Shows
Shirley Manson possesses the I’m-the-boss-applesauce demeanor of a woman who emerged from the womb with a hand on her hip.
Oh, that’s right: Because it was a Las Vegas Philharmonic pops concert, it meant that Conductor/Music Director David Itkin would be wearing a white tuxedo jacket, leaving the black tails of a “formal” concert on the hangar.
Mike Tyson’s life was messy and complicated, so it’s hard to ask him to be slick and concise in the telling of it.
And doing that on a stage, in a live show called “Undisputed Truth,” has to be one of the biggest challenges of the tarnished legend’s career.
Mike Tyson smiles a lot, but he’s not smiling now. He’s in character, his wide, frequent, kidlike grin replaced with a pursed-lip scowl as devoid of mirth as a funeral procession.
City kids have opportunities their counterparts in towns and rural areas don’t, but seeing farm animals isn’t among them. The Clark County Fair & Rodeo, which runs today through Sunday at the fairgrounds in Logandale, can change that. In fact, the rural feel of the Logandale area — about an hour north of Las Vegas via Interstate 15 and state Route 169 — is one of the fair’s biggest draws.