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VIA BRASIL STEAKHOUSE TO OFFER
VALENTINE’S DAY MEAL, CARNIVAL PARTY

Book Briefs, Feb. 7

Book Boutique to reopen today

Literary Las Vegas: Peter Magliocco

In addition to spending more than 20 years championing the poetry of others in the limited-run lit-zine Art:Mag, Las Vegas resident Peter Magliocco has written plenty of poetry of his own. Ninety-eight of his poems and a collection of sketches are collected in the book “Ex Literotica.”

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Nearby town of Chloride gives a glance back in time

The last echo of a mining boom died long ago in this old village in Northern Arizona, yet it’s no ghost town, still boasting roughly 250 residents. But it’s not your stereotypical small town either, for individualism runs rampant, and there’s even some important public art here.

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Exhibits lined up for First Friday

First Friday, a monthly arts festival featuring visual and performance art, food and activities, is scheduled from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday in the 18b Arts District downtown and along East Fremont Street.

Battling parents should not put kids in line of fire

My parents are getting a divorce, and I’m really upset. I’m a junior at (a local high school). I have good friends, and I’m an honor roll student. My sister and I don’t know who to believe. My mom says it’s my dad who wants the divorce. My dad says she wants the divorce. My dad moved out. We hear my mom arguing with him on the phone, then she just cries. I love my parents, but I wish they’d fix this or get a divorce and leave each other alone. But we’re tired of hearing them fight and then watching my mom cry. What can we do? — N.W., Las Vegas

Things to do in Paradise/Downtown

In entertainment news this week, KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler plan a performance, Curious George is due to arrive at the Lied Discovery Children’s Museum Saturday and Las Vegas Academy students are set to showcase acting and writing skills in “The Ten-Minute Play Project.”

Dining pick of the week: Chinatown Cuisine

From the moment this restaurant opens until the moment it closes, an all-day buffet is served that includes a variety of soups, seafood, poultry, beef, noodle, pork and rice dishes.

Sportsmen’s Exposition to go all out(doors) at local event

Hunting, fishing, camping, even the World Elk Calling Championship, are scheduled to be included for one of the nation’s largest outdoor sports shows this weekend at the Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road.

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