PurrView #62 - Vegas Style Exhibit

 (UNLV Professor Dierdre Clemente sitting at Liberace's rhinestone piano)

 

 

A current exhibit by UNLV graduate students takes a dazzling look at the over-the-top fashions that have made Vegas Vegas.


Check out Look Back in Glamour—my article on the exhibit for Vegas Seven magazine.


~Meow~
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(photography by Andrew Sea James for Vegas Seven magazine)

PurrView #61 - Hollis Fingold Telephone

I have a landline at my new apartment in Downtown Las Vegas. Some of you might ask, What’s a landline?                                                                           Well, it’s a telephone that is not mobile. It’s a nod to the past that I absolutely love, so I decided that I wouldn’t just pick up any V-Tech or Sony cordless phone at Walmart.

 I wanted something old, something with a soul, something that was essentially obsolete but still proudly served its function, something that’s been places and seen things long before falling into my hands. I'm often amazed at how the things we want and desire come to fruition. After talking about wanting an  old, unique phone for weeks, I didn’t find this phone; this phone found me  ...  at Savers. It wasn’t even on the shelf yet. The thing grabbed my attention from inside an inventory cart. Thank God I saw this funky piece of functional art when I did because a few UNLV hipsters and etsy-looking-people fixed their gaze on it as I proudly stood in line to pay. Happy Birthday to me! And kudos to the artist,

                                    Hollis Fingold, whoever you are...

~Meow~

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