The Clark County School Board on Thursday ratified a one-year contract extension for its teachers that preserves pay raises based on longevity and education. The terms do not include new cost of living increases.
Spine surgeon Mark Kabins has filed a motion in his fraud case that borrows a legal strategy used unsuccessfully in a related case.
Michael Greco remembers being a little boy, seeing Diana Ross in a small venue in Connecticut, the kind of setting so intimate, you can see the whites of the performer’s eyes.
Only in Las Vegas could Cheap Trick’s salute to “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” compete head-on with “Love,” which is officially sanctioned by the surviving Beatles.
Vegas has become a U. S. hub for Mexican Independence Day weekend celebrations, drawing massive amounts of tourists for boxing matches, concerts, restaurant specials and more.
Through Oct.3, players can win up to $1,500 cash or $2,250 free slot play at the Plaza and Vegas Club’s “Mystery Money Mania.”
The Las Vegas Philharmonic, along with guest star violinist Giora Schmidt, kick off the orchestra’s season and masterworks series Saturday with “Opening Night with Tchaikovsky.”
Ironically enough, death metal has gotten new life in recent years as a bunch o’ young turks with neck tattoos have merged the genre’s guttural grunts and warp-speed velocity with hard-core breakdowns.
Over the past few years, Las Vegas has become a sort of worldwide Nightclub Central, where clubs that fill every conceivable niche of clientele, music and atmosphere can be found.
In a recent Las Vegas Sun interview (by Kristen Peterson), Smith Center for the Performing Arts official Candy Schneider made a statement that jumped out at me: “We have a ton of arts, a wealth of it. But you have to go and find it. The Philharmonic is not going to send a van to your front door. Every organization’s doing everything (it) can to reach the community, but it’s up to the residents to engage.”
Various clues identify Piero’s as a conventionaire/tourist-centric restaurant.
It may be bad for your knees, liver, etc., but it’s good for the soul. Beer and roller skates usually lead to some bruised shins and sore ankles the next day, but it will all totally be worth it when the Down & Derby Roller Skating Disco hits town this weekend.
The 30th annual San Gennaro Feast runs Tuesday through Sept. 20 at the Grand Canyon Shopping Center, 4245 Grand Canyon Drive. For admission information, discount coupons, hours and other details, visit www.sangennarofeast.com. …
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees between $10 and $20; $$$ = entrees between $20 and $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
SAN GENNARO FEAST
Mangia! It’s the 30th annual festival of the patron saint of Naples and zeppole. Come celebrate from 4 to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 4 p.m. to midnight Sept. 18, 11 a.m. to midnight Sept. 19 and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Grand Canyon Shopping Center, 4245 Grand Canyon Drive. In addition to the food, there will be free entertainment from Lena Prima, Zowie Bowie, Dick Contino, Ronn Lucas and more. Tickets are $7 at the door ($6 for seniors and free for children 54 inches and under).
Bachata music group Aventura hits The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Dec. 10. Tickets start at $57.50 and go on sale at noon Saturday at The Joint box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.
Following Barack Obama’s speech to Congress on health care Wednesday evening, and despite unified opposition from minority Republicans, Democratic congressional leaders said Thursday they expect to pass “reform” legislation within the next few months.
The short-term memory problem that afflicts most members of Congress is acting up again. Barely a couple of years removed from the housing collapse brought about by federal meddling in the lending industry, lawmakers are preparing to introduce another round of destructive intervention before a recovery has a chance to take root.
July recorded the smallest year-over-year decline for Las Vegas visitor volume in 2009.
All we need is Bill Murray to run for governor. The monthly reporting of gaming revenues by Nevada is starting to take on the characteristics of the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day.”
Busloads of women attending a Teamsters convention in Las Vegas dropped by City Hall on Thursday to join a protest against Republic Services for firing 29 Hispanics who were allegedly attempting to unionize recycling center workers.
After showing signs of stability for a couple of months, Las Vegas’ housing market had a drop in sales and prices in August, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Thursday.
A group of independent sales agents of the Cosmopolitan’s condominium units are seeking their final commission payments even though none of the sales have closed and the project is not scheduled to open for at least a year.