The Marty Hennessy Junior Tennis Foundation offers local kids an opportunity to learn the game of tennis. In return, they have to become upstanding young people. Members are expected to volunteer with the foundation, perform community service, be stellar students and act as mentors for younger kids.
Residents prepare to saddle up and take part in one of the longest traditions in the valley this weekend. Helldorado Days features a parade, rodeo and various other activities slated for Thursday to Sunday downtown.
This could become your favorite Mexican restaurant just for the tacos and breakfast.
Whom do you call when bugs bug you or vermin threaten your quality of life? Various entities in the valley deal with vector control, which involves limiting or eradicating insects or wild animals that transmit disease.
For one weekend, a downtown street block typically overcome by blight and empty storefronts was transformed into a budding area of eco-friendly businesses, resources and classes as part of the Build a Greener Block initiative.
A musical version of “Alice in Wonderland” is scheduled to be performed by the Tri-state Community Theater at 7 p.m. Monday at Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane. Proceeds are to benefit The Josh Stevens Foundation. Josh died in a car accident one month shy of his 13th birthday. Tickets are available through paypal.com, account cinderellanevada@cox.net.
Seventy-year-old NorthGate Christian Church, a branch of International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, recently broke ground on a $1.75 million worship center at Washburn Road and Donna Street.
An annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, thus obscuring the image of the sun to an Earth viewer, is expected between 3 p.m. and sunset Sunday.
Question: I am in the process of ordering a couple of fruit trees online. What are the chill hours for Sun City Anthem in Henderson? I thought it was 300 hours or less. A couple of apricot trees you have recommended have been 400 and 500 hours (Blenheim and Royal Rosa), and I am wondering if that is too many.
People come from throughout the world to visit Black Canyon, the 12-mile gorge of the Colorado River running downstream from Hoover Dam to Willow Beach, Ariz. Yet, even though it is practically in our backyards, many Southern Nevadans have not even heard of it, let alone cruised its waters.
The Junior League of Las Vegas recently donated $2,500 worth of food and supplies the Family Resource Center at Wynn Elementary School. The Container Store at Town Square Las Vegas donated $1,500 worth of organizational products to help make the school’s supplies closet a more authentic shopping experience for families in need.
Daddy’s Delight isn’t the easiest place to find, but once inside, you’ll discover an eclectic restaurant with an eclectic clientele enjoying an eclectic menu featuring a host of natural, organic and vegetarian entrees.
The Spektral Quartet is scheduled to present a free concert from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. Violinists Aurelien Fort Pederzoli and J. Austin Wulliman, violist Doyle Armbrust and cellist Russell Rolen make up the quartet, which mixes Haydn and Beethoven with Philip Glass, George Crumb and newer composers. Visit lvccld.org.
Marisa Baum’s parents look forward to the day when she can go bowling again. She used to bowl every week with her father. Now she cannot move. She is not paralyzed, but her muscles are in a constant contracted state. Her body was left that way two years ago after she had a seizure that lasted nearly a day.
