Typically clad in black and using just a black stool as his stage set, Sebastian Maniscalco’s act is focused on pointed commentary about his upbringing and current family
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.
Gwen Stefani will perform 25 shows through March, drawing from her entire career.
The NHL made it official Monday. Rapper Logic will host a free performance at Toshiba Plaza Square at T-Mobile Arena at 5 p.m. Wednesday, leading into the Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup Playoffs opener against the L.A. Kings.
Employing satirized sci-fi as its backdrop, “Opium” has opened at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The show is performed in hotel’s upper cosmos, or in this case the second-level Opium Theatre at Rose. Rabbit. Lie.
Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Robin Leach, an avid fundraiser for the Cleveland Clinic, will be honored with a Dom Perignon 21-cork salute during the UNLVino festivities.
Shecky Greene is often recalled for his appearances on the same bill as Elvis Presley at the New Frontier in April 1956.
The NHL is planning a pre-game concert starring the rapper Logic, to be held outside T-Mobile Arena before the Vegas Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup Playoffs opener Wednesday night.
Fifty or so speakers and 70 or so bands hoping for a big break are descending some well-known showrooms, clubs and theaters.
Bob Dylan has re-recorded an all-inclusive version of “She’s Funny That Way,” on the new release, “Universal Love,” a collection of six newly recorded love songs that have been adjusted for same-sex couples.
Many comics who rose from Comedy Cellar since its inception in 1982 became famous, Dave Chappelle, Ray Romano, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman and Jon Stewart among them
Las Vegas’s many musicians and venues have inspired producer Al Bowman to move his L.A. Music Awards show to Las Vegas, permanently
“If I wasn’t a gambler, I’d still feel terrible,” Derek Stevens said after his Michigan Wolverines were routed by Villanova on Monday in the NCAA finals.
Producer Tegan Summer himself wrote 20 new songs for the show, and he knows talent, too, having recruited a team of Vegas entertainment all-stars to perform in “Marilyn.”
Derek Stevens has gained priceless promotional value with his NCAA Tournament gambit. Before the tournament, the aggressively loyal Michigan grad bet $25,000 on the Wolverines to win the championship at 40-1 odds.
“Pawn Stars” mainstay Corey Harrison and his wife, Kiki, are expecting their first child, to be named Richard Benjamin Harrison.
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