“Welcome to the macabre express,” says host Jac Hayden. Hayden – a comedian and former undertaker – is a guide for one of the most unusual tours in Las Vegas, one that takes a busload of guests around town looking at sites said to be haunted. Such as where rapper Tupac Shakur was shot 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? [...]

IT’S REAL COUNTRY AT THE SOUTH POINT Garth Brooks arrival at the Encore Theater has re-generated interest in country music in Las Vegas. Or maybe it has always been here, just hard to find as promoters and venues try to find the music that will draw in the crowds. Folks at the South Point – [...]

I first met Tom almost 10 years ago when he was a full-time car dealer (owner of Integrity Chrysler-Plymouth). Part-time he played flugelhorn and sang, usually at the long-defunct Kitchen Café, once a popular hang for jazz musicians and fans. Tom ended up selling the dealership, buying another, opening one in Pahrump and moving there. [...]

Lon Bronson and the Lon Bronson All-Star Band put on one of its most memorable shows Thursday (April at the Green Valley Ranch. In addition to its own music, the evening included a revealing performance by headliner Terry Fator, whose one-of-a-kind ventriloquism act is at the Mirage. Fator left his puppets at home and took [...]

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 [...]

Dummkopfs – the comic Bavarian Band – has been amusing Las Vegas fans for three decades. The showband keeps popping up around town, especially during Oktoberfest season when they have more work than you can shake a stein at. These days they’re at the Skyline casino on Boulder Highway, just off Sunset Road in Henderson. [...]

Rick Faugno raises the bar on our expectations of entertainment off the Strip. We no longer have to settle for mediocrity or cheese. Faugno portrays Frankie Valli in “The Jersey Boys” at the Palazzo. The musical biography of Valli and the legendary Four Seasons doesn’t give Faugno the chance to spread his wings – or [...]