Las Vegas has often been dismissed as uncultured and transient—not exactly a city where you’d expect to find a Hall of Fame devoted to high art and community involvement.

When Hunter Hopewell won a first-place award for his film "Numbskull" at the Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival, he found out via email. The same email asked if he could make it to the award ceremony at the United Nations in New York City. He had to decline because there was an inconvenient ocean in the way.

Six nights a week, Dave Loeb, UNLV professor of music and director of jazz studies, takes to the stage of Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas for the spectacular “Showstoppers” with its talented cast of 66 singers and dancers and full orchestra.

Virko Baley began teaching at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1970.

A forty-time award winning filmmaker at the UNLV Honors College wins the first place prize in the Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival! Hunter Hopewell traveled to the United Nations to receive his prize and shares what it's like to be awarded such an honor and what he plans to do after his college career.

Hunter Hopewell, a 19-year-old award-winning filmmaker and a junior at UNLV's Honors College, has been awarded first place in the 14 to 18 year old category at the Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival.

Another Oscar season has arrived, bringing with it another chorus of boos about an Oscar acting nominees roster bereft of racial or cultural diversity.

It bears the attention-grabbing name "Making a Murderer," and even if you're not watching it yourself, you've probably found it difficult to avoid during the past few weeks.

It bears the attention-grabbing name "Making a Murderer," and even if you're not watching it yourself, you've probably found it difficult to avoid during the past few weeks.

The business of selling art is always tough even in the best of times. But something seems to be happening in Las Vegas right now that may be signaling something a bit more troublesome for artists and for those who like to look at art.

In a moment of solidarity, there was a moment of silence.

Many artists suffer for their art — but not from behind bars.