LAS VEGAS PRESENTS ENTER THE NIGHT AT THE LIVE IN AMERICA FESTIVAL
Second floor staging, where Grace Lusk performs The Mayor. Photo Mikayla Whitmore.
Thursday, June 2, 2022 at the Momentary Museum, Bentonville Arkansas
Las Vegas artists open the inaugural Live in America festival TONIGHT! with their rendition of Enter the Night at the Momentary Museum in Bentonville Arkansas.
Las Vegas Performance Team: Adriana Chavez, Justin Favela, Michael Fong, Dan Hernandez, Sam Hettich, Brent Holmes, Grace Lusk, Wendy Kveck, Molodi (Malik Chunn, Khalid Freeman, Jason Nious), Heidi Rider, Mikayla Whitmore
The evening begins with a ribbon cutting ceremony with The Mayor, The Showgirl, and a special appearance by Elvis. Outside, at the Mojave Greens Gambling Hall, a cowboy gambles with peoples secrets throughout the night. Make sure to stop by the information booth experience on the first floor. On the second floor, The Mayor will be giving an important press conference. Visit the big top on the third floor for video projections and clownsclownsclownsclownsclowns.
Thank you to the Las Vegas artist support team: Jeanine Diehl, Karla Lagunas, Bertha Gutierrez, and Brian Martinez. More credits TBA.
Thank you to the Rogers Art Loft in Las Vegas for your generous support of the Las Vegas team!
CREDITS
1st Floor Cactus Cemetery Countdown soundscape: John McVay
3rd Floor Video Projection
(left side)
lots, vegas by Michael Fong
(right side)
Directed and Compiled by Adriana Chavez
Edited by Shahab Zargari and Adriana Chavez
Featured Artists: Sabrina Cofield, Karla Lagunas, Amanda Guardado, Dina Emerson, Heidi Rider, Aaron Cowan, Laurence Myers Reese, Emily Sarten, Ali Fathollahi, Nanda Sharifpour, Pierson Brown, Victoria Hogan, Amy Lee Hybarger, CJ Hybarger, Adriana Chavez, Brent Holmes, Fawn Douglas, Krystal Ramirez
Music by Joshua Chévre Cohen
Laurence Myers Reese previewed the two-week festival in Southwest Contemporary, Live in America Brings Leading Edge Southwest Performance to Arkansas.
ABOUT LIVE IN AMERICA
We love the mission statement of the Live in America project: “Imagining festival as a justice-oriented space for enriching communities, uplifting histories, and building a shared sense of stewardship. . .
Live in America is a stockpile of questions and aspirations—small and large—that drive how we live and work….. What are the boundaries of “America” and what do we learn by rethinking them? How do we call attention to live performance in overlooked and under resourced communities? How do we dialogue with and promote arts leaders from these places? What actions do we need to take to create truly multivocal programmatic leadership? Who is missing? How do we include them? Can we reinvent our own producing technologies to better serve the hyperlocal needs of individual communities? How do we slow down? How do we take better care of others? Host communities more effectively? Welcome folks more warmly? How do we create ample room for joy in our work? And always, always, how do we actively listen with open minds and bigger hearts?”
Presented by Live in America, Fusebox Festival and the Momentary Museum.
Posted by Wendy Kveck on June 2, 2022