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Things To Do in Sunrise/Whitney, Jan. 22-28

IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

---"Fiddler in the Loop" featuring Italian jazz violinist Luca Ciarla is scheduled to perform at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. Ciarla creates live audio loops and then performs a number of instruments over them. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Visit clarkcountynv.gov or call 702-455-7340.

---A free Weekend Walk is scheduled from 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. Sunday at the Clark County Wetlands Park, 7050 Wetlands Park Lane. Registration is required. Call 702-455-7522.

---Drive your car at 75 mph around the track during Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities Laps for Charity scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 7000 Las Vegas Blvd. North. The cost is $30 for three laps or $50 for six. Call 800-644-4444 or visit lvms.com.

---Nitro is scheduled to perform from 8 p.m. to midnight today through Thursday and from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday in Roxy's Lounge at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Visit samstownlv.com or call 702-456-7777.

---The Chris Heers Band is scheduled to play country, Americana and folk music from 8 p.m. to midnight today through Thursday and 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday through Sunday at Arizona Charlie's Boulder, 4575 Boulder Highway, Admission is free, but guests must be 21 or older. Visit arizonacharliesboulder.com or call 702-951-5800.

---A story time featuring princes and princesses is scheduled from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Sunrise Library, 5400 Harris Ave. Call 702-507-3900.

---The Nevada American Game Fowl Society has scheduled a poultry show starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at Horseman's Park, 5800 E. Flamingo Road. Judging begins at 11 a.m. The event is free to spectators. Visit equineeventlv.com or call 702-455-8206.

---Jay & The Americans and The Vogues are set to perform at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the Eastside Events Center at The Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Tickets start at $9.95. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Series is set to be shown at several local movie theaters, including Sam's Town Century 18 movie theater at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Berlioz's "Les Troyens" is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Expected running time is 5 hours and 45 minutes. "The Best of RiffTrax Live: Manos" The Hands of Fate" is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $22 for adults, $20 for seniors and $5 for children. Visit fathomevents.com, samstown.com or call 702-457-1732.

---The 12th season of Midnight Mayhem is scheduled from 6 to 11:30 p.m. Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 7000 Las Vegas Blvd. North. The event is a safe alternative to illegal street racing and allows drivers to pit their own street vehicles against each other on a drag strip. Races begin at 7 p.m. The entry fee is $15 for racers and $5 for spectators. Call 800-644-4444 or visit lvms.com.

---Jerry Presley is set to perform from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday in Marilyn's Lounge at The Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Admission is free. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---Open play of Yu-Gi-Oh!, a collectable trading card game, is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave. Players must bring their own decks. Call 702-507-4010.

---Doo-wop group The Nitekings is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. every Sunday in January in Roxy's Lounge at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Visit samstownlv.com or call 702-456-7777.

---The Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway, is set to host David Brouwer and Nino from 7:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays in January in Pinups Eastside. Brouwer also is set to perform from 8 p.m. to midnight Tuesdays through Thursdays and Sundays. Calvin Brooks and Brothers Ali are set to perform from 7 to 11 p.m. Mondays. Marilyn's Lounge is set to host the Claudine Castro Band from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Mondays, and the 360 Band from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

PLAN AHEAD

---Children 5 or younger are invited to listen to Groundhog Day Stories and make a craft item from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Sunrise Library, 5400 Harris Ave. Call 702-507-3900.

---The Randy Anderson Band is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 29-31 at Roxy's at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Visit samstownlv.com or call 702-456-7777.

---Calvin Brooks and Anthony James Baker are scheduled to perform jazz from 7 to 11 p.m. Mondays from Feb. 4-25 at Pinups Eastside at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Free. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---Glenn Gallarde is scheduled to perform from 8 p.m. to midnight Tuesdays through Thursdays and Sundays Jan. 29 through Feb. 25 at Pinups Eastside at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Free. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---Glenn Gallarde and Van DeGuzman are scheduled to perform from 7:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays Feb. 1-25 at Pinups Eastside at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Free. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---Basix is scheduled to perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 1-2 in Marilyn's Lounge at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Free. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---The Best of the Las Vegas Camerata Youth Orchestra is scheduled to perform at 2 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 the day of the show. Visit clarkcountynv .gov or call 702-455-7340.

---A Super Bowl skate party is scheduled from noon to 10 p.m. Feb. 3 at Crystal Palace, 4680 Boulder Highway. Admission is $9 for participants who provide their own skates or $10 with skates included. Participants may pick their favorite team and receive a free soft drink every time that team scores. 702-458-7107.

