Cindi Reed
A&E Editor
Contact: 868-4506 • Email
As a Texas junior high student, she once despaired over a career aptitude test that determined her only ability was in the impractical realms of arts and entertainment. At the time, it seemed like a curse to a life flipping burgers. She found a better fate as the A&E Editor for Vegas Seven. Previously, Reed freelanced for publications such as Las Vegas Weekly and Us Weekly, worked in a casino, got a master’s degree in communication from Arizona State University and worked as a copy editor for 944. She is currently writing a novel.
Recent Articles
7 Concerts not to Miss
May 10th, 2012
Snoop Dogg (May 12), The Jesus and Mary Chain (June 16), Chris Botti (July 6), The Fray and Kelly Clarkson (July 27), The Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & The Monsters and Cracker (July 28), Seal with Macy Gray (Aug. 4) and Dee Snider (Sept. 1).
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Of Poodle Skirts and Pomade
What is it about the ’50s that keeps igniting our imagination? On the eve of the biggest rockabilly weekend of the year, one writer investigates.
April 5th, 2012
In The Taken, a soon-to-be-released noir mystery novel, the rockabilly protagonist does not attend Viva Las Vegas. I can only assume that’s because the book does not take place during the month of April. It’s the first of a trilogy, so Katherine “Kit” Craig, the fictional ’50s-loving Las Vegas journalist/crime fighter, may eventually find her way to the Orleans for the rockabilly weekender.
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Read ’Em and Don’t Weep
Think you’re too cool for YA fiction? I did, too, until I accidentally read The Hunger Games
March 22nd, 2012
By now you’ve been bombarded with the pop-culture phenomenon that is The Hunger Games. Following the likes of Harry Potter and Twilight, the young-adult trilogy is traveling a well-trodden path toward ubiquity. Three books turn into four movies (pending box office success, of course); the first, called simply The Hunger Games, comes out on March 23.
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That ‘Urban Tribal’ Sound
Meet the weird instruments of Blue Man Group
March 22nd, 2012
Sure, watching three tall, blue, bald men explore the stage as if it’s their first day on the planet is both surreal and endearing. But that’s only half of the Blue Man Group equation. A unique and otherworldly driving-rock soundtrack rounds out the show’s experience.
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Celebrating Our Crytsal City
March 15th, 2012
With all the performing celebrities and glittering pomp and circumstance of The Smith Center’s gala opening, there were naturally a lot of long, slow songs displaying exceptional vocal chords and sparkling acoustics (Jennifer Hudson’s epic “Take Care of This House” is probably still echoing in Reynolds Hall’s high ceilings).
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Life After Boy Toy
Jordan Knight chats with a New Kid worshipper about his musical trajectory—from ’80s teen idol to solo touring
March 8th, 2012
Of the five members of New Kids on the Block, my favorite was (and is) lead singer Jordan Knight, with his dreamy eyes and falsetto voice. Delighting my inner 9-year-old, I interviewed Knight, 41, in advance of his solo tour—a choreographed concert featuring material from his four solo albums. Here’s what he had to say to his once-biggest fan.
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The Last of the Hard Hats
To honor its builders, The Smith Center pulls out all the stops
March 8th, 2012
Even the parking attendants were overzealous. They seemed to be positioned every few yards, micromanaging with gleeful waves of those parking-attendant wands, ushering you straight to your spot. The March 2 “Hard Hat” concert at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts honored the construction workers who built the magnificent building, and everything about the night produced the feeling that you were on the frontlines of civic history.
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Do They Like Him? No, Not Much.
March 1st, 2012
What women writers need are wives. That was the ultimate conclusion of Black Mountain Institute’s Feb. 22 panel on female novelists. As a female writer with a chronically messy apartment, I could’ve told you that. Nothing could better help me achieve my literary goals than a live-in servant. But it being the 21st century and all, the same probably applies to men.
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The Virtuoso
Vegas Seven’s exclusive interview with the most famous violinist in the world, Itzhak Perlman
February 9th, 2012
He played for the queen of England. He played for President Barack Obama’s inauguration. And on Feb. 11, he will play for Las Vegas. Even if you’re no fan of classical music, you’ve heard of Itzhak Perlman. The 66-year-old violinist, teacher and conductor first made a name for himself on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. He’s since won four Emmys, 15 Grammys and even appeared on Sesame Street.
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Mötley Crüe
The Joint, Feb. 4
February 9th, 2012
The Crüe made a big deal about all the spectacular things they could do with their Hard Rock residency (which runs through Feb. 19) that they couldn’t do when lugging sets on tour. So did they deliver? Sort of.
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