage Program and honor local community leaders, highlighting […]
Flavio Martinez plans several performances of South American flute music at Las Vegas-Clark County Library locations. Flavio first discovered the sounds of South American flute while attending the Universidad of Guadalajara in Mexico. During his performances he uses a wide variety of flutes such as; Quena, Quenacho, Panpipe, Sikus, Sanka, Malta, and more. His repertoire […]
Originally from northern Mexico, Blanca Roa has been creating paintings for as long as she can remember. Since childhood, she has used painting as a way to communicate; her paint strokes on canvas were her method of expression. Roa's art takes the viewer through a journey of her life: a look back at her existence […]
The National Juneteenth Committee plans a day of jazz music and a Miss Juneteenth pageant. The winner of the competition will be the Nevada youth ambassador and have the opportunity to travel to New Orleans in October to compete in the National Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Program. The event is free and open to the public, […]
Dr. Richard L. Hodges, a nationally celebrated Black baritone and scholar in lesser known Black musical works and their history, is set to share a concert that will bring to life stories of friendship and rivalry among the Black bourgeoisie and composers of the turn of the century in America.
Kick off Juneteenth celebrations with a presentation titled "Hip Hop: The Voice of Freedom featuring the Legendary Kurtis Blow." The panel discussion is set to feature a special edition of The Breakdown Powered by 88.1. Kurtis Blow, who was born Kurtis Walker in Harlem in 1959, was in on the earliest stages of hip-hop culture […]
Shellise Berry creates vibrant paintings intended to emanate a sense of peace, hope, and serenity. Her process of layering colors by making marks produces a painting with the purpose of telling a story that is spiritual and thought provoking. Her art is a combination of three styles; the non-naturalistic color use of Fauvism, the spontaneous […]
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