Pipe Spring National Monument in Northwestern Arizona near the Utah border remains one of the Southwest’s least-known historical gems. Seldom crowded, the 40-acre tract at Pipe Spring surrounded by reservation lands belonging to the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians hosts about 55,000 visitors a year. Those who pause to visit enjoy a journey into the past in a picturesque setting.
Entertainment Columns
When it comes to “Friday Night Lights,” the only thing more remarkable than its quality is the fact that it’s still on the air.
Back in May, I wrote in this column, “Shows haven’t had much luck attracting the nightclub crowd. So as times get tougher, it could be producers are focusing more on families, which still are taking vacations and buying show tickets.”
In early 2006, Las Vegas-based actress Paige O’Hara, the voice of Belle in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” signed on to “Menopause The Musical” as a hormonal soap star with an appetite for younger men.
A barbecue margarita?
He has walked on water and been dragged by hooks through his back on a helicopter ride over the Valley of Fire. But today, Criss Angel stands to do something he has never done before: sell his first ticket on the Strip.
Aliante Station will give Station Casinos a ring around the valley of entertainment venues, and for the first time the company will test two-night, twin-casino bookings for some of its concert acts.
The cooler weather we’ve been experiencing lately seems to bring out the cooks among us, so let’s see if we can find some of the items sought by Taste of the Town readers:
This being premiere week, there’s a lot of information to get to. So I won’t waste any time before sharing the 10 things you should know about the new fall season.
Few areas within easy reach of Southern Nevadans offer better displays of autumn’s colored foliage than Southern Utah’s high plateaus forested with dark fir, spruce and pine. Accessible within a half-day’s drive, these tablelands in the fall feature wide amber meadows starred with late summer wildflowers that vie for admiration with stands of white-trunked aspens wearing foliage of gold and orange. Head for the high country soon to take in this natural extravaganza, for by mid-October the best of the high country color will be gone with the falling leaves and frost-blackened flower stalks.
Harry Reid claims John McCain is hotheaded. Names for the opposite of that aren’t as colorful. Is anyone called a “cool head”? But Gilles Ste-Croix could be submitted as the dictionary definition of one.
Unless you’re an Emeril Lagasse die-hard — Would that be an Emhead or maybe a Gasbag? — you probably remember the chef most from his salad days on the Food Network, where he was occupied not with salad but with bamming and kicking things up a notch and spreading the gospel of his updated version of the best of New Orleans’ Cajun/Creole cuisine. And then maybe you tasted the fruits of his labors at one of his restaurants in New Orleans or at Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House at the MGM Grand right here in Our Fair City.
A network TV series carrying the same name as a Las Vegas show can be good publicity. Or it can be confusing. Or maybe both.
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Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin
Poker star falls short in pursuit of record 18th WSOP victory
Wynn’s plans to build a third tower on Strip still alive
Southwest Vegas food hall closing only a year after opening
‘Top Chef’ stars to close Las Vegas Strip pop-up restaurant