Family

County provides summer activities for area youth

Winchester Cultural Center is the heart of performing and visual arts for Clark County Parks and Recreation and offers a day camp for children ages 6 through 17. The Arts and Learning Summer Camp at Winchester Cultural Center starts July 2 and runs for eight weeks, through Aug. 24.
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Children can discover the world at museum

This summer, children ages 6 to 12 can explore outer space, travel to other countries, become mad scientists or perform on stage without ever leaving Las Vegas. Through the month of July, valley youth can experience the fun and wonder of Discovery Children’s Museum in half- or full-day summer camp sessions.
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Camp Broadway returns to Smith Center

Theater-loving students in Las Vegas no longer have to travel to New York City to find an authentic Broadway experience. The immersive musical theater workshop, Camp Broadway, returns to The Smith Center for the Performing Arts for the second year July 8-12.

Torino Foundation provides experiences for ill children

Torino Foundation, a nonprofit organization, was founded on the principle that every child deserves the opportunity to experience childhood no matter how ill or challenged by extenuating circumstances. Torino Foundation invites hundreds of children each summer to Torino Ranch, where they experience summer camp through specialized programs and under medical supervision ensuring each person gets the chance to have fun, make friends and live life “normally,” while gaining lifelong memories.

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Children's series offers undersea adventure, music, marionettes

Las Vegas will bring three nationally acclaimed productions to the Charleston Heights Arts Center and the downtown Historic Fifth Street School this summer, all targeted at broadening family cultural education and entertainment: “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band and “The Dragon King.”
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Centennial Hills Park hosts festival

The Centennial Hills Children’s Arts Festival is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 1 at Centennial Hills Park and Amphitheater. Las Vegas invites the community to this family festival that will abound in music, entertainment and fun arts activities for children and adults.

Volunteers needed to advocate for disabled, foster children

Some of the most vulnerable children — children in the foster care system with disabilities — need someone to make sure they get necessary services to excel in school. A 6-year-old program is providing that support but needs more volunteers to meet the growing demand for children who have no one else to help them in local schools. Sponsored by the nonprofit Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, the Educational Surrogate Parent Program trains volunteers to serve as student advocates during school meetings and for special education issues.

July 4 event features fireworks, entertainment

For a spectacular fireworks show and views of the Las Vegas Valley, Knickerbocker Park in the Providence master-planned community will be the site of a fun Independence Day celebration. The free event will feature the crowd-pleasing Tony Marques Band, contests and more, beginning at 6 p.m. and culminating with fireworks at 9:15 p.m.
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Circus coming to UNLV's Thomas & Mack June 13-16

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents Built to Amaze! is an extraordinarily engineered circus experience where children of all ages find out what it takes to build the Greatest Show on Earth. The foundation is set and the rising anticipation of high-energy, high-jinx and hilarity is ready to be transported by colorful circus machinery and unleashed from shipping crates right before the audience’s eyes June 13-16 at the Thomas & Mack Center.