Datebook

Friday, July 14, 2000 | 9:23 a.m.

Summer dance

Las Vegas Civic Ballet Association and the Las Vegas Leisure Services Department offer afternoon ballet, tap and jazz classes at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Pointers for intermediate and advanced students, beginning and intermediate ballet, beginning tap, and beginning and intermediate jazz are provided. Summer classes are $25 a month. Call 229-2321.

Park movies

Family Film Festival Thursdays continues this week at Jaycee Park with an 8 p.m. showing of the animated version of "The King and I" Thursday. It ends with "Tarzan" July 27. Admission is free. Call 229-6211.

Concepts sought

Interested choreographers have until July 21 to enter proposals for the "Holiday Collage 2000," Nov. 30-Dec. 3 at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center. The event features the Las Vegas Youth Ballet Company and is sponsored by the Las Vegas Cultural and Community Affairs Division and the Las Vegas Civic Ballet Association. Proposals must include a full description of the music, costumes and props. For more information or an application, call 229-2320.

Art exhibits

"The Big G Stands for Goodness: Corita Kent's 1960s Pop" will be on display Thursday through Aug. 19 at UNLV's Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Call 895-3893.

The Nevada State Museum and Historical Society presents the "Silver Ladies in Golden Splendor," an exhibit of governors' wives from 1864 to today. The exhibit runs through Sept. 4 at 700 Twin Lakes Drive. Also exhibited is "Exploring the Night Sky Over Southern Nevada," by John H. Mowbray, a photographer and astronomer. It runs through December. Admission is free. Call 486-5205.

The Las Vegas Art Museum, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., presents the work of Denise Bankuti, Herb Tannen and Neil Doty in "Three California Painters: Bankuti, Doty & Tannen" through Sept. 17 Admission is $3, $2 for seniors and $1 for students. Call 360-8000.

"One Diva and Sixteen Dudes," a group exhibition curated by Annie Lee, is on display through Aug. 28 at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Call 229-6074.

Watercolor paintings by local artist Dottie Burton will be on display Thursday through Aug. 28 at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. The opening reception will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday. Gallery hours are 1-9 p.m. Monday and Thursday, 10 a.m-9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Call 229-4631.

The works of Las Vegas artist Jason Babcock, a painter to music, are on display at Art Encounter, 3979 Spring Mountain Road. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Monday. Admission is free. Call 227-0220.

"Men of Color," featuring the work of Adolfo Gonzalez and Earl T. Dunbar, will be displayed through Aug. 17 at the Left of Center Art Gallery, 2207 W. Gowan Road, North Las Vegas. Gallery hours are 1-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Call 647-7378.

The works of legally blind artist Jerry Mitchler of Overton will be on display at the Lost City Museum in Overton during July. Museum hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. Admission is $2; members and children admitted free. Call (702) 397-2193.

"Apron Strings: Ties to the Past," featuring nearly 100 vintage and contemporary aprons dating from the late 1800s, is on display through Aug. 13 at the Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway. Museum hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. Admission is $1.50; $1 for seniors and children. Call 455-7955.

An exhibition of fine arts and crafts by the staff of the Metropolitan Police Department will be displayed through Sept. 5 at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. For more information, call 878-3597.

"Nevada Camera Club Exhibition, Juried 2000," an exhibition of Nevada Camera Club photography including the best of show and winning prints from the 1999 annual print competition, will be at the West Las Vegas Library, 951 West Lake Mead Blvd., through Sept. 10. Call 228-4274.

A retrospective exhibition of Marvin Miller's figurative works in pen and ink that reflect his childhood in the westside of Chicago, will be on display at the Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, through Sept. 24. Call 228-4274.

Convict comedy

Signature Productions presents Sam & Bella Spedwack's "My Three Angels" at 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday, Sunday, Thursday and July 21 at the Summerlin Performing Arts Center and Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. Tickets are $15; $13 for seniors and students; $10 for children 10 and under. Call 878-7529.

Popular fables

Nevada Theatre Company presents an outdoor performance of "Aesop's Fables" at 11 a.m. Saturday next to the Mermaid Cafe and Art Gallery, 2910 Lake East Drive in the Lakes Town Center. The performance is part of a daylong cultural event sponsored by the Mermaid Cafe. Call 873-0191.

Puppets and poetry

Puppeteers Jim West and Robb Barnard use giant colorful monsters to tell stories set to the music of Mozart at 2 and 7 p.m. today at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Tickets are $3. Call 229-6211.

A jazzy, musical stage production of Edward Lear's poem "The Owl and the Pussycat" will be performed at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., and at 2 and 7 p.m. July 21 at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Tickets are $3. Call 229-6383 or 229-6211.

Banding together

Henderson's Parks and Recreation Department presents "Cultural Events 2000" at 7:30 p.m. today and 8 p.m. Saturday at Discovery Park, 2011 Paseo Verde Parkway in Henderson. Tonight's performance features the 17-piece Carl Lodico Band, and Saturday's concert is by Beatles tribute band the Fab. Admission is free. Call 565-2367.

Vegas variety

"Vintage Vegas," the fifth annual Advertising Community Talent Show, featuring singers, comedians, musicians, dancers and specialty performers, will be at 6 p.m. today at Sunset Station's Club Madrid. Tickets are $20. Proceeds benefit SafeNest. Call 547-7777.

Big Band era

Uncle Sugar and the Sweet Daddies will perform music from the Big Band era, including hits by Cab Calloway, Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington, at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Charleston Heights Arts Center Ballroom, 800. S. Brush St. Tickets are $12; $10 in advance. Call 229-6383.

Full throttle

The Carl Lodico Band, a 17-piece orchestra, will perform original compositions and Big Band jazz standards at 7:30 p.m. today at Civic Center Plaza Amphitheater, 200 Water St., in Henderson, as part of the city's "Twilight in the Plaza" concert series. Admission is free. Call 565-2367.