Singing and dancing zombies and a VIP blood splatter zone are among the highlights of “Evil Dead: The Musical,” an Onyx Theatre production based on the cult classic films “Evil Dead,” “Evil Dead 2” and “Army of Darkness.”
A 2008 study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showed that about 96 percent of hospitals had response plans for chemical releases, natural disasters, epidemics and biological incidents. The Las Vegas Valley is well-prepared for such emergencies, according to area hospital officials.
Kassidy Merritt, a Centennial High School junior, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor last spring and has since been fighting for her life. Friends and family members have formed Kassidy’s Army to help Merritt’s family pay for treatments.
Tummies growl. Empty stomachs ache with sharp hunger pangs. Brains struggle to concentrate on school work. When Jeff and Margie Davis moved to North Las Vegas from Huntington Beach, Calif., four years ago, they couldn’t imagine a world where children went to school hungry. So they began packing bags in Three Square Food Bank’s “BackPack for Kids” Program, which provides nutritious, single serving and ready-to-eat food items to children who might otherwise go without during weekends and long breaks from school.
It’s a hallowed time for many Americans. Halloween is just around the corner, with its tricks, treats, thrill of finding the perfect costume and spooky ambiance in tow. But in the current economic climate, a much more ghoulish fact looms as well. “What’s really scary is the unemployment rate (of Nevada) at 14.2 percent,” said Kathy Topp, spokesperson for Goodwill of Southern Nevada.
From park cleanups to urban gardens, the city’s altruistic citizens donate time and manpower to their community.
Catch Jennifer Haley’s “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom,” attend a Sin City Opera benefit or check out the pumpkin patch in the Southern Highlands Fall Festival this week in Southwest and Spring Valley.
Make a Difference Day planned
Saturday at good samaritan lutheran
Collin R. Bosley, a 2011 graduate of Mojave High School, graduated from basic training at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command Great Lakes in Illinois on Sept. 30. He will attend Navy A-School for aviation ordnanceman in Pensacola, Fla.
DiVine Cafe knows its clientele and delivers a menu that is quick, refreshing and tasty. Executive chef David Lani begins the morning with creme brulee French toast made with challah bread and served with rum- and maple-glazed bananas and sausage.
Six felony charges against former Assemblyman Morse Arberry Jr. will be knocked down to one misdemeanor at a 9:30 a.m. hearing today before Justice of the Peace Diana Sullivan.
Murder Inc., the company that put the Mob Experience attraction into the Tropicana Las Vegas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday.
