AROUND THE VALLEY

TOASTMASTERS

Valley Voices & Vices Toastmasters Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Nevada Federal Credit Union, 2645 S. Mojave Road, Suite C (454-8266).

High Noon Lectern Toastmasters Club meets at noon Fridays at Denny's, 3081 S. Maryland Parkway (798-3700).

New Life Trailblazers Toastmasters Club meets the first and second Sunday of each month at 5 p.m. at New Life Christian Center, 1229 E. Carson Ave. (387-5433 or 845-7198).

PINOCHLE CLUB

The Las Vegas Pinochle Club meets at 5 p.m. Saturdays at Boulder Cascade Clubhouse. The group is open to new members (338-5770).

DANCE

USA Dance will host a dance from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Dance Fitness and Sport Studio, 633 N. Decatur Blvd. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. A free waltz lesson will be taught at 8:30 p.m. (914-6042).

MARINE ANNIVERSARY

A luncheon celebrating the 65th anniversary of women in the Marine Corps will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Leatherneck Club, 4360 Spring Mountain Road. Former and active duty female Marines are included in the event (368-1775).

MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS

The Las Vegas Miniature Enthusiasts Club will have its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 6670 W. Cheyenne Ave. The group is open to those interested in making or collecting dollhouse miniatures (876-5637).

CASTING CALL

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Film will have its spring 2008 open casting call for short film productions. The event, open to actors of all types and experience, will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday in Classroom Building Complex A-110 on campus, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Participants should bring a current head shot and resume (895-1575).

LECTURE

Professor David Wrobel of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present "A World of Clashing Darwinisms," focusing on the debate over Darwinian science and the applications of evolutionary theory to human society in the late 19th century. The lecture, sponsored by the Nevada Humanities Speakers Bureau, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Las Vegas Library, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North. The free event is open to the public (258-1587).

HUMANIST ASSOCIATION

The Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, a group for ethical agnostics and atheists, will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday in the program room at the Las Vegas Library, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North (258-1587).

CHICAGO CLUB

The Chicago West Side Club of Las Vegas meets at 2 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. (256-9542).

SINGLE PARENTS

A new social networking group for single parents in Las Vegas and Henderson is being formed that will offer family-friendly activities (436-5204).

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