Born in the Netherlands, Stan Rubens picked up the guitar at 14. Later he changed to keyboard and started his music career in Australia. His claim to fame was developing a system of singing three-part harmony on his own with no prerecording or backup singers. Now in Las Vegas, Rubens continues to perform and has taken up writing.
Hawks are natural predators of round-tailed ground squirrels, but the Desert Hawks of Heard Elementary School have a friendlier relationship with the rodents. The school is inside Nellis Air Force Base, and the indigenous squirrels were living under the dirt long before it was built.
“I came here without a feather,” said Sun City Anthem resident Nicole Duffel. After moving here from Carmel, Calif. in 2001, she thought she had left the costumes, sequins and feathers from her former life behind. A classically trained pianist, Duffel, 60, started her professional career at age 15 as a percussionist for the Monterey Peninsula Symphony orchestra. Her ballet and vocal talents led her to a career that included musical theater, local television commercials, film and finally establishing her own performance group.
About four years ago, Valerie Poteete, who goes by the name Penelope Pendragon, was unhappy with her life. Her son left for the U.S. Air Force. Her house was in foreclosure. A nine-year relationship with her boyfriend had ended. At 235 pounds, Pendragon was miserable and ready to make a change. “So I pretty much excavated my life,” Pendragon said.
“Lost Vegas: Bulldozed and Imploded Casinos of the Las Vegas Valley,” is open until Aug. 26 at the Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for seniors and children. Call 455-7955.
McWilliams Elementary School, 1315 Hiawatha Road, opened a fruit and vegetable garden this month through a donation from Create A Change Now, a local nonprofit group that helps at-risk schools create edible gardens. The garden contains carrots, tomatoes, corn, zucchini, green beans, squash, radishes, grapes, strawberries, limes and peaches. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman visited the school for the ribbon-cutting ceremony May 10. The garden was funded by UnitedHealthcare and Speedway Children’s Charities. Lowe’s and Star Nursery donated supplies. The garden will be maintained through donations from the Ferraro Group and Silvestri Insurance. For more information, visit createachangenow.org.
This family-owned restaurant prides itself on preparing dishes from the glorious past of the great maharajas of India.
Desert Spring United Methodist Church is building a new sanctuary that will accommodate 630 people.
Federal lawmakers could have legislation on their desks soon to make the Upper Las Vegas Wash a 23,000-acre national monument and prehistoric deposits protection site .
The Aquae Sulis Spa Yoga Studio in the JW Marriott is offering daily classes with an unlimited pass available for $100 a month.
If you think the economic landslide of recent years put a chill on Summerlin, then guess again.
JAmes A. Ruffer, 69, comes from a military family, so it was no surprise he was entranced with toy soldiers as a child. He also played with a toy medical bag, an interest that eventually led to medical school. He went on to serve in three branches of the military, devoting 20 years of his life in service to his country.
“Second City” is the nickname for Chicago, but when it comes to hot dogs, it is “First City.”
The Vegas Fringe Festival, the valley’s own two weekend live theater festival, is returning to Las Vegas Little Theatre for its third year.
People come to my office with anguish and despair about their addicted loved one. Mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings and friends – flailing, cruelly impaled by helplessness like an insect on a pin. Bit by bit, piece by piece, they watch their loved one deteriorate, come apart and sink ever deeper into the madness of addiction. And there’s next to nothing they can do.
Brain Balance Achievement Centers opened its first Nevada location in Henderson to help children with neurobehavioral and learning difficulties without the use of medications.
Registration for the Henderson parks and recreation department’s summer classes, events and programs is scheduled to begin at 5 a.m. today .
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