Photographer Erik Kabik’s Favorite Photos of 2012

Photographer Erik Kabik attends the major events in Las Vegas and has selected 160 of his favorite photos taken during 2012. We’re running 36 of our favorites but you can view Erik’s full set of 160 photos here (Photo: © Erik Kabik / www.ErikKabik.com).  Photo: © Erik Kabik / www.ErikKabik.com. I pulled together a set of images of  my favorite [...]

Senator Harry Reid and Steve Martin at The Smith Center For The Performing Arts in Las Vegas

Senator Harry Reid and Steve Martin pictured backstage at The Smith Center For The Performing Arts in Las Vegas on August 22, 2012, following a performance by Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers (Photo: © Erik Kabik / www.erikkabik.com). 

Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers perform at The Smith Center For The Performing Arts

Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers performed in Las Vegas to support their #1 bluegrass album, Rare Bird Alert, which recently received a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album (Photo: © Erik Kabik / www.erikkabik.com).  Photo: © Erik Kabik / www.erikkabik.com. The tour comes on the heels of a banner year that saw Martin and The Steep [...]

Red Carpet: 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards

The star-studded ceremony was broadcast live last night on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fans named Taylor Swift (pictured above) Entertainer of the Year, the evening’s biggest honor (Photo: © Erik Kabik/ www.erikkabik.com).  Photo: © Erik Kabik/ www.erikkabik.com. This is the second consecutive year that Taylor Swift has been named [...]

Football, Poker and Entertainment Stars Raise Their Hand for Africa

Stars from the gridiron, poker world, Hollywood and the music industry put their cards on the table February 18 and 19, 2011 at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas for the first annual Texas Hold’em poker tournament Raise Your Hand for Africa . Benefitting the Starkey Hearing Foundation, dedicated to building better lives for the [...]

Local Author’s Book Aims to Impart Life Lessons to Readers

Las Vegas resident John Michael Stuart knows a thing or two about life challenges. Born with cerebral palsy, Stuart has not only faced obstacles, he has embraced them and written his first book to tell his tales, the motivational and inspirational “Perfect Circles: Redefining Perfection.” Stuart’s book, which just finished its first round of printing, [...]