OUT & ABOUT

East Las Vegas center hosts Saturday hoedown

Blue Man Group

This turned out to be one summer when we all could use a sure thing.

Vegas Veteran

Steve Lawrence remembers the night he tried to keep up with Frank Sinatra.

RESTAURANT NEWS

Wynn restaurants offer special menus

Arizona Charlie’s giving away car, gas

At 8:15 p.m. every Friday from Aug. 22 to Sept. 19, Arizona Charlie’s Boulder and Arizona Charlie’s Decatur each will be giving away a Hyundai Accent plus three $500 Sinclair Oil gift cards and 10 $100 Sinclair Oil gift cards. Beginning Monday, A.C.E. Rewards members receive one entry for every 50 base points earned ($50-$400 coin-in) and winners must be present at the drawings.

SPOTLIGHT

‘Senior Moments’ comedy set for Sunday

Rockabilly Hybrid

It’s called the “magical gun of love,” and it’s a huge glass rifle filled with tequila.

Timberlake, friends host Shriners benefit

Pop star Justin Timberlake and friends host “A Special Evening Benefiting the Shriners Hospitals for Children” at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts on Oct. 17. Tickets range from $75 to $250 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Planet Hollywood box office, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and Ticketmaster outlets.

Going Green

Attention America, I am not running for president, but I have two solutions to your energy crisis, and I’m bringing them to you in the form of video games.

Mezzo

So here’s a restaurant with very good food, served in a most pleasant (but not stuffy) atmosphere, and the prices are reasonable. What’s wrong with this picture?

Getting a Grip

Upside-down smooching with Kirsten Dunst? Not included, so put away your pucker, pal. Otherwise, this is Spider-Man Central. “I tell people that climbing is dangerous,” says Bill McLemore, manager of the Red Rock Climbing Center, apparently not the savviest salesman until he adds: “It may cause you to quit your job and live in your car — because it’s so addictive and fun.”

ALSO OPENING

FLY ME TO THE MOON

‘Buyers in these areas are responding … ‘

Bubbles depend on the happy delusion that prices can only go up, that there will always be a new sucker to pay 10 percent more than you bought something for — on credit, on margin — a week or a month ago.

School choice

The vast majority of the populace cannot afford private school tuition, nor can most two-income households get by on a single paycheck so the kids can be home-schooled. Because teacher unions are so effective in killing legislative proposals for tax credits and school vouchers, most children are at the whims of their neighborhood public education monopoly, and if their parents aren’t happy with the results … well, they don’t have a choice, right?

Back-to-school on a budget

Stephanie Fournier can’t stop kids from growing but she can make it a lot cheaper for parents to keep up.

Bank future perhaps in peril

Silver State Bancorp, the $2 billion-asset holding company for a similarly named Henderson bank, on Thursday disclosed it may not be able to continue as a “going concern” as presidential politics began to swirl around former director Andrew McCain, son of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Wynn sues racy-video maker

Soft-core pornographer Joe Francis has caused casino developer Steve Wynn to go wild.

Developer seeks funds owed on project

Developer William Plise agreed with creditors Thursday over most of the amounts owed on the $2 billion City Crossing mixed-use development in Henderson, though the structure of some loans left questions about exact outstanding balances.

INSIDE BUSINESS

Allegiant Air launches new Montana route

IN BRIEF

Golden Nugget to host bull-riding finalists

Pessimism over green power seen as overdone

The sky is not falling on the nation’s renewable energy industry, a trade group leader says, and, in fact, Nevada’s biggest renewable power resource industries is booming.

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