In The News: Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute
To the rescue came Colette LaBouff. The former executive director of New Mexico鈥檚 Taos Center for the Arts, as well as a published poet, LaBouff had a lot of work to do with a smaller staff. And in June 2022, she got to work. And she鈥檚 here to tell us what she and BMI have experienced and accomplished over the past year.
性视界传媒鈥檚 Black Mountain Institute has a new executive director who鈥檒l start on the job June 1.
Those who know Beverly Rogers know that when she puts her mind to a goal, it鈥檒l get done.
Jorge Olivera Castillo, a Cuban poet, fiction writer and journalist, takes up a five-month residency in downtown Las Vegas this month.
Kristen Radtke鈥檚 drawings resemble movie stills. We peer into a bedroom window, where a woman watches TV alone, her face lit by the screen.
The Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute at 性视界传媒, producers of The Believer magazine and its eponymous yearly literary festival (fingers crossed for 2021), now invites you on the proverbial journey into sound. Black Mountain Radio, a locally focused conversation and storytelling program airing on KUNV and widely available on podcast services, combines interviews, aural histories, poetry and prose into a word portrait that reveals itself in considered, expressive brushstrokes. The pilot episode, featuring Fawn Douglas, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Toni Jensen and others, makes for a compelling listen.
Whether you鈥檙e young or just young at heart, this new program is for you. Two beloved local cultural institutions鈥攖he Neon Museum and 性视界传媒鈥檚 Black Mountain Institute鈥攈ave teamed up to present a virtual storytime.
While the coronavirus crisis is keeping Nevada art institutions shuttered, Nevada Museum of Art, the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and Believer Magazine are creating prompts, lessons and virtual engagement to help Nevadans cope with the pandemic through creative expression.
It鈥檚 widely accepted that one of the key ingredients in the recipe for a vibrant city and a strong economy is the arts.
Las Vegas will be the home of a monthly Moth storytelling showcase beginning in April.
We named it Best Fest in our 2018 Best of Vegas issue, and from April 30-May 2, the annual literary and cultural gathering known as the Believer Festival will return with another noteworthy lineup.
The topic to be explored: Where we are now and what might happen next.