Weekend in Las Vegas
Who says Las Vegas is unreal?
Las Vegas residents were introduced to the nation as contestants in the season premieres of two reality shows Wednesday night. Henderson’s own Brittany Rubalcaba, a 19-year-old 2006 graduate of Foothill ...
The British are already here!
A new Las Vegas theater company, rather grandly titled the British National Theatre of America, put on its first show last night, a Vegas-ized version of “Cinderella,” in which the ...
How to eat a cupcake
News you can really use: While I was reporting today’s Las Vegas Sun story about Sin City’s cupcake-bribery phenomenon, Cupcakery founder Pamela Jenkins shared a trade secret: her proprietary method ...
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“In a world…”
It’s a sad day for fans of movie trailers. Don LaFontaine, the man who provided the voice for more than 5,000 movie trailers, died Monday at age 68. Listen to ...
Third Apple Store in Vegas opens Saturday
I’m posting this mainly because I am an iPhone-carrying member of the cult of Steve Jobs: Las Vegas gets its third Apple Store on Saturday, when the Mac merchandiser has ...
Killers frontman discusses politics… reluctantly
The British music tabloid NME recently cornered The Killers lead singer Brandon Flowers, and pressed him for his views on the presidential candidates. Here’s an excerpt from the interview with ...
Lots to do over Las Vegas Labor Day weekend
The symbolic end of summer, Labor Day also signals to locals that the pace is going to pick up again. Even here in open-all-night Las Vegas, it can be hard ...
Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon gets wired
And we don’t mean the caffeine or whatever that keeps Jerry Lewis up all night through 43rd annual 22-hour variety show for charity. A new feature of this year’s live-from-Las ...
USA wins international Air Guitar Championship
Stealing the Olympics’ thunder is this bulletin from another international competition: Last Friday, San Francisco native Craig Billmeier won the Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland, defeating two-time champion, ...
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Harvest Festival at the Cashman Center
Enjoy shopping, gourmet food and artist demonstrations (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cashman Convention Center)
- Harvest Festival at the Cashman Center (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
- Noche Nortena (7 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.)
- Cher (7:30 p.m.)
- Jeff McBride Magic at the Edge at Palace Station (7:30 p.m.)
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