Encore Theater headliner Iliza Shlesinger held a “rave” for her 40th, with “nice cocktails and professional face painters.”
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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.
Wally Eastwood’s acclaimed circus family has paid $3 million for S&R’s Jungle Palace.
Kenny Davidsen opted for Las Vegas over Florida. After 10 years crushing it at Tuscany, it was the right call.
Zappos Theater is being renamed Bakkt Theater, in a partnership with the cryptocurrency company founded in 2018.
“Vegas is the entertainment capital of the world, the sports capital of the world. Why not the robot fighting capital of the world?” executive producer Tom Gutteridge asks.
Gene Simmons says Kiss just wants to have fun, and so does he, with a priceless package at the Rio.
Guitar great Keith Urban casually mentions that his dad was a drummer. And so is he.
Managing partner Branden Powers presented the duo with shrunken heads, to be displayed at the club.
“U2: UV Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere” is set to open along with the MSG Sphere in September.
Frankie Valli was a young Lover when he first visited Las Vegas. This week, he’s headlining Westgate’s International Theater.
High winds forced an audible at the Jim Irsay Collection event, but the show stayed downtown.
The concert is scheduled to feature Billy F. Gibbons, Stephen Stills and country great Vince Gill.
‘Roastmaster General’ Jeff Ross asks, “Who would be the ideal Vegas personality?” to roast. He gets a few candidates.
Kelvis turned up, as did “Donald Trump,” singing a Kermit the Frog number.
Another Raider has made it official, becoming the third member of the team to recently sign a marriage license at the Clark County Marriage License Bureau.
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