Catholic center offering Lenten fish fry
A Lenten fish fry will be offered from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 15 and every Friday throughout Lent at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Newman Center, 4765 Brussels St. It’s $7, and all proceeds will go to the St. Therese Center, which serves people affected by HIV/AIDS. Call 736-0887. …
The monthly Vegas StrEATS food-truck festival at El Cortez, 600 Fremont St., runs from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday. …
Fiesta Henderson, 777 Lake Mead Parkway , is celebrating its 15th anniversary through Sunday with throwback food-and-drink specials such as 98 cent Fiesta Ritas, $1.98 Fiesta Coolers, $1.98 Birthday Cake drinks, $19.98 surf and turf (grilled rib-eye steak and snow crab legs) at Fuego Steakhouse and $19.98 dinner for two at Amigo’s.
Fuego also is planning a Mardi Gras wine-pairing dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The four-course dinner with Chateau Ste. Michelle wines and an entree of blackened New York sirloin and jumbo scallops is $45 per person. Call 558-7000. …
Sushisamba at the Shoppes at the Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. South, will celebrate Carnival — the counterpart to Mardi Gras — beginning at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Special dishes include the King Crab Palmito Salad ($22) and a Carnival roll ($15). …
Fu at the Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, will offer special dishes for the Chinese New Year, beginning Sunday. Selections include Ground Full of Gold Coins, which is shrimp stuffed with shiitake mushrooms, and Prosperity & Good Occurrences, oysters with sea moss. …
Wine and Canvas, a painting class with cocktails, will celebrate its first anniversary from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Kahunaville at Treasure Island, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The evening will include cocktails, cupcakes, raffles and prizes. The fee to paint is $35, which does not include food or beverages, and spots for nonpainters will be available. Call 544-9445. …
Ruth’s Chris Steak House has returned to Las Vegas with a location at Harrah’s, 3475 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Call 369-5000. …
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