This week’s entertainment highlights include West Las Vegas Library events in honor of World AIDS Day and an ongoing exhibit of the works of Calvin B. Jones at Left of Center.
It was 2 p.m. on a Wednesday, and 5-year-old Tristan Pope was learning that TV shows aren’t necessarily shot in order, while clown Ray Wold was getting a reminder about the honesty of children. “Chrissie has a story about a piggy bank,” Wold said with great enthusiasm. “Would you like to hear that?” “No,” replied Tristan, obviously taken aback by the ridiculousness of the question. “I just heard it.” After a lot of laughter from the adults in the room and a few more tries, Tristan was able to get out several acceptable affirmatives, and the filming of the “Amazing Clowns TV Show” switched to another set.
Beginning in 2014, all Clark County School District buses must meet new safety standards in accordance with a state law passed last summer.
Elias Ghanem II knows what a New York pizza should look like and how it should taste. He makes his crispy, thin-crust pies in special Marshall pizza ovens from New York.
Event highlights this week include a theatrical adaptation of C. S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” and shows by B.B. King and Kris Kristofferson.
Thousands of cars pass by each day the fenced-in, now-defunct El Capitan mobile home park on Bonanza near Nellis, and probably no one realized what was behind that temporary fence. In fact, until this past week, there was a massive illegal tire dump so large, numbering some 2,000 discarded tires, that it could clearly be seen from satellite photo imagery on Google Earth.
Jake Edward Galins, 16, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.
Anna and Andy, the hummingbirds that inspired Linda P. Young’s “The Adventures of Anna and Andy Hummingbird,” grew up amid the mulberry trees in the author’s Centennial Hills-area backyard. While some of the feathered adventures in the book are based on true events, others were hatched from Young’s imagination. She said her book, written to amuse her grandchildren, is “about the fun hummingbirds seem to have.” Born in Iowa City, the author moved to Las Vegas 20 years ago. In addition to writing, she owns a sign business. For more information, visit theadventuresofannaandandy
hummingbird.wordpress.com.
Small is mighty in one corner of the triathlon scene in Las Vegas. Iron Kids is a monthly fitness program for athletes ages 9-13 offered by the YMCA of Southern Nevada. The youngsters learn the running, cycling and swimming skills necessary to complete a sprint triathlon, a timed race in the three fields.
Born from humble beginnings, the Magical Forest will celebrate 20 years with more attractions and its brightest lights ever. Opportunity Village, 6300 W. Oakey Blvd., replaced about 3 million traditional Christmas lights with energy-efficient LED lighting.
Thousands of kindergarten students across the Las Vegas Valley are learning to read with the help of handmade books from the Desert Sage auxiliary group, a part of the Assistance League of Las Vegas.
Jeri Crawford’s life is going to the dogs, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. She and her husband, Rick, breed Hungarian Kuvasz dogs and plan to show one of them at the prestigious AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Dec. 17 and 18 in Orlando, Fla.
This week’s event highlights include a free live adaptation of C. S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” at several area libraries, classic car Cruise Night gatherings and a performance by Poperazzi — tenors George DeMott and Cody Shawn Gay and soprano Janien Valentine.
Cruise Night and a free live production of C. S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” are among this week’s best bets in Centennial.
Students and staff at East Career and Technical Academy, 6705 Vegas Valley Drive, celebrated the $4,000 the school received for third place in the Nevada State Bank $20K Giveaway: You Vote. Schools Win. campaign.
This week’s event highlights include a free live theatrical adaptation of C. S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” a screening of the film “The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes” and a community theater production of “Avenue Q.”
Deanna Brady, a mother of two with another baby on the way, has chronicled her battle with epilepsy and the surgery that saved her in a new book called “Piece of Mind.”
Summerlin residents and area businesses are combining their talents to bring special meals to the homeless each month.
Question: In March of this year I planted a 2-foot tree with few leaves. It now has grown to 4 feet with a wide spread of branches. It is planted in an 18-inch pot in the southeast section of my yard. Will this tree continue to grow in a container? If so, should I transplant it to a larger container? I grow citrus trees in containers and in the ground successfully. This is my first attempt to grow a peach tree.
This week’s event highlights in Sunrise include a free live adaptation of C. S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.”
