Bill Cosby went to Temple University in 1960 on the strength of a measly SAT exam score of 500.
Broadway in the Hood’s “Orphan Blues: The Gospel Musical,” which played the West Las Vegas Library last weekend, is more of a Christian fellowship than a piece of theater. The approximately 35 cast members were nearly all black, as was the enthusiastic and very vocal audience. But I went because I knew some of the best performers in town can be found at these library shows. And for some baffling reason, it continues to be rare to see blacks not only on local stages but in audiences.
Charlie Wahl picked a big night to return to racing at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
No matter how many offbeat (to Americans, anyway) dishes a Mediterranean/Middle Eastern restaurant offers, I always wonder, “Yeah, but how about the hummus and falafel?”
Before the ocean, beneath the clouds, behind the mic, even under the water.