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Onyx Theatre to host former Finocchio Club performers

They moved with a graceful, feminine appeal. Their voices belted out high-pitched notes. With their pretty dresses and faces full of makeup, they resembled women. That’s who they were when the mic was hot and the spotlight hit the stage. Ladylike. Female impersonators David de Alba and Paul Cummings spent decades gender bending at Finocchio’s, a legendary San Francisco cabaret nightclub that closed its doors after 63 years.

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SOUTHERN NEVADA AGENCIES RELEASE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS VIDEOS

Education notebook

BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIRS SET AT AREA SHOPPING MALLS

Things to do

MOSAIC HEADLINES AT VEIL PAVILION

Performers, producers assist area charities through donations, shows

Whether it’s a school supplies drive, a fundraiser for a nonprofit or a public service announcement to raise awareness of a disease, Strip performers often dedicate their time and talent to help local charities.

‘Food rescue’ program utilizes stores, bakeries to help others

On the kind of summer day that defines August in Southern Nevada, a group of about 25 people, most of them gripping water bottles, gathered in the unrelenting sun in the parking lot of Progressive Pilgrim Fellowship on Mojave Road.

Man, 19, arrested for DUI in fatal crash

A 19-year-old man was arrested Saturday on suspected drunken driving charges after police said he struck and killed a woman with his car.

Indicators say people still moving to Las Vegas Valley

Las Vegas isn’t slouching toward ghost-town status just yet. Despite an unemployment rate of 13.8 percent and an epic housing bust with nation-leading foreclosure rates, a couple of recent indicators hint that people continue to move to Southern Nevada.

Mermaid event makes splash at Silverton

Mermaids from around the country have gathered this weekend for a convention, dubbed Mer-Con 2011, at the SIlverton hotel-casino.