✨🪄Did you know that therapy can be magical?🪄✨   Kevin Spencer does! The leading authority on educational and therapeutic applications of magic tricks to empower individuals at any age, he joined our Education & Outreach team for a weeklong residency this month.   Spencer led a variety of workshops throughout Las Vegas during his residency week, including magic performances at local schools for students with disabilities, bedside visits at UMC Children's Hospital and professional development sessions for teachers and occupational and physical therapists. The week culminated with “A Magical Workshop for Living Well with Parkinson’s” inside Troesh Studio Theater at The Smith Center, where Spencer worked with patients from the nearby Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health alongside occupational therapy students from UNLV.   Learn more about Spencer’s magical therapy via our latest video.

Eric Idle, a founding member of the comedy group “Monty Python’s Flying Circus, has long had a mission to make us laugh.

Go behind-the-scenes of Disney’s “The Lion King” with Puppet Supervisor Michael Reilly, as he shows us around the Puppetry Shop here at The Smith Center. Learn more about the magic behind Scar’s mask, the delightfully expressive Zazu puppet and more. "The Lion King" is here in #LasVegas at The Smith Center now through Nov. 30.

Field trip days are always fun, but local Las Vegas students were in for an extra exciting student matinee thanks to Paige Hernandez’s show “Havana Hop.” The Smith Center chatted with the writer and performer during her week of shows in our Troesh Studio Theater that had elementary school students movin’ and groovin’—and even a few teachers joined in on the dance party as well! Music by Nick Tha 1da