Knights of Columbus offering fish fry during Lent

Knights of Columbus Council 8282 is offering a fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. every Friday during Lent (through March 29) in the Parish Center at St. Viator Catholic Community, 2461 E. Flamingo Road.

The dinner includes deep-fried or baked fish fillets, french fries, coleslaw, bread and coffee and is $7 for adults, $4 for children, eat-in or take-out. Thirty percent of proceeds go to St. Viator. …

Hussong’s Cantina at Mandalay Place, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering buy-one-get-one-free Original Margaritas all day today in celebration of National Margarita Day. …

The Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. South, will celebrate the end of Chinese New Year with the first Las Vegas Lantern Festival from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Several dim sum tables will serve various varieties of rice balls; the evening also will include four custom cocktails. Tickets, which are $48.88, are on sale at any Venetian or Palazzo box office, online at www.Venetian.com or www.Palazzo.com or at the gate. …

Castello Banfi 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 grilled Prime bavette steak, the four-course dinner is $69 per person. For reservations, call 869-8500. …

A whiskey-pairing dinner is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Delmonico Steakhouse at The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South. With an entree of braised short-rib Wellington, the four-course dinner is $160 inclusive. For reservations, call 414-3737. …

The Cultural Diversity Foundation will present its 18th annual Educational Taste of Excellence from 6 to 10 p.m. March 9 in Atrium B at the World Market Center, 495 S. Grand Central Parkway. The evening will include a food tasting representing six countries plus wine tastings, spirits, jazz and silent and live auctions. Tickets, which are $60 in advance or $70 at the door, are available at Lee’s Discount Liquor, Total Wine & More and online at www.CDFNV.org, or call 646-2615. …

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