— The Las Vegas Farmers Market is scheduled to set up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the first and third Saturday of the month at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, 9200 Tule Springs Road. Admission to the park is free during the market. Visit lasvegasfarmers
market.com.
Sometimes you need a chili cheeseburger for breakfast or a wild mushroom omelet with sourdough toast for dinner. That’s why the Grand Café is so perfect with its 24/7 menu.
Patrick Sullivan works quickly, but progress on “ Motion, ” the sculptor’s 9-foot-tall ode to Las Vegas transportation, is meant to be slow.
There are many types of barbecue. At Top Notch, chef/owner Jimmy Cole has created a paprika-based dry rub that gives his barbecued meats a special pungent flavor.
The Town of Paradise, encompassing a majority of the Strip, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and McCarran International Airport, was formed in 1950, but at the time, it was home to more farmers than tourists.
The monthly First Friday arts festival returns from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday to the Las Vegas Arts District downtown. Many galleries also open from 6 to 8 p.m. for Preview Thursdays. For more information on parking and an entertainment schedule, visit firstfriday
lasvegas.com.
Having one’s tax returns investigated by the IRS can be an unnerving experience, a valley attorney said.
Sarah DiSalvo and Patrick Prochaska, 10th-graders at Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas, were the overall first- and second-place high school winners, respectively, at the Beal Bank USA Southern Nevada Regional Science and Engineering Fair, held March 19 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
At age 4, local artist Laszlo Kristof was diagnosed with leukemia. Kristof is one of a dozen artists participating in this year’s Affair of the Art auction to raise money for the Las Vegas chapter of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
When Brian Cram was a little boy, he sometimes helped clean classrooms with his father, a custodian for the Clark County School District. “The amazing thing is that in one generation, my family vaulted from custodian to school superintendant,” he said.
Question: I found a couple of beans in my garden that have been devoured at the base. Could it be some sort of soil-borne larva or possibly a virus?
Judge Natalie Tyrrell exposes kids to her North Las Vegas courtroom and its holding cells in the hope they never see them again. That is, unless they are lawyers, judges or courthouse staff.
Outdoor lovers who are looking for an exciting few days away from Las Vegas won’t be disappointed visiting Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
It’s called El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros (Day of the Child/Day of the Book), but even though it has Hispanic roots, everyone is welcome to the free events happening at Las Vegas-Clark County Library district branches through April.
The last article I read of yours talked about being happy. Contentment and peace. It reminded me of a question I would like to ask you. What do you think of the author Deepak Chopra? And his philosophy?
Thomas Minwegen has been named general manager of the Clark County Water Reclamation District.
When Mark Hall-Patton, administrator for the Clark County museum system, was working on his book on Clark County street names, “Asphalt Memories,” Oquendo Road was presenting a bit of a roadblock.
Plant World is an 8-acre nursery and zoo, of sorts, with animals including birds, tortoises, turtles, fish and cats.