Downtown Las Vegas has undeniably experienced a renaissance during the past 12 years or so. Once-seedy streets have yielded to hipster outposts, art galleries and high-rise condos that at one time would have been seen only on the Strip.
Large tour buses from Las Vegas sped past us to the Grand Canyon Skywalk, rushing tourists to what readers of Travel + Leisure magazine voted in February as “the best new bridge” of the past 15 years.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
Meredith Toddre is well aware of autism, not just in April - National Autism Awareness Month - but every month of the year, each day of the week, all the moments of her life.
Horace Fullmer has worked hard, and pretty steadily, his entire life, mostly in the construction and building trades and, these days, for a company that installs phone equipment.
Alex Hutchings stands outside the Las Vegas Showgirl Museum with seven of his peers, wearing a wide grin as he waits for his field trip to begin. The 25-year-old student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas just got thrilling news and can’t wait to share it. If he can find funding, he’ll have an internship with “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a cable TV show produced in Los Angeles.
Conventions scheduled for the Las Vegas area this week:
You have more power over your electric bill than ever before, and you probably don’t even know it. NV Energy is installing the last of its residential smart meters across Southern Nevada this spring, and that means almost every ratepayer in the area (save a few thousand opt-outs) can track their electric use online weekly, daily and even every 15 minutes.