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While art is a focal point for visuals, this story reminds us of the impact it can have on the written word.
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The singing string quartet will soon release its new album, 'POPssical.'
![The Pacifica Quartet](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Pacifica%20Quartet_Main.jpg?itok=Qo2y0D6E)
Pacifica Quartet won the 2009 Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance.
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This collaborative concert of dance, music, art, and design also features professional marionette and puppetry artist Anthony Rais.
![Wendy Kveck BMFD](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Kveck_BMFD_ImagecreditCheckoSalgado.jpg?itok=n1JA3pdI)
Kveck, Russ, and Stellmon, three Las Vegas artists, offer unique bodies of work that spring from a common practice of breaking down their subject, then reorganizing and reordering the pieces.
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Theater professor Lezlie C. Cross on Beatrice, one of Shakespeare’s wittiest heroines, and the example she set for modern feminists. Learn more at her free University Forum lecture Sept. 30.
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The spectacle of Beijing’s preeminent circus will have the whole family on the edge of their seats.
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Performances are in the Judy Bayley Theatre. Tickets are just $27.50-$33, and discounts are available. UNLV students can purchase one ticket for $10 with valid ID.
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Program includes Gioachino Rossini's Overture to Guillaume Tell; Ellen Taafe Zwilich's Concerto Elegia for Solo Flute and Strings; and Ludwig Van Beethoven's Symphony No. 2.
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Members of the UNLV Latin Jazz Ensemble and director Uli Geissendoerfer won the prestigious 2015 DownBeat Magazine Student Music Award for Latin Group.
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Performances run through Sept. 27 in the UNLV Black Box Theatre. Tickets are just $16.50. UNLV students can purchase one ticket for $10 with valid ID.
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This debut concert of the 2015-16 season is part of the UNLV Chamber Music Series.