International Flavor

Schlep not, globe-trotters.

QUICK TAKES

Ne-Yo awarded money

Dance, jazz shows conclude annual Super Summer season

The annual Super Summer Theatre season at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park wraps up this month with two special events, including performances Friday and Saturday by the Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater.

‘Believe’ what you will about delay

Take your pick: The Criss Angel show is either so dull it needs a wake-up call or so groundbreaking that it needs more time to fine-tune its technical complexities.

Fall Fashion, Translated

As glamorous as the fashion runways can be, they aren’t always practical. Looks that saunter down the catwalk often inspire furrowed brows from industry outsiders. It can be difficult for the average Jane to imagine how certain garments can possibly translate in a context other than New York Fashion Week.

SHOW US YOUR PURSE

• Who: Lindsey Zastrow of west Las Vegas

Wear Your Vote

With the National Democratic Convention wrapping up last week and the Republicans finishing theirs today, there’s no better time to wear your candidate on your sleeve. Or, in some cases, on your underwear.

Here & Now

WOMEN AT WORK

MAKING SCENTS

Kilian Hennessy’s goal seems simple. All he wants is for perfume to return to its 19th-century roots, when it was thought of as a true luxury and only the finest ingredients were used. But, considering where perfume is in this day and age, the perfumer’s feat presents quite a challenge.

GOP spins nice yarn about Palin

ST. PAUL — Here we are in the Twin Cities awash in a mythical version of Sarah Palin that looks little like the real woman but features few of the facts.

The NFL and ‘diversity’

Richard Lapchick watches the National Football League for the ladies — but not the cheerleaders.

Taking a toll around Boulder City

In 2007, Nevada lawmakers killed a measure that would have allowed state transportation officials — with certain restrictions — to experiment with toll roads as a means of tackling congestion.

LV native leads company into telecom market

Las Vegas native Clark Peterson doesn’t have the scars to show for it, but he’s participated in the telecommunication battles over the last dozen years since Congress opened the doors to competition.

Ray of light for Cosmo

After months of speculation, the pieces are starting to fall into place for the financially troubled Cosmopolitan project on the Strip.

Social Security at the ATM

If the government gets its way, the Social Security check won’t be in the mail anymore.

IN BRIEF

Gulf Coast casinos come back to life

INSIDE BUSINESS

Glenn Group names three shareholders

Is it an offer? Ask the lawyers

At a utility hearing Wednesday, a Nevada Power Co. official gave participants a short course in contract law on the legal meaning of the word “offer.”