Datebook for August 23, 2002

Friday, Aug. 23, 2002 | 9:06 a.m.

Family Shopping

The Las Vegas Harvest Festival Craft Show will be held at 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Activities include an arts and crafts marketplace, crafts demonstrations, entertainment and food. Admission is $7.50 for all three days. 386-7100.

Summer Fun

The City of Las Vegas Department of Leisure Services will hold a swap meet 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Brinley Community School, 6150 Smoke Ranch Road. 646-9046.

The department will also hold its second annual Corn Boil 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Las Vegas Senior Center, 451 E. Bonanza Road. Cost is $1 per ear of corn. 229-6454.

The department is also sponsoring "Seniors in Motion," a walker hike at Mt. Charleston Deer Creek. Hikers should bring lunch and water and meet at 8 a.m. Thursday at Dula Gym, 441 E. Bonanza Road. Cost is $1. 229-6307.

Ballet

The Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre will hold an open house 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Donald W. Reynolds Cultural Center, 1651 Inner Circle. Admission is free. 243-2623.

Youths

The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre will hold auditions for "Charlotte's Web" noon Saturday at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. 229-6553.

Broadcasters

The seventh Annual Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame Dinner Dance will be held 6 p.m. Saturday at Green Valley Ranch Station Casino, 2197 Paseo Verde Parkway. Tickets are $75, with advance reservations needed. 794-4994.

Ballroom

The U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association and Rebel Dance Sport present an August Dance, 7 p.m. Saturday at Dance Fitness and Sport, 633 N. Decatur. Admission is $7, students and members $5. 656-8690.

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder's "Lost Weekend" will be screened by Clark County Parks and Community Services 7 p.m. Wednesday at Winchester Community Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. Admission is $2. 455-7340

Adventure

Clark County Parks & Community Services will sponsor several "Adventure Recreation workshops" in August. Gold prospecting is planned at 6 p.m. Thursday at Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road. Admission is $10. 455-8289.

Youths

"Self-defense Concepts" for youth will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Admission is free. 507-3989.

A show about starting school for new kindergartners will be presented 11 a.m. Saturday at Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. Admission is free. 507-3630.

"Medieval Fighting," presented by the Society for Creative Anachronism, will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Admission is free. 507-3400.

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