Things to do in Sunrise/whitney Oct. 9-15

Families are invited to the reopening of Grapevine Springs Neighborhood Park, 5280 Palm St. near Hacienda Avenue. Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow is scheduled to host an event with games, snow cones and popcorn at noon Saturday. Grapevine Springs features playgrounds, shade structures, barbecues, a new restroom and a new three-run dog park. The park is the first Clark County-run park to be equipped with a new emergency call box, a 14-foot-tall box featuring a help button park users can push to report emergencies. Contact Scow's office at 455-8531 or ccdistg@
clarkcountynv.gov.

The Sunrise Library, 5400 Harris Ave., is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday. Planned festivities include face painting, prizes, balloons and treats. Visit lvccld.org or call 507-3900.

The Tony Marques Band is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday at Roxy's in Sams Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Admission is free but limited to adults 21 or older. Visit samstownlv.com or call 432-7777.

A new production of Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera "L'Elisir d'Amore" is scheduled to be screened live as part of The Met: Live in HD at 9:55 a.m. Saturday in theaters across the country, including Century 18 Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Tickets are $24 for adults, $22 for seniors and $18 for children. Visit fathomevents.com.

A Ride For the Riches Team Sorting event is scheduled starting at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Horseman's Park, 5800 E. Flamingo Road. The event is free to spectators. For more information, contact Gail Powers at 528-1793. For more on Horseman's Park, visit equineeventlv.com or call 455-8206.

The Guess Who, best known for its hit "American Woman," is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Eastside Events Center in the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway. Tickets are $14.95 to $34.95. Visit eastsidecannery.com or call 856-5300.

First Choice Pregnancy Services, a center at 860 E. Sahara Ave. that provides free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and abortion alternative counseling, plans to host its eighth annual The Miraculous Life Gala at 5 p.m. Saturday at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. The gala is set to feature dinner, entertainment, a silent auction and an address by Bruce Wilkinson, author of "The Prayer of Jabez." Admission is free, but reservations are required and donations are suggested. Visit firstchoicefriendslv.org or call
733-0323.

A performance of Izel Dance Concert: Mexican Folkloric Dance is scheduled from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. The presentation is set to feature the dances of nine different states of Mexico. Visit clarkcountynv.gov or call 455-7340.

Veterinarian Mark Beerenstrauch of the "Pet Talk With Dr. B" show on KXNT-FM 100.5 is scheduled to speak about allergies and saving pets with CPR during the monthly Hot Diggity Dog! canine gathering scheduled from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the Cora Coleman Senior Center, 2100 Bonnie Lane. Call 455-7617.

Variety Toast of the Town is scheduled to feature a live band and a changing roster of local celebrities performing at 2 p.m. Thursdays in Sam's Town Live! at Sams Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Admission is free for B Connected players club members. Visit samstownlv.com or call 432-7777.

Worth a Drive

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada invites cyclists to register for the Downtown Soul Ride from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. The ride coincides with Rediscover Downtown Day (rediscoverdowntownlv.com). Riders will gather at the RTC's administrative building, 600 S. Grand Central Parkway. Stops along the way include The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, The Mob Museum and the RTC's Bonneville Transit Center. Las Vegas Cyclery plans to provide free bike rentals. Visit rtcsnv.com.

The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre plans to open its 36th season with the musical "Tom Sawyer" at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 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 229-6383 or 229-6553, or visit artslasvegas.org.

The College of Southern Nevada Department of Fine Arts' Choral and Instrumental programs have scheduled a Joe Williams Music Scholarship Concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Nicholas J. Horn Theatre on CSN's Cheyenne campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. This scholarship, established in 1989, has helped more than 400 CSN students achieve their music education goals. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. CSN also plans to put on Yasmina Reza's French comedy "Art" directed Robert D. Dunkerly at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 20 and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 21 in the BackStage Theatre on the Cheyenne campus. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Call
651-5483 or visit csn.edu/pac.

