HOLIDAY CLOSURES

Federal offices: Closed today and Friday

MISSING LINKS

Tonight’s the big night when Santa will be making his rounds. If you want to track St. Nick on his route to know when he’s getting close to your house (provided you’ve been good, of course) check out www.norad santa.org.

Let Someone Else Cook

On Friday, when you’ve gathered with your family to count your yuletide blessings, be sure to include this one:

All-ages venue 702 showing promise

The first time he saw the band, it was at the end of Craig Road in 1985 with a generator and a keg of beer.

DJ Keith Evan says his craft is an art form

For the past decade, he has been an institution in the Vegas deep house scene. DJ Keith Evan has moved enough bodies to rival the regional transit authority. Read on, as Evan breaks down the art of DJing.

Santa must leave Shark Reef soon

Today is the final day to visit Santa Claus in the Shipwreck at Shark Reef Aquarium, where children younger than 12 receive a candy cane and a photo with paid admission to the exhibit.

Brothers bring magic, white tigers to the Strip

Siegfried and Roy’s retirement left a wide open vacancy on the Strip for blond and dark-haired European magicians who perform illusions with white tigers.

B.B. GUNS FOR VEGAS

The thrill is not gone, according to B.B. King, even though his ability to walk more than a few feet is. Years of diabetes and arthritis, and just plain years, have taken their toll.

QUICK TAKES

Sarandon, Robbins split

STEALING HOME

Use this guide to find the steal.

Style Scoop

Sak it to Me: Saks Fifth Avenue hosts a Masha Archer trunk show Monday through Jan. 1 in the jewelry department. The department store hosts a calligrapher from 1 to 4 p.m. today who can paint or inscribe fragrance bottles or last minute ornament purchases.

HERE & NOW

HEAD TRIP

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Winter finally decided to make a cameo in Las Vegas. Before you start mourning your spring dresses and gladiator sandals, take a look at the outfits we’ve compiled. Each lets you maintain your stylish look while staying comfortable, not cold. All you need is a little layering, a few accessories and a lot of imagination. Here’s how to do it.

SHOW US YOUR PURSE

Who? Lauren Tartaglia, dance captain for “Jersey Boys” at the Palazzo

Up, up and away

It was perhaps the biggest non-story of the year. Yet because it involved a child and was made for TV — very visual — the media fell for it like one of Ashton Kutcher’s marks.

No smoking at the tobacco show

The Tobacco Plus Expo and the Retail Tobacco Dealers convention (the latter held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center) drew 27,000 attendees with a $41 million economic impact over the past six years, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors authority.

Bankruptcy filings drop month to month in Nevada

Nevada bankruptcy filings in November were the fewest recorded in the state since February and a sharp decrease from the number filed in October.

IN BRIEF

Black Gaming plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Credit union boss’s resignation over in just days

In a surprise move, the chief executive officer of the state’s largest credit union has returned to the job less than a week after his resignation was disclosed.

Lawsuit against whistle-blower dismissed

A measure of holiday cheer came early to the Las Vegas man who got sued for reporting his suspicions about substandard maintenance of fire-detection systems at certain local hotels, an assisted living facility in Las Vegas and a Henderson shopping mall.

Bleak data getting old for Nevada

We’ve written this one so often that it doesn’t even make the front page of the Review-Journal anymore.

Committee to Station: Just say no

A special committee of Station Casinos board directors recommended Tuesday that the company refuse demands by some creditors to recharacterize a master lease used to help fund the buyout tied to four casinos to a creditor status. Any attempts by creditors to do so will be unsuccessful and costly to the company, according to a filing in the bankruptcy court in Reno.

Global flights lift McCarran

Against a continually weak global backdrop, international flights emerged as a relative bright spot at McCarran International Airport in 2009.

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