Gary Peck, vociferous leader of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, has left the organization after 13 years as its executive director.
Stories in Tuesday’s and several other editions of the Review-Journal gave an incorrect age for the boy who died in Death Valley National Park on Aug. 5. Carlos Sanchez was 6 years old.
Perhaps it’s fitting for a show about a dream. But the creators of "Le Reve" have grown used to working backward.
Over the past few summers, Las Vegas resorts have taken to afternoon pool parties like fashionable female sunbathers to designer monokinis.
The “$150,000 Summer Nights Scratch, Play, Earn and Win” promotion continues at the Palms every Monday, Wednesday and Friday in August. From 10 a.m. to midnight, players earning 100-2,000 base points on slots ($100-$2,000 coin-in) or 200-4,000 base points on video poker ($200-$4,000 coin-in; many machines excluded) receive a scratch card (there are five levels to choose from based on the number of points you have earned) to win cash, free slot play, free room nights, additional points, point multipliers and more.
My last column about an actress who had overstepped ethical boundaries by disrespecting the authority of backstage colleagues brought some interesting mail. The writers, who wanted to know more about backstage ethics, didn’t know much about theater, which made their correspondence even more intriguing. Maybe it’s time for a brief look at who does what (and not).
Macayo’s Mexican Restaurant opened in Las Vegas 50 years ago, in 1959. Let’s pause for a minute to think about that.
Las Vegas native and New York chef Marco Morillo will present a three-day cooking show today through Sunday in the Studio B Show Kitchen Buffet at M Resort, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Morillo will perform three demonstrations daily, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. There is no charge to be part of the audience, but call 797-1258 for reservations. …
Criss Angel should take hope. Shows can get better. Just don’t go braggin’ to people who bought a ticket for "Le Reve" back in 2005.
Some movies will do anything for a laugh — except decide what they really want to be.
And darkness falls upon the face of the stage. … All of the stage. … All of the scene. … All of the climax.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
He remembers waking up on the floor of his hotel. In the hall. And he sounds mildly taken aback that he remembers anything at all, his voice tinged with a kind of affable awe.
Rap rocker Kid Rock returns to The Pearl at the Palms on Sept. 17.
I don’t want to pretend to be an elitist snob, but there’s something to be said for high-priced events in Las Vegas. Expensive tickets keep out undesirable rabble. Before I go on, I should say I myself am rabble. I’m the press, for God’s sake.
For the better part of four years, Nevada Democrats have relentlessly assailed Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons for having the leadership skills and intellect of a lemming.
Barack Obama has embarked upon an ambitious agenda, pushing everything from the most massive spending bill in American history, to a “cap-and-trade” carbon tax on energy consumption, to his slow-motion plan to impose on Americans “single-payer” socialized medicine.
At Monday’s National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 at UNLV, an array of high-powered political and industry leaders gathered to talk about renewable energy, climate change and the recession. It was a wide-ranging discussion, covering almost every aspect of the green movement.
The Hard Rock Hotel is in talks with lenders to push back a Feb. 9 maturity date on $1.28 billion in loans the owners used to purchase and expand the property, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority could spend as much as $480,000 in the next three years to help locals and tourists feel safe along the resort corridor.
A new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council, a Washington, D.C., think tank, places Nevada among the 10 states with the best economic outlook given its tax rates and pro-business regulatory regime.
When he entered the car business in 1994, Ralph Lovell was certain there had to be a better way to shop for a car. He thought the traditional dealership setting was due for a change, so the energetic native of Huntington Beach, Calif., came up with an idea that has since evolved into Findlay Automotive Group’s dealership inside the Galleria at Sunset mall.
Recent travels have provided me the opportunity to observe car cultures from around the world. Of all of them, I’d have to say that a recent trip across the planet to Russia has been the most interesting.
A trip to the grocery store in a 1962 Chevrolet nicknamed Slampala?
