Kristen Peterson
Las Vegas Weekly Staff Writer
Kristen Peterson joined the Las Vegas Sun in 1998 as a general assignment reporter. In 2003, she turned her focus to the visual and performing arts and is now a staff writer for the Las Vegas Weekly. She's won six first place awards through the Nevada Press Association: Best Entertainment Writing in 2012, 2010, 2007 and 2005. Best Feature Story in 2011 and Journalist of Merit in 2003.
Call Kristen at 702-259-2317.
Recent Stories (view all stories)
- Ginger Bruner shoots from a Las Vegan’s point of view
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- The Daily Frame is on display through July 12 at Artspace.
- Richard Hooker dicusses art, the Neon Museum and his new gallery in Downtown Las Vegas
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- We were the beginning of it all. Then sure enough, along came Allen Kaprow, the inventor of happenings.
- A rant of a thousand weeds, or why we need HOAs
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- Just because we live in sterile subdivisions doesn't mean we can't be pretty.
- An open letter to Bob Beers
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- The amendment to cut arts funding was defeated, but that's only the beginning of the conversation.
- About the James Turrell installation inside the Louis Vuitton store at CityCenter
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- This, after all, is Turrell’s largest “ganzfeld effect”—an immersive sensory experience that alters perception.
- UNLV exhibit details the White Rose Nazi resistance group
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- “The German name will be dishonoured forever if German youth does not rise up.."
- In Brief: Stolen statues, motorcycle sandwiching and more
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- Also, MTV is casting The Real World in Las Vegas this weekend. Interested?
- The Las Vegas Philharmonic's fireworks are back -- easier said than done
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- The Phil's 15th anniversary party at Symphony Park is expensive—for the Phil.
- RC Wonderly's textured minimalism at Amanda Harris Gallery
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- Minimalism. It's a wonderful thing, especially in RC Wonderly's hands
- Preview: Nevada Ballet Theatre ends its season with 'Romeo and Juliet'
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- And its NBT's first story ballet since Giselle in 2008.
Recent Blog Posts (view all entries)
- Halloween haunts Downtown
- Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010
- Prepare to march your pumpkins off
- Las Vegas Art Museum makes it official: Will get 50 works from national gift program
- Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
- Las Vegas Art Museum gets 50 contemporary works from national gift program
- Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
- Las Vegas Philharmonic will back Placido Domingo
- Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
- Welcome back to (a cooler) First Friday
- Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
- Poet and author begin UNLV residencies
- Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
- Albanian poet Luljeta Lleshanaku and authors Mary Palevsky and Robert Rosenberg begin their nine-month residency at UNLV this semester where they will write new works and interact with students via the Diana L. Bennett Literary Arts Fellows Program of the Black Mountain Institute.
- Herridge out at Las Vegas Phil
- Thursday, July 3, 2008
- Double Down gets its due on 'Today'
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- Mayor Goodman gets national honor for supporting the arts
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- New book highlights Vegas displacement
- Monday, June 23, 2008
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