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Opportunity Village Nativity

Katherine Brian plays Mary in a live nativity performance at the Opportunity Village on South Buffalo Drive in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. The 25 minute performance is free and runs from Dec. 11 thru Dec. 14. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Volunteers perform as angels in a live nativity performance at the Opportunity Village on South Buffalo Drive in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. The 25 minute performance is free and runs from Dec. 11 thru Dec. 14. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By JOHN LOCHER LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

December 11, 2013 - 12:32 am

Katherine Brian portrays the Virgin Mary, and other volunteers perform as angels, in a live Nativity performance Tuesday at Opportunity Village, 6050 S. Buffalo Drive. The free, 25-minute shows follow the biblical account of Jesus Christ’s birth. Performances are at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. today and Thursday and 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The 7 p.m. performance today is in Spanish.

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