Plan your Rediscover Downtown Day with more than 40 activities scheduled all day and night Saturday, ranging from the American Heart Association's Heart Walk to admission discounts at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, The Mob Museum and the Lied Discovery Children's Museum. A list of events and discounts is available at rediscoverdowntownlv.com.

A Nevada Conservatory Theatre production of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Judy Bayley Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Tickets start at $20. Discounts are available for students and faculty. Visit pac.unlv.edu.

Off-Strip Productions' fully-staged rendition of the Stephen Sondheim musical thriller "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is scheduled for 8 p.m. Fridays through Sundays through Oct. 28 at the Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 16 B. Tickets are $20. Visit onyxtheatre.com.

The first Moskow Speakers Series lecture, presented by Temple Sinai, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday in the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. The event is set to feature Avraham Burg (the youngest speaker in the history of the Israeli Knesset) and talk show host Dennis Prager discussing "Consensus, Controversy & Complacency: A Fresh Perspective on U.S./Israel Relationships" in a conversation moderated by "Primary Colors" author Joe Klein. Admission is free, but tickets must be acquired from the performing arts center box office. Visit pac.unlv.edu or call 895-2727.

The Nevada Chamber Symphony's 28th season is set to premier with a program of works by Hispanic/Latin American composers performed by the orchestra and its recently formed cello ensemble Trio Serenata at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Visit lvccld.org or call 507-3459.

Ricardo Griego is slated to play Spanish guitar in a free concert accompanied by dancers at 2 p.m. Saturday at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. Visit lvccld.org. Griego also plays from 7 to 11 p.m. most Saturdays at Barcelona Tapas & Bar, 10690 Southern Highlands Parkway, No. 100. Visit ricardogriego.com or call 483-5764.

Wear sneakers paired with party clothes to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas' Sneaker Ball scheduled at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road. Entertainment, stadium-style food, beer and cocktails and a live and silent auction are planned. Call 367-2582 or visit bgclv.org.

The Las Vegas Hot-Diggity Dachshund Club and Rescue plans to host its ninth annual Hallo-Weiner event from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kellogg-Zaher Dog Park, 7901 W. Washington Ave. Expect a costume contest, music, games, food, vendors, a photographer, Dachshund races, a raffle and a silent auction. Club members who pre-pay their 2013 membership dues of $25 get in free. Admission for nonmembers is $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 or younger, $3 per dog or $15 per family. Visit lvhddcr.com.

The Ward 2 Trunk Or Treat Car Show and free Halloween festival is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center, 101 N. Pavilion Center Drive. Expect a kids costume contest, jump houses, face painting, music and Halloween craft projects and games, as well as trunk-or-treating at the car show. All makes, models and years of vehicles are welcome. Early registration for the car show is $25 per car and includes a T-shirt, dash plaque, goody bag and raffle tickets. Event-day registration is $35, cash only. Vendors also are welcome. The fee is $25 and includes a table. For car show registration, visit lasvegasnevada.gov/trunkortreat. For vendor information or to volunteer, call 229-2420.

The Pure Aloha Fall Festival is scheduled from 4 to 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road. The event features a Hawaiian festival and concert series with more than 100 booths and amusement rides. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors 55 or older, military with ID and children 5 to 10. The festival is set to feature J Boog and Hot Rain at 6 p.m. Friday and Willie K and Kalama Brothers at 6 p.m. Saturday. Concert tickets are $30 in advance and $35 the day of the event. Visit vizzun.com.

Speeding Theatre, a 55-or-older drama group, plans to present the comedy "Golf With Alan Shepard" featuring Chuck N. Baker, Mike Hubbard, Oliver A. Phillips, Al Rauckhorst and John M. Slocum at 8 p.m. Fridays through Sundays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 28 in the LVLT Studio Theatre at the Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Drive. Tickets are $11 to $12. Visit lvlt.org.

PLAN AHEAD

An all-day skate is scheduled from noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 26 at Crystal Palace Skating Center, 4680 Boulder Highway. Admission is $8 or $9 with skate rental included. A meal special also is planned from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. that includes two slices of pizza, a soft drink and four video game tokens. Visit skatevegas.com or call 458-7107.