On this trip, George “Daddy Kats” Katsilometes and I have learned to make yule logs, purchased some fine local art, met some dignitaries and cruised the scene in a 1967 Buick LeSabre convertible — all in one day.
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
Criss Angel’s new “Mindfreak” show at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas is close to opening, and takes a lot of risks.
HRH has sharpened its timeline in its efforts to evolve into Virgin Hotel Las Vegas. The re-launch and renaming of the property should take hold in the first half of 2020 — and only after an eight-month renovation during which the resort will be closed for four months.
That’s how it is with the guys from “Pawn Stars,” who are expanding the length of their episodes beginning with the Season 14 premiere on Jan. 21.
Nobody parties like Cirque du Soleil, even at its advanced age. The company hosted a throwdown Thursday night at the Industrial Events Space in Las Vegas.
The idea Mark Shunock hatched is a festive, and frequently rowdy, night of music and philanthropy at The Space at 3460 Cavaretta Court. Mondays Dark celebrates its fifth anniversary at 7 p.m. Monday at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel.
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Plans are underway to return the Route 91 Harvest country-music festival to the Strip in the fall of 2019 — and at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, not the Las Vegas Village.
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Rob Lowe , the charismatic TV and film actor who rose to fame as a member of “The Brat Pack,” headlines his one-man show, “Stories I Only Tell My Friends: Live!” in April.
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The top-selling duo in rock history and an icon of Woodstock are returning to the Strip in the spring.