Day 53 (Aug. 12) Gun Ranges — Ever shoot a gun? If you want to learn, this is a perfect time to do so. The staff will help you choose a firearm and show you how to handle it and then choose targets. The shuttle bus runs from Las Vegas at Bullets and Burgers.
Thanks to the landing in Las Vegas of Lady Gaga this is going to be a weekend we are spinning with superstars and extravagant entertainment choices. Her T-Mobile concert tonight (Aug. 11) will be a far cry from the more sedate Tony Bennett show and more like Metallica or her halftime Super Bowl sensation that she’s performed in recent years. If all the world’s a stage it seems as if the outrageously dressed Gaga owns all of them.
This summer, we’re taking a note from our locations on the East Coast and bringing a taste of the shore to Las Vegas with a variety of new seafood offerings and specials.
Day 52 (Aug. 11) Kamukahi Ukelele and Hula Festival — Bringing the aloha spirit of Hawaii to Sam’s Town Live with hula performances.
As a singer and songwriter who thrives on the connection I feel with a live audience, Las Vegas beckoned me nearly four years ago and has been a musician’s dream come true. This town offers a wealth of live music opportunities with spaces ranging from tiny experimental venues all the way to world-class theaters. One can experience something different every day of the week.
With so many milestones coming up, including National Dance Day and Michael Jackson’s birthday, I can’t help but feel grateful to be living my dream as a professional dancer at the best live entertainment company in the world, Cirque du Soleil. When my little brother and I were dancing on the streets, I never thought I would turn my passion into a career that has allowed me to be a part of a major Las Vegas production — an immersive, emotional show that celebrates my role model, Michael Jackson.
Editor’s Note: Victor Drai and Las Vegas are synonymous with nightlife excitement, and although thousands line up each week to glide through the golden ropes to party in his playgrounds, few know of the extraordinary gifts that the mogul gives to say thank you to Las Vegas for his incredible success. This summer he launched his long-term community outreach program, Drai’s Cares, and here his son, Dustin, tells us all about the unique project.
• The new Magical Memories Disney Fine Art Gallery interactive experience opens at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace with Paige O’Hara and Robby Benson of the original animated “Beauty and the Beast” movie now celebrating its own 25th anniversary. (Paige was the voice of Belle and Robby the voice of the Beast). It’s a four-day celebration with the official ribbon and cake cutting set for Saturday. Artists from the Disney studios will be at work inside the gallery to demonstrate their skills, and, on Sunday, the cast and crew of the film will hold a Q&A session for fans.
Pop princess Britney Spears was rushed off-stage by security at last night’s opening night of her return to “Piece of Me” at the Planet Hollywood Axis theater when a crazed fan rushed the stage .
Day 51 (Aug. 10) Dig This Tour — You get to drive a bulldozer or excavator machine or both on a construction site where you can dig holes or stack tires at Dig This: Heavy Equipment Playground.
He’s known and respected as the grandfather of San Diego and La Jolla restaurants after spending nearly 30 years running the 15 Nevada and California locations of his pizza empire. But 73-year-old restaurateur Sami Ladeki has no intention of slowing down — and his new Pisco Rotisserie & Cevicheria, a showcase of Peruvian food, has become an instant hit in the coastal communities of Southern California.
While Las Vegas has a vibrant local population, it’s often associated with transient visitors, especially along the Las Vegas Strip. Tourists undoubtedly visit the Strip and are entirely unaware that some Las Vegas residents chose to live along the Strip, passing on the many master-planned communities and suburbs. Then they may even wonder, “Where?!”
As originally predicted in our Wicked Whispers & Racy Rumors column earlier this summer a new form of the long-ago Vegas Strip hit “Splash” will make its own splash with the North American debut of “Wow” starting at the Rio Sept. 26.
She is known and hailed as “Las Vegas’ First Lady of Jazz,” Michelle Johnson is not only a producer who has worked with many legends and launched several sold-out productions but as a star and popular singer in her own right much admired by her show business colleagues around town. Brought up in Egypt, Michelle somehow made it to the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip.
Day 50 (Aug. 9) ATV & Off Road Tours – Enjoy a fun tour in the desert off road with Dune Buggy tours in Hidden Valley, the Mojave Desert, and Valley of Fire.
