“February is for curmudgeons, whinge-bags, and misanthropes,” the writer Lionel Shriver once observed. “There is nothing good about it, which is why it's so great.”
Well, that’s one point of view.
For the rest of us, this month is also great because there’s so much to do. You’re surely up to speed already on the Super Bowl and Val’s Day; here’s a sampling of the rest:
🪒 Finding the Edge
Majestic Repertory’s “The Lifespan of a Fact” (debuting Feb. 15) is one of the big-ticket items on this season’s cultural roster: an edgy, brainy Broadway dramedy in which a writer and fact-checker tangle over the nature of truth — and the whole thing’s set in Summerlin. For some actual edge, check out “Torn Together,” an exhibit by the Las Vegas Collage Collective, opening Feb. 20.
📏 Get Shorties
If your wintry attention span requires a more timed-release approach to cultural intake, the 20th Dam Short Film Festival, Wednesday through Feb. 19, will offer a slate of punchy works of every description: from documentaries to horror, drama to sci-fi, avant to garde. And it’s a good excuse to check out quaint Boulder City. Meanwhile, starting tomorrow, UNLV’s Nevada Conservatory Theatre will bust out “A Festival of Short Plays,” all directed by locals.
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Our Past and Present
If you know a guy who knows a guy, as long as you’re all Nevada residents, you can get free admission to the Mob Museum on Wednesday. Focusing on the now: The next Nevada Democracy Project — in which Vegas PBS and the Nevada Independent devote a town-hall meeting to community concerns — happens on Tuesday.
- Prep for that town hall by listening to our episode about the first Nevada Democracy Project event. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
🗓️ Black History Month
Still plenty of Black History Month left for celebrating and educating, whether it’s Vegas City Opera exploring “The Harlem Renaissance in Jazz, Song, & Poetry” on Saturday or the Springs Preserve’s Black History Month Festival next Saturday. On Feb. 23, the rotunda gallery at the Clark County Government Center will host a reception for its photo exhibit, “Black Life Ordinary,” organized by beloved historian Claytee White.
