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The Future Las Vegas Museum Of Art And City Of Las Vegas Present “Family Album,” An Exhibition Inaugurating The New Civic Center Art Gallery
The future Las Vegas Museum of Art (LVMA), in partnership with the city of Las Vegas, is proud to present Family Album, a contemporary art exhibition opening Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, at the newly unveiled Las Vegas Civic Center Art Gallery, a part of the downtown Civic Center Building and Plaza. The gallery’s inaugural exhibition will be the first public-facing program from LVMA, the upcoming art museum founded by an exceptional public-private partnership to serve the city’s two million year-round residents, honoring and elevating the diverse cultural heritage of Las Vegas.
Family Album, organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), inaugurates the new plaza and Civic Center Art Gallery, a major investment by the city of Las Vegas in public space and cultural infrastructure. The exhibition and surrounding programming are a significant milestone in the city’s ongoing effort to center arts and culture in civic life.
“The city of Las Vegas is beyond excited to continue working with these incredible cultural institutions to bring works of art and exhibitions like Family Album to our residents and visitors,” said Mayor Shelley Berkley. “Las Vegas is a place where anything you can imagine can happen and we are looking forward to having new spaces like the Civic Center Art Gallery and the future Las Vegas Museum of Art to showcase our community’s cultures and art.”
“We are eager to grow this partnership with LACMA through Family Album, our first public exhibition,” said Heather Harmon, executive director of the Las Vegas Museum of Art. “This collaboration reflects our shared belief that museums are stronger when they work together, combining resources, expertise and a commitment to community.”
In Family Album, an intergenerational roster of artists examines the ways in which personal and collective histories are constructed through the visual language of family photographs. Addressing physical, political and emotional aspects of home, including segregation, displacement and belonging in today’s American neighborhoods, the artists draw directly from their personal archives in some instances, or in others reimagine the conventions of the family snapshot.
Artists in the exhibition include Laura Aguilar, Lyle Ashton Harris, Renee Cox, Delilah
Montoya, Consuelo Kanaga, Max Yavno, Carlee Fernandez, Chino Otsuka, Anthony
Hernandez, Sadie Barnette, Janna Ireland, Dannielle Bowman, Deborah Willis, Hank
Willis Thomas, Tony Cokes, Star Montana, Micaiah Carter, Tyler Mitchell, Zora J Murff,
and Sandra de la Loza.Drawing on the power of photography, a medium closely tied to memory, to summon the textures of daily life and the presence of loved ones, Family Album is a meditation on how community is recalled, represented and reimagined.
“The artists in the exhibition raise timely topics for audiences to consider today,” said Andy Song Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at LACMA Dhyandra Lawson. “I feel honored to share their work with Las Vegas audiences.”
Family Album was first presented at the museum’s Charles White Elementary School Gallery in Los Angeles as part of LACMA’s on-the-ground community engagement. The exhibition now travels to Las Vegas as part of a long-term institutional collaboration between LACMA and LVMA.
Exhibition Details
- Exhibition: Family Album
- Presented by: The city of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Museum of Art and LACMA
- Location: Las Vegas Civic Center Art Gallery, Building A, 525 S. Main St.
- Opening Reception: Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, 6-8 p.m.
- Exhibition Dates: Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 – Friday, Jan. 9, 2026
- Admission: Free and open to the public
- Gallery Hours: Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed holidays.
Public programs, artist talks and family-friendly workshops will accompany the exhibition throughout its run. Visit www.lasvegasnevada.gov/
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Lifesmart® Sleep Oasis Floating Pillow
We just tried the Lifesmart® Sleep Oasis Floating Pillow from SCS Make Life Easy and here is what we thought! Just unboxing this big pillow was an experience in itself. We had to create a strategy on how to fill this thing up. First my husband did the air side with the pump but then I wanted to do the water first. The pillow was really heavy! Sleeping on it was really cool and trying both sides give you a waterbed experience.
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ABC Kids Expo 2025
Las Vegas, NV (June 3, 2025) ABC Kids Expo, the organizers of North America’s premier juvenile products gathering, just wrapped their 2025 show in Las Vegas, where thousands of new products from strollers to car seats to clothing and furniture, were featured. The ABC Kids Expo team scoured the floor to find the top trends in the industry.
“We continue to see companies both big and small stepping up their level of innovation,” said Aaron Pederson, President, All Baby & Child, ABC Kids Expo. “New products are solving problems, helping to streamline the day to day and overall making parenting a little easier.”
Top trends coming out of the show included:
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Animal Prints are everywhere! From strollers to clothing to bottles to carriers, we’re seeing everything from leopard to zebra prints in a variety of colors.
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Tech is becoming a bigger part of this world and we’re seeing Connected Home products emerging across multiple categories. New bassinets with built in tech options, sound machines that turn on when they sense your baby is crying and monitors that interpret a baby’s cry are just a few of the ways to make parenting a little easier.
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Rust/desert colors are in, with a strong focus on deep reds, yellow, oranges and browns, as well as Western prints. From clothing to swaddles to pacifiers to strollers these colors were everywhere.
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Longevity is more important than ever. We’re seeing strollers that turn into trikes that turn into scooters. Car seats that go from infant seat to booster seat. Even bottles that turn into sippy cups and pouch holders. Products are no longer one and done, they’re built to last.
