Dining events and news for Sept. 1-7, 2016

View rounds up dining events and news from across the Las Vegas Valley, from restaurant openings to special dinners and promotions.

Brace for another 15 months of Summerlin Parkway work

If you’re committed to traveling Summerlin Parkway on any kind of regular basis, then get used to ongoing traffic snafus, humongous construction equipment, endless lines of orange cones, single-lane traffic and, of course, stop-and-go delays. And it’s going to be that way for another 15 months or so.

Kneaders opens second valley location in northwest Las Vegas

Kneaders Bakery & Cafe serves the kind of food you’d make for yourself if you had the time — or the recipe for its signature bread. Now with two locations in the Las Vegas Valley— at 7100 W. Craig Road in the northwest and 11271 S. Eastern Ave. in Henderson — it models itself off the family-owned European bakery concept, where breads are baked daily, the aroma wafting through the air.

 
Trump, Mexico’s president talk about the wall, but not payment

Donald Trump on Wednesday firmly defended the right of the U.S. to build a massive border wall along its southern flank but declined to repeat his frequent promise to force Mexico to pay for it.

 
Bill Nye to host talk show for Netflix

Scientist Bill Nye has landed a new Netflix talk show set to launch in spring 2017, the streaming networkannounced Wednesday.

‘Women in Blue’ gives readers a taste of police herstory

Police in petticoats. That doesn’t seem like it would have much authority, does it? Back in the late 1800s, that was what female police officers were called. They were also called guardettes and copettes before everyone pretty much settled on “matrons,” but no matter what anyone called them, those women did the same work as the men. Sometimes, they did more.

Literary Las Vegas: Janis L. McKay

Janis L. McKay, associate professor of bassoon at UNLV and principal bassoon for the Las Vegas Philharmonic, traces the transformation of live music in Las Vegas in “Played Out on the Strip: The Rise and Fall of Las Vegas Casino Bands.”

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: Indianapolis Colts season preview

Are the Colts still AFC title contenders? Andrew Luck passed for 40 touchdowns in 2014, when Indianapolis finished 11-5. But the team slipped to 8-8 last season.

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