“The Santaland Diaries” comes to Las Vegas for 4 performances only, December 9 -11 at 8 PM and Dec. 12 at 5PM at the Onyx Theatre (953 E. Sahara, inside CommercialCenter. All seats are $15 and may be purchased by calling 702-732-7225 or online at onyxtheatre.com
You’ve seen him as Joan Crawford in “Mommie Queerest”, Mrs. Garrett in “The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode,” and Hannibal Lichter in “The Silence of the Clams.”
...Now, Jamie Morris tackles his most bitter role - an unemployed slacker who finds temporary holiday work as an elf at Macy’s Santaland - in David Sedaris’ hit one-man comedy “The Santaland Diaries” which comes to town December 9-12 at the Onyx Theatre.
Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello and directed by City Life Magazine’s “Best of the Valley” Best Local Theater Director Christopher Kenney, “The Santaland Diaries” is David Sedaris’ hilarious send-up of his brief, misguided career as a Macy’s elf. The show skewers our sentimental love of all things Christmas – the happy children, the spritely elves, the gifts, the good cheer. Sedaris’ character, Crumpet the Elf, shows us the other side of what it’s like to work at Santaland, and the result is bawdy and irreverent.
Holly Madison and friends toast with Hpnotiq at LAVO.
Jack Barakt & Holly Madison at TAO
Last Thursday Holly Madison, star of Peepshow and the hit reality series Holly’s World, held an early birthday celebration at TAO and LAVO. The stage and screen star turns 31 on December 23 and decided to celebrate a few weeks in advance.
She started the party with an early dinner in the private dining room at LAVO. Friends including Bridget Marquardt, Laura Croft, Angel Porrino, Josh Strickland and new beau Jack Barakat toasted the birthday girl with Hpnotiq Bubbles and Blue cocktails and then dined on signature dishes from the kitchen. Of course Holly’s favorite Kobe Meatball was on the menu. A candle atop LAVO’s Oreo Zeppole dessert served as a precursor for more sweet moments later in the night.
After dinner Holly raced over to perform in Peepshow before heading back to continue the party at TAO. More friends, including Playmate Jayde Nicole joined for the late night celebration. The group made their way to a sky box overlooking the club, and upon Holly’s arrival event partner Hpnotiq sent the guest of honor a magnum bottle of the liqueur via TAO’s bottle fairy, who flew over the dance floor.
Holly got on the mic, shouting out to the crowd, “What’s up Las Vegas?” She then thanked TAO, Hpnotiq and all of the club goers for the celebration.
Holly was surprised with a three tiered Rapunzel cake from Gimme Some Sugar, which arrived to the sky box accompanied by the Holly’s World TV series theme song. The surprises continued as Hpnotiq presented a $1000 check in her name for the Lied Animal Shelter, one of Holly’s favorite causes. A birthday isn’t complete without presents and TAO continued the gift giving, presenting Holly with a diamond studded heart shaped necklace from Simon G jewelers. The group danced the night away and Holly and Jack were spotted holding hands and stealing the occasional kiss. They partied at TAO until after 2 am when they headed up to their suite in The Venetian for some late night snacking from room service.
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch was spotted in the next sky box over with friends.
XS/TRYST Nightclubs have another record-breaking donation to Annual KLUC (98.5) Toy Drive
It was another historic day for XS/Tryst nightclubs located inside Wynn/Encore Las Vegas on Wednesday as the staff
purchased and delivered a stunning $106,297 in toys and gifts to the annual KLUC (98.5 FM) charity toy drive.
Last year, the XS/Tryst team delivered a whopping $68,429 in toys, clothes, bikes and other assorted gifts to the KLUC event, held at Nevada Power.
This year's donation marked the third consecutive holiday season the Tryst/XS team eclipsed the record for single-largest donation in the toy drive's history. In 2008, the group racked up more than $32,000 in donations for the same event.
The nightclubs' ownership, management and personnel took to the aisles at a Las Vegas-based Walmart, located at 4505 West Charleston Blvd., on Wednesday and spent almost three hours clearing out the shelves in the toy section en route to its record haul.
More than 20 extra Walmart staff members were called in specifically to work the massive shopping spree, according to store manager Mike Lofton. Walmart also dedicated 10 check-out registers to the XS/Tryst staff, Lofton said.
