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Blues with a side of Bacon festival debuts in Henderson

Hundreds of people flowed in and out of the Blues with a side of Bacon festival in Henderson Saturday afternoon, enjoying food from vendors like Bacon Bar, Standard & Pour and Masterpiece Cuisine.

Attorneys ask Nevada Supreme Court for ruling on ‘Las Vegas Law’

Defense lawyers who want to block Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson’s television show “Las Vegas Law” from filming a murder trial took their argument to the Nevada Supreme Court on Monday.

John Katsilometes of ‘Kats Report’ returns to the RJ

John Katsilometes, whose musings on the Las Vegas social scene have spanned multiple publications and endeared him to readers for nearly two decades, will return to the pages of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Downtown Project CEO sheds light on Bunkhouse closure

Aside from a short message posted to the venue’€™s Facebook page, and an equally brief statement issued by Mark Rowland, chief executive officer of Downtown Project Ventures, there was no reason given for the closure.

Las Vegas Restaurant Week raising funds for hungry individuals

Some 315,000 hungry individuals live in Clark, Esmeralda, Nye and Lincoln counties, according to Three Square, the only food bank that serves Southern Nevada. Las Vegas Restaurant Week helps raise funds to feed those individuals.

Celebrating Nevada with Vegas star power

Monday’s Nevada Sesquicentennial All-Star Concert at The Smith Center included both a Mark Twain and Elvis Presley impersonator. The real Wayne Newton and those Cirque du Soleil courtesans in the red frocks and powder wigs who are as synonymous with the new Las Vegas as Newton was to the ’70s.

Las Vegas entertainer Rossi dies

Steve Rossi, a comedian and crooner best known as half of the comedy team Allen &Rossi, died of cancer Sunday. He was 82.