Outlasting many other Las Vegas casinos, the Eldorado Casino is planning to celebrate its 50th birthday Sunday .
The Clark County School District’s new chief of police says he wants to rebuild relationships with the community that have suffered in recent years.
With a recent wave of businesses opening downtown, ones that have been around for decades seem few and far between. Le Gardia’s Flowers and Gift Baskets is one business that has been in existence longer than most in its area.
It took Bernice “Aunt B” Gursch 100 years to reach her biggest bingo win. The weekly bingo buff won more than $10,000 June 4, two weeks after marking her centennial birthday in the bingo hall at Aliante Station, 7300 Aliante Parkway.
Event highlights this week include the Rising Star Tour at The Cannery and a final chance to “Experience the Aurora” at the planetarium.
“Visions of Zosimos,” a video game based on a third-century A.D. book of the same name, is about to make gaming history, and you could play a part.
Question: Last fall, we planted an olive tree that was certified to be nonfruit blooming. Now, it is full of olives! I just want it to grow. So, should we pluck the little olives off the tree so it can put its energy into growth?
If you have a few days and dollars this summer to invest, you can get much for your money and time at Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks in California. In these adjacent and jointly managed parks about six hours from Las Vegas, you can wander among the largest trees on earth, hike some of the 850 miles of maintained trail, swim in cool snow-fed mountain streams, and maybe see a black bear or three.
Highlights this week include signings for local author Lindsey Leavitt’s final Princess for Hire book “A Farewell to Charms” and information about the Black Mountain Institute’s 2012-13 Diana L Bennett Fellows.
Event highlights this week include a library concert featuring Nashville children’s entertainers The Groove Club and a performance at the Silverton by rock band Los Lobos.
Food brings people together, and that’s especially true of Greek food. And when a Greek taverna establishes itself in the Mediterranean setting of Tivoli Village, sit back and enjoy.
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Not many country music bands feature a Cuban-Puerto Rican-American percussionist, but for the two-time Grammy Award winning Zac Brown Band, the addition of Las Vegas local musician Daniel de los Reyes seemed like a perfect match.
The party ended Saturday night. The last of the motorcycles hit the highway Sunday afternoon.