Issue One — Spring 2026

ACLV

A quarterly print magazine celebrating the diverse creative community that powers Las Vegas. From artists to acrobats, poets to philanthropists, designers to drag queens — we introduce you to the personalities behind the spectacle.

AC⚡LV Issue One — Spring 2026 — Cover art by LaRon Emcee
Oversized · 9.25″×12.5″ · 72 pages · 100lb gloss

Premier Issue
Features

Each issue of AC⚡LV spotlights the artists, performers, and cultural voices defining Las Vegas right now.

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Cover Artist
LaRon Emcee
Visual Artist  ·  Las Vegas

A Las Vegas–based multidisciplinary artist, LaRon Emcee creates vibrant portraits that blend identity, nostalgia, and imagination through bold color and symbolism. His work is the cover of Issue One.

02
Feature
Heather Holliday
Performer  ·  Sideshow  ·  Las Vegas

Sword swallower and sideshow performer whose path from Mormon upbringing to the stage reflects a life built around risk, discipline, and spectacle.

03
Feature
The Marilyn
With Melanin
Elyse Elaine  ·  Dancer & Burlesque  ·  Las Vegas

A Las Vegas–based dancer and burlesque performer, reimagining classic glamour through a modern lens.

04
Column
RJ Owens
Food & Culture  ·  Las Vegas

Our gastric guru with a sharp palate and no filter, RJ Owens spotlights hidden-gem restaurants off-Strip with humor and honesty.

05
Column
Melody Sweets
Burlesque Headliner  ·  Las Vegas

A burlesque performer and Las Vegas headliner, Melody Sweets bakes up love advice in a cooking column mixing sweetness and sass with her signature flair.

And much more…

MIS
SION

AC⚡LV is a quarterly print magazine celebrating the diverse creative community that powers Las Vegas. From artists to acrobats, poets to philanthropists, designers to drag queens, we introduce you to the personalities behind the spectacle.

Our mission is to elevate local talent, connect readers to the scene, and help sustain the culture happening now. This is not outside media parachuting into Las Vegas. This is Las Vegas looking at itself clearly — for the first time — in premium print.

AC⚡LV is a dual platform: a collectible quarterly print magazine intentionally placed in the city's cultural spaces, and a privacy-first digital platform. A format meant to be kept. A record of this moment in Las Vegas arts and culture that will matter in ten years.

72
Pages
9.25″
Oversized Format
100lb
Full-Color Gloss
4x
Per Year
LaRon Emcee — Issue One Cover Art

Issue One — Cover Artist

LaRon
Emcee

Multidisciplinary Artist  ·  Las Vegas

"Vibrant portraits that blend identity, nostalgia, and imagination through bold color and symbolism."
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Launch Event

Issue One
Debut Night

6
May 2026
Wednesday
6:00 – 9:00 PM
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Taverna Costera 1031 S Main St — Downtown Arts District, Las Vegas
First copies of Issue One available Artists, performers, and contributors in attendance
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Live performances Featuring artists from Issue One. Free entry. All ages.
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Taverna Costera
Arts District — Las Vegas, NV

A beloved anchor of Las Vegas's Downtown Arts District — the ideal setting for the debut of a magazine that exists to document exactly this scene.

Arts District Free Entry All Ages Issue One Available
Robin Slonina — Founder & Editor-in-Chief of AC⚡LV
Photo by Shannon Dorn

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Robin Slonina

Robin Slonina has dreamed of creating an art magazine for nearly three decades. Her journey began in Chicago, where she wrote for SAIC's F Magazine and contributed to the iconic New Art Examiner, then freelanced as an arts reporter for NPR radio.

As her art career took off, it led her around the world — creating art installations and murals while backpacking through Europe, then driving her van across the USA. When Robin landed in Las Vegas in 2005, she launched Skin City, which quickly became one of the largest body art companies in the country. That momentum led to Skin Wars, the bodypainting competition series she helped create, produce, and judge — alongside RuPaul, Craig Tracy, and Rebecca Romijn.

Through it all, Robin never let go of her dual loves: writing and spotlighting local artists. In Las Vegas, she became a committed advocate for the creative community — joining the Arts District board, serving as Artist Liaison for Meow Wolf, and opening Slonina ARTSpace in August 2023. In just over two years, ARTSpace has exhibited work by 400 local creatives.

Now, as Editor of AC⚡LV, Robin is ready to take this art off the walls and onto the page — bringing Las Vegas talent to an even wider audience.

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