Fans have to wait a year to see the show, but not to buy tickets for Celine Dion’s long-expected return to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace next year.
Entertainer turned restaurateur Tony Sacca wasn’t worried about Neonopolis when opening Las Vegas Rocks Cafe there last year.
The struggling entertainment venue at 450 Fremont St. — opened in 2002 — was built before its time, Sacca says. “Now, on Fremont Street it’s like Disneyland.”
Amato’s Bakery, 3300 Meade Ave., received 19 demerits Jan. 29. Violations included dirty food contact surfaces. GRADE: B
When most of us remember our college days, it’s with not-so-fond memories of college student food: Ramen noodles. Soup cooked in a popcorn popper. Ramen noodles. Government cheese. Ramen noodles. Frozen pizza. Oh, and let’s not forget ramen noodles.
Our brief annual fling with brisk weather will come to an end before we know it, so it’s a good time to report on a reader-requested soup. For Jim Loeffler, who’s looking for oyster stew, Evelyn Mayfield and Marlene Helfrich e-mailed that they find it at separate Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets. …
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In the glass: Ardeche Chardonnay is a light golden-yellow color with a faint streak of chartreuse through the core, which displays a clean, clear, bright appearance, going out into a faint rim definition with medium viscosity.
Last Sunday’s column noted the long dry spell awaiting Las Vegas entertainment: Forget about big-buck investments in splashy new shows. This week, it’s only fair to note the flip side: Being broke doesn’t mean you can’t still be creative.
Proud of its history, the Nevada town of Mesquite invites visitors to get acquainted with the border town’s past, starting with a visit to its diminutive museum at 35 Mesquite Blvd. Housed in a flat-roofed rock building erected to serve as a library during 1939-41, the Virgin Valley Heritage Museum contains remnants of its past dating back to original settlement by Mormon colonists in the early 1880s. The single-storied museum, later turned into a hospital, was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Goodbye, guys selling “Too Close for Comfort” reruns to emerging markets that have yet to discover the joys of Jim J. Bullock.
Vanity at the Hard Rock Hotel was built with the clubgoer in mind.
Female-fronted rockers Paramore hit The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on May 16, with Relient K and fun.
Randy Couture steps out of the practice ring inside his Las Vegas training facility, Xtreme Couture, wipes his sweaty brow and faces the media — which points out he’s old (46) for the UFC, and so is his next opponent, Mark Coleman (45).
Jerry’s Nugget has added another “Big Game Day” promotion. On Sunday, video poker players wearing a Jerry’s Nugget Royal Flush T-shirt (that they received the last time they hit a royal flush at Jerry’s) will receive a double payout on any royal flushes hit from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (nickel-quarter-dollar machines, with card, max coin, no wild cards). On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays (ClubBoomer Days), all players 55-plus receive five times points (see below), a $5 blackjack match play and players earning 550 base points receive a $10 meal coupon.
Splendor in the Glass, a benefit for Southern Nevada Public Television, is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road. Featuring 65 wineries and breweries, a live wine auction, a silent auction and live smooth jazz, it’s $65 in advance or $80 at the door.
It seems dumb questioning a man whose artistic merit is without question. But really, has George Strait been good for country music?
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
This is the weekend of the Big Game. Unless you’re oblivious to the place of football in American life, you know exactly which game I’m talking about.
A big ol’ sloppy tub of mush. That’s “Dear John,” the latest in a seemingly endless line of movies based on a seemingly endless line of Nicholas Sparks best-sellers.
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