Datebook for December 8, 2000

Friday, Dec. 8, 2000 | 10:33 a.m.

Annual event

Opportunity Village presents its annual Magical Forest attraction, featuring a train ride, animated figures, entertainment, crafts and food booths, through Dec. 31 at 6300 W. Oakey Drive. Call 225-TREE.

High school benefit

Las Vegas Academy's Visual Arts Department, 315 Seventh St., is holding an art sale through 6 p.m. today in the school's gallery. Call 799-7800.

Cowboy history

"Paniolo," a production interpreting the history of Hawaii's original cowboys, will be at 6:45 p.m. today in the parking lot of the Thomas & Mack Center.

Holiday items

The Mountain View Christian School Band hosts a gift and craft fair from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday in the gymnasium at 3900 E. Bonanza Road. Call 452-1300.

Authors appear

Jessi Winchester, author of "From Bordello to Ballot Box," will sign copies of the book at Borders Bookstore, 1445 W. Sunset Road, from 7-9 p.m. today. Call 433-2810. She will be at the Borders at 2323 S. Decatur Blvd. from 2-4 p.m. Saturday. Call 258-0999.

Bob Gore, author of "Rhombus," will sign copies of his book from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at B. Dalton bookstore at the Meadows mall.

Terry Goodkind, author of "Faith of the Fallen," will sign copies of the book at 3 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble, 567 N. Stephanie St., in Henderson. Call 434-1533.

Area venues

"A Child's Christmas in Wales" will be presented at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday as part of the Holiday Film Festival at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. Call 878-3597.

"The Starmaker" will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday as part of UNLV's International Film Series, in Classroom Building Complex, room A106. Admission is free. Children will not be admitted. Call 895-3547.

Numerous exhibits

The Las Vegas International Antique Fair will be until 10 p.m. today, 1-10 p.m. Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday at the Sands Expo Center. Tickets are $9. Call (323) 852-1812.

Screen, stage

Carl Butto's "The Entertainment Workshop," featuring seminars on film, television, video, music and stage, will be from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m Mondays and Wednesdays. Admission is $150 each month and includes two classes per week. Call 933-7827.

Cultural lessons

Ulysses Palrose shares information about the history, principles, symbols and ceremonies of Kwanzaa from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Admission is free. Call 229-6211.

Fire breathers

"Dragons: History, Mythology, Reality" is the topic of the 7:30 p.m. Thursday installment of UNLV's University Forum Lecture Series in the Barrick Museum Auditorium. Admission is free. Call 895-3401.

Theater, music

All singers are invited to join the Jewish Community Center's community adult choir, which will perform at the annual Dreidel Spin and Hanukkah Happening on Dec. 24. Call 794-0090.

December moves

The Community College of Southern Nevada's Fall Dance Concert will be at 7:30 p.m. today and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Nicholas J. Horn Theater, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. Tickets are $8; $5 for students and seniors. Call 651-5483.

Nutcracker returns

The Nevada Ballet Theatre presents its annual production of "The Nutcracker" at 8 p.m. Thursday through Dec. 16, 2 p.m. Dec. 16 and 1 and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 17 in UNLV's Judy Bayley Theater. Additional performances will be Dec. 19-26. Tickets are $20, $30, $40 and $50. Call 895-2787.

Community cast

Community Lutheran Church, 3720 E. Tropicana Ave., presents "The Joy & Majesty of Christmas," featuring singers, dancers, live animals, a full choir and orchestra, at 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday and Thursday. Additional performances will be Dec. 15 and 16. Tickets are $10. Call 458-2241, Ext. 210.

Nose knows

The Nevada Theatre Company, 2928 Lake East Drive, presents "Pinnocchio" at 7:30 p.m. today and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $5. Call 873-0191.

Hamlet performed

University Theatre presents Shakespeare's "Hamlet" at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in UNLV's Judy Bayley Theater. Tickets are $12. Call 895-2787.

