Event highlights this week include productions of Las Vegas Academy’s “Big River,” “Max And Ruby Bunny Party,” and “Listen” a new play by local writer Dave Surratt.
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An Oct. 20 fire may have destroyed a former thrift store in the Commercial Center shopping complex, 953 E. Sahara Ave. , but nearby business owners feel fortunate not to have experienced the same level of damage .
What began as a childhood dream has turned into a reality for the two sisters who own old-fashioned candy store and bakery Sweet Ruby Jane Confections, 8975 S. Eastern Ave.
Jessica Godwin is a college student, a soccer player and an animal enthusiast. But unlike her peers at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa, Godwin is the caretaker of the largest cold-blooded creature on campus : a 9-foot, 25-pound, red-tailed boa constrictor named Naven.
Kismet united Calvin B. Jones and Left of Center Gallery. The late artist and the North Las Vegas gallery had separate paths but parallel philosophies: celebrate diversity and make fine art accessible to the public.
Bullying always has been a tradition of sorts at school, but an increasing number of suicides by the victims in recent years has prompted action from lawmakers and Clark County School Disdtrict administrators.
Question: My husband and I spend four months away from the valley during the summer. When we returned in late September, we could not believe the number of flies in our yard, and because we are used to leaving our doors open, in our house.
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge serves at least two important functions: Preserving rare creatures and plants, and preserving the sanity of urban visitors by surrounding them with the beauty of green wetlands, glimpses of small fish darting through natural pools, and the sound of birdsong.
Jordan Doctors, a freshman at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was among 44 students worldwide chosen to conduct scientific research at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel.
This week’s book event highlights include signings with H. Lee Barnes, Erin Lale, JoAnn Oppenheimer, Judy McFadden and information on the The Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada’s fourth annual Jewish Book & Arts Festival.
“Tales From Fremont Street,” a collection of six interconnected graphic stories edited by Pop! Goes the Icon publisher Pj Perez, taps the talents of Ed Hawkins, The Fillbach Brothers (Matt and Shawn), Jarret Keene, Victor Moya, Deryl Skelton, F. Andrew Taylor, Evan Dent, Warren Wucinich, Dylan Todd and Jska Priebe.