THE DISH: Free doughnuts for pirates
“Arrrr!” Talk or dress like a pirate on Talk Like a Pirate Day on Thursday and you can get free doughnuts. Wear a full pirate costume (three or more: eye patch, pirate hat, bandanna, peg leg, shoulder-topping parrot, pirate shirt, knickers, leather belt, silver and gold necklaces or earrings, a pirate hook, pointy black boots or ragged brown sandals) and you can get a free dozen doughnuts at any Krispy Kreme location in the valley. If you talk like a pirate to a Krispy Kreme team member, you can get a free doughnut. …
The 10th annual Oktoberfest celebration at the Hofbrauhaus, 4510 Paradise Road, begins Saturday with Siegfried &Roy tapping the ceremonial keg at 7 p.m. The celebration will continue for six weeks, with celebrity keg-tappers each week. …
Hash House A Go Go is celebrating eight years in Las Vegas with specials through Thursday. Sage Fried Chicken Benedict is $8.88 as are the BLT Bloody Mary and Kiwi Watermelon Lemonade; Milwaukee’s Best, Pabst Blue Ribbon and Hamm’s beers are 88 cents. There are four locations in Las Vegas. …
A Best of Italy winemakers dinner is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Marche Bacchus, 2620 Regatta Drive. It’s $98, plus tax and tip. For reservations, call 702-804-8008. …
Smith &Wollensky, 3767 Las Vegas Blvd. South, will celebrate its 53rd National Wine Week from Monday through Sept. 20. During lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., those buying a lunch entree can taste 10 wines for $20. A portion of proceeds will benefit Keep Memory Alive and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. …
Rx Boiler Room at Mandalay Place, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, will kick off a series of interactive mixology events from 8 p.m. to midnight Monday with the Tiki Takeover. A portion of proceeds of sales from the $7 cocktails will go to the Helen David Memorial Fund for bartenders affected by breast cancer.
Send information to Heidi Knapp Rinella, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. You also can send faxes to 702-383-4676 or email her at Hrinella@reviewjournal.com.