After some serious shopping, which filled up two, 50-foot semi-trucks and resulted in a store receipt that measured more than 100 feet in length, the group of close to 60 staff members' cars and motorcycles was led by two Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department cruisers and a Clark County Fire Department truck to the Nevada Power building, the site of the annual KLUC toy drive which benefits HELP for Southern Nevada - a not-for-profit organization assisting children and families of Southern Nevada.
Prior to the arrival of the nightclubs' staffs, the students of "Future Dance" - a successful program part of Nevada Ballet Theater's Education and Outreach division which gives at-risk children an opportunity to follow their dreams in the fine arts, delivered a special performance at 11:15 am. at the site of the toy drive.
The XS/Tryst staff has taken a big role in these at-risk kids' lives as well this holiday season by graciously sponsoring 100 students in NBC's Education and Outreach program and sending them to a performance of "The Nutcracker" at Paris Las Vegas, thus providing a great opportunity for children who can not afford to attend on their own.
The Silverton Casino Lodge is spicing up the holiday season by putting Santa Claus in a whole new environment…the resort’s 117,000 – gallon aquarium! The underwater Santa will be posing in his new environment the next two weekends in December, offering guests and families around the valley a chance to get creative with their yearly Christmas photos.
Next two weekends in December
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day
Saturday, Dec. 11 and Sunday, Dec. 12
Saturday, Dec. 18 and Sunday, Dec. 19
Silverton Casino Lodge
3333 Blue Diamond Road
Las Vegas, NV89139
About Silverton Casino Lodge
The Silverton Casino Lodge offers 300 deluxe rooms and suites and world-class amenities all located within an upscale, contemporary luxury lodge-themed resort. Silverton Casino Lodge is home to a variety of restaurants and dining options, including the Seasons Buffet, the 24-hour Sundance Grill, Shady Grove Lounge, Twin Creeks Steakhouse and the new, Mexican-inspired Mi Casa Grill Cantina. In addition to the 165,000 square foot Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, Silverton offers 90,000 square feet of gaming with 1,400 slot machines and 30 table games, an intimate poker room and the Mermaid Restaurant & Lounge. The property features a 117,000 gallon saltwater aquarium with more than 5,000 sharks, stingrays and tropical fish, which was voted “Best Free Attraction” in the Best of Citysearch® 2008 awards. Silverton Casino Lodge is located at I-15 and Blue Diamond. For more information, please call (702) 263-7777 or visit www.silvertoncasino.com.
Criss Angel made a surprise stop at The 98.5 KLUC Annual Toy Drive on West Sahara in Las Vegas on December 7th, 2010.
Angel arrived in his custom black Rolls Royce accompanied by his mother Dimitra and his Aunt Stella, who also taught Angel his first card trick! He surprised KLUC radio personality Chet Buchanan who spends 12 days atop a 30 foot scaffolding every year for the drive. Buchanan has been camped out for 6 days, 24/7, atop the scaffolding with his dogs Chefrey and Jake.
Angel was there to deliver a check for $15,000.00 and he also donated 100 of his Criss Angel Magic Kits. Buchanan was stunned with the generous donation.
You can still drop by and donate! NV Power on the corner of West Sahara and Jones.
The View Hosts Announce the Panel of National Judges for the 2011 Miss America Pageant Presented by DSW
The 2011 Miss America Pageant presented by DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse promises to be an exciting event with the announcement of the strikingly diverse panel of national judges. Daytime Emmy Award-winning hosts of “The View” - Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd revealed the diverse panel of national judges for the 2011 Miss America Pageant on this morning’s show. This year’s panel of seven esteemed judges includes an accomplished talk show host and comedienne; a Miss America turned veterinarian, broadcaster and philanthropist; an executive producer of one of the hottest shows on TV; an award-winning dancer and choreographer; a beloved actress, Golden Globe Nominee and health advocate; an orthopedic surgeon turned shoe designer; and a multi-platinum selling country music artist. They will evaluate the contestants from the preliminaries through the final night of competition, which will
From the Field of Interview – Joy Behar: Behar is an accomplished broadcaster comedienne and co-host of ABC’s The View and host of The Joy Behar Show on HLN.
