Female-fronted rockers Paramore hit The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on May 16, with Relient K and fun.
Randy Couture steps out of the practice ring inside his Las Vegas training facility, Xtreme Couture, wipes his sweaty brow and faces the media — which points out he’s old (46) for the UFC, and so is his next opponent, Mark Coleman (45).
Jerry’s Nugget has added another “Big Game Day” promotion. On Sunday, video poker players wearing a Jerry’s Nugget Royal Flush T-shirt (that they received the last time they hit a royal flush at Jerry’s) will receive a double payout on any royal flushes hit from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (nickel-quarter-dollar machines, with card, max coin, no wild cards). On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays (ClubBoomer Days), all players 55-plus receive five times points (see below), a $5 blackjack match play and players earning 550 base points receive a $10 meal coupon.
Splendor in the Glass, a benefit for Southern Nevada Public Television, is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road. Featuring 65 wineries and breweries, a live wine auction, a silent auction and live smooth jazz, it’s $65 in advance or $80 at the door.
It seems dumb questioning a man whose artistic merit is without question. But really, has George Strait been good for country music?
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
This is the weekend of the Big Game. Unless you’re oblivious to the place of football in American life, you know exactly which game I’m talking about.
A big ol’ sloppy tub of mush. That’s “Dear John,” the latest in a seemingly endless line of movies based on a seemingly endless line of Nicholas Sparks best-sellers.
Sometimes, the problem with a good idea is that it’s so good, everyone else has it, too. Then it’s all about who can make it work.
Gov. Jim Gibbons and the Nevada Legislature learned this week that they face an $881.4 million budget deficit. Gibbons will call legislators into special session later this month to figure out how to deal with it.
The nation’s top defense officials declared Tuesday that it’s time to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, allowing gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history
The bill for the state’s unfunded pension liabilities could come a lot sooner than anyone expected.
UMC has put into place a series of corrective actions to offset “deficiencies” listed in federal and state investigations that followed the treatment in November of 25-year-old Roshunda Abney. The Las Vegas woman was treated for abdominal pain and a suspected pregnancy at a Quick Care before being transferred to UMC’s emergency room. There, she waited for six hours before giving up and going to another hospital. Abney eventually went home, where a breech birth occurred, resulting in the loss of the child.
Justin Hindmand remembers his 81-year-old grandmother, Helen Hindmand, as one of the sweetest women he knew.
More than half of all the tax money collected by the state of Nevada goes toward public education.
Valley Automall recently unveiled its new interactive Web site, www.valleyautomall.com, which offers around-the-clock detailed information on thousands of new and preowned vehicles from all 17 dealerships. It’s designed to put “all inventory at the tip of your finger” and make the automotive shopping experience fast and simple with unique Web-only content.
Veteran automobile manager Don Richardson remembers the car business when Findlay Automotive Group opened Saturn of West Sahara on Oct. 25, 1990. As sales manager of the popular General Motors Corp. innovation, customers often came through the dealership’s doors just before closing time every day.
Five Las Vegas Valley dealerships recently teamed up to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
One lucky golfer’s putting skills recently won him a brand-new 2010 Toyota Prius from Desert Toyota and OB Sports Golf Management.
Neil Rosen likes to watch football on Monday nights. For 16 weeks, Rosen and several of his co-workers went to Aliante Station to watch Monday Night Football “because their big screen was bigger and the giveaways were better,” Rosen said.
Danica Patrick is a young racing driver who has become one of the biggest brands in the sport.
WASHINGTON — Retired Navy Commander Kirk S. Lippold, who has an extensive background in the military including a major run-in with al-Qaida, is pondering a run for U.S. Senate in Nevada, two sources said Thursday.
New York’s governor told reporters Wednesday that the consortium chosen to run a 4,500-game slot machine casino at the Aqueduct Race Track had agreed to all the state’s conditions, including the upfront payment of a $300 million licensing fee.