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  City Of Las Vegas Hosts Black History Month Events (Jan. 16-Feb. 26, 2022) Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Let us take inspiration from that beloved man, and commit to nonviolence and always protect the dignity of others! "We cannot walk alone." City Of Las Vegas Hosts Black History Month Events Jan. 16-Feb. 26, 2022 Peace Week 2022: Extending the Dream Celebration “Inspiring the Movement through Change” Sunday, Jan. 16, 3 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. West Las Vegas Library Theatre, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Peace Week 2022 will honor, pay tribute and celebrate the life, legacy and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For more information, call the West Las Vegas Library at 702-507-3989 or the Doolittle Senior Center at 702-229-6125. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Youth League Basketball Tournament Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 20-22; 4 p.m. Thursday-Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday. Free and open to selected schools and youth programs. Doolittle Community Center...

Artist's rendering of the new LACMA designed by Atelier Peter Zumthor (set to open 2024). Fly-through video by Andrei Juradowitch © 2021.  http://andreiucop.com/ THE NEW YORKER published a thoughtful article on Peter Zumthor's newly (and controversially) designed LACMA in October 2020. The article touches on several nuances of the project: local and municipal politic, meaning of art within cultural milieu and institutional structures -- all in the context of conversations with Zumthor in his hermitage in Haldenstein, Switzerland. Read the full article, here . Below is the latest release from LACMA: New galleries. More art. For all of Los Angeles. A new way to encounter the world’s cultures—past, present, and future. Over the last two decades, LACMA has sought to find new ways to embrace all the communities of Los Angeles County and honor all the world’s artistic traditions. Our goal is to make the experience of our collection richer and more accessible than ever befo...

Recently a few intriguing books have come to our attention, and we're more than happy to share! Conundrum ( YouTube link ) David Owen, a writer for the New Yorker , has released a thoughtful book with a lengthy title-- The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse .  Bloomberg Businessweek's review sums it up as " [Owen's] catalogs the parodoxes of living green, including why driving a Prius may just make things worse." The more efficient an activity gets, the more people do it, canceling out environmental benefits. Illustration by Alex Nabaum  Climate Change and Cities Explore the link between city organization and greenhouse gas emissions with the newly published Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report (ARC3) .  Edited by top names in the field the report speaks to city leaders as "first responders" to climate change.  Their position is that ...

Today I reflect on hope. Will our new President have the ability to guide us to a equitable, stable and sustainable future? Will we be able to take ourselves into that future? My hope is we can, together. Let's set the bar high: stabilized global economies, opportunity to get a good education, adequate healthcare for those in need, stewardship of the environment, and renewable energy and energy-generating buildings as the new standard. Perhaps we can value and grow from the interdependence that we, and our world environment, share. Here's to hope. Here's to action.