---Manolin el Medico de la Salsa is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at Sam's Town Live at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Tickets are $34.65. Visit samstownlv.com or call 702-456-7777.

---A benefit concert for the Police Unity Tour featuring Crossfire is set for 8 p.m. Feb. 8 at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Tickets are $15 at the door. Visit samstownlv.com.

---Heart Alive, a tribute to Heart, is scheduled from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 8-9 in Marilyn's Lounge at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Free. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---WOW - Women of Wrestling is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Eastside Events Center at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Tickets are $25. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---The Tony Marques Band is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 12-16 at Roxy's at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Visit samstownlv.com or call 702-456-7777.

---The Klique is scheduled to perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 15-16 in Marilyn's Lounge at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Free. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---Seth Turner is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 19-23 at Roxy's at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Visit samstownlv.com or call 702-456-7777.

---In-A-Fect is scheduled to perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 22-23 in Marilyn's Lounge at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Free. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---The Alan Parsons Live Project is set to perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Railhead at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. Tickets start at $34. Visit boulderstation.sclv.com.

---Brian McKnight is scheduled to perform at 8:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Eastside Events Center at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Tickets are $28.95. Visit eastsidecannery.com.

---In-A-Fect is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 26 through March 2 at Roxy's at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Visit samstownlv.com or call 702-456-7777.

---Boulder Blues featuring Walter Trout is set for 8 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Railhead at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. Cover charge is $5. Visit boulderstation.sclv.com.

---Kenny Wayne Shepherd is set to perform at 8 p.m. March 9 at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Tickets are $33 to $44. Visit samstownlv.com.

---Sevendust and Lacuna Coil are set to perform at 8 p.m. March 23 in the Railhead at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. Visit boulderstation.sclv.com.

---Boney James is set to perform at 8 p.m. April 6 in the Railhead at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. Visit boulderstation.sclv.com.

---Boulder Blues featuring Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown is set for 8 p.m. April 25 in the Railhead at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. Cover charge is $5. Visit boulderstation.sclv.com.

ONGOING EVENTS

---Enjoy live music from 8 p.m. to midnight Thursdays and from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays through Sundays at Arizona Charlie's Boulder, 4575 Boulder Highway. Visit arizonacharliesboulder.com.

---The Sin City Sinners are set to perform from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays in the Railhead at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. Guests must be 21 or older. Visit boulderstation.sclv.com.

---Rick Duarte is scheduled to perform from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at KIXX at the Railhead at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. Guests must be 21 or older. Visit boulderstation.sclv.com.

---Dance the night away during Sabado Buenisimo from 10:30 pm. to 2:30 a.m. Saturdays in the Railhead at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. There is a $10 cover charge for men. Guests must be 21 or older. Visit boulderstation.sclv.com.

WORTH A DRIVE

---The Clark County School District Honor Band is set to perform at 4 p.m. Jan. 29 in the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Admission is free. Visit pac.unlv.edu.

---A Winter Garden Fair & Plant Sale is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sweet Tomato Test Garden, 5910 Sheila Ave. Admission is a $3 donation.

---The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is set to perform at 8 p.m. Friday in the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Pianist Jon Kimura Parker also is set to perform. Admission is $35 to $75. Visit pac.unlv.edu.

---Presidio Brass is set to play at 7 p.m. Friday at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Call 702-229-3515 or 702-229-6469.

---UNLV composer-in-residence Virko Baley plans to premiere his opera "Holodomor (Red Earth. Hunger)" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Doc Rando Recital Hall of the Beam Music Center at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, before its move to New York City. Admission is free. Call 702-895-2787 or visit pac.unlv.edu.

---"Miss Nelson is Missing" is scheduled for 10 a.m. today in the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Tickets are $8.75 in advance. Visit ctcinc.ort or call 800-606-0424.

---The Jewish Family Service Agency plans to present "An Evening with Carrie Mat" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. For tickets, call 702-219-6584.

---Musical and comedy group The Scintas are scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the M Resort, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets start at $19.50. Visit ticketmaster.com.

---Enjoy a winter walk from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday and learn more about the trails at Heritage Park. The walk begins at Bark Park, 350 S. Racetrack Road, and is about two miles. The program is free, but registration is required. Register at cityofhenderson.com/parks or at any city recreation center (activity No. 641059-00).

---The Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, 350 E. Galleria Drive, plans to host All About Ducks, a free workshop on how to identify ducks. Workshop is from 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday and includes indoor and outdoor activities. Registration is required. Register at cityofhenderson.com/parks or at any city recreation center (activity No. 661017-00).

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