Paradise/Downtown Neighborhood News

SENIOR CENTER PLANS RED HAT RALLY

The Las Vegas Senior Center, 451 E. Bonanza Road, is set to host a Red Hat Rally at 11:30 a.m. April 25.

Participants must register by Friday . The cost is $10.

For more information, call 702-229-6454.

TV PERSONALITY TO SPEAK
AT LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEETING

Political analyst Elizabeth Crum, co-host of “The Agenda,” is slated to be the guest speaker at the League of Women Voters’ breakfast meeting scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Main Street Station Social Club, 200 N. Main St.

Crum is set to provide timely political information as state legislators move into the last half of the session.

The league is a non partisan organization that encourages informed and active participation in government and invites the public to all meetings.

The breakfast meeting is set to begin with a buffet at 9:30 a.m., with the program set to start at 10 a.m.

There is a $20 charge for breakfast.

For reservations and more information, call 702-464-7887 or visit lwvlasvegasvalley.org.

LOCAL CHARITY TO BUILD CARDBOARD CITY

Downtown nonprofit Family Promise of Las Vegas is looking to raise awareness of homeless youths in the valley by spending the night in cardboard boxes starting at 6 p.m. Saturday at Saint Thomas More Catholic Church, 130 N. Pecos Road.

The annual event, Cardboard City, hopes to raise $300 to benefit homeless youths.

For more information or to donate, visit familypromiselv.com.

ROTARY CLUB TO THROW BLOCK PARTY

The Rotary Club of Las Vegas Fremont is set to host its annual block party from 6 to 10 p.m. April 26 at the Third Street Stage at the Fremont Street Experience.

The Wedge Brothers are scheduled to provide live entertainment during the event, slated to feature a live and silent auction. Proceeds benefit the club and the Ronald McDonald House.

Tickets are $60 per person or $100 for two. Admission includes dinner and two drinks.

For more information, visit lasvegas
fremontrotary.org.

LOCAL CHARITY CELEBRATES PROPERTY OWNERSHIP

HELP of Southern Nevada is scheduled to host Passport to Paradise, an island-themed gala and auction, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. April 26 at the Four Seasons, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

The event is in celebration of the charity’s recent acquisition of two of its buildings and is set to include live entertainment from local R&B singer Barry Black, a silent auction and a celebratory burning of the lease.

Tickets are $200 per person. All proceeds from the event will benefit HELP of Southern Nevada, a charity that helps low-income families, homeless teens and adults to become more self-sufficient through direct services, trainings and referrals.

To order tickets, contact Abby Quinn at 702-836-2130 or aquinn@helpsonv.org.

For more information, call 702-369-4357 or visit helpsonv.org.

MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL EVENT DATES

The Life Is Beautiful music festival, touted as “two days of world class music, food, art and learning in downtown Las Vegas,” announced that its inaugural run is set for Oct. 26 and 27 .

Organizers hope to attract thousands of people to enjoy live music , culinary demonstrations, art exhibitions and speaker forums in existing and temporary venues erected across more than 10 city blocks in and surrounding the Fremont East District of downtown Las Vegas.

“We are assembling an unprecedented lineup of musicians, chefs, artists and speakers to entertain, engage and encourage festival-goers, all within a historic urban environment,” Rehan Choudhry, CEO of Aurelian Marketing Group, said in a press release. “We want the convergence of entertainment and ideas that weekend to inspire people to find the beauty in life.”

A complete lineup of musical acts is forthcoming, according to the release.

For more information, visit
lifeisbeautifulfestival.com.