Archive for the ‘Community’ Category
What: Easter Seals Southern Nevada is launching its weatherization training program. A mock home has been built inside Easter Seals’ North Las Vegas Facility where workers are learning how to build solar screens, make water heater blankets and conduct blower door testing. Through this facility and the weatherization program, unemployed workers are receiving [...]
Reading and book signing by P Moss and CityLife Books with a special performance by the SwingShift SideShow
WHAT: Author P Moss and CityLife Books celebrate the release of the dynamic short story collection Blue Vegas with an avant-garde party on March 2 at Double Down Saloon.
WHEN: 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March [...]
Chili Cook Off Held at Lake Las Vegas Resort
There are always interesting events taking place in Las Vegas. On Saturday, February 13 I attended the second annual Silver State Regional Chili cook off at Lake Las Vegas. The event, which drew over 1,000 attendees, was co-sponsored by the International Chili Society and The [...]
Las Vegas, Nev. – February 12, 2010 – As part of an extensive program to support the needs of adults with type 1 diabetes, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International today announced the introduction of a key support program, the JDRF Adult Type 1 Toolkit, to meet an immediate need for resources and community [...]
LAS VEGAS – February 11, 2010 – Extreme Thing Sports & Music Festival rounds out its music scene with Sum 41 taking the main Verizon Wireless Stage. Also just confirmed are Call the Cops and I Fight Dragons, taking the newly formed AP (Alternative Press) Stage. This will be the first year that Extreme Thing [...]
LAS VEGAS – February 10, 2010 – In celebration of Black History Month, the Dr. William U. Pearson Center will host The Black History Legacy Bowl, a series of all-day events on Feb. 20 and 27 at the center located at 1625 W. Carey Ave. in North Las Vegas.
Eight teams, coordinated by Las [...]
During the ceremonial portion of today’s (2/3/10) Las Vegas City Council meeting, Mayor Oscar Goodman recognized The Smith Center’s Donald D. Snyder and Myron G. Martin as February’s Citizens of the Month. Mayor Goodman chose Mr. Snyder and Mr. Martin because of their significant contributions that help to enhance and enrich the Las Vegas community [...]
LAS VEGAS – February 3, 2010 – Master musician and Senegalese singer Toumany Kouyate returns to the World Vibration Concert Series with Bountalo, an African music ensemble, at 2 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Winchester Cultural Center Theater, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. Kouyate was last seen on the Winchester stage during the series’ fourth [...]
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Steven Horsford, volunteer co-chair of United Way’s “Earn It Keep It Save It” collaborative, Nevada State Senator and Senate Majority Leader; Assemblyman Dr. Joe Hardy; Jeff Ogden, United Way of Southern Nevada Vice President [...]
LAS VEGAS, NV (January 29, 2010) – President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will speak at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Monday, February 22 at 7:30pm. President Clinton’s lecture is titled “Embracing our Common Humanity”. The special evening event is presented [...]

