Arts & Entertainment - Las Vegas Sun

People in the Arts A painter who explores nationalist symbols: A weekly snapshot of creative people living in the Las Vegas Valley; By Kristen Peterson · Tuesday, November 17, 2009; Sean Russell is known mostly for his large-scale paintings and public art projects.
MUSIC Japanese fusion jazz band spreads message of peace: By Jerry Fink · Tuesday, November 17, 2009; June Kuramoto remembers returning to Japan for the first time with the jazz fusion group Hiroshima.
Chef Q + A Eight questions with Emeril Lagasse: By Melissa Arseniuk · Monday, November 16, 2009; The Carnivale du Vin brought together many of the top chefs in the country: Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, Mario Batali, Bradley Ogden… most of the big names were at the Venetian this weekend. The Sun caught up with eight of the culinary heavyweights and asked them eight questions, including their take on their signature dishes, restaurant trends, favorite kitchen gadgets, and what they would have for dinner if they had just one last supper to enjoy. First up: Emeril Lagasse.
'Undressed' to be unveiled in Las Vegas: Photography exhibit explores body language, unattainable beauty; By Dave Toplikar · Monday, November 16, 2009; A photographic art exhibit by Aimee Helen Koch, a Virginia-based artist who explores the human form through fashion, will go on display next week in Las Vegas.
CELEBRITIES Business is art form to Sean 'Diddy' Combs: Latest product he's selling with style is Ciroc vodka; By Melissa Arseniuk · Monday, November 16, 2009; While Sean “Diddy” Combs has yet to reach Frank Sinatra status, he paid homage to ‘Ol Blue Eyes in an ad for his Ciroc vodka earlier this year.
CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS Muhammad Ali, Derek Jeter, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, 50 Cent, Jeremy Piven and Mark Wahlberg in Vegas for fight weekend: Emeril Lagasse, Melissa Rycroft, Tye Strickland and Jessica Lowndes also among those in town; By Melissa Arseniuk · Monday, November 16, 2009; If this weekend proved anything, it's that nothing brings the celebs together in Las Vegas like a good old-fashioned fight night.
MUSIC Aerosmith's Joe Perry prefers smaller venues for Project: His band, independent of erratic Aerosmith, is back on the road; By Jerry Fink · Monday, November 16, 2009; Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry was on the phone to talk about his other band, the Joe Perry Project, which is coming to Las Vegas.
REVIEW Hilarious, timely, personal: Lily Tomlin at her best: By Joe Brown · Monday, November 16, 2009; Lily Tomlin is worried. “I worry,” she says, “about being a success in a mediocre world.”
nightlife Sean 'Diddy' Combs to open new Las Vegas club: Details of New Years unveiling revealed during two-part interview with the Las Vegas Sun; By Melissa Arseniuk · Sunday, November 15, 2009; Sean “Diddy” Combs is about to open a new nightclub in Las Vegas. Well, almost: He’s going to help open one.
REVIEW Leonard Cohen calls down angels in the palace of Caesar: By Michael Mishak · Friday, November 13, 2009; If heaven has a house band, you can be sure Leonard Cohen will lead it. But heaven will have to wait.
CELEBRITY FORECAST Sean 'Diddy' Combs among stars in Las Vegas for Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight: Lilly Tomlin, Ray Romano, Kevin James, Norm McDonald to keep city laughing; By Melissa Arseniuk · Friday, November 13, 2009; Nothing brings the celebs together in Las Vegas like the love of a good fight. The big Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto match-up will go down Saturday night at the MGM Grand, but the parties will start tonight as thousands flock town, anxious for their part of the action.
Hugh Hefner shares his eye candy: Playboy featuring No.1 girlfriend, Crystal Harris, hits newsstands today; By Melissa Arseniuk · Friday, November 13, 2009; Who wants a slice of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy pie? The mogul is sharing his main squeeze, Crystal Harris, with the world today as the December issue of his famed magazine hits newsstands.
Artist’s exhibit hits pause button on Vegas life: By Kristen Peterson · Friday, November 13, 2009; Street photographer Ken Lamug is bent on capturing life’s moments and places, knowing full well that in Las Vegas everything is ephemeral. A fitting example of the ever-changing Las Vegas is a photograph in “Beyond the Neon: Street Exposures” in the Image Gallery of the College of Southern Nevada’s Telecommunications Building. The photograph taken by Lamug shows a woman sweeping the steps of her one-story cottage home in a deteriorating neighborhood in downtown Las Vegas. She’s bent over, focused on her task, wearing a short floral skirt and sleeveless top. Next to her door, propped against her crumbling home, is ...
VINTAGE VEGAS Historic, by local standards: Clark County Museum to celebrate reopening of chapel from the Strip; By Kristen Peterson · Friday, November 13, 2009; It survived a tricky journey across town, required more than $250,000 in renovation, including a new steeple, scavenged furnishings and electrical rewiring.
DJ AM's sneaker collection to be sold on eBay: More than 800 pairs of the late turntablist's shoes to be sold for memorial fund; By Melissa Arseniuk · Thursday, November 12, 2009; Adam Goldstein was known for four things: For DJ-ing sets of hip-hop mash-ups at Rain on Friday nights; for surviving a fatal plane crash last year alongside his friend and Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker; for dating Hollywood starlets, and compiling an impressive collection of sneakers.