Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
For people who like to par-tay, St. Patrick’s Day is a gluttony of beer swilling while trying not to heave. But let us remember: St. Patrick is a religious saint, an icon of godliness.
The Brew’s Best Village Beer Fest is scheduled for 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Village at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson. The festival will offer tastes of beers from a number of boutique breweries and live music. Tickets are $25 at the door; proceeds benefit New Vista Community. For prepurchase or more information, visit www.NewVistaCommunity.org. …
If you’re a foodie and/or a regular reader of this space, you’re no doubt aware that the Wynn Las Vegas/Encore complex is home to a number of top-notch New American restaurants where the food is adventurous and innovative, the service excellent and the atmosphere artistic and, while not stuffy, a bit on the formal side.
For those who like to do theater but don’t have the time, “No Shame” may have a solution.
As bright and sunny as their native Australia, The Chevelles’ ’60s-styled power pop is catalyzed by fast cars and faster women. With hooks and harmonies for days, this veteran quartet is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Get your motor runnin’ with The Chevelles at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Double Down Saloon, 4640 Paradise Road. The show is free; call 791-5775.
Every entertainer starts performing somewhere. And Toto Zara’s musical square one was performing with his brothers and sisters in a sort of European version of the Osmonds.
They’re as much a staple of American highways as flattened raccoons. Seriously, the dudes in Sevendust never seem to stop touring. This may cheese off their wives, but not fans of melodic hard rock that’s equal parts force and finesse.
His former band Styx turns up in Las Vegas all the time with a sound-alike singer, but the group’s estranged singer-songwriter, Dennis DeYoung, stays busy on his own.
“There’s such a truth to where I am right now,” says Matt Goss, a singer who speaks often of truth and reality.
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