Look no further than your local library for a summertime activity that’s free and fun for children. Club Read is an activity that will keep kids entertained and give them a chance to win prizes that will really get them into reading.
With National Bike Month in full swing, cycling events, groups and infrastructure projects are making downtown Las Vegas a friendlier place for cyclists.
“Cowboys and Indians: Myth and Reality” is on exhibit through June 30 at the Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway in Henderson. The exhibit investigates popular romantic notions and widely held misconceptions of the Western frontier and examines some historical and contemporary realities.
The Clark County Wetlands Park features a new Nature Center. The 45,000-square-foot complex boasts an 8,335-square-foot exhibit gallery, an 85-seat auditorium and information center in the heart of Wetlands Park, Clark County’s largest and most rustic park. The Nature Center and park are open and free .
Clark County will open eight pools and water parks Memorial Day weekend, kicking off the beginning of summer fun.
While the current school year wraps up, Cox Communications is planning its 2013 back-to-school fairs. Event dates are Aug. 10 at Meadows mall, 4300 Meadows Lane; Aug. 17 at the Boulevard mall, 3528 S. Maryland Parkway; and Aug. 24 at The Galleria at Sunset, 1300 W. Sunset Road. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
About 25 miles west of the Strip is a nearly 200,000-acre playground in the Mojave Desert and mountain landscape. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area begins in the backyard of the master-planned community Summerlin and stretches along the western rim of the city, hosting a world of outdoor family fun, even in the hot summer months.
Former World Extreme Cagefighting champion Brian Bowles has been defeated only by current Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and one of the division’s all-time greats in Urijah Faber. At 32, Bowles has competed in just 12 professional fights, so he should have plenty left in the tank.
The biggest name in water park fun has returned to Southern Nevada with the upcoming grand opening of Wet ’n’ Wild Las Vegas. Positioned to be Nevada’s premier water park, it will be the place for thrill-seekers and families to create lasting memories in a safe and refreshing way to beat the heat.
There are two choices to make during a typical Southern Nevada summer: stay in an air-conditioned home all day and go stir crazy, or find comfort beside the calming and refreshing water of a backyard pool — your pool or your neighbor’s pool. If you live in an apartment complex, this same comfort can be found at the community pool with the added benefit of meeting your neighbors.
Nevada’s rural landscape is punctuated with ghost towns — communities built on the promise of mining riches, and then discarded when the dream either died or never quite became reality.
Some 75 percent of households across the United States intend to purchase at least one piece of furniture for their outdoor living space this spring. According to new research conducted by the American Home Furnishings Alliance, homeowners are assessing their 2013 purchase priorities in terms of functionality and price over size and style.
Piero’s Italian Cuisine has been the meeting place for Las Vegas’ high-powered decision-makers for more than 30 years — historic by Vegas standards Since 1982, top casino executives, infamous mobsters, politicians, captains of industry, the city’s founding families and even the Rat Pack put Piero’s on the map as the city’s place to dine and drink.
Four Shakespearean classics, two hit musicals, an American stage favorite about justice and a regional premiere of a new play are all scheduled as part of the 2013 season at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
For those who can’t pull themselves away from the tables until midnight or who don’t have time to catch dinner before a show, Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar offers an option for late-night fine dining: the mezzanotte (midnight) experience. The restaurant, which presents an authentic Italian culinary experience in a family-run atmosphere, serves its full dinner menu every night until 2 a.m. From 11 p.m. until 2 a.m., guests receive 50 percent off the price of all food items and 25 percent off drinks.
Downtown is quickly becoming the city’s newest hot spot for a great meal as well as handcrafted one-of-a-kind drinks. Thanks to dozens of new restaurants and bars that have opened during the past few years — and many in just the past few months — the downtown dining scene is on the upswing. Many of the locations have outdoor dining options along with delicious menu selections.
There are two types of summer dining: backyard barbecue or dining out. When the temperature is 108 outside, no one wants to turn on the oven to make roasted chicken . Therefore, the food is either cooked outside or plans are made to let someone else prepare the chicken.
The Las Vegas pool party season is underway for 2013, attracting visitors from around the world to the famous all-day parties hosted in some of Las Vegas’ biggest and best resort pools. The pool party concept in Las Vegas is in its ninth year and the number of parties grows each year . This guide compiled by Las Vegas experts High Roller Suites is designed to lead party animals through the maze and pick out the perfect party.
For a spectacular fireworks show and views of the Las Vegas Valley, Knickerbocker Park in the Providence master-planned community will be the site of a fun Independence Day celebration. The free event will feature the crowd-pleasing Tony Marques Band, contests and more, beginning at 6 p.m. and culminating with fireworks at 9:15 p.m.
Fremont Street Experience’s Rock of Vegas concert series for May and June will turn the downtown Las Vegas entertainment venue into summer’s alternative destination. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the free concert series has become one of the most popular summertime events in Las Vegas.
The newest concept by New York City theater and nightlife impresario Simon Hammerstein is open at the Palazzo: The Act. The performance-based club will entertain up to 1,000 revelers with nightly acts, including audience participation, in a multilevel space.
It’s one of Summerlin’s best kept secrets, and it’s open to all Southern Nevadans. The annual Fourth of July Summerlin Council Patriotic Parade is a spectacular family event complete with marching bands, professionally decorated floats and giant helium balloons.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents Built to Amaze! is an extraordinarily engineered circus experience where children of all ages find out what it takes to build the Greatest Show on Earth. The foundation is set and the rising anticipation of high-energy, high-jinx and hilarity is ready to be transported by colorful circus machinery and unleashed from shipping crates right before the audience’s eyes June 13-16 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Electric Daisy Carnival returns to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for its 17th annual celebration on June 21, 22 and 23. EDC Week also returns to Las Vegas for an entire week of nightclub and day club events, a music conference and other special surprises spanning the week of June 18–25.
Reggae in the Desert, one of the most successful music festivals in Southern Nevada, spotlights internationally known acts. The two-day music festival, in its 12th year, will take place from noon until 11 p.m. June 15-16 at the Clark County Amphitheater, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway.
Brenda Carter wants to make a difference in the lives of women who have been sexually assaulted.
Twenty-six years after his death, Las Vegas icon and flamboyant pianist Liberace is being reintroduced to a new generation of fans with an HBO movie and a Strip concert show that is reminiscent of his flashiness.
“It’s so hard to explain,” Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) tells an attorney about his relationship with Liberace (Michael Douglas) in “Behind the Candelabra” (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO).