This week in the Sunrise/Whitney area Las Vegas High School plans to present the musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” Wes Winters is scheduled to put on “Wes Winters’ Valentine Supper Club and Izel Ballet Folklorico plans a show at the Winchester Cultural Center.
John F. Mendoza Elementary School students and staff celebrate the school namesake’s birthday, Horseman’s Park announces events and Whitney Recreation Center plans a school break day camp.
Downtown event highlights include Rainbow Company Youth Theatre’s production of “Uncovering Nevada’s Past,” UNLV Symphony Orchestra’s “Made in the USA” and RagTag Entertainment’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Assassins.”
Art often can bring together people from throughout the world, especially those concentrated in one community.
Students in the Boyd Financial Law Society at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, are offering free tax preparation assistance for people with low to moderate incomes through the IRS-sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program at the Cambridge and Whitney recreation centers.
Kids at Wengert Elementary School are taking the law into their own hands by patrolling the school’s playground as anti-bullying safety officers who issue citations for name-calling and fighting.
A move down the street has done more for Lutheran Social Services of Nevada than just transfer its operations to a different building. It has provided an opportunity for the nonprofit group to serve 7,000 more clients, expand programs and triple the size of its food pantry.
The six-week basic course is so popular at Wood It Is!, 2267 W. Gowan Road, Suites 106 and 107, business owner Jamie Yocono has added extra sessions to sand down the waiting list.
In North Las Vegas, you can catch the rock sounds of Bella Strings during a free all-ages show or listen to visiting songwriters share the stories behind their hits during “Nashville Unplugged: The Story Behind the Song.”
Henderson author Dan Lier has traveled the world as a business consultant, keynote speaker and success coach working alongside motivational gurus such as Tony Robbins. Along the way he found that people who built business empires weren’t always successful in love.
Upcoming literary events include a free writers workshop, a Black History Month celebration featuring local authors and a Las Vegas Writers Group meeting featuring mystery author Morgan St. James.
You can’t lump all old people into one bag (“Seniors’ competency behind the wheel a judgment call,” View, Jan. 17). Just because one old person or even a hundred old people throughout the country causes an accident doesn’t mean all old people are unsafe drivers. What needs to be done is the Department of Transportation needs to put out statistics of who causes the most accidents. Is it old folks? Is it teenagers? Is it young adults?
