Wayne Brady, known as an improv comic, is drawing attention for his music.
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The long dormant showroom at the Rio will be coming back to life soon, but a nearby one will be vacant after “Tony ‘N’ Tina’s Wedding” moves to Planet Hollywood.
With low-fat and low-sugar foods taking up an ever-larger share of supermarket shelves — not that that’s a bad thing, considering our national weight nightmare — it can be difficult to find the full-fat and full-sugar versions, and sometimes those are just what are needed. So I understand the frustration of Jennifer Rada, who is looking for Polly O Whole Milk Mozzarella and Ricotta Cheeses. And so, apparently, do a lot of her fellow readers.
Nevada once boasted about 70 railroads with thousands of miles of track linking remote mining towns with the transcontinental railroads. The mercurial nature of mining spelled doom for many of Nevada’s railways, but the development of the country’s highways led to the demise of railroads as our expanding young nation once knew them.
TV has a way of ruining fantasies, and I’m not just talking about the genius at E! who decided to let Hef’s one-time girlfriends talk — and laugh! — on “The Girls Next Door.”
You saw it on “Saturday Night Live,” so it must be true. If you think the shows here have it bad, Broadway has it worse.
Tom Jones is on the phone while catching some rays by his pool in Beverly Hills, which even in January is exactly where you would expect him to be.
Jay White was doing his Neil Diamond tribute in a Riviera cabaret when the real Neil played the MGM Grand Garden in 2002. And he still was doing it three weeks ago, when Diamond returned.
Las Vegas, bless its heart, loves a buffet. That’s what came to mind when we saw the crowds at Texas de Brazil early on a weeknight.
The new marquee stars of 2009? Rest assured that in an austere season, we’re not talking about the likes of Bette Midler and Cher anymore.
Gotta love that kielbasa, the legendary Polish favorite. And apparently readers do, because several of them responded to a query from James Noetzel, who’s looking for a “chunky-garlic” variety.
Crazy Benny. Sounds like a used-car dealer. And with his red fedora, he looks like a guy who hawks them on TV.
After being sidelined by the writers strike last season, “24” (8 p.m. today and Monday, KVVU-TV, Channel 5) is returning to action in a brave new world.
The remote corner of Clark County known as Gold Butte remained unknown to most Nevadans until a recently proposed congressional act brought it unusual attention. The long-ignored region lying south of Mesquite, east of the Virgin River and the Overton arm of Lake Mead and west of the Arizona border, may gain recognition and protection under the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act, HR 7132.
These are scary times for restaurants. The economic downturn has left way too many of us with less disposable income to dispose of, which means we’re eating out less, which means tables are going empty and hours are being cut. I honestly fear for the financial survival of restaurant owners — especially those of the mom-and-pop persuasion, who tend to have less capital on which to rely.
