San Gennaro Feast kicks off Tuesday

The 27th annual San Gennaro Feast is scheduled for Tuesday through Sept. 17 in the Grand Canyon Shopping Center at 4245 Grand Canyon Drive, near West Flamingo Road and the Las Vegas Beltway. More than 60 vendors will sell foods of Italy and other nations. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors, and free for children 54 inches and shorter. For discount tickets and more information, go to www.sangennarofeast.com. ...

The Grand Gourmet Safari to benefit students in the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and students at the Community College of Southern Nevada is scheduled for noon to 6 p.m. today and Saturday at World Market Center Las Vegas, 495 S. Grand Central Parkway. The event, which includes food, wine, art and auctions, is $85 per person per day. For tickets, call 739-3267 or visit www.unlvtickets.com or www.worldgourmetsummitlasvegas.com. ...

To coincide with the NFL season, Casa Di Amore Italian Restaurant, 2850 E. Tropicana Ave., is offering a weekly Football Widows Brunch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 4. It's $25 per person, with $5 donated to My Hope Chest for breast reconstruction for uninsured and low-income women. For more information, call 433-4967. ...

A Night with Absolut Vodka is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at Commander's Palace at Desert Passage, 3663 Las Vegas Blvd. South. With an entree of Drunken Elk Chop, the five-course dinner is $100 per person inclusive. For reservations or more information, call 892-8272. ...

Williams-Sonoma at 1001 S. Rampart Blvd. is offering free demonstrations from noon to 2 p.m. weekends. The schedule: Saturday and Sunday, risotto; Sept. 16 and 17, pasta machines; Sept. 23 and 24, microplane graters and other tools; Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, mandolines.

Submit information to Heidi Knapp Rinella, Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070. You also can send faxes to 383-0474 or e-mail her at hrinella@ reviewjournal.com.