There are 53 swimmers who are representing the USA at the Tokyo Olympics this year. Of that group, four call Las Vegas their home and are current members or alumni from the local swimming club, Sandpipers. Bowe Becker, 24 Bowe will swim in the 4-by-100 relay. He attended Faith Lutheran High School and swam for the University of Minnesota. Katie Grimes, 15 Katie is the youngest U.S. Olympic swimmer since Amanda Beard made the team at age 14 in 1996. Katie’s event is the 800-meter freestyle. Bella Sims, 16 Bella will compete in the 4-by-200-freestyle relay. Bella calls Henderson, Nevada, her home. She started swimming at the age of 9 and enjoys EXPL RING LAS VEGAS Las Vegas Swimmers at the Tokyo Olympics
spending time with her family. She also loves traveling to exotic places and learning new things.
WILL A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES CHANGE FOREVER? Movie Theaters in Post-Pandemic Times whole theater. Comedies are funnier when you laugh with others. A hero’s triumphs are more spectacular when you cheer them on together. (Who didn’t go nuts when Captain America caught Thor’s hammer in “Avengers: Endgame”?) When you leave the theater, you feel a little closer to the strangers around you, and having been immersed in the movie alongside your friends, you can discuss how you liked the movie on the way home. Of course, movie theaters will still change as a result of the pandemic. Theaters are working to become more digital, some even moving to eliminate paper tickets and creating options to order concessions before your arrival. More theaters may promote private viewings of movies so people can be more careful about whom they watch movies with. Some theaters are also trying to create more of an “experience” for moviegoers by offering a wider array of food and even comfier seats. However, these changes, especially given the circumstances of the past year, are hardly surprising. The movie theater industry has been evolving for over 100 years, and it certainly won’t stop evolving now. Erica Sullivan, 20 Erica is swimming the grueling 1,500-meter freestyle. Erica attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas. She currently attends the University of California. Her workout routine is swimming 8,000 meters a day, 4.5 hours a day, two workouts a day for six days of the week. Wow!
Out of all the businesses hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, few were affected more than movie theaters. For the past year, as movies have debuted on streaming services rather than in theaters, many industry leaders, critics, and theatergoers alike have raised the alarming question: Did COVID-19 kill the movie theater industry? In short? No. Not by a long shot. Though the past year has left the industry somewhat beleaguered (AMC closed 60 theaters permanently, Cineworld reported losses totaling $2 billion, and the Alamo furloughed more than 5,000 employees). Yet, despite all of this, a night at the movies is here to stay. When a Vox reporter reached out to various moviegoers about whether they would attend theaters once the pandemic ends, many of them said yes because streaming a film in their living room just can’t provide the same experience.
Watching a movie in a theater completely immerses one in the experience — you can’t pause the film to watch later or do chores. And you’re in it with the
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