Things to do in Centennial Dec. 4-10
IN YOUR Neighborhood
The Las Vegas Farmers Market is scheduled to set up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the first and third Saturday of the month at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, 9200 Tule Springs Road. Admission to the park is free during the market. Visit lasvegasfarmers
market.com.
J.R. Pony Parties, an educational farm, welcomes the public to visit from 10 a.m. to noon during Open Gate Days scheduled for today, Dec. 18 and 28 at 1753 Fairhaven Ave. Admission is $5, which includes pony rides, visits to the goat barn and more. Visit jrponyparties.com or call 702-631-4142.
The Ensemble Arts Academy plans to offer its Camp Rocks! Winter Break Day-Camp for ages 7 to 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 26-28 and Jan. 2-4 at 7280 W. Azure Drive, Suite 140. Visit facebook.com/ensembleartsacademy.
Worth a Drive
The Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center Theatre, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, is set to host Hampstead Stage Company's free production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday for children 5 to 11. Call 702-507-3860.
The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre plans to present the musical "Honk!" at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 15 and at 2 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 15 and 16 at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for teens, seniors and members of the military and $3 for children 12 or younger. Call 702-229-6383 or 702-229-6553, or visit artslasvegas.org.
Broadway singer Linda Eder is scheduled to perform a free holiday concert at Symphony Park, adjacent to The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 361 Symphony Park Ave., at 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are free but must be reserved. Reserved tables along the park sidewalks with food and beverage service are available for $50 a person or $600 a table. Call 702-749-2000 or visit thesmithcenter.com/holidayconcert.
Celebrate the season with Heritage Holidays slated from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway. Families can visit the Heritage Street historic homes decorated inside and out for different decades, listen to carolers, make holiday crafts, enjoy free cocoa and check out the scale-model holiday railroad. Admission is free. Visit clarkcountynv.gov or call 702-455-7955
Local singer/songwriter Annie Meadows plans to present her annual free family-friendly Christmas concert with actors, live strings and ballet from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the Grand Ballroom at Ravella at Lake Las Vegas, 1610 Lake Las Vegas Parkway. A story time is scheduled from 2 to 2:45 p.m. outside the Grand Ballroom. After the concert, Meadows plans to lead the crowd in caroling. Visit faithrunner.org.
The Nevada State Railroad Museum's Santa Train is back with train rides every hour on the hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and Dec. 15-16 and Dec. 22-23. The museum is at 600 Yucca St., Boulder City. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.nevadasouthern.com.
The monthly First Friday arts festival returns from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday to the 18b Las Vegas Arts District. Visit firstfridaylasvegas.com. Many area galleries plan exhibits opening Friday, and several are open for previews Thursday. A Holiday Shopping Bazaar is scheduled from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday at Casino Center Boulevard and Colorado Avenue. Organizers plan a winter wonderland with carolers, sleigh rides and snow. U.S. Marines plan to collect Toys for Tots in a Humvee. Social Paintbrush is set to give free painting lessons from 7 to 8 p.m., and The Art of Law plans a free seminar on legal issues for artists in a tent on the corner of Casino Center Boulevard and California Avenue . The Kid Zone on Casino Center Boulevard north of Colorado Avenue is set to feature Garehime Elementary School students selling crafts and a Roos-N-More petting zoo.
The We Knead The Dough Gingerbread Festival is slated for noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School, 2015 S. Hualapai Way. The festival is set to feature more than 40 gingerbread houses, 1,000 gingerbread people, entertainment, a pizza lunch by CiCi's, visits with Santa Claus, carnival games and activities. Admission is $15 and includes a gingerbread cookie-decorating kit, pizza buffet and carnival games. For $50, guests can decorate their own gingerbread house. Proceeds benefit The Rape Crisis Center. Call 702-385-2153 or visit therapecrisiscenter.org.
The 18th annual Shoes for Children shoe drive and benefit performance plans to present "The Threepenney Opera" by the Ira Aldridge Theatre Company of Nevada at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 and 12 at the Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center Theatre, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. The show is an adaptation of "The Beggar's Opera." Admission is a new pair of children's athletic shoes sized to fit preschoolers to high school youths. Donations also will be accepted through Dec. 23 at all Las Vegas-Clark County Library District branches. Call 702-507-3989.
The Nevada Conservatory Theatre is set to perform Tom Stoppard's play "Arcadia" at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Judy Bayley Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Tickets start at $20. Call 702-895-2787 or visit pac.unlv.edu.
The Las Vegas chapter of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, in collaboration with the El Cortez, is scheduled to host the unveiling of its "Hearts of Las Vegas" art exhibit, featuring 5-foot-tall 3-D hearts crafted by local artists. The ceremony is set for noon Thursday in the Jackie Gaughan Plaza, adjacent to El Cortez, 600 Fremont St.
