Tears well up in his eyes, his voice chokes and he stops talking until he composes himself. Emir Lopez is 40 years old, an aspiring filmmaker who recently finished “Cigar Song,” a script loosely based upon his eventful life. Almost 30 years have passed since he was taken from his native Cuba and transplanted to [...]

A FEW PICKS No reason to moan and groan about the high cost of entertainment in Las Vegas when the valley is full of places to hear good music for free, or almost free. Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns – how can you top this mega group formed by the incomparable Jerry Lopez? [...]

Thought I’d shift gears a bit and write about a wonderful Sunday last month.  Delight’s Hot Springs in Tecopa, CA is about 90 minutes from Vegas.  Well, maybe closer to 2 hours but well worth the trip.  It’s a funky little town with natural hot springs running under it.  Delight’s Hot Springs Resort was built in the 1930′s [...]

It’s about time Station Casinos has something to boast about. The beleaguered resort, which is suffering from the economic crisis that has Las Vegas in its grips, received great news from the Academy of Country Music last week. The ACM named Green Valley Ranch “Casino of the Year.” Station Casinos spokesperson Lori Nelson says in [...]

The newest member of the legendary Society of Seven is a workaholic who, at times, has held three jobs to keep his entertainment dreams alive. “I want to die singing,” says 38-year-old Mykel Laygo. “I can do a lot of things – but the No. 1 thing I do is sing. If I can ever [...]

The year 2010 marks the centennial of Louis Prima’s birth. The legendary showman was born Dec. 7, 1910 in New Orleans, the city where he died in 1978 after three years in a coma. New Orleans plans a major celebration honoring Prima. So far, his adopted city of Las Vegas has nothing planned. A tribute [...]

The other evening I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about Las Vegas entertainment while we walked about downtown on Fremont St. We happened upon a small cocktail lounge just off the main thoroughfare while literally coming in from out of a sudden burst of rain. To my amazement, I heard live [...]

“Paul Pusateri’s Formula for Success” Paul Pusateri already has gained recognition for his achievements as a leader in senior-level management. Throughout the years, Paul has taken the helm as President of Bally’s Las Vegas, President of Paris Las Vegas, Senior Vice President of the Venetian Resort and Palazzo, and now has been named President of [...]

At the funeral of the legendary jazz singer Joe Williams in April,1999 the late Robert Goulet said, “His memory will live as long as our memories live.” The quote appeared in an AP story when the memory of Williams was still very much alive. Today, 11 years later, our memories of the man who gave [...]

I was watching the news last night, and they ran a segment about a group that wants the Nevada Legislators to approve drivers’ licenses for undocumented immigrants. They say it will be a major help to our state’s budget problems, and reduce the amount of uninsured motorists by 50%. hen my wife and I moved [...]