Friday, November 29, 2002
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EYE OPENERS

Lights festival

ends Saturday

This weekend is the last chance to see the 14th annual Festival of Trees and Lights at Bally's Grand Ballrooms, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

Themed Once Upon a Holiday, the event includes live and silent auctions of decorative trees, wreaths, gingerbread houses and Hanukkah creations.

In addition to decorative displays, there will be entertainment, children's activities and visits by Santa Claus. Participants can also purchase food and gifts and there will be drawings for a handmade, hand-painted quilt donated by the Silver State Tole and Decorative Artists Association.

It concludes Saturday. Hours are 10 a.m.-10 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday.

The festival benefits the Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada. Tickets are $3.

American Indian tribute scheduled

The Fitzgeralds pays tribute to the bison and American Indian heritage with a buffalo roast and Native American Arts and International Film Festival on Saturday at Fitzgerald's, 301 Fremont St.

Scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the event will feature art exhibits, pottery making and basket weaving demonstrations, music and American Indian dances.

Films from the Sundance Film Festival also will be shown. Admission is free for all events except the roast, which is $30.

Early humans exhibit

at Lost City Museum

An exhibit, "Early Man in Southern Nevada," continues at the Lost City Museum in Overton, 721 Moapa Valley Blvd.

The exhibit is expected to remain open at least a year and covers the earliest American Indian occupations of Southern Nevada.

The museum is open daily, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Regular admission is $2 for adults 18 and older.