Event highlights this week include a Country in the Park outdoor concert and festival at Exploration Peak Park, “The 39 Steps” at Las Vegas Little Theatre, a McNeil Neighborhood Dog Parade and the 33rd annual San Gennaro Feast.
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Tourists visiting in early summer typically flock to the Strip, but residents might consider attending an annual event downtown targeted toward them.
It’s never too late to learn. That’s the mantra Ruth Johnson has taken to heart.
At 70, she took a leap of faith and changed a lifelong yearning to play the piano into a reality. Now 85, she gives recitals at Desert Spring United Methodist Church, 120 N. Pavilion Center Drive. Her latest was March 10.
She credits her success to the late Bernard Baskin, from whom she took lessons for four years.
“He helped me with my fingering,” she said. “He said, ‘You should touch the key so it brings out the story of the piece.’ “
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