  Cars and Coffee Convene Every Saturday morning hundreds of car enthusiasts congregate at SPEEDVEGAS for the weekend pop-up attraction, Cars and Coffee, a nationwide club with 15 chapters. In Las Vegas, the weekly early morning event attracts between 600 and 1,000 car aficionados with more than 250 cars typically on display. Admission is free, with breakfast and coffee available for purchase. The gathering runs from 7 to 10 a.m. with the speedway track opening to the public at 10 a.m. Check out carsandcoffee.com/clubs/lasvegas for more info. 
Tour a Masterpiece The awe-inspiring Smith Center for the Performing Arts located downtown offers free public walking tours highlighting architecture, art and history. The magnificent building designed by architect David M. Schwarz features Art Deco elements inspired by nearby Hoover Dam. Among the large-scale custom commissioned art pieces, viewers discover Tim Bavington’s colorful “Fanfare for the Common Man” in the two-acre outdoor Symphony Park and Benjamin Victor’s 16-foot-tall bronze “Genius In Flight” inside the Grand Lobby. Other discoveries include Reynolds Hall, Cabaret Jazz, the Troesh Studio Theater, Carillon Tower, and two exclusive lounges. Visit thesmithcenter.com for tour information
Barrick Museum Celebrates 50 The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The “Fifty Years” lobby display incorporates newspaper clippings and artifacts exploring the museum’s genesis from a modest building to its current incarnation as a principal contemporary art venue. Current displays include “Process” in the Main Gallery; the “Masking” exhibition in the Braunstein Gallery; and “Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here” in the Teaching Gallery. For information, visit unlv.edu/barrickmuseum.
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