Fourteen million dollars can do a lot of good, and so it was with much fanfare Wednesday that UNLV’s leaders announced such a gift to the university.
While paging through Vanity Fair during my morning cereal Wednesday, I was stunned to see the face of a dying friend.
Ken Sokol can’t believe his 78-year-old wife, Mary Ann, a lung cancer and heart attack survivor, will not be able to get an H1N1 flu shot when the vaccinations are first offered this fall.
What with Donny and Marie headlining at Flamingo Las Vegas and Osmond brothers Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Jimmy returning to town this weekend for three shows at The Orleans, Las Vegas really is an Osmonds kind of town.
One of the largest arts and crafts shows, the Harvest Festival will return for the 19th time to Las Vegas Friday through Sunday.
If James Canfield, artistic director of Nevada Ballet Theatre, is a taskmaster, that’s because he’s determined that his dancers will master the task.
Lots of women might say their husband is annoying, but one woman made a whole blog out of it, and it has been getting some attention. At myhusband isannoying.com, the author takes a lighthearted look at the differences between men and women. Some entries have featured the calculator as a birthday present, her husband’s insistence on buying a yo-yo and a “photo Friday” feature where readers send in pictures of their significant others being, well, annoying.
This weekend is the last opportunity for Southern Nevadans to explore the Ice Age exhibit that has called the Las Vegas Natural History Museum home this summer.
Three Antonios and a couple of Bills find their way into the show scene this week, but not before Mac King helps me do some math. …
Going Once: International auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields will have its fall auction of salon jewelry on Sept. 21 at The Venetian. The 400 lot sale will include a group of diamond, platinum, famous-maker, signed jewels and watches from the Clavius Collection of fine watches, as well as property from a private Las Vegas collection. The illustrated catalog will be featured at bonhams.com/us before the auction. The Las Vegas public previews are Sept. 4-7 and Sept. 20.
Take a good look at the new trends coming on the scene this fall. They’re every bit as exciting as the fashion magazines want you to think.
When Chuck St. Troy was first approached to offer Pop Tinsel as a menu item at Saints and Sinners Hair Design, the salon owner couldn’t get on board with the product. “Originally I thought, ‘Who’s gonna put that in their hair? Who wants to look like a Christmas tree?’ ” he remembers. When he ran the idea by his stylists, though, it didn’t take long to convert St. Troy to the idea.
The Supreme Court telegraphed that a new expansion of the First Amendment right to free campaign speech may be under consideration when it scheduled an unusual re-argument of a previously heard case for Sept. 9. At issue will be whether to overturn two previous rulings that limit corporate spending in elections.
Nevada’s public employees nearly choked on their Wheaties earlier this year when Gov. Jim Gibbons proposed rolling back their generous salary increases — including the hidden “step” hikes — as a means of addressing the state’s budget mess.
One of the nation’s largest teachers unions is pulling its business from Harrah’s Entertainment in a show of solidarity with a sister dealers union in Atlantic City that is still without a contract.
WASHINGTON — The popular “Cash for Clunkers” program generated nearly 700,000 new-car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a badly needed jolt of activity during the deepest decline in auto sales in two decades.
Cannery Casino Resorts is structuring its executive ranks so the company’s founders can work on more long-term strategic planning.
Elpidio Bustira arrived early at the Bally’s sports book Wednesday morning, happy to be back after a forced five-month hiatus. … The book’s owner, Harrah’s Entertainment, closed the book in late March to save money, sending loyal Bally’s customers, such as Bustira, next door to Paris Las Vegas.