The Palms’ ghostbar is notable for a lot of things.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
Many music lovers are familiar with George Gershwin through “Rhapsody in Blue” and the composer’s popular- and jazz-influenced works.
Remember when happy-hour food was free? And pretty much amounted to a chafing dish filled with lukewarm frozen ravioli, or a tray of Ritz crackers and some chunks of white-trash cheese?
It wasn’t until the curtain call that I got angry at Las Vegas Academy latest production. Director John Morris’ take on John Cariani’s romantic roundelay “Almost, Maine” — a series of vignettes involving couples in various stages of love that closed last weekend at the Lowden Theatre — was funny, magical and rich in good will.
We Knead the Dough,” a gourmet pastry fair for the benefit of The Rape Crisis Center, is noon to 5 p.m. Nov. 28 at Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Samples, which are $3 and up, will include French pastries, organic breads, cupcakes and wedding cakes. There also will be cookie decorating for kids. …
Sometimes, it’s hard to tell whether Ultimate Fighting Championship star Forrest Griffin is joking or being serious, because his vocal tone doesn’t change either way. With that in mind: He tells me he’s planning his eventual exit from the sport.
All Station and Fiesta casinos are now paying out extra cash bonuses to reel and video reel players every minute of every day. Every hour, up to 500 players (spread across all 10 properties) will receive $5, $10, $15, $20 in cash awards. Once a month at every property, one player will receive $10,000. No jackpot is required to win, but you must have your Boarding Pass or Amigo Club card inserted into the machine to receive the bonus.
Impressionists tend to bill themselves as men of “1,000 Voices” or variations thereof. Frank Caliendo would need a big billboard to fit, “Man of A Dozen Voices He Does Really Well.”
The switch proved to be an acquired taste, kind of like whiskey or battery acid. Perhaps the only thing that likes change less than, maybe your cat, is forever fickle teenage music fans. Just ask the dudes in rising Vegas rock band Escape the Fate.
Country superstar George Strait returns to the MGM Grand Garden arena Feb. 6, with Reba McEntire.
With the specter of political correctness thick in the air, the Pentagon announced Thursday it would conduct an investigation into the recent massacre at Fort Hood.
The firing of UNLV coach Mike Sanford has rekindled debate over what it takes to have a strong college football program here. While critics blame Sanford for failing to win games, others, including Sanford himself, contend that subpar facilities and tepid community support contributed to his inability to build a successful program.
Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, but were thwarted when private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship fired guns and a high-decibel noise device, The Associated Press reports.
WASHINGTON — The foreclosure crisis likely will persist well into next year as high unemployment pushes more people out of homes, pulls down housing prices and raises concerns about the broader economic recovery.
Slot machine manufacturers didn’t hold back at the Global Gaming Expo.
There was never any doubt Thursday whether Nevada gaming regulators would approve a casino license for the centerpiece resort inside the $8.5 billion CityCenter development.
Culinary Local 226 is asking Station Casinos’ creditors to demand the Fertitta family and other insiders that profited from the buyout make “significant equity investments” to help the company emerge from bankruptcy, according to a union-sponsored report released Thursday.
To celebrate the sixth annual Subie Invasion in Las Vegas, fans of the Japanese automaker gathered at Subaru Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 7, for a Subaru-only car show that featured a 1969 Subaru 360 van, below, right; a specially made snow vehicle, below, left; and several enthusiasts’ customized cars.
I was driving about as fast I could along the narrow, twisty secondary road. I had a feeling the ferry might not run after midnight and, considering the circumstances, it was imperative we make the boat that would take us across the river so we could get to the city as quickly as possible.
When did driving become secondary … to driving? Is it really so boring that we need all kinds of entertainment gizmos to keep us amused?
A pair of Findlay Acura executives participated in the eighth annual U.S. Marine Corps Golf Classic benefiting Toys for Tots at Nellis Air Force Base’s Sierra Vista Golf Course recently.