GREGORY CROSBY
FREELANCE WRITER AND EDITOR
Las Vegas City Life Contributing Editor, Art, Book and Theatre critic for
alternative weekly newspaper, 2001-2004.
Las Vegas Mercury Columnist, “Tales of Vegas Past,” 2001-2003.
Time Out Las Vegas Guide Culture/Performing Arts chapters, sidebars,
1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 editions. “Las Vegas Today” chapter, 2001.
Underground Guide to Las Vegas (Manic D Press) Arts chapter, 2005.
Fodor’s Guides Editor/Contributor, “Where to Stay,” Las Vegas 2004.
Best Places Las Vegas Exploring/Performing Arts chapters, 2001.
Las Vegas Sun Concert reviews/music interviews, 1996-1998.
SCOPE Magazine Contributing Editor, Art critic and features writer for
alternative monthly, 1993-1998.
Other Publications Artweek, Neon, Las Vegas Magazine, Cerca, Finishing
Touches, Flyguides Las Vegas, Red Rock Review, Poker World
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004 - Present TimesSquare.com New York, NY
Senior Editor. Writer of Signs of the Times, the Times Square weblog.
1999 - 2001 Citysearch.com Las Vegas, NV
Senior Editor and writer for online city guide lasvegas.citysearch.com.
Supervised two associate editors. National Content Award, 2000.
1996 - 1999 Vegas.com Las Vegas, NV
Online News Editor. Edited/formatted news content, online edition of the
Las Vegas Sun.
1995 - 1996 Poker World Magazine Las Vegas, NV
Assistant Editor and writer for monthly glossy gaming publication.
1994 - 1995 Summerlin Performing Arts Center Las Vegas, NV
Programming Assistant. Scheduled and created cultural programs for a 291-
seat theater inside a library. Festival Coordinator, Las Vegas Literary Film
Festival, 1994
1991 - 1993 Altshuler, Berzon, Et Al. San Francisco, CA
Legal assistant and file clerk for an eleven attorney law firm
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EDUCATION
City College of New York New York, NY
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing (expected matriculation Spring 2006)
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
Bachelor of Arts, English
POETRY
Poet, author of three chapbooks: Twenty Poems (1996), Revenge of a Mortal
Hand (1998), and Satan’s Skull Glows Read Hot (2000). Poems have
appeared in South Carolina Review, Red Rock Review, Neon, Tintern Abbey,
Stirring, Black Box Recorder and atomicpetals.
Recipient, $5,000 Nevada Arts Council Literary Arts Fellowship, 2004
Consultant and contributor, Poet’s Bridge, Lewis Avenue Corridor, a
City of Las Vegas public art project, 2001-2002. Dedicatory poem,
“The Long Shot,” installed in bronze in Lewis Avenue Corridor, 2003.
Editor-in-Chief, CHANCE, a literary webzine, 1998-1999
Coordinator, Ministry of Poetry reading series, 1996-1997
Artistic Director, Arcs of Neon, a televideo poetry performance funded
by a Nevada Humanities Grant, 1995
Coordinator, Imaginary Garden Society reading series, 1994-1996
THE ARTS
Commentator, Nevada Public Radio, KNPR 88.9, 2003-2005
Board Member, Goldwell Open Air Museum, 2003-2006
Study Leader, Smithsonian Art/Architecture Tour of Las Vegas, 2002
Gallery Educator, Guggenheim Las Vegas, 2001-2002
Contributing Artist, City of Las Vegas Aerial Gallery, 2000-2001
Speaker, “Arts Writing in Nevada,” Arts All Ways IV, a Nevada Arts
Council conference, 1999
Leader, Nevada Arts Council Neon Tour, 1998
Board Member, Contemporary Arts Collective, 1995-1996
Co-Producer, Virtual Radio and Radiolucent, 91.5 KUNV, 1993-1996
Artistic Director, Committee for Public Safety, theatre troupe, 1993-1995
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST