Join Body Builder Jay Cutler For Fun In The Sun At Palms Pool & Day Club

Enjoy Some Chocolate At The Springs Preserve On Saturday 4/4/15

Take your taste buds on a journey as you explore the history of chocolate one nibble at a time at this exclusive Chocolate: The Exhibition tour and private chocolate tasting.

From its discovery to its refinement, chocolate's past will come alive on your palate.

Tours and tastings take place at 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Admission is $10 for Springs Preserve members, $20 for non-members. Buy tickets: bit.ly/1AH1jqt

Chocolate: The Exhibition and its national tour were developed by The Field Museum, Chicago. This exhibition is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation.

           

Saturday 4/4/15 at 11:00am - 3:30pm

Springs Preserve

333 S Valley View Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107

Win Madonna Rebel Heart Tour Tickets At McFaddens! Plus It's Ladies Night

Tomorrow 4/3 at 9:00pm

McFadden’s will be giving away tickets to the Madonna Rebel Heart Tour.

It's also Lucky Ladies Night! Ladies get their first drink FREE after 9pm and get FREE passed champagne after 10pm...and all ladies are in FREE no cover.

McFadden's Las Vegas

Town Square

6593 Las Vegas Blvd South Suite 222

Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

"A Clockwork Carnival & Medicine Show" Art Show Open April 3rd

"A Clockwork Carnival & Medicine Show" will feature the Steampunk inspired, mixed media, art & accessories by mother / daughter team, Christine & Gabriella Esposito.

Hosted by Hiptazmic Studio @The Arts Factory, the show will feature, new Steampunk themed art pieces and accessories featuring a variety of clocks, timepieces, vintage bottles, and more!

Show opens Thursday, April 2nd during Preview Thursday. 6pm - 9pm

Artist reception during First Friday

Friday April 3rd

6pm - 12am

Refreshments including steampunk inspired cookies & popcorn will be served.

Show runs through March.     

Apr 3 at 6:00pm to Apr 29 at 12:00am

Hiptazmic Studio @The Arts Factory

107 E Charleston Blvd Suite 105C, Las Vegas, Nevada 89104

It's Almost Time For Pet-A-Palooza! Fun For Your Furry Friends & Family

Mix 94.1’s 16th Annual Pet-a-Palooza

Saturday April 18th, 2015

10:00am-6:00pm

Sunset Park

(2601 E. Sunset Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89120)

Mix 94.1’s Pet-a-Palooza celebrates our love affair with pets with a day at the park where you can bring your pet, listen to great live music, eat delicious food, shop for both you and your pet, visit with many animal exhibitors and even adopt a new pet from the dozens of animal non-profit rescues on-site. With almost half of all Las Vegas residents owning a dog and many others the proud parents of cats, fish, birds, pigs, rodents and reptiles, Pet-a-Palooza is an event destination for the entire community.

BANDS: Performing on the Findlay Volkswagen Main Stage Mat Kearney, Blue October, Family of the Year, Scars On 45 and Rachel Platten

Admission is FREE!

Parking is FREE!

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Earth Hour 2015 Was Celebrated Via Candlelight By The Venetian & Palazzo

The Venetian And The Palazzo Las Vegas Celebrated Earth Hour With Unique Candlelight Display

The Venetian®, The Palazzo®, and Sands Expo celebrated Earth Hour 2015 on Saturday, March 28, from 8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. with a unique candlelight display at Doge’s Palace Plaza in front of The Venetian.  The resorts also turned off the marquees and non-essential outdoor lighting. 

Members of the public, resort team members and their children were invited to help light the thousands of reusable LED candles for the display as Earth Hour approached.

Guests of the resorts were invited to turn off non-essential lighting in their guest suites and share in the Earth Hour experience.

The Earth Hour candlelight display was a unique expression of the commitment of the Las Vegas Sands resorts to help protect the planet and the shared values of Earth Hour.  The Venetian, The Palazzo, and Sands Expo are fully engaged in the Sands ECO360° Global Sustainability strategy designed to help minimize the environmental impact of the company. Las Vegas Sands’ vision is to lead the way in sustainable building development and resort operations; striving to leave a responsible, cleaner, and safer world for future generations.

www.venetian.com/

LAVO Debuts New Bloody Mary For Grill Cheese Month...Interesting!

To kick off April’s Grill Cheese Month, LAVO has put a spin on the classic Bloody Mary by offering the cocktail with a mini grilled cheese garnish during brunch each Saturday and Sunday. The $14 Belvedere cocktail is also topped with blue cheese stuffed olives.

lavolv.com/Restaurant

LAVO Italian Restaurant and Lounge

3325 South Las Vegas Boulevard

Las Vegas, NV 89109

Bad Boys From "Vanderpump Rules" In Vegas At Exclusive Foundation Room

Saturday night the men of the hit TV show Vanderpump Rules took over House of Blues Foundation Room. Tom Sandoval and Jax Taylor partied with fans and as in any good rivalry, the fellow bartenders went head to head with a Brugal Cocktail contest that night. Team Tom boasted a sweet libation by the name of Brugal Bees Knees; while Team Jax went a little further on the citrusy side with a Brugal Hemingway Daiquiri. All in good fun, the guys enjoyed Vegas in true style, kicking back cocktails with friends, posing for photos with fans and even taking in the Deity dancer experience at Foundation Room!

Photo Credit: Key Lime Photography

REHAB The Original Pool Party Set To Open With Paris Hilton & Flo Rida

Las Vegas’ original dayclub, REHAB at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, reveals its 2015 grand opening with a DJ set by Paris Hilton on Saturday, April 25 and performance by Flo Rida on Sunday, April 26.

This season, REHAB will add Just the Tip Wednesdays, an industry day that grants locals and industry professionals free entry to the dayclub, and Backyard Pool Party Fridays, a country-themed bash featuring red cup drinking games and sounds of Top 40 hits with light infusions of country, to its signature Saturday and Sunday events. Relax Mondays will return with its regularly-scheduled programming.

“We try to add something new to REHAB each year that differs from other dayclubs in Las Vegas,” said Gary Scott, assistant general manager at Hard Rock Hotel. “With the rise of country music programming not only on property, but across the valley in general, we wanted to launch Backyard Pool Party Fridays with mixes of that music genre that would appeal to partygoers of all sorts.”

The dayclub will also host exclusive DJ residencies with Dee Jay Silver, DJ Pauly D, Flux Pavilion and Paris Hilton. Crystal Hefner will return to REHAB as the exclusive Bikini Invitational DJ as well.

Current entertainment lineup:

·         Saturday, April 11 – DJ set by Flux Pavilion

·         Sunday, April 12 – DJ set by DJ Pauly D

·         Sunday, April 19 – performance by Nico & Vinz

·         Saturday, April 25 – DJ set by Paris Hilton *GRAND OPENING*

·         Sunday, April 26 – performance by Flo Rida *GRAND OPENING*

·         Friday, May 1 – DJ set by Dee Jay Silver

·         Saturday, May 9 – Rob Gronkowski hosts with DJ set by Joe Hahn of Linkin Park

·         Sunday, May 10 – Rob Gronkowski hosts with DJ set by Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy

·         Sunday, May 17 – DJ set by DJ Pauly D

·         Saturday, May 23 – performance by Kesha

·         Saturday, May 30 – DJ set by Flux Pavilion

·         Sunday, May 31 – performance by Riff Raff

·         Friday, June 5 – DJ set by Dee Jay Silver

·         Saturday, June 6 – Kevin Dillon hosts

·         Saturday, June 13 – Bikini Invitational with DJ set by Crystal Hefner

·         Sunday, June 14 – DJ set by DJ Pauly D

·         Thursday, June 18 – Bassrush Pool Party

·         Saturday, June 20 – DJ set by Flux Pavilion

·         Friday, July 3 – DJ set by Dee Jay Silver

·         Saturday, July 4 – DJ set by Dee Jay Silver

·         Saturday, July 11 – Bikini Invitational with DJ set by Crystal Hefner

·         Sunday, July 12 – DJ set by DJ Pauly D

·         Sunday, July 19 – DJ set and performance by Nina Sky

·         Sunday, July 26 – performance by Sammy Adams

·         Friday, Aug. 7 – DJ set by Dee Jay Silver

·         Saturday, Aug. 8 – Bikini Invitational with DJ set by Crystal Hefner

·         Friday, Sept. 4 – DJ set by Dee Jay Silver

·         Saturday, Sept. 5 – DJ set by DJ Pauly D

·         Saturday, Sept. 19 – Bikini Invitational with DJ set by Crystal Hefner

REHAB has been called “the original and yet still the best party” in Sin City by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and “still sizzling at 10 years” by Las Vegas Weekly. It was featured on Travel Channel’s “21 Sexiest Beach Bars” calling it “the must-see place on a Sunday afternoon;” deemed the “best known, biggest and craziest pool party” by the Los Angeles Times; and said to be “legendarily raucous” by Travel + Leisure. In 2013, it won the “(DAY) Lifetime Achievement Award” in Vegas Seven’s Daylife Awards.

Tickets to REHAB start at $30 for females and $50 for males. Prices are subject to change per event. The dayclub is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Guests must be 21 years of age or older with a valid form of identification to attend.

For more information or to make a reservation, please visit www.hardrockhotel.com/rehab or call 702.693.5555.

Photo credit: Erik Kabik/Kabik Photo Group

"BRAVE" A One Night Engagement At The Smith Center Will Raise $$ For Charity!

Of the countless singers, Broadway stars, comedians, musicians and actors that have graced the stage at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, there has never been a local visionary to grace this stage sharing stories of inspiration and dreams. This April 2, all things change when Las Vegas’ own creative and beloved community member, Charles S. Ressler, teams with three of Las Vegas’ most cherished organizations – Opportunity Village, the I Have a Dream Foundation and the Las Vegas Philharmonic – for an unprecedented evening of fun and fundraising. Ressler steps out of his comfort zone and onto the stage of Reynolds Hall for an exclusive, one-night-only engagement “BRAVE.” Written by and starring Ressler, “BRAVE” features a variety of songs to inspire, a live orchestra to dazzle and most importantly the message of how to achieve personal triumph despite the odds to warm the heart, encourage dreams, motivate the imagination and influence the community for a better Las Vegas.

Thursday, April 2

 8 p.m. (7:30 p.m. doors)      

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts

Reynolds Hall

Arts District Las Vegas and Downtown Las Vegas

TICKETS:      Tickets are $22, $32, $44 and $99, plus any applicable fees.  Tickets go on sale Thursday, March 5 at 10 a.m. at The Smith Center Box Office, located at 361 Symphony Park Avenue, by phone at 702-749-2000 or 808-326-6868 (TTY) and online at www.TheSmithCenter.com. For preferred seating and special rates for groups of 10 or more, contact 702-749-2348.

Las Vegas' Racer Kato Will Race In The NHRA Nationals At LVMS

For retired Air Force officer Roger Kato, next week’s SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway would be the perfect place to earn his first national Super Gas victory.

Kato, who retired as a Chief Master Sergeant in 2002, will be running his custom-built 2005 Chevy Cavalier at this year’s competition. He will be hoping for a home-field advantage as he pursues a big-time national win at the three-day event April 10-12.

“I feel ready, the car is ready and now it’s just a matter now of the driver doing his job,” said Kato, a native Hawaiian who has lived in Las Vegas since 2002. “Like any other race I roll into, I don’t just show up for the beer. I go in there to win that race, and if I didn’t think I could win the race, I wouldn’t show up.

“I feel my chances are as good as anybody’s.”

Kato, who has worked as an inspector of aircraft maintenance contractors at Nellis Air Force Base since 2009, won the Super Pro Championship in The Strip’s bracket racing program in 2010, 2011 and 2014 and has been a mainstay in the Las Vegas racing landscape for a decade. His biggest triumph came in 2013, when he earned the title of NHRA Division 7 Super Pro category champion, and Kato’s desire for the sport has remained strong through the years.

“It’s something I like to do, but it takes a lot of money to run one of these cars,” said Kato, 60.

The youngest of five brothers, Kato caught the racing bug at an early age in the late 1960s.

“I used to go racing with my older brothers, and they’re the ones who got me hooked on the whole deal,” Kato said of his brothers, Stanley, Roy, Earl and Rex. “They said, ‘Come on, you’ve got to go.’ So, we went.”

Kato was out of racing from 1986-2005 as he was promoted within the Air Force and his 30-year military career took priority over his passion for the sport.

“I was moving up in the ranks, and we would deploy a lot,” he said. “I didn’t have time to dedicate to racing, so I said, ‘Well, I’ve just got to stop,’” he said. “I always had the desire, but the military came first back then.

“It was a very exciting career, and when you get to take care of about 340 people, it’s a large task, especially where we were going. It was a very rewarding career, and I know we did a lot of good things.”

Kato always had the itch to race, and with retirement came the opportunity to return to the sport he’s loved for a lifetime.

“When I retired out of the military in ’02, I said, ‘I’ve got to get a job here as a civilian so I can get back into racing and do it before I get too old,’” Kato said. “My wife (Debra) supports me 100 percent, and whatever it takes – without killing us – we’ll do it.”

Competing against top-level drivers keeps Kato on his toes.

“I think it’s what keeps me young,” he said. “I’ve got to get out there and compete with all of these kids who are 20 years old, and all of those folks are great drivers. When I go out there, I’ve got to be on my game.”

In addition to the love of racing, Kato enjoys the camaraderie within the sport that keeps the community so close-knit year after year.

“There’s nothing where anyone else wouldn’t give you the shirt off their back to help you if you needed help,” Kato said. “Drag racing is the only sport I notice where that happens. It’s like a little family.”

Fans can purchase tickets online at www.LVMS.com or by calling 1-800-644-4444.

2015 SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals schedule:

Wednesday, April 8

9 a.m.–5 p.m. – Sponsor Midway parking

10 a.m.–5 p.m. – Racer pit parking (all categories)

Thursday, April 9

8 a.m.–5 p.m. – Racer pit parking/Registration/Tech inspection (all categories)

5-7 p.m.–Autograph session – New York New York Hotel & Casino

Friday, April 10

7:30 a.m. – Spectator gates open

8 a.m.–Noon – Racer registration/Tech inspection (all categories)

8 a.m. – Sportsman qualifying

10:30 a.m. – Comp Eliminator qualifying

Noon – Top Alcohol qualifying

1 p.m. – Comp Eliminator qualifying

1:30 p.m. – Pro Stock qualifying

2 p.m. – Nitro qualifying

3 p.m. – Nitro Harley qualifying

3:15 p.m. – Top Alcohol qualifying

4:30 p.m. – Pro Stock qualifying

5 p.m. – Nitro qualifying

6:30 p.m. – Jet Dragsters

Saturday, April 11

7:30 a.m. – Spectator gates open

8 a.m. – Sportsman eliminations

10:30 a.m. – Comp Eliminator qualifying

11 a.m. – Top Alcohol qualifying

12:30 p.m. – Nitro Harley qualifying

12:40 p.m. – K&N Pro Stock Horsepower Challenge driver intro

1 p.m. – K&N Pro Stock Horsepower Challenge – Round 1

1:10 p.m. – Pro Stock qualifying

1:30 p.m. – Nitro qualifying

2:30 p.m. – Nitro Harley qualifying

2:45 p.m. – Top Alcohol eliminations – Round 1

3:45 p.m. – Comp Eliminator – Round 1

4 p.m. – K&N Pro Stock Horsepower Challenge – Round 2

4:05 p.m. – Pro Stock qualifying

4:30 p.m. – Nitro qualifying

5 p.m. – K&N Pro Stock Horsepower Challenge – Finals

5:05 p.m. – Nitro qualifying

5:45 p.m. – Jet Dragsters

Sunday, April 12

7:30 a.m. – Spectator gates open

8:30 a.m. – Sportsman eliminations

10 a.m. – Comp eliminations – Round 2

10:15 a.m. – Pre-race ceremonies

11 a.m. – Nitro eliminations – Round 1

Noon – Pro Stock eliminations – Round 1

12:15 p.m. – Top Alcohol eliminations – Round 2

12:45 p.m. – Nitro Harley eliminations – Round 1

1 p.m. – Nitro eliminations – Round 2

1:30 p.m. – Pro Stock eliminations – Round 2

1:45 p.m. – Sportsman eliminations – Semifinals

2:25 p.m. – Top Alcohol eliminations – Semifinals

2:25 p.m. – Nitro Harley eliminations – Semifinals

2:30 p.m. – Pro Stock eliminations – Semifinals

2:40 p.m. – Nitro eliminations – Semifinals

3 p.m. – Sportsman eliminations – Finals

3:40 p.m. – Nitro Harley eliminations – Finals

3:45 p.m. – Top Alcohol eliminations – Finals

3:50 p.m. – Pro Stock eliminations – Finals

3:55 p.m. – Nitro eliminations – Finals

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