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Aldean performs on ‘SNL,’ 6 days after Las Vegas shooting

Country music star Jason Aldean, who was onstage last Sunday when gunfire erupted at Route 91 Harvest festival on the Strip, made a surprise appearance during the opening of “Saturday Night Live” tonight.

Entertainers plan benefit shows for Las Vegas shooting victims

The Strip’s newest arena and one of its lavishly appointed theaters will reportedly be the site where Las Vegas entertainers will coalesce to show strength and support following Oct. 1’s mass shooting on the Strip.

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Boulder City art fair draws crowds weekend after shooting

Boulder City’s annual Art in the Park was bucolic as usual Saturday. As chimes tinkled in the gentle breezes and people meandered between booths offering everything from fine-art paintings to clever crafts, those attending were reveling in the usually mundane aspects of life and not focusing on the horrors of the Strip massacre that started their week.

Musicians, fans raise money for Las Vegas first responders

Megadeth bassist David Ellefson joined about 150 fans at Count’s Vamp’d Rock Bar Grill on West Sahara Avenue Thursday for an auction to support the Firefighters of Southern Nevada Burn Foundation.

See world’s largest cucumber slicer in downtown Las Vegas

What’s being billed as the world’s largest and utterly inefficient cucumber slicer is touring Las Vegas this weekend, and it will make a stop from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Westgate awarded $2.2M in Elvis exhibit lease dispute

A company that used space at the Westgate for an Elvis Presley exhibit must pay the Las Vegas resort more than $2.2 million for defaulting on a lease, the resort’s chief operating officer said this week.

Only in VegasVille: A Ricky Martin-Composers Showcase doubleheader

Ricky Martin brought some old-school skills to his new production at The Park Theater, while Keith Thompson welcomed more than a dozen singer-songwriters to the stage at Cabaret Jazz on Wednesday.