Tonight in L.V.: Glittering Lights at LVMS, Lou Ruvo Center, Sushi Roku, STK, USA Sevens Rugby, Michael Grimm
TONIGHT IN LAS VEGAS
You know Christmas is near when Nevada’s largest holiday drive-thru light-show spectacular, Glittering Lights at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, celebrates 16 spectacular years. Glittering Lights features more than 3 million lights on a 2.5-mile course that intertwines LVMS.
D.D. from “Marriage Can Be Murder” at The D Las Vegas hosts Las Vegas singer-songwriter and musician Frankie Moreno, who will perform holiday favorites as Planet Hollywood headliner magician Murray Sawchuck features his sleight-of-hand trickery.
New displays include Unwelcome Tunnel: A Tribute to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and Yo Ho Ho Diggin’ for Gold, a pirate zone with two-story ship. Additionally, there’s an expanded Santa Safari tunnel and presentation of the Living Nativity by United Methodist Churches.
There are two ways to experience Glittering Lights: by the carload and open-air tram rides. Try the all-new adventure Santa Tram powered by AAA Nevada boarding at Exotics Racing on select dates in December.
I’m proud to have played a part in bringing a new magnetic resolution imaging machine to The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, where doctors and researchers present the MRI machine’s preview as to how it will provide treatment and cures for neurological diseases.
Sushi Roku celebrates its 12th anniversary, and chef Haru unveils his winter menu at the Forum Shops of Caesars Palace.
STK Beverage Director Jason Shullo unveils a ginormous 18-liter bottle of Jordan Winery at the steakhouse in The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. It’s the first of six 18-liter Melchior bottles produced, the equivalent of 24 regular bottles.
Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman digs back into historic Las Vegas for his dinner talk at his Oscar’s Beef, Booze and Broads steakhouse at The Plaza Downtown about the “Red Ladies,” his former clients who he says were tougher than the alleged members of the Mafia he represented as an attorney.
Athletes and representatives from USA Sevens Rugby and Nevada Youth Rugby meet at Charlie Frias Park for drills and certification strategies at the kickoff of USA Sevens Adopt a County.
Philadelphia-born rapper Lil Uzi Vert presents his hip-hop sounds at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas in The Linq Promenade.
Michael Grimm and Matt Morgan are the music guests at the new venue Freedom Beat at Downtown Grand.
Las Vegas Contemporary Dance celebrates “10 Years of Excellence” at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
Dustin Diamond (Screech from “Saved By the Bell”) premieres his five-performance run of comedy shows with Lisa Landry and The Sin City Dollz at City Comedy & Burlesque Theater in Planet Hollywood through Saturday.
The Stafford Brothers spin the 1’s and 2’s on the double dual decks at Intrigue Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas.
And I continue my monthlong hosting duties at “Legends in Concert” at the Flamingo with the amazing Garth Brooks, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley lookalikes and soundalikes backed by a big-beat band and glamorous dancers.
TOMORROW IN LAS VEGAS
In our Friday Neon section of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, we shine the light on Sean Jensen, miracle man at Cirque du Soleil’s “Mystere” who prevents anybody from being left in the dark for the first weekend of the Cirque-Nevada Ballet Theatre “A Choreographer’s Showcase.” Plus, a preview with Miss USA 1995 Shanna Moakler of this weekend’s Miss Nevada USA and Miss Nevada Teen USA pageants at UNLV.
And our weekly weekend celebrity preview Celebrities in L.V. features Lauryn Hill, Ringo Starr, World’s Toughest Mudder and more.