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Grandma chic is taking over the category. Checkered patterns on gliders, storage boxes for the playroom or long travel, even Liberty of London clothing patterns. It’s everything grandma loves made modern.
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Travel products continue to evolve. From fold up strollers that fit in the overhead bin of an airplane to luggage that kids can ride on to FAA approved chillers for breast milk, travel has never been easier.
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Licensed characters are here! Peanuts, Batman, World of Eric Carle, Disney, we’re seeing them all across multiple categories from wagons to strollers to clothing to feeding.
This year’s ABC Kids Expo tripled its footprint from last year and featured over 350 exhibitors at the sold-out Mandalay Bay Convention Center. The ABC Kids Expo is held yearly in Las Vegas, NV. The 2026 show will be held from May 13-15 at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. The show is only open to the trade. For additional information visit https://theabcshow.com/.
About All Baby & Child
ABC Kids Expo (All Baby & Child), founded in March 2003, is a non-profit organization dedicated to producing events on behalf of the juvenile products industry. The corporation’s main objective and purpose are to act as a business league that helps organize and manage trade shows to benefit juvenile product manufacturers, specialty store retailers, distributors, and manufacturers’ representatives.
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Give kids a boost with Reading Eggs!
With only 10 days of school left this year, I am recommending this fun workbooks I had the pleasure to review with Niko. Reading Eggs teaches fun, interactive phonemic awareness games to help children learn to read, used by schools, parents, and homeschoolers alike.The program is based on the five pillars of reading: phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. It’s designed for ages 2 to 13, focusing on helping preschoolers ages 4 to 6 develop early literacy skills to create empowered learners as they begin school. Reading Eggs draws on research from multiple disciplines, including literacy, cognitive neuroscience, linguistics, and education experts.
It also provides optional workbooks designed to complement the online program (or perfect as a standalone) so children can take their learning offline. Fusioning of digital and print resources maximizes educational gains, fostering significant progress in a child’s academic journey.A Reading Eggs subscription includes access to Reading Eggs Junior, Reading Eggs, Reading Eggspress, Fast Phonics, and Mathseeds for up to four children – access Reading Eggs on desktop, iOS, and Android anytime, anywhere across multiple devices.
Not all screentime is equal and learning games like this equate “good screen time”. My son likes to do these programs and workbooks while I am busy in the kitchen preparing breakfast or dinner. Summer time brain drain can definitely occur and with just a few pages a day can make a huge difference!
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Celebrates Public Grand Opening of Second Las Vegas Location with Free Laundry Weekend
LaundroLab, a community-centered modernized laundromat, celebrated the grand opening of its second Las Vegas location at 2775 S. Nellis Blvd, Ste #5 with a Free Laundry Weekend from March 28–30.Each day from 1 to 6 p.m., guests received $25 in free laundry credit via the LaundryPay app to experience LaundroLab’s high-speed washers and dryers. The event drew hundreds of attendees who enjoyed complimentary laundry, food, a live DJ, free children’s books and exciting raffles, including a 65-inch TV and a full year of free laundry awarded daily.HELP of Southern Nevada, a local nonprofit dedicated to assisting individuals and families in need, was on-site providing community support, and on March 28, franchise owner Adam Davidson donated $1,000 to the nonprofit, reinforcing LaundroLab’s commitment to giving back.The grand opening drew a warm response as attendees appreciated the clean, family-friendly environment and customer-friendly amenities. The new 3,000-square-foot facility features over 80 premium machines, bilingual user interfaces, free Wi-Fi, big-screen TVs, a kid-friendly learning area, drop-and-go wash and fold services and 24/7 surveillance.The celebration continues with LaundroLab’s upcoming National Laundry Day on Monday, April 15, at both Las Vegas locations, (including 3265 E. Tropicana Ave, Ste C.), which will support HELP of Southern Nevada by donating 10% of all proceeds from the day. Guests are invited to enjoy 50% off all washers all day, along with giveaways such as reusable laundry bags, gift cards, detergent and $100 in LaundryPay credit -
Carrera Slot Cars
I have never played with slot cars and understood the hype until I checked out the MarioKart GO! Carrera-Revell of America playset! They are the leading producer of slot car racing sets and their toys are sold on Amazon as well as their own website. The technology of slot cars requires 4 D batteries. We took some time to assemble the track and place the banners along the side. It was very exciting to see it come to life as we followed the easy instructions to get it built. It was way bigger than I thought it would be and the speed made it thrilling and fun for Niko! He will be 6 in just a few weeks so this was definitely a huge upgrade from his Hotwheel tracks. First, we learned to control the speed of the cars, then we place the ramps and made the cars jump!
We loved how detailed the cars look and since we just rewatched the Super Mario movie last week, it was so much fun! Even though it was a school night, we were way too excited to receive this in the mail and built it. Once we finished building it we realized our D batteries were not working and went to the store in my pajamas to buy some. We got Energizer batteries over the generic store brand to give it the maximum oomph and power. Niko was so excited and loved this toy so much that he woke up early to play again before school started. If you are looking for a gift for the holidays that is fun for the entire family, add it to your Amazon wish list!
