Smith Center President Myron Martin says of the We Make Events Red Alert campaign: “This is a plea for stagehands and artists who are not getting federal unemployment.”
John Katsilometes
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
In a pandemic, the Entertainment Capital of the World is a tough room. Las Vegas businesses that stage music along with food and drink are learning this the hard way.
Entertainment columnist John Katsilometes interviews singer Skye Dee Miles at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. supper club at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Entertainment columnist John Katsilometes interviews singer Savannah Lynx at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. supper club at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
MGM Resorts Internatioal CEO Bill Hornbuckle says of reopening Park MGM, “Without Park Theater being open, it’s a challenge. That is the venue that drives that property.”
Siegfried Fischbacher says Roy Horn’s final words to him spoken as Roy was carted into an ambulance headed for MountainView Hospital: “Don’t let me go, don’t let me go.”
Wayne Newton’s famous Las Vegas estate Casa de Shenandoah is for sale for nearly $30 million, according to a real estate posting.
Franky Perez, on his “Crossing The Great Divide” tour: “I played alleys, sidewalks, porches, venues, bridges, health-care facilities, corn fields, lobbies, parks, parking lots.”
Rock legend Bill Medley says, “I’m not an electronics guy, and I’m not interested in trying to reinvent a wheel I know nothing about.”
Citing coronavirus concerns, Barry Manilow has reset his Westgate residency to February.
A Dancing Drums Explosion video slot machine went boom on the Strip on Saturday night.
The term “hiatus” has been overused in VegasVille over the past few years. But it is exactly right when applied to Human Nature , as co-founder Phil Burton is heading back to Australia.
The term “hiatus” has been overused in VegasVille over the past few years. But it is exactly right when applied to Human Nature , as co-founder Phil Burton is heading back to Australia.
Producer Pete Housley, who booked Lou Ragland final shows, said, “Since there’s been a way to record or broadcast music, The Ink Spots have been there.”
Facing a child-support crisis and seeking a missing RV, Jessica Trammel says, “It wasn’t supposed to be this way.”
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