There’s Christmas spirit, and then there’s allowing the hoopla of the season to seep into every aspect of life. For the last 25 years, Tom Devoe has comfortably managed somewhere in the middle. The 69-year-old’s white hair and bristly beard are his signature look from March to Dec. 26. Neighbors, grandkids and strangers greet him as “Santa.”
Event highlights this week include Circus Vargas shows, a free Polish Christmas party and holiday displays at Opportunity Village’s Magical Forest and Bass Pro Shops.
Councilwoman Kathleen Vermillion reflects on her time on the city council as she refocuses on her priorities
Further progress of downtown Las Vegas’ transformation could depend on a handful of University of Nevada, Las Vegas undergraduate students, thanks to a partnership between a marketing class and the Downtown Las Vegas Alliance.
With numerous holiday events, the opening of the Nevada State Museum and the Bet on the Farm! Farmers Market, Jim Johnson, public relations manager at the Springs Preserve, said there are activities for every member of the family.
The secret ingredient to the recipe used in the Page family’s 20-year-old cookie day tradition isn’t found in the sugar cookie dough or even the frosting, but in the family itself. One ingredient important to the family was the guardian of the recipe, Aunt Rosie Page, who died Aug. 15.
Defying all odds, Rick Constantine completes the one-mile Kris Kringle Jingle Walk after being told he would never walk again.
Any outcome in the pending arbitration between the Clark County School District and the Clark County Education Association could be devastating. If the district wins, teachers will have to pay back thousands in raises. If the teachers win, they keep the money, but the district warns that about 1,000 of them will need to be laid off.
Question: I have a Meyer lemon in a container that still has lemons on it. They are not totally ripe. What trimming should be done and what time of year?
Sun City Model Builders Club member Glenn Williams’ model ships can take months to complete, and his work will be among those on display during a workshop at the Las Vegas N-Trak Train Club’s Holiday Experience, set from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday in the ballroom at the Desert Vista Community Center.
Event highlights this week in Summerlin include Las Vegas Ballet Company’s “Nutcracker Highlights 2011” and Rainbow Library’s exhibit “Re-Cycling Objects, Re-Purposing Ideas.”
Two Summerlin-area homes built in the 1980s that were foreclosures are being retrofitted to be energy efficient to advance awareness for those in the construction industry and the public.
The Bonnie Schreck Memorial Complementary Therapies Program at Nathan Adelson Hospice includes a pet therapy component, which has volunteers bringing in their dogs (and one cat) for one-on-one visits with patients, which they say can have a dramatic effect.
Steve Plummer has gone uptown with his delicious chicken. He is now inside Cactus Jack’s Saloon, where there are comfortable booths, plasma televisions and the pleasant atmosphere you get from a neighborhood saloon.
There’s no reason to argue about who makes the best pizza. It’s all good. One of the best Chicago pizzas is at Aurelio’s, where these award-winning pies are making New Yorkers question their pizza beliefs.
Spring Valley resident and motivational speaker Roy Juarez Jr. had about as bad a childhood as one can and uses that experience to inspire schoolchildren.
Do you know what you get when you put Italian brothers together in a kitchen? You get a menu with delicious homemade sauces including marinara, pesto, Alfredo and the delicate Marsala-reduction mushroom cream sauce.
For the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort’s All Mountain Team, moving up with downhill skills is kid stuff. The local development program is designed for youths ages 6-17 who have mastered the fundamentals of skiing and snowboarding and want to continue with professional instruction.
