Skateboard star has cause

The Wynn stages a big event that has slipped under the radar but features Tony Hawk, a punk show by Rancid, plus appearances by Andre Agassi, a UFC crew (Chuck Liddell, Frank Mir and Gray Maynard), plus the oft-naked Holly Madison and Aubrey O'Day, skateboarding and BMX icons from Bucky Lasek to Matt Hoffman, and actor Erik Estrada.

This is Hawk's Stand Up For Skateparks, raising money for skate parks in Vegas and elsewhere for "at-risk youths."

People who go (noon-4 p.m.) can check out half-pipe action and other sports moves and preview-play the new video game "Tony Hawk: Ride."

It's a big ticket: $350. Check StandUpForSkateParks.org.

• The Playground/Crazy Horse III strip club complex is inaugurating an intimate, 200-person rock club called Dead Man's Hand.

There's no gambling, thus no gambling-related restrictions on nudity. Ergo, The Playground is the only place in Vegas where you can see rock names performing in small room with mostly naked strippers.

And admission is free.

So at 11 p.m. tonight, System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan performs with rock buddies.

And Saturday, The Playground stages an 8 p.m. comedy show followed by an 11 p.m. concert from an "all-star" group including drummer Slim Jim from Stray Cats and guitarist-singer Eric Dover of Jellyfish.

Also on Saturday's guest list (for a Bluff magazine event): porn star Tera Patrick (newly single) and former Pantera pounder Vinnie Paul. For more, check out PlaygroundLV.com.

• The Latin Grammys (last night at Mandalay Bay, broadcast on Univision) brought a world of Latino stars to town, plus their fans.

This was a boost for Vegas. Tourist numbers died two Tuesdays ago, was anemic Monday, but was huge by Thursday, in no small part because of the Latin Grammys.

Before the awards started, stars filed into a secret room inside THE Hotel to pick up celebrity gift bags: Jackie Guerra, Alejandro Sanz, Aaron Diaz, David Bisbal, Alejandra Guzman, Natalia Jimenez, Juan Luis Guerra, Calle 13, Ruben Blades, Juan Gabriel and Alicia Keys.

Some gifts they got (overseen as usual by Lash Fary's Distinctive Assets):

A $2,000 credit for Botox and other treatments at California's HealthCare Partners day spa; VIP stays at the Palms, plus private tours of the Palms recording studio.

Favorite: A soy candle company called Soy Delicious (translation: "I'm Delicious") was started by two Miami teachers (not rich, just inspired) because one teacher's husband and kids had severe reactions to regular candles. Their candles burn soy, smell great and don't turn to wax, but burn into hot massage oil for lovers. (It was tested on me.)

Doug Elfman's column appears Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. E-mail him at delfman@reviewjournal.com. He blogs at reviewjournal.com/elfman.