University of Notre Dame student Caitlin Crommett started DreamCatchers, a nonprofit group that grants final wishes for senior citizens in hospice care, in California as a high school student. Now she’s looking to expand the club to schools and hospices in the Las Vegas Valley.
Bowling, skating, a drive-in movie and target practice are among ways that Centennial Hills-area residents can spend evenings.
With summer temperatures at their highest, the nighttime is the right time for recreational activities in the Las Vegas Valley, including night hikes at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.
Michael Firestone is a Michael Jackson impersonator with an almost eerie amount of parallels to the King of Pop.
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More than five years of planning and construction went into The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 361 Symphony Park Ave., a project many city officials, residents and president/CEO Myron Martin believed would be a catalyst in the revitalization of downtown.
California-based WorldBed donated 200 mattresses to The Salvation Army of Southern Nevada’s Lied Social Services Campus as part of WorldBed’s efforts to provide 2,000 beds to Las Vegas Valley nonprofit groups.
Downtown Las Vegas has long been known for its appeal to tourists, notably with nightly light shows and live concerts along the Fremont Street Experience. Beyond the historic street’s neon lights, however, are venues and nighttime activities often lesser-known to tourists and frequented by locals.
The joy of eating at new restaurants is discovering new foods and flavors. Eating at Tipicos Centroamerica has the added benefit of learning new words, such as pollo frito (fried chicken) and bistek encebollado (sautéed beefsteak).
Teens and children younger than 18 and their parents need to be aware that there are curfew laws in the valley, but they aren’t enforced haphazardly, valley police officials said.
When the lights – and temperatures – go down in the city, Las Vegas gets active. View explored a few options for staying cool in the city.
I recently purchased an asparagus fern, which now, after a few weeks of tender loving care, has decided to go bonkers. It is sending up spikes of growth with little or no “leaves” on it! Should these be trimmed or left alone and see how they end up?
The International Black Aerospace Council hosted an aviation industry conference at the Las Vegas Hotel recently for about 40 youths. The group’s goal was to generate interest among black students in aerospace careers.
In today’s world of restaurants, just about anything goes. Judit Cseke is comfortable with that, as her eclectic menu includes pizza, beef goulash and Buffalo wings.
Las Vegans with fashion ideas of their own are learning how to envision, test and execute their designs at Fashion Camp LV, one of the businesses in The Market LV inside Tivoli Village, 302 S. Rampart Blvd.