For fans of the Western mystique and ranch life, the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev. is the event of the year.

Arts & Culture
In 1960, Frankie Valli stopped in Las Vegas on his way to Hawthorne, met Louis Prima and learned a lot about playing the lounges.
With Valentine’s Day approaching on Tuesday, Las Vegas locals can delve right into the wide-eyed, heart-shaped, lovesick thick of it — or distance themselves with more platonic forms of recreation.
Lijana Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas circus family was injured in an eight-person pyramid act to be featured at the Circus Sarasota on Wednesday.
Tony-winning director Diane Paulus found “Finding Neverland” on the road to Broadway, where the musical — based on the Oscar-winning 2004 movie of the same name — played more than a year.
As its fifth anniversary approaches next week, the Mob Museum has come into its own as an enthusiastic keeper of a slice of Las Vegas and American history.