Holiday show

The Rainbow Company will perform "The Apple Tree," a combination of three witty minimusicals -- "The Diary of Adam and Eve," "The Lady and the Tiger" and "Passionella" -- at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. Tickets are $5; $3 for teens, seniors and the disabled; $2 for children. Call 229-6383.

Dickens' Christmas

Bishop Gorman High School's Theater Department will perform scenes from Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at Siena Village in Summerlin. Unwrapped toys for the Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots program can be donated, along with canned goods. Call 735-1945.

Christmas cheer

"A Jive Bomber's Christmas," a musical story of Christmas in an American concentration camp for Japanese-American families during World War II, will be performed at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. Tickets are $15. Call (866) 884-8769.

Christmas tickets

Shadow Hills Baptist Church, 7811 W. Vegas Drive, presents "Four Tickets to Christmas," a musical set in 1905, at 5 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call 880-7811.

Whitney Library

The Center Stage Inc. presents "A Very Gay Christmas Carol," a spoof of the Dickens' classic, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec 15-17, 21, 23 and 24 at the Whitney Library Theater, 5157 E. Tropicana Ave. Tickets are $12; $8 for seniors. Call 396-7422.

Christmas carols

The Praise Choir of College Park Baptist Church, 2101 E. Owens Ave., will perform the "Carols of Christmas" at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

Student stars

The Las Vegas All-Star High School Jazz Band will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday at Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Admission is free. Call 229-6211.

Choir, soloist

"Everlasting Light -- A Christmas Carol for a Dark World" will be performed by the First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir and 50-piece orchestra at 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Church Sanctuary, 1515 W. Charleston Blvd. Songwriter and soprano Laura Peterson will perform, accompanied by Norbert Krausz on the piano, at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel. Admission to each performance is free. For information, call 384-4554.

Toe tappin'

The Community College of Southern Nevada Faculty Jazz Sextet and student combos will perform familiar standards to post-bebop music at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Nicholas J. Horn Theater, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. Tickets are $5.

Jazz Society

The Las Vegas Jazz Society presents its eighth-annual "Tenor Madness" concert at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Winchester Community Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. Tickets are $10; $7 for seniors and students. Call 455-7340.

Vegas Broadway

UNLV Performing Arts Center presents "Vegas Broadway Christmas" at 2 p.m. Sunday in Artemus Ham Hall as part of its Best of the New York Stage Series. Local and Broadway entertainers will perform in this benefit for the Performing Arts Center and Golden Rainbow of Las Vegas. Tickets are $19, $29 and $39. Call 895-2787.

Local winds

The Las Vegas Woodwind Quintet will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Admission is free but tickets are required. Call 229-6211.

Holiday music

The Praise Singers presents the "2000 Decembers Ago" at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday at the Salvation Army, 2900 Palomino Lane. Call 870-4430.

In harmony

The Las Vegas chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society presents the Celebrity City Chorus and Las Vegas Gamble-Aires Barbershop Chorus at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Nicholas J. Horn Theater at the Community College of Southern Nevada, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. Tickets are $12; $10 for students and seniors.

The Valley of Fire Show Chorus of the Sweet Adelines and the Las Vegas Gamble-Aires Barbershop Chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society will perform at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Nicholas J. Horn Theater. Tickets are $12; $10 for students and seniors. For information, call 657-2277.

Holiday program

The Las Vegas Classical Guitar Ensemble will perform holiday music from the Renaissance through present day at 7 p.m. Monday at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. Admission is free. Call 878-3597.

Student strings

The Community College of Southern Nevada Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Nicholas J. Horn Theater, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. Tickets are $5. Call 651-4109.

Christmas concert

The Desert Chorale will perform "The Redeemer" at 7:30 p.m. Monday at UNLV's Artemus Ham Hall. Admission is free. Call 895-2787.

