Knights of Columbus offering fish fry during Lent

Knights of Columbus Council 8282 is offering a fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. every Friday during Lent (through March 29) in the Parish Center at St. Viator Catholic Community, 2461 E. Flamingo Road.

The dinner includes deep-fried or baked fish fillets, french fries, coleslaw, bread and coffee and is $7 for adults, $4 for children, eat-in or take-out. Thirty percent of proceeds go to St. Viator. ...

Hussong’s Cantina at Mandalay Place, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering buy-one-get-one-free Original Margaritas all day today in celebration of National Margarita Day. ...

The Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. South, will celebrate the end of Chinese New Year with the first Las Vegas Lantern Festival from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Several dim sum tables will serve various varieties of rice balls; the evening also will include four custom cocktails. Tickets, which are $48.88, are on sale at any Venetian or Palazzo box office, online at www.Venetian.com or www.Palazzo.com or at the gate. ...

Castello Banfi wines will be featured in a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Spiedini at the J.W. Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd. With an entree of grilled Prime bavette steak, the four-course dinner is $69 per person. For reservations, call 869-8500. ...

A whiskey-pairing dinner is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Delmonico Steakhouse at The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South. With an entree of braised short-rib Wellington, the four-course dinner is $160 inclusive. For reservations, call 414-3737. ...

The Cultural Diversity Foundation will present its 18th annual Educational Taste of Excellence from 6 to 10 p.m. March 9 in Atrium B at the World Market Center, 495 S. Grand Central Parkway. The evening will include a food tasting representing six countries plus wine tastings, spirits, jazz and silent and live auctions. Tickets, which are $60 in advance or $70 at the door, are available at Lee’s Discount Liquor, Total Wine & More and online at www.CDFNV.org, or call 646-2615. ...

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