On a steamy Saturday in early August, the parking lot behind St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church smelled, improbably enough, of butter.
Aloha Hawaiian BBQ, 6475 S. Pecos Road, received 20 demerits Sept. 1. Violations included employee used bulk rice barrel to prep raw shrimp. GRADE: B
You get the feeling playwright Craig Wright thinks he’s on to something in his 2003 off-Broadway “Recent Tragic Events.”
When the new owners of the Gold Spike remodeled the casino’s restaurant, they did more than just change the furniture.
“Working” is a plotless musical based on Studs Terkel’s 1974 paean to the common man, and if there’s one thing it needs as much as first-rate singing voices, it’s characters. The script is populated with a cross section of types that represent America’s labor force. Unless we believe we’re hearing that labor force singing, then the show has no substance.
CARSON CITY — State officials have applied for up to $264 million in federal loans to meet Nevada’s obligations for unemployment benefits through the end of the year.
ATLANTIC CITY — The contract between most of Atlantic City’s 11 casinos and the workers who keep them clean and stocked with food and drink expired Tuesday, but both sides plan to continue talks.
Harrah’s Entertainment’s continued willingness to spend tens of millions of dollars to pursue growth opportunities — even while the company is trying to work down the largest debt load in the casino industry — is getting some cautious nods of approvals from analysts and onlookers.