The master dresses in a flowing black robe. There’s a subtle showmanship to the way he points a finger or flicks a wrist, his delivery marked by expectant pauses, the…
The master dresses in a flowing black robe. There’s a subtle showmanship to the way he points a finger or flicks a wrist, his delivery marked by expectant pauses, the…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, December 25, 2019 PHOTOGRAPHY by Kent Nishimura LAUGHLIN, Nev. — Charlie Urnick stands in a backstage hallway at Don’s Celebrity Theater, tucked inside…
By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 1, 2019 PHOTOGRAPHY by Chase Stevens TONOPAH — The sun has just now set, casting the western horizon of this old mining…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2019 PHOTOGRAPHS by David Becker GOLD POINT, Nev. — You know those roads out in the middle of nowhere that veer off…
By John M. Glionna, Desert Companion magazine, June 25, 2019 PHOTOGRAPH by Brent Holmes SANDY VALLEY, Nev. — Marilyn Gubler recalls the first time she hauled her horse trailer over…
By John M. Glionna, Desert Companion, June 24, 2019 PHOTOGRAPH by Scott Lien HENDERSON, Nev. — Thirty-seven years ago, on May 28, 1982, Marilyn and Danny Kelley hit Vegas for…
By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 12, 2019 PHOTOGRAPHS by Chase Stevens COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. — There were times when her son’s brain was on fire, when he thrashed…
By John M. Glionna, Desert Companion magazine, May 1, 2019 LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Wisecracking philanthropist Bob Ellis and wife Sandy open their hearts for Nevada’s underserved kids and schools…
By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 27, 2019 PHOTOGRAPHS by Kevin Cannon TONOPAH – Almost everywhere he goes, at least once a week, some stranger will make a…
By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 6, 2019 PHOTOGRAPHS by Chase Stevens SULPHUR, Nev. — The two amateur prospectors moved along a rocky hillside in the wooded wilds…