Ongoing events/exhibits
Santa Claus is slated to visit with children from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 23 and Dec. 20 and 21. Santa is also expected from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 24 at Tivoli Village, 302 S. Rampart Blvd. No photo purchase is necessary to visit with Santa. Visit tivolivillagelv.com.
The Las Vegas Farmers Market is open from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays at Gardens Park, 10401 Garden Park Drive, and Wednesdays at Bruce Trent Park, 8851 Vegas Drive. Find produce from regional farmers, baked goods and artisan crafts. Visit lasvegasfarmers
market.com or call 702-562-2676.
The exhibit "Talent and Treasures: Masterworks and Comics Classics ---- The Treasured Works of Artist Db Donovan" is scheduled to be on display during regular library hours Dec. 11-Feb. 12 at the Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. The exhibit is the Inner sanctum cartoon series that was syndicated to King Features and featured in two Las Vegas newspapers. An artist reception is scheduled for 1 to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Call 702-507-3860.
The exhibit "Tony Hawk Rad Science" is scheduled to run through Jan. 20 at the Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. The exhibit allows visitors to put themselves into the role of skateboarders and scientists as they explore more than 25 interactive experiences. It is presented by the Tony Hawk Foundation in conjunction with the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for students, seniors and military personnel and $7 for children 3 to 11. Children 2 or younger get in free. A $2 discount is offered to Las Vegas-Clark County Library District card holders. Admission is free for Las Vegas Natural History Museum members. Call 702-507-3630.
Sarah Frances Johnson is scheduled to sing classic and contemporary jazz ballads from 6 to 10 p.m. Sundays inside T-Bones Chophouse and 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and 6 p.m. to midnight Fridays at Onyx Bar for guests 21 or older at Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd. Visit sarahfrancesjohnston.com.
The Peelers are scheduled to perform Saturdays for guests 21 or older in Rocks Lounge at Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd. Doors open at 10 p.m.
The Ambience Jazz Trio, featuring Mike Candito, Cocho Arbe and Jeff Davis, is slated to perform from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at the Brio Tuscan Grille in Tivoli Village, 420 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 180. Visit brioitalian.com or call 702-433-1233.
Bluesman Bobby Jonz is set to headline a Celebrity Guests Dinner Show from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays starting Dec. 5 at The Mad Greek Cafe, 8565 W. Sahara Ave. The show is free to diners. Early dinner seating begins at 7 p.m. Call 702-242-7669 for reservations.
The fresh52 Farmers Market at Tivoli Village, 302 S. Rampart Blvd., is set to operate from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Visit fresh52.com.
The Sundar & Lightning Variety Dinner Show is planned from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Mad Greek Cafe, 8565 W. Sahara Ave. There is no cover charge for the show. Call 702-242-7669.
The Las Vegas Polymer Clay Guild's Members Show is scheduled to be shown in the art gallery at the Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, during regular library hours through Dec. 18. Call 702-507-3710.
Wes Winters is scheduled to perform from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at Addison's Lounge inside the Rampart Casino at The Resort at Summerlin, 221 N. Rampart Blvd. All shows are free, but limited to those 21 or older. Call 702-507-5900.
Artist Dave Thompson's "Re-Cycled Metal Art Sculptures" are scheduled to be exhibited in the gallery at the Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., through Dec. 11. The exhibition features a whimsical garden of recycled steel. Call 702-507-3630.
PLAN AHEAD
The Gateway Arts Foundation plans to present "A Dead Guy in My Daughter's Bedroom" at 2 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Starbright Theatre, 2215 Thomas W. Ryan Blvd. Admission is $12 for Sun City Summerlin residents and $15 for nonresidents. Visit gatewayartsfoundation.org. All ticket sales are check or cash (exact change required). Credit cards are not accepted. Call the Starbright Theatre at 800-595-4849.
Aaron Lewis is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 19 at Rocks Lounge inside Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd. Doors are set to open at 7 p.m. Those younger than 21 must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are $45 for general admission and $65 for Gold Circle seating. Visit stationcasinos.com, ticketmaster.com or call 800-745-3000.
The Las Vegas Ballet Company plans to present "Nutcracker Highlights" at 7 p.m. Dec. 20 and 2 p.m. Dec. 21-23 at the Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center Theatre, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. Admission is $25 for adults and $20 for students and seniors. Call 702-651-5483, 866-967-8167 or visit kwakballet.com.
The exhibit "R Space Studio: A Working Gallery" is scheduled to feature work by Susanne Forestieri, Beth McCall, Douglas Clark, Erika Alison and Ugla Gault at the Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, during regular library hours Dec. 20-Feb. 9. An artist reception is set for 5 p.m. Dec. 20. Call 702-507-3710.
Families are invited to bring a picnic lunch or snack and enjoy "A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" as part of the Family Lunchtime Movie Matinee series scheduled for noon Dec. 19 at the Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. Call 702-507-3863.
