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Las Vegas City Hall exhibit showcases employees’ artistic talents

The exhibit — at the second-floor Chamber Gallery — features paintings, photographs and ceramics, with portraits, landscapes and abstracts in the mix, curated by Clay Arts Vegas co-owner Peter Jakubowski.

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Henderson-based nonprofit has 300,000-plus books ready to hand out next school year

Spread the Word Nevada is trying to collect enough books so students from at-risk elementary schools will have a new one every month. Last year, it collected more than 425,000 books to give to schools across Clark County. Currently, it has about 375,000 books stored and ready for the upcoming school year.

Working with elephants in Thailand inspired local blogger to start website for all things Las Vegas vegan

It was March 2010 when Henderson resident Diana Edelman was hit with what she calls a “quarter-life crisis.” It took Edelman a few months of traveling, soul-searching and working another part-time job for her to completely change her career focus and devote her time to freelancing and her blog. In September 2011, she went to Thailand and volunteered at Elephant Nature Park, where she said she learned about the horrors in the elephant entertainment industry.

Beautification project brings blooms to Nellis Air Force Base

The landscape around Nellis Air Force Base is looking a bit more attractive than it used to, thanks to a thriving landscape planted by Southern Nevada’s Master Gardener program.

Improved soil health make plants more lush, vibrant

Q: What is the best fertilizer to use on lantana? I have yellow and purple, and the yellow just never seems to keep the flowers long in the summertime; they come and go and do no not look very vibrant. Is there such a thing a mild fertilizer to use?

Thrift shop helps fund nonprofit A Home 4 Spot’s dog rescue

Few organizations focus on death-row canines. Medical bills often pile up fast enough to view them as a lost cause, but for members of the nonprofit A Home 4 Spot, that’s exactly who they target. To offset the high medical costs, they opened up Dog Junkies, 4611 N. Rancho Drive.

A La Carte: Dining events and news for March 24-30, 2016

View rounds up dining events and news from across the Las Vegas Valley, from restaurant openings to special dinners and promotions.

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