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Awakening: The Show That Could Have Been
“Awakening” at the Wynn, Las Vegas opened November 7, 2022 with a lofty challenge ahead of it: To change the world of entertainment as we know it. To push its boundaries and pave a path for live theater other shows have not been strong enough to create yet. When the trailer hit social media for… Read more
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The Big Bang – Poems
Creation In the beginningThere was EternityLimitless and unbound by time or spaceIn this depth of eternity there was a PainterWith an explosive burst of energy, this Painter painted beauty Filling the dark canvas of space with scattered sources of creation Glowing dots in the black expanse called starsAttracted to these stars, worlds began to formSomewhere… Read more
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ONE – The Method
This past summer I was scanning my bookshelf for something to read just to pass the time. My eyes grazed over the covers for something that looked intriguing. Wedged in the corner, I found my goal. It was a small book with crisp yellowed pages from age. There was never a time that I remember… Read more
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Dancing the Grief Away
“For My Papi” – Video This past weekend brought the semesterly student show produced by the students at UNLV’s Dance department. Each and every piece was beautiful and brilliantly created, but one hit harder than the rest. It was a piece by Dance Major, Carolyn Lajara, dedicated to her father. In her piece there were… Read more
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Michael Jackson’s Halloween
October 27th brought the premiere of the animated special, “Michael Jackson’s Halloween”. Many fans are retaliating to it with hate. They don’t find it lived up to what they expected. However, what I found was much different. In this short little film, it highlights a number of core values that I have learned from the… Read more
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Walk the Strip, Las Vegas
It’s been two weeks now since the massacre but it seems like it’s been years. My brain has shut it out like a nightmare that never actually occurred. Our only reminder on campus that it did in fact happen are the candles that sit outside the Student Union burning each night in remembrance of the… Read more
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Las Vegas, NV
Voices: They’re whispering, they’re screaming, they’re crying. Can you hear them? They’re all over, every person you pass carries them. “Where were you when it happened?” they ask. I was right here, I think to myself. I was right here, watching all of it… but seeing none of it. That night I had gone to… Read more
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3. The Magician
Down in the marketplace there stood a magician, he waved his hand, flashed some cards and made things disappear. Man walked passed this magician without a second thought, but the child, in awe, tugged at Man’s sleeve, wishing so desperately to see the magician up close. In front of the magician there stood a sign… Read more
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2. The Boulder
Deep inside the forest lies a boulder at the edge of the river, it’s smooth face slopes steeply with only a few indents and crevices to scar its surface. For generations it has been rooted in this spot, challenging all who pass. Perched on the top of it is Man and far below stands the… Read more
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1. Life
Life: A concept unique (of our knowledge) to this world. It flourishes in the smallest of creatures, beings of molecular size that go about living unseen to the common eye, and it blooms in the largest of creatures like the elephants that lord over the plains and the beasts that once reigned this land, now… Read more
Calista Robbins 