11/4/2022
Entering Moulin Rouge! The Musical, you encounter a world like no other: sensual, mysterious, decadent. A hypnotic dance loop plays as aristocratic men in top hats circle seductive women in lace and bustiers. You take your seat and gaze at rich, red fabric on the walls, the neon sign, details in lamps on each table.
11/2/2022
Education and Outreach
The center’s new Links to Literature program this year provided approximately 3,000 preschool-to-5th-grade students with complimentary copies of the books that inspired the productions they saw at The Smith Center.
10/31/2022
Performances and Artists
In the coming year, Smith Center guests can step into history, explore African wildlife and venture into space. Southern Nevadans will experience all these eye-opening perspectives with the acclaimed National Geographic Live touring North America speaker series, which presents leading scientists, journalists, explorers and adventurers who share their mesmerizing experiences firsthand.
10/28/2022
Education and Outreach
Setting his disbelief aside months later, the kindergarten teacher at Crestwood Elementary School calls receiving a Heart of Education Award an honor. “I am humbled, because I feel like there are many teachers out there who work just as hard as I do,” he says. “Year after year we work without any recognition of our dedication and hard work. To have that recognized was unexpected and gratifying.”
10/24/2022
Education and Outreach
Kathy Clemens exited her career as an educator on a high note. She retired after more than two decades in the Clark County School District (CCSD) with impeccable timing, having received a Heart of Education Award from The Smith Center just a few weeks prior.
10/5/2022
Education and Outreach
Just as singing and acting inspired her as a youth, La Pierre knows that Southern Nevada students will enjoy lifelong benefits from participating in the Disney Musicals in Schools program.
10/5/2022
Family Programming
An uplifting opportunity for families to forge memories together, this musical romp portrays Paddington with whimsical puppetry and sidesplitting comedy that will delight audiences of all ages.
10/4/2022
Education and Outreach
Green Valley High School physics teacher Scott Panik has won numerous accolades for teaching, including being named 2005 Nevada Teacher of the Year and receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics/Science Teaching in 2007. But winning a Heart of Education Award from The Smith Center in April was different.
9/23/2022
Education and Outreach
The Smith Center just announced the opening of nominations for its eighth-annual Heart of Education Awards, honoring outstanding CCSD educators who go above and beyond for their students. Anyone can nominate a CCSD teacher for a Heart of Education Award through January 13, 2023.
9/19/2022
Performances and Artists
When audiences watch Nevada Ballet Theatre’s (NBT) performances of “Dracula,” they shouldn’t expect a delicate fairytale of tutu-clad princesses, notes répétiteur Dominic Walsh, who staged the production. Instead, this gripping work by acclaimed choreographer Ben Stevenson portrays Bram Stroker’s chilling tale in a neoclassical style, Walsh says, which rejects whimsical frills and instead centers on expressive, fast-paced movements to give the ballet a contemporary feel.