Mark Twain, despite his many gifts, apparently was never much of a playwright. But David Ives sure is, and he’s managed to take a long-neglected 1898 manuscript and transform it into enjoyable farce.
They’re one of Vegas’ fiercest bands, a fusillade of social protest in death metal form. Molotov Solution means business — most of the time — just ask guitarist Robbie Pina.
Calling “shotgun” when you’re about to go somewhere with a group of friends is pretty key if you want to ride in comfort. However, at www.shotgun rules.com, the many intricate rules to calling it are explained. It’s best to study up, lest one of your friends calls you on breaking a rule.
“Sharing the Light: A Musical Celebration of Hanukkah and Peace” will be presented at 4 p.m. Sunday in the main theater at the Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road.
Finally, producers with optimism! “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding” will double its number of weekly performances come Dec. 15 when it moves down the hall, from Planet Hollywood to the V Theater in the adjacent mall.
You don’t usually get a view like this unless you’re the Taliban.
Frightening, yes. Fatal, no. Auditioning can be the former, shouldn’t be the latter.
A skilled Thanksgiving hostess refuses to let a turkey steal her show. Rather, her presentation begins as soon as her guests knock on the front door. It’s all part of turning the holiday into an event, not just a meal.
Charlotte McLachlan met a casual acquaintance for coffee four weeks ago when she found herself in the middle of a familiar conversation. “She said to me, ‘You look great. What have you done?’ ” recalls the 54-year-old. That’s when McLachlan began “mapping” out her face.
For something approaching 20 years, it’s been standard practice to refer to Russia as “the former Soviet Union — a formerly communist country.” The country’s leaders are referred to as “former communists.”
Pfizer announced this week that the company would close its former research and development headquarters in Connecticut — the project for which the city of New London infamously used its power of eminent domain to seize the properties of Susette Kelo and her neighbors, after that seizure was OK’d by the U.S. Supreme Court in a highly controversial ruling.
The Palms has agreed to pay a $75,000 fine to the Nevada Gaming Commission for not properly overseeing a pair of poker tournaments held by third-party organizers who did not register with state gaming regulators in late 2007.
Hold off on those reports that the Las Vegas housing market has turned the corner.
Las Vegas Sands Corp., plans to restart the company’s stalled hotel-casino projects on Macau’s Cotai Strip, according to published reports.
Even with the retail market in peril and the housing market crawling around the bottom, Home Depot plans to open its 12th store in the Las Vegas Valley on Nov. 19, a 140,000-square-foot warehouse at Deer Springs Town Center in North Las Vegas.
NEW YORK — The number of home- owners on the brink of losing their homes dipped in October, the third straight monthly decline, as foreclosure prevention programs helped more borrowers.
A suspect was shot and killed by a homeowner during a home invasion near Rancho and Vegas drives tonight.
Las Vegas police said they were called to the home at 1845 Sycamore Trail at 5:24 p.m. They arrived to find the homeowner in the front yard and the suspect inside the home. Neither person’s name was released.