“I wanted to throw my shoe at the TV. They are trying to make it out that Las Vegas has become this toxic city that you can’t even go to.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of an occasional series of stories highlighting performers who played an interesting role in the history of entertainment in Las Vegas.
He is Afro Samurai, so named for his sweeping, gorgeous ‘fro swaying in Japanese breeze, like so much tousled cherry blossoms. This samurai aims to avenge the death of his father, beheaded in front of him when he was a boy. He’s got daddy issues.
Women’s Philanthropy United Jewish Community/Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and Barneys New York presented their 2009 United Luncheon at The Venetian’s Palazzo Ballroom on Feb. 5.
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People today have the misconception that a hero is a scantily clad pop star singing ballads at the MTV Video Music Awards. What most young people fail to see is that the people they are around seven hours of their day are the truest heroes one will ever find.
Getting a series on the air is hard enough. Trying to make one that defines an era? That’s like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. (Which, coincidentally, is how my cousin Stevie died.)
Despite often balmy days in Las Vegas at this time of year, snow-capped Charleston Peak, rising west of the city, reminds us that winter isn’t finished yet. Every storm front moving clouds across our valley carries the promise of fresh snow in the mountains. Whether the clouds deliver or not, the promise is enough to lure crowds to forested mountain slopes for snow play.
We send a lot of organic matter — kitchen scraps, grass clippings, leaves, branches etc. — to the dump when we really need to compost it to use in our landscapes. Composting simply is decayed organic matter that is in a state beyond recognition. We call it humus. It is the best organic matter to add to our soil.
While admittedly confusing, “Push” is an enjoyable movie to watch.
Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
To most valley residents, permanently closing off F Street to improve a highway might be considered a necessary sacrifice for growth and progress.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A century-old gift shop at the popular South Rim of the Grand Canyon has been converted into a visitor center that incorporates the building’s history.
February is Black History Month. In honor of Southern Nevada’s African-American heritage, we asked Claytee D. White, director of the Oral History Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to create a short quiz that will test your knowledge of a few of the people and events that, for good or bad, have helped to make Southern Nevada what it is.
Best-selling author Maeve Binchy‘s new novel is expected out this week. “Heart and Soul” is a story of family and friendship featuring Dr. Clara Casey, who must deal with demanding patients as she tries to establish an underfunded heart clinic in Ireland. In another story of family, “The Sweet By and By” by Todd Johnson centers around five women connected through a nursing home who offer each other friendship and wisdom as well as dignity and respect as their relationships grow.
He’s stingy. Stingy with his loving reassurance. When she needs it is when he’s least likely to offer it. He scolds her for being insecure.
From applying for unemployment benefits to modifying a home mortgage, surviving the economic downturn could become a matter of learning how to work the system.
Users of iPhones beware — state gaming agents are watching you.
GREEN FELT, GREEN EFFORTS: Several major gambling operators have become environmental advocates in recent years; MGM Mirage, Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Harrah’s Entertainment all pursue green building initiatives at their hotel-casinos.
Mounting layoffs and home foreclosures are bringing more people into the nonprofit Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Las Vegas.
A private banking customer of SouthwestUSA Bank ran out of gasoline while pulling his boat to Lake Mead with a new pickup truck. The bank customer was new to Southern Nevada and didn’t know many people here.
Mike O’Sullivan wants the Spring Valley Club to become a new kind of “Cheers,” a place “where everybody knows your name,” but nobody drinks booze.