Things to do in Sunrise/Whitney May 22-28
In Your Neighborhood
The Las Vegas Horse Expo is set to feature a family fun festival, horse show and carnival Friday through Sunday at Horseman's Park, 5800 E. Flamingo Road. Gates are set to open at 5 p.m. Friday , 9 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday . Visit lasvegashorseexpo.com or call 455-8206.
A Tales from Afar Puppet Show is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. today, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Visit lvccld.org.
A free lecture by Marie Rowley on former brothels in Las Vegas, focusing on Block 16, is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. A lecture focused on Roxie's at Four Mile on Boulder Highway is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Cora Coleman Senior Center, 2100 Bonnie Lane. Registration is required for the Cora Coleman event. Visit clarkcountynv.gov or call 455-7617.
Top 40s party band Slam is scheduled to perform 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 limited to adults 21 or older. Visit arizonacharlies
boulder.com or call 888-236-9066.
The Drew Baker Band is set to play at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Roxy's in Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Admission is free but limited to adults 21 or older. Visit samstown.com or call 456-7777.
Country performers The Randy Anderson Band is set to play at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday May 30 and 31 at Roxy's in Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Admission is free but limited to adults 21 or older. Visit samstown.com or call 456-7777.
The Zumiez Best Foot Forward amateur skateboarding contest series is scheduled to make a stop in Las Vegas at 6 p.m. Wednesday at SkateCity Indoor Skatepark, 4915 Steptoe St., No. 600. Sign up and practice are set to begin at 4 p.m. For more information, visit zumiezbest
footforward.com. For more information abut the park, visit skatecity.info or call 433-5544.
An All-Day Skate session is scheduled from noon to 6 p.m. Friday at Boulder Crystal Palace Skating Center, 4680 Boulder Highway. Admission is $8 or $9 with skate rental included. Visit skatevegas.com or call 458-7107.
Worth a Drive
The Snow Mountain Pow Wow at the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe's Snow Mountain Indian Reservation is scheduled from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday near U.S. Highway 95 at exit 95. A veterans memorial event is planned for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Daily admission for adults is $5. A weekend pass is $7. Children 12 or younger are admitted free, and parking is free. Visit lvpaiutetribe.com/powwow. For a full feature on the powwow, visit lvrj.com/view.
The Desert Chorale's Memorial Day Extravaganza, directed by its founder Nancy Helm and backed by guests the Nevada Pops, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Artemus Ham Hall at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Admission is free. Visit thedesertchoral.org or call 531-3550.
The Fremont Street Experience, 425 Fremont St., plans to host the Rock of Vegas concert series beginning with Vince Neil, lead singer of Motley Crue, at 9 p.m. Saturday on the Third Street Stage. The free concerts are slated to run through Labor Day weekend and feature musicians such as Warrant, Skid Row, Bret Michaels and Dee Snider, among others. Call 678-5777 or visit vegasexperience.com.
A public reception and awards ceremony for the 12th annual Celebrating Life! fine arts competition for residents 50 or older is slated from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. The exhibition is scheduled to be displayed Friday through July 11. Award-winning pieces are scheduled to be on display at the City Hall Chamber Gallery July 26 through Sept. 6. Call 229-1012 or 229-4631.
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 361 Symphony Park Ave., has a full slate of shows planned. The musical "Mary Poppins" is scheduled today through Sunday. Barbara Cook is set to sing Thursday through Sunday. The Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater plans a five-year anniversary concert May 29. "Desperate Housewives" actress Emily Bergl plans to perform her cabaret show "Kidding on the Square" June 8-9. Idina Menzel is scheduled to perform June 10. Call 982-7805 or visit thesmithcenter.com. Kids 7 to 18 are invited to a morning of dance and fun at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebel Girls Dance Workshop scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the UNLV Physical Education Complex, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. The fee is $25 for the first dancer and $15 for the second from the same family. Day-of registration begins at 8 a.m. Visit unlvrebelgirlsworkshops.com.
"Random Acts," a production from Chaos Theatre, Endless Productions and RagTag Entertainment, is set for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Studio Theatre at the Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Drive. Tickets are $12 for adults, $11 for seniors and $10 for students and theater subscribers. Visit lvlt.org or call 362-7996.
The Las Vegas Crafters Guild plans to host its annual Spring Boutique and Craft Show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. Visit lasvegascraftersguild.com.
