Downtown

The First Friday arts festival is scheduled from 5 to 11 p.m. Sept. 2 at venues throughout the downtown 18b Las Vegas Arts District, near the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Main Street. The theme for this month’s event is Friday Night Fever with a celebration of the 1970s. Attendees are encouraged to dress in theme.

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

A “Now Open” sign drapes over Phat Phrank’s Mexican Kitchen at 4850 W. Sunset Road. But make no mistake – owner Frank Miranda is no newbie to the food industry.

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.