Cooperative Extension to host Tres de Mayo event on Sunday

The slow-food movement doesn't have it easy in Las Vegas, where the desert environment frustrates many local gardeners. Slow Food Las Vegas will take a step to change that with its Tres de Mayo event from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Cooperative Extension's Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 S. Paradise Road. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about growing nopal cactuses and preparing them as a vegetable or juice or in cakes and pastries, and single pads of the plants will be distributed to families for planting. Admission is $10; if you plan to attend, please e-mail info@slowfoodlv.org. ...

The 30th annual San Gennaro Feast runs from Wednesday through May 10 at 4245 Grand Canyon Parkway. The event includes Italian food, drink and music, plus arts and crafts, amusement rides and more. For details, visit www.sangennarofeast.com. ...

"Mangé: Laissez Les Bon Temps Roule" -- a "celebrity chef soiree" featuring the Food Network's Jeff Henderson and other chefs -- begins at 6 p.m. May 16 at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas, and will benefit the American Heart and American Stroke associations. Tickets range from $75 to $150 per person and are available by calling 341-7400. ...

In honor of Japanese Children's Day on Tuesday, Benihana at the Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road, will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of all children's meals served that day to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. ...

Strip House at Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering "Peepshow" dinner and show packages for $141 per person or an upgraded $288 per person, inclusive. They're available from 5 to 7 p.m. daily. Reservations are required; call 785-5000. ...

Mon Ami Gabi at Paris Las Vegas, 3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South, now serves breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. daily, featuring such dishes as lemon pancakes, chocolate-bacon waffles and sticky buns. ...

Dos Caminos Mexican Kitchen and Lounge at the Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. South, has introduced a happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m. daily, featuring $6 turkey burger sliders, $8 guacamole and $4 Dos Equis Lager and Amber. ...

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