Donations earn Blue Man ticket

Anyone who brings a bag of nonperishable food items to the Blue Man Theatre at The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday will get one free ticket to either the 7 or 10 p.m. show that evening. Items needed include single-serving cereal boxes, fruit cups, granola and breakfast bars, crackers or cookie packs, sunflower seed packets, pop-top canned fruit, trail mix and raisins. The items will be given to local low-income children out of school for the summer. ...

More than 100 grilling teams will compete in The Orleans USA Barbecue Championships this weekend at the resort-hotel at 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. The festival, which includes barbecue vendors, a barbecue expo, live music and a kids' play zone, is free from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. ...

Layer Cake wines will be featured in a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Spiedini at the J.W. Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd. With an entree of veal osso buco, the four-course dinner is $68 per person. Call 869-8500. ...

Nove Italiano at the Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, will celebrate National Wine Day 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The evening will include signature Nove pizza, wine tasting and works by local artist Jerry Misko. It's $55 per person; call 942-6800. ...

The El Cortez, 600 Fremont St., will begin its 70th-anniversary celebration with a wine walk and screening of the film "Bugsy" at 7 p.m. May 27. It's $20 per person. The Lulu's on the Move food truck also will be there. ...

Tasti-D-Lite, a chain serving lower-calorie frozen desserts, has opened outlets at Binion's at 128 Fremont St., in Town Square at 6587 Las Vegas Blvd. South and at Circus Circus, 2880 Las Vegas Blvd. South. ...

And for anyone who missed it, Saipin Chutima of Lotus of Siam shared the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef: Southwest with Tyson Cole of Uchi in Austin, Texas. ...

Send information to Heidi Knapp Rinella, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. You also can send faxes to 383-4676 or email her at hrinella@reviewjournal.com.