A small crowd gathered Saturday at Lorenzi Park’s Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza to learn about other cultures through a series of dance performances with influences from around the globe during Global Fest, a celebration of folk dance organized by the Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs.
Although Las Vegas is well-known as a shopping mecca, sometimes budgetary restrictions place pricey shops on the Strip out of reach. Instead, try these stores that do good in the community or boutiques where you might stumble on a vintage find at a fraction of retail cost.
If you’re pining for a freshly cut Christmas tree this holiday season, you could go to one of the pop-up, tented tree lots that dot the Las Vegas Valley this time of year. But if you’re feeling more adventurous, you could round up the family and make a day of it by traveling to more forested parts of Nevada, as well as Utah, Arizona and California, to search for a perfect tree to harvest yourselves.
Throughout the valley there are religious communities ministering to the sick and elderly, quietly keeping them connected to their faith or providing the kind of outreach that lets them know they are not forgotten.
The furniture and decor you choose to make your place a home are personal, on many levels. West Elm, with two local retail stores, has searched out Las Vegas artists to make you feel even more at home with your interior design purchase.
Q: I am having a problem with hot water in my 2-year-old house. My bathroom and water heater are located on opposite sides of the house, and I have to wait forever to get hot water for a shower. I hate watching the cold water running down the drain while I wait. Is there anything I can do?
Dear Gail: We’re remodeling our master bathroom and want to know the different ways we can finish the exposed edges of our shower tile. — Karen
Fall and early winter are excellent times to prevent insect problems that occur next year. I received reports of worms or grubs feeding now on the roots of plants. The most common are white grubs.
