Mistinguett has been a dancer, a costume designer and a producer, and in the last five years, she added artist to the mix. All of her avocations revolve around one thing: showgirls.
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Besides helping people get their New Year’s resolutions on track, instructors at Z Crew Studios are participating in various valley fundraisers, dealing with social awareness efforts such as human trafficking. On Feb. 28, a Zumba event raised funds for Three Square food bank.
All but one of the 25 puppies who survived a Las Vegas Valley pet store arson have received bids in the online adoption raffle offered by The Animal Foundation. Potential pet owners have until 11 a.m. today to purchase tickets.
Changes to the way Nevada handles people referred for psychiatric evaluations may lessen valley emergency room crowding caused by the mentally ill and also help law enforcement better handle encounters with this population, members of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s Behavioral Health and Wellness Council said Monday.
Tangled in a criminal investigation for potential misuse of taxpayer funds, the Clark County School District’s Adult English Language Acquisition department has been shut down, Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky said in a news conference Monday.
The Metropolitan Police Department could end up with a $511 million budget in the next fiscal year that restores 51 officer positions cut in the economic downturn.
Las Vegas author Matthew Kadish published his novel “Earthman Jack vs. The Ghost Planet” to the Amazon Kindle store with the intention of making it available to family and friends who had been bugging him to read it. He went on vacation and returned home to find he had sold more than 1,000 copies and debuted on five of Amazon’s top 100 lists. The author is now at work on the second book in the series, “The Secret Army.” The sci-fi adventure follows teen slacker Jack Finnegan, whose average life is interrupted by an alien invasion. The secret to defeating the attacking force is an ancient spacecraft that can be flown only by Earthmen. For more information on the author, visit matthewkadish.com.
Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen has no plans to step down from his seat and will “vigorously pursue his legal remedies” if a lawsuit challenging his standing as mayor is filed.
Literary highlights this week include the Clark County Library’s Spring Fling Book Fair — Sesquicentennial Edition, set to include more than 100 authors.
Anna Hibiscus from the children’s picture book ““Splash, Anna Hibiscus!” by Atinuke and Lauren Tobia” watched the ocean waves as they splashed and laughed. She wanted so much to splash, too, and she wanted everyone else to come with her!
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”Thunder From Down Under” dancers could testify in an April 7 preliminary hearing for Joey Kadmiri, 24, charged with robbing and assaulting cast and crew of the male revue at Excalibur on the Strip.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the Las Vegas man who was shot to death in an apartment south of downtown Saturday.
A former Clark County jail inmate will get a $275,000 settlement for being improperly strip searched in front of other inmates.
Las Vegas police have identified the sergeant they said shot a woman who ran at the officer with two large knives.