Sept. 11 isn’t a date with good connotations for most people. But it’s Mickey Hart’s birthday, and he’s been living with that for 70 years.
Rarely in life does one get a second chance, much less a third shot at redemption. Horse racing might just get a third chance, namely in key national television exposure.
Thrash metal icons Slayer savage The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Oct. 25, with Gojira and 4arm. Tickets start at $39.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at The Joint box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.
Caesars Palace lavished lucky guest Tianshu Sun with spa treatments, free food and a two-night stay in the hotel, all for eating at the buffet. Sun was the 1 millionth guest to dine at the Bacchanal buffet. The buffet, which celebrates its one-year anniversary Tuesday, averages more than 3,000 diners a day.
Two polarizing political comedians. One mile. Don’t get caught in the middle.
It’s that special time of year when class is back in session.
Eric Prydz — Friday’s headliner at XS nightclub — tells us a pretty little story about moving his Swedish family to L.A. last year. It changed him.
The 34th annual San Gennaro Feast begins Tuesday in the Grand Canyon Shopping Center, 4245 Grand Canyon Drive. Traditional Italian food to be served at the feast will include pasta, calzones, pizza, Italian sausage, fried dough and fried calamari, and some foods of other cuisines will be offered as well.
Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with Mexican restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $ = entrees $10 to $20; $$ = entrees $20 to $30; and $$ = entrees more than $30.
With Lake Mead shrinking and a new deep-water straw still far from finished, the Southern Nevada Water Authority plans to declare an emergency and fast-track a new $12 million construction project aimed at securing the valley’s water supply through next summer.
Another Pacific Coast League playoff game. Another heartbreaking loss for Las Vegas.
Here is your weekend forecast of DJs, singers and celebrity appearances at clubs and pools on the Strip.
Clark County Commissioner Susan Brager said Thursday she’s willing to support a scaled-back version of the proposed More Cops sales tax that could trim the proposed rate increase in half.
Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos waited eight long months, then another 33 minutes, to get the season started. A record-tying seven touchdown passes — something no one had done in 44 years — made it worth the while.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help to identify two suspects involved in a shooting at a mall where people were waiting for the release of a new pair of shoes.
The commitment was in place before Rich Rodriguez agreed to become Arizona’s football coach in November 2011.
Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada said Thursday she will use her leverage on the House Veterans Affairs Committee to back the Obama administration’s effort in granting benefits to same-sex married veterans.
On Wednesday, city officials announced that their new top priority is connecting the Kyle Canyon Detention Basin to existing underground floodwater pipelines that would deposit the water in Lake Mead rather than onto Las Vegas residential streets. Repairs to flood-damaged Grand Teton Drive won’t be made until the channel construction is completed.
Another major fight has been added to UFC 167 as Alistair Overeem will fight Las Vegan Frank Mir at the MGM Grand on Nov. 16.
A long-running feud between the Hualapai Indian tribe and northwest Arizona dude ranch owner Nigel Turner prompted Turner’s arrest on Tuesday.
Supporters of Las Vegas lawyer Gerry Zobrist nearly filled a federal courtroom Thursday, but they couldn’t save him from the seven-year prison term sought by prosecutors in his mortgage fraud case.
One animal was captured and killed on Thursday as state officials investigate whether pneumonia has infected the herd.
One of the original leaders at the Discovery Children’s Museum, Vincent “Jim” Presti, passed away last week, according Presti’s longtime friend Gary Ogren.
Within hours of UNLV throwing away a game at Minnesota on opening night of the college football season, I received an offer for two free tickets, essentially, for the Rebels’ “marquee” game against Arizona Saturday night. This was remarkable on various fronts.
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