Date book

Friday, Oct. 22, 1999 | 10:45 a.m.

Up and away

The Las Vegas Balloon Classic will be held today through Sunday beginning at 7 a.m. daily at the Silver Bowl Park, Russell Road at Boulder Highway. Events continue throughout the day and into the evening. Admission is free. Call 455-8206.

Diamonds on display

Louis Glick's StarBurst Diamonds will be exhibited from 10 a.m.-midnight, through Sunday, at Fred Leighton Rare Collectible Jewels inside Bellagio's Via Bellagio shopping promenade. Call 693-7050.

Breast cancer awareness

Ginny Ordesch, of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, will read a children's book, "Kids Talk: Kids Speak Out About Breast Cancer," from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Saturday at Borders Books Music & Cafe, 2090 N. Rainbow Blvd.

Serpent balloons

The Galleria at Sunset presents a Dragonfest celebration, featuring 40-foot dragon balloons, today through Oct. 31. Special performances are scheduled. Call 434-0202.

Heritage Museum

The Clark County Heritage Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway, hosts a Gem and Mineral Fair from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today through Sunday. Admission is included in regular museum admission. A lecture on American Glass will be presented at 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $1.50 for adults; $1 for seniors and children. Call 455-7955.

Women of the West

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park in Red Rock Canyon presents "Pioneer Women," featuring talks and demonstrations on the early roles and contributions of women in Southern Nevada, at noon and 2 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5 per vehicle. Call 875-4141.

Chorale benefit

The third annual Evening of Wine and Roses wine tasting, benefitting the Myron Heaton Chorale, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday at the Desert Willows Community Center, 2020 West Horizon Ridge Parkway, in Henderson. Domestic and imported wines will be available, and silent and live auctions will take place as well as a concert by the Chorale. Tickets are $12.50 in advance; $15 at the door. Call 450-SONG.

Teen dance

The Jewish Community Center presents its Jewish teens' dance from 8-11 p.m. Saturday at the Sands Expo, 201 Sands Ave. Admission is $7 for members; $10 for non-members. Call 794-0090.

Symphony at Saks

The Las Vegas Philharmonic presents a free Children's Musical Petting Zoo as part of "A Celebration of The Las Vegas Philharmonic" from 2-5 p.m. Saturday and 1:30-5 p.m. Sunday at Saks Fifth Avenue in the Fashion Show mall. Call 258-5438.

Scrooge needed

Nevada Theatre Company will hold auditions for "The Boy Scrooge" from 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday and 6-8:30 p.m. Monday at Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. Call 873-0191.

Regional artists

The Trails Village Center in Summerlin will host its annual Fall Art Festival, featuring the paintings, sculpture, glass art, pottery and jewelry of local and regional artists, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Trails Village Center, across from the Summerlin Library. Call 242-9322.

Performance scheduled

Boston Brass, winners of the 1992 International Brass Quintet Competition in France, will perform at 8 p.m. Monday at UNLV's Artemus Ham Hall. Tickets are $20. Call 895-2787.

Scenic Alaska

AAA World Travel Agency presents the multimedia travel show, "On Stage Alaska," at 6 p.m. Monday at the Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. Call 870-9171, ext. 186.

Essayist to speak

The Barrick Lecture Series presents a discussion on human rights by playwright, essayist and novelist Wole Soyinka at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in UNLV's Artemus Ham Concert Hall. Admission is free. Call 895-2787.

Improv dance

Community College of Southern Nevada presents its Informal Dance Concert, featuring students from Dance Club and the improvisational class, from 1-3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Nicholas J. Horn Theater, 3200 Cheyenne Ave. Admission is free. Call 651-5483.

Haunted house

"Scare Faire '99" presents Nightmare Castle and "The Haunted Theater" from 7-11 p.m. today and 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday. Admission is $13.99. Also presented will be "A Daylight Children's Field Trip," featuring a "lights-on" tour of the Haunted Castle, educational programs and a robot and puppet show, at 10 and 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Admission is $4. Both events are at Nevada Power's parking lot, 6226 W. Sahara Ave. Call 636-9515. *

Freakling Bros. Inc. presents "The Dungeon," at North Rainbow and West Lake Mead boulevards, and the "Black Box," in the parking lot at Sunset Station hotel-casino, from 6-11 p.m. Fridays through Sundays, through Oct. 31. Tickets are $7 (children under 5 not permitted; under 12 must be accompanied by an adult). For a complete list of other haunted house attractions in Las Vegas, call 362-FEAR.

Art exhibits

32nd Street Theater planning spring trip

Clark County students interested in participating in 32nd Street Theater's "Unity Through Knowledge" Black College Tour in April may be pick up registration forms at all Clark County high schools.

The April 17-21 educational tour will visit the historical, predominantly black colleges of Grambling State, Southern University, Xavier University, Alcorn State, Dillard University and Jackson State.

A $100 nonrefundable deposit is required upon registering. For more information, call 648-0913.

Scholarship fund to benefit from event

"Real Men Cook," a scholarship fund-raising cookoff, will be held 4-7 p.m. Saturday at Towbin Dodge in the Valley Auto Mall in Henderson.

Tickets are $5. Call Elaine Luck at 433-4384 or Kathy Kesner at 431-3374.

The eighth annual Gem and Mineral Fair

will be held today through Sunday at the Clark County Museum in Henderson. Visitors can view a mining exhibit and mineral specimens. Call (775) 785-4190.

"How To Collect Child Support,"

a seminar, will be offered 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the Boys and Girls Club, 2530 E. Carey Ave. Call Vicky at (888) 310-2237.

The Las Vegas Rescue Mission

is sponsoring a barbecue and music festival at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sunset Park, Area A. Call 382-1766.

A silent book auction

is being presented 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive. Call 243-7312.

Classic staged

Signature Productions presents Lerner and Loewe's "Brigadoon" at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday at Summerlin Performing Arts Center, 1771 Inner Circle Drive (additional performances are Tursday through Oct. 30 and Nov. 4-6). Tickets are $18 and $15 with a $2 discount for seniors; $10 for children under 12. Call 878-7529.

Painting, probability and lust

University Theatre presents Steve Martin's comedy "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Black Box Theatre in UNLV's Alta Ham Fine Arts Building. Tickets are $6. Call 895-2787.

Asylum production

As part of its series of staged readings of new American plays, The Asylum presents "Dead White Males," by William Missouri Downs, at 7:30 p.m. today at the Winchester Center Theatre, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. Tickets are $5. Call 455-7340.

UNLV dancers

UNLV's Dance Arts Company will hold its fall concert at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Judy Bayley Theatre. Admission is $8; $5 for seniors and military. Call 895-2787.

Las Vegas and then some

KMXB 94.1-FM presents its "Bite of Las Vegas," featuring performances by Paula Cole, Lou Bega, Luscious Jackson and Jeremy Toback, and food vendors from local restaurants, from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday at Lorenzi Park, on Washington Avenue near Valley View Boulevard. Admission is $5. Call 889-5100.

Faculty festival

Community College of Southern Nevada presents its Faculty Solo Festival, featuring CCSN faculty and a 30-piece orchestra performing classical and contemporary works, at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Nicholas J. Horn Theatre on the Cheyenne campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. Admission is $5. Call 651-5483.

Symphony on a Sunday

The Las Vegas Civic Symphony will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. N. Admission is free. Call 229-6211.

Songs of yesteryear

The Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society presents "Olden Goldies," featuring early twentieth century favorites, at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Summerlin Library Performing Arts Center, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. Admission is $10 for adults; $7 for seniors, students, disabled and military. Call 895-3801.

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