Topic: Las Vegas

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Arts and Culture | October 30, 2012

"Gatsby" just won an Oscar for best costumes thanks in part to fashion historian Deirdre Clemente. She was a consultant on the movie's costumes. Here's her thoughts on the traditional rules of fashion, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and dressing your age in Las Vegas.

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People | September 24, 2012

The new director of the School of Architecture’s Downtown Design Center on sustainable urban design and the propensity of architects to wear black clothing.

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People | August 2, 2012

What you see on the Las Vegas Strip isn’t built to last and that's OK, says Glenn NP Nowak, architecture professor and coordinator of the hospitality design program.

Old Sahara on the Vegas Strip sometime in the mid-1950s with cars lined up in parking lot.
Arts and Culture | July 23, 2012

New UNLV digital collection offers look at history of resort architecture in Las Vegas.

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Arts and Culture | May 3, 2012

The uncertain future of the Las Vegas Art Museum collection now secure through new partnership with College of Fine Arts.

"Common Threads" was created from about 2,000 of the more than 5,000 T-shirts left in front of the New York-New York Hotel Casino in the months following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
People | February 3, 2012

Local artist and UNLV alumnus Troy Gillett created an inspiring art piece to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Research | June 7, 2011

UNLV study shows Las Vegas needs to promote different aspects of its personality instead of just gaming and nightlife.

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Arts and Culture | May 2, 2011

Alumnus Andrew Kiraly finds his hometown a ripe literary subject. And he hopes fellow writers will join him.

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Arts and Culture | October 15, 2010

Online collection showcases the menus of yesteryear. See some of your favorites and share your memories of dining in Las Vegas.