with theatre. $15. Starbright Theatre,
suncity-summerlin.com/ starbrighttheatre.htm LECTURES, SPEAKERS AND PANELS
RENO, LAS VEGAS AND THE STRIP: A TALE OF THREE CITIES, 1945 – 2014
Sep. 3, 7:30p. Professor of History Eugene Moehring will analyze the development of Reno and Las Vegas since 1945, with special emphasis on the years after 1970 when corporate gaming, megaresorts, deindustrialization, shifting moral values, more leisure time and other factors helped shape the course of both cities’ development. Free. UNLV Barrick Museum Auditorium, liberalarts.
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THE GLAMOROUS LIFE OF CORINNE ENTRATTER SIDNEY: COPA GIRL AND THE RAT PACK
Sep. 4, 7p. A Hollywood actress, Playboy’s Playmate of the Month, showgirl, kidnap target, syndicated newspaper columnist and wife of famed movie director George Sidney. Join us as Sean Clark talks with Entratter Sidney about her fascinating life, her years being married to Sands impresario Jack Entratter and her life in Las Vegas. Free. Clark County Library, lvccld.org
HIKING LAS VEGAS
Sep. 9, 6p. Guest speaker Branch Whitney, local author of five hiking guidebooks including Hiking Las Vegas, has led more than 7,000 hikers to 100 peaks. Learn from him about the best hikes around Las Vegas, what to bring on a hike and how to be safe. Free. Rainbow Library, lvccld.org
THE RADICAL RIGHT HAS A RADICAL PLAN: WHAT TAKING BACK THE COUNTRY REALLY MEANS
Sep. 9, 7:30p. Claire Conner, author of Wrapped in the Flag, connects the dots from past right-wing radicals to today’s extremists. Conner’s father was a national spokesperson for the John Birch Society, one of America’s most radical right-wing groups. She chronicles her experiences growing up in a Birch family. Free. UNLV Barrick Museum Auditorium, liberalarts.unlv.
edu/forum
WHAT ARE CONSTITUTIONS FOR?
Sep. 17, 7:30p. Richard S. Kay, Professor of Law, will discuss the foundations of American constitutionalism and their implications for implementing the law of the Constitution
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