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Olympian, mother, mermaid – Heather Carrasco is all three. The Mountain’s Edge resident can be seen playing her mermaid role Thursday through Sunday in the aquarium at the Silverton.
You won’t be surprised to learn that you’re a winner when you finish eating at 21 Buffet. This all-you-can-eat Asian restaurant has just about everything you can imagine.
I wanted to write you about your article “Between enough and too much lies sweet, essential balance” (Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 15). It really made me think. But something I just cannot reckon within myself is where you said that we need enough anger to move us, enough to challenge injustice and evil, to protect ourselves and others from exploitation and abuse.
Child Focus, 4310 S. Cameron St., Suite 12, is going to give 80 foster siblings a back-to-school shopping spree Saturday and is accepting donations through Thursday to help fill backpacks that will be given to each student at the event.
Donald W. Reynolds’ name graces many buildings in the Las Vegas Valley, including the one housing the Nevada Ballet Theatre at 1651 Inner Circle Drive. In this month’s Naming Las Vegas installment, View looks at the man who built a media empire.
The Lied Discovery Children’s Museum, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is named for Ernst F. Lied, a former car dealer from Nebraska who moved to Las Vegas in 1958 to try his hand at real estate.
Farmers markets such as Bet on the Farm! and Downtown 3rd are becoming staples downtown. Now, a shopping center near Paradise can be added to this mix with the opening of the fresh52 Farmers & Artisans Market at Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
Teachers from the Clark County School District took part in a weeklong series of workshops and activities focused on energy efficiency July 23-27 as part of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Teachers Academy.