Instrumental sounds

The Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts, 315 Seventh St., presents its holiday band concert at 6 p.m. Tuesday and its holiday orchestra concert at 6 p.m. Thursday. Both events will be in the Main Stage Theater. Tickets for each performance are $5. Call 799-7849.

Students' works

Hyde Park Middle School's Winter Band Concert will be at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at UNLV's Artemus Ham Hall. Admission is free. Call 895-2787.

Season for shoes

The West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., presents its sixth-annual Shoes for Children for the Holiday concert, featuring David E. Talbert and Company and Lou Collins, at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Admission is one new pair of childrens' shoes, sizes 5-13 or 1-14. Call 647-8169.

College chorals

The Community College of Southern Nevada Choirs will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Nicholas J. Horn Theater, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. Tickets are $5. Call 651-4109.

Dell'aira display

Recent still-life oil paintings by Carmine Dell'aira are on display through Sunday at the West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Call 647-4857.

Real gems

A collection of World War II military equipment and war recruitment and rationing posters is on display through Sunday as part of the "Minerals Go to War" exhibit at the Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway, in Henderson. Admission is $1.50 for adults; $1 for seniors and children. Call 455-7955.

Riding exhibited

"Artistry Riding the Rails," an exhibit featuring high-quality model trains, is on display 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Jan. 26 in the Clark County Government Center rotunda, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. Call 455-4856.

'Urges' displayed

"Uncontrollable Urges," figurative and abstract mixed-media paintings by artist Dray, will be on display Wednesday through Jan. 21 at the West Las Vegas Library, 951 West Lake Mead Blvd. Call 647-4857.

Local artists

An on-going aerial-art gallery, sponsored by the city of Las Vegas, is on display on banner poles along Las Vegas Boulevard, between Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard.

Cinco de Mayo

The work of Adolfo R. Gonzalez, based on the celebration and meaning of Cinco de Mayo, is on display through Dec. 17 at the Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Call 733-3616.

'Tis the season

"Seasons Greetings," by Todd Herbert, and "Intimate Abstractions," by Emily Joyce, are on display at UNLV's Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Call 895-3893.

About AIDS

A variety of black-and-white AIDS-themed illustrations from the collection of Becky Trotter will be on display through Jan. 5 at the Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. Call 228-3321.

Scarry's stuff

"Busytown," an interactive exhibit for children based on books by author Richard Scarry, is on display through Jan. 7 at Lied Discovery Children's Museum, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Admission is $5 for adults; $4 for children ages 2-17, seniors and the military. Call 382-3445.

Beyond borders

"Art Beyond the Borders," an international touring art exhibit featuring the works of 40 artists, is on display through Jan. 7 at the Las Vegas Art Museum, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. Call 360-8000.

Architecture

The American Institute of Architects presents its annual "Juried Photographic Competition on the Built Environment" through Jan. 7 at the Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave. Call 454-4649.

Chien exhibit

Artist Delia Chien's impressionist paintings of landscapes and still lifes are on display through Jan. 19 at the Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway. Call 435-2078.

Ceramic sculpture

Robin Stark's ceramic sculpture "Embracing Change" will be on display through Jan. 28 at Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. Call 256-1414.

Russian art

"American and Russian Nonconformist Art," designed to mark the 25th anniversary of the "Bulldozer Exhibition" staged in 1974 by Russian nonconformist artists whose art show was bulldozed by Moscow authorities, is on display through Feb. 16 at UNLV's Marjorie Barrick Museum. Call 895-3381.

Big top

"Under the Big Top," an exhibit of William A. Payne's black-and-white photographs of circus life, will be on display through March 4 at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd.

Desert pottery

The Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum presents the Desert Sands Pottery exhibit, through March 11 at the Boulder Dam Hotel, 1305 Arizona St. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2. Call 294-1988.

Nevada artists

"Handed Down: Nevada's Living Folk Art," an exhibit of work by folk artists from around the state, is on display at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in Lorenzi Park, through October. Admission is $2 for adults; children under 18 are admitted free. Call 486-5205.

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