10/30/2020
Discovering The Smith Center / Retrospective Series
While The Smith Center may have been conceived to showcase world-class performing arts, it is also a showcase of world-class visual art, including outdoor and indoor sculptures, paintings and lithographs by some of the nation’s most celebrated artists. Roger Thomas, retired Smith Center board member, discusses this world-renowned collection.
10/26/2020
Discovering The Smith Center / Retrospective Series
Many people have enjoyed countless musical performances at The Smith Center over the years, but few people know that the Reynolds Hall building on the center’s campus is actually a musical instrument itself.
10/9/2020
Discovering The Smith Center / Retrospective Series
You will likely never forget the first time you sat in Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center and heard music swell throughout the cavernous space. Every inch of the 2,050-seat theater — spanning the domed ceiling, the lavish curtain and the gleaming floors — is designed to support and carry sound to each audience member in acoustic magic.
10/1/2020
Discovering The Smith Center / Retrospective Series
If you think designing a world-class performing arts center happens overnight, think again. Before a single shovel broke ground for The Smith Center’s construction, the project team members needed to nail down just how the facility of their dreams should look. This quest would take them around the world before finding inspiration right here in Southern Nevada.
9/21/2020
Discovering The Smith Center / Retrospective Series
You have probably made special memories at The Smith Center over its first eight years. This would never have happened without a group of community leaders who met over 20 years ago. This small band of visionaries convened at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas to discuss founding a world-class performing arts center in their community.