4/3/2020
Education and Outreach
As assistant principal with Richard J. Rundle Elementary School in Las Vegas, Stacey Sly felt true pride watching students perform the school’s second-ever theater production this spring. But seeing her 9-year-old daughter Lissa among them raised her reaction to pure astonishment.
4/3/2020
Inside the Theater / Discovering The Smith Center
The Smith Center’s stages might be dark for now, but its team remains hard at work preparing for when the doors reopen. To ensure the highest standard of cleanliness and safety when guests return, the center just launched campus-wide disinfecting, alongside general infrastructure improvements.
4/3/2020
Inside the Theater
At theaters around the world, performers and workers behind the scenes take their crafts seriously – and this often includes upholding longstanding theater traditions. Some of these hold practical purposes, others offer a bit of fun… And some just give artists a little peace of mind.
4/3/2020
Supporting the Arts
Beginning with appearing in an award-winning production of Man of La Mancha in Chicago in her 20s, Helen B. Arnold began a lifelong passion for music and the performing arts that continues today. Arnold, a dedicated patron and generous supporter of The Smith Center, views the performing arts as “food for the soul."
3/31/2020
Education and Outreach
With theaters and performances on hiatus across Southern Nevada, it remains just as important now as ever to keep the arts alive. Even as community members remain at home, they can still pursue a variety of art forms to boost their spirits and nurture creativity.
3/25/2020
Education and Outreach
With schools temporarily closed and families remaining home, many parents might be searching for stimulating activities to engage their children. Fortunately, opportunities abound to create and entertain at home. Many arts-related games and crafts can expand the imagination, and provide valuable quality time.
3/9/2020
Performances and Artists
Countless people know and worship the band Fleetwood Mac – but few likely remember Buckingham Nicks. That’s because this duo, comprised of guitarist-singer Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, didn’t exist long. Instead, it unexpectedly served as their stepping stone to joining Fleetwood Mac and bringing the group to international fame.
3/4/2020
Discovering The Smith Center / Supporting the Arts
When The Smith Center opened in March 2012, board member Michael Yackira knew it would make a tremendous impact across Southern Nevada. “There’s something transformational about performing arts centers like this,” Yackira says. “We have so much entertainment in the Strip, but to have a place that is for us locals, that can bring the entertainment that exists in places like Broadway for people here to take part in, it’s phenomenal.”
2/28/2020
Performances and Artists
Most Americans immediately recognize Garrison Keillor’s voice. That’s because millions listened each week to Keillor’s heartwarming stories and songs on “A Prairie Home Companion,” the acclaimed radio show he created and hosted for over 40 years. Many still feel close to the characters from his iconic, short stories of fictional town Lake Wobegon.
2/28/2020
Community Impact / Supporting the Arts
When Janice Haupt Allen attended The Smith Center's opening-night event, she shed tears of joy the entire evening. “To be a part of this unbelievably beautiful auditorium was breathtaking,” Allen remembers. As a Smith Center founder, Allen helped make the center’s opening possible with a donation of $1 million.