Costume Design: Folies-Bergere, Tropicana Hotel and Casino. ent000192. Jerry Jackson Papers, 1953-2009. MS-00573. University of Nevada Las Vegas, University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives.

Join us for an opening reception at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 16, 2023, from 5 to 8 pm. A discussion and reading from the 2023 Las Vegas Writes anthology Feather Shows: Las Vegas Writers on Film, TV, and Other Spectacles will be held at 6 pm, featuring Las Vegas authors Angela M. Brommel, Jenessa Kenway, and Nancy Wright Hardy.

Icon of Las Vegas, the Spectacular Showgirl features the costume drawings from the creative designers that brought the glamorous showgirl on stage in sparkling rhinestones, vast arrays of feathers, shimmering silks, and translucent fabrics that dazzled as dancers moved across the stages of shows such as Jubilee, Hallelujah Hollywood, and Pzazz! In showrooms up and down the Las Vegas Strip over the decades, these designers brought exciting reviews to audiences from across the globe and into the history and lore of Las Vegas.

The exhibition will be open to the public for viewing by appointment only Tuesdays through Thursdays from 1 to 4 pm and until 9 pm the first Friday of the month for First Friday events at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, 1017 South 1st Street, #190 in Las Vegas. In-person viewing will close on November 22, 2023. Contact Bobbie Ann Howell at bahowell@nevadahumanities.org or 702-800-4670 to make a viewing appointment.