From the Field of Community Service/Instrumental Talent - Miss America 1990 Dr. Debbye Turner Bell: Since her year, Dr. Turner Bell completed her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in May 1991 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has served as a motivational speaker to more than a half million students at hundreds of schools, youth organizations and college campuses and has served on several local, state and national Boards.
From the Field of Star Power – Marc Cherry: Marc Cherry is the Creator and Executive Producer of ABC'S multiple-award winning program, Desperate Housewives.
From the Field of Fitness/Dance – Tony Dovolani : Dovolani moved to the U.S. from Kosovo when he was 15 and began attending FredAstaireDanceAcademy where he found his passion for dancing.
From the Field of Health and Beauty - Marilu Henner: Marilu Henner has starred in more than 30 films; six Broadway Shows; two classic sitcoms, Taxi and Evening Shade is a five-time Golden Globe Nominee as well as a New York Times Best-selling author of eight books on health, fitness, and lifestyle improvement.
From the Field of Fashion – Taryn Rose: Rose is an orthopedic surgeon turned shoe designer who combined fashion and function and changed the footwear industry forever and launched a multi-million dollar shoe brand. Rose is currently introducing her new brand, High Heel Power for HSN and has teamed with Neiman Marcus to introduce Haute Footure, a footwear collection for women who love fashion and worship their feet.
From the Field of Vocal Talent – Mark Wills: Wills is a multi-platinum selling country music star with eight top 10 hits including “Nineteen Something,” “Wish You Were Here” and “Don’t Laugh At Me” which were all nominated by the Country Music Association for Single, Song, and Video of the Year. Wills won the Academy of Country Music's award for Top New Male Vocalist in 1998.
ABOUT THE MISS AMERICA ORGANIZATION
The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance. For more information, go to www.missamerica.org.
Soar with the raptors at the Springs Preserve! The new "Wings Over the Springs" show engages visitors in live interaction with hawk eagles, falcons, owls and more during dramatic free-flight presentations.
Learn about the role these magnificent birds of prey play in sustaining our environment. You'll see:
Shows take place at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday through February as well as local public-school holidays (Nov. 26, Dec. 26, Jan. 17, Feb. 21 and Feb. 28).
Date & Time Every Saturday and Sunday and Clark County School District Holidays
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location Crossroads Commons Amphitheater
Admission Free for members or with paid admission
RSVP No reservations required.
Quench Social at Revolution – The Beatles Revolution Lounge
Thursday, December 9 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
This week we are teaming up with AFAN for their holiday toy drive. Help local families celebrate the holidays and the first 20 people with a toy get a pair of tickets to Madame Tussauds Las Vegas.
Join us for this fun holiday social this Thursday from 7:0pm to 9:00pm.
Calling all cowboys and cowgirls, McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon at the Rio Hotel and Casino will be throwing a “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” party on Thursday, Dec. 9, from 10 p.m. until close.
The boot-scootin’ bash features drink specials, including $2 cans of beer, $2 beer bongs, $5 bombs and $5 32 oz. Big Ass Beers. The ladies, ahem, cowgirls will drink free from 10 p.m. until 11 p.m. followed by a $10 open bar from 11 p.m. until close. The event will feature the “Sexiest Dressed Cowgirl” contest with a $50 McFadden’s gift card for the loveliest Lonestar lady. And, for all the straight-shooters in town, McFadden’s famous beer pong tournament begins at 10 p.m.
McFadden’s presents nightly specials including: Laid Back Mondays, Ultimate Karaoke Tuesdays, Wasted Wednesdays, Beerfest Thursdays, Guest DJ Fridays and 'The Party' Open Bar Saturdays. McFadden’s gorgeous Lucky Charms and jovial Ministers of Hospitality ensure everyone has fun, whether they’re there to watch the game, throw back a few drinks, play beer pong, or simply enjoy a bite to eat. Best known for its beers and libations, McFadden’s offers a full bar featuring dozens of favorite draught beers, 90-ounce fishbowl cocktails and frozen drinks.
McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon is open from 4 p.m. until 2 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 4 p.m. until 4 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. until 4 a.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 702.270.6200 or visit www.McFaddensVegas.com
