Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | 2 a.m.
Multi-instrumentalist David Van Such will be playing some hot licks on a cool jazz night Wednesday by the pool at Green Valley Ranch Station Casino.
It’s part of the free Oasis After Work Escape series, sponsored by KOAS 105.7-FM, the smooth jazz station known as the Oasis.
Van Such is best-known as a saxophonist but he’s adept on the electric violin, flute, clarinet and keyboard as well. And he doesn’t limit himself to jazz; his interests also include rock and rhythm and blues.
He graduated from Ohio University and moved to Los Angeles, where he played in clubs and was a staff musician at Disneyland for five years.
Van Such landed in Vegas and has been a fixture for many years — with the Ghalib Ghallab Band, Sidro’s Armada and the David Van Such Band.
Details: 6 p.m. Wednesday; Green Valley Ranch pool; free
Cooking queens sign cookbooks
Las Vegas female impersonators Frank Marino and Larry Edwards are featured in “Cooking Doesn’t Have to Be a Drag! Volume 1.”
Stephen Bieniek’s coffee table book features recipes and photos from some of the top drag queens in the country. Profits from the book’s sales go to benefit the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
Edwards, a Tina Turner impersonator who calls himself Hot Chocolate, includes a recipe for, what else, hot chocolate.
Marino, who performs his Joan Rivers act in “La Cage” at the Riviera, has a recipe for pumpkin pie.
“My real thing is going to the drive-through window and yelling my order,” Marino says. “But there isn’t a recipe for that.”
Edwards and Marino are signing books today at Get Booked, which features gay literature and novelty items.
Details: Book signing from 7 to 9 tonight; Get Booked, 4640 Paradise Road, Suite 15.
Around town
“Donn Arden’s Jubilee!” is offering a special price for locals to celebrate its 27th anniversary at Bally’s. “It’s an amazing accomplishment for an amazing show,” said Bill Gaydos, director of entertainment for Bally’s Las Vegas. “We wanted to find a special way to celebrate the occasion and thank the Las Vegas community for supporting us.” (7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Saturdays through Thursdays from July 31 through Aug. 15; Bally’s; $27 for locals, must show Nevada ID at the box office; 967-4567) ... Comedians Kathleen Dunbar and Rob Sherwood team up for the “He Said — She Said” comedy show Saturday at Sun City MacDonald Ranch. Part of the proceeds go to the nonprofit Entertainment Consumers Exchange. (7 p.m. Saturday, Sun City MacDonald Ranch Showroom, 2020 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway; $12) ... Only God knows why, but tickets are on sale for a September show by Kid Rock at the Pearl. (8 p.m. Sept. 20; Pearl at the Palms; $100-$200; 942-6888, 474-4000).
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