Datebook for November 15, 2002

Friday, Nov. 15, 2002 | 9:24 a.m.

Crafts

Lucille and Lucinda Jackson will teach children about the art of Navajo beading at 4 p.m. today at Sunrise Library, 5400 Harris Ave. (507-3900) and 4 p.m. Thursday at Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive (507-3860). Admission is free.

Drum show

Tony Showa of the Sacreds Intertribal Drum will perform drumming styles and songs at 4 p.m. today at Las Vegas Library, 833 N. Las Vegas Blvd. (507-3500) and at 11 a.m. Saturday at Indian Springs Library, 715 Gretta Lane (879-3845). Admission is free.

Canoes for you

Learn about the Haida peoples of the Pacific Northwest and the Anishinabek peoples of West Michigan who used canoes for transportation and make a canoe to take home at 2 p.m. Saturday at West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. Admission is free. 507-3940.

Stories, crafts

In honor of Native American History Month, the Library District will have a craft and story program at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the North Las Vegas Library, 2300 Civic Center Drive. Admission is free. 633-1070.

Celebration

Las Vegas' Cultural Affairs Division presents a Native American Festival from noon to 4 p.m. at the Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza in Lorenzi Park, 3333 W. Washington Ave. Admission is free. 229-6704.

Library offerings

"Dance Me Outside," a 1995 film about two young men trying to get into college and having to deal with girls, family and murder, will be shown at 1 p.m. Saturday in the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. Admission is free. 507-3940.

Also in the West Charleston Library "Thunderheart," starring Val Kilmer and Sam Shepard, a 1992 film about a Native American FBI agent who suppresses his heritage, will be shown at 2:45 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. 507-3940.

"Robert Mirabal: Music From a Painted Cave," a 2001 film showing traditional dances and music, will be shown at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the West Charleston Library. Admission is free. 507-3940.

Also in the West Charleston Library, "Incident at Oglala," a 1992 film about the violent events that took place in 1975 on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation, will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Admission is free. 507-3940.

'Monsoon Wedding'

UNLV Film Studies Department presents the International Film Series: "Monsoon Wedding" 2001 India at 7 p.m. Thursday at UNLV's Classroom Building Complex Room A106. Admission is free. 895-3547.

Banquets

Youth With a Mission will hold its annual banquet at 7 p.m. today at 3415 S. Mojave Road. Admission is $25. 658-5450.

Congregation Ner Tamid Sisterhood will hold a fund-raising dinner to honor Ed Nigro as the temple's first "Mensch of the Year" at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Four Seasons. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are $250. On Sunday there will be a golf tournament with Nigro teeing off at noon and includes lunch and an awards party at 5 p.m. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are $150. 733-6292.

Lecture series

UNLV College of Liberal Arts presents the University Forum Lecture "Who's Looking at the Naked Lady?" at 7:30 p.m. today at Barrick Museum auditorium. Admission is free. 895-3401.

UNLV College of Liberal Arts presents the University Forum Lecture "The Strategic Management of Crisis Situations: Lessons From the War on Terrorism" at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Barrick Museum Auditorium. Admission is free. 895-3401.

UNLV Art Department's Visiting Artist Program presents photographer Anna Gaskell at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Classroom Building Complex, Rooom A-108. Admission is free. 895-1575.

Desert hair care

The Barbara Greenspun Women's Care Center of Excellence will offer a class on taking care of your hair in a desert climate from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Rose Dominican Hospital, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 330. Admission is free. 616-4900.

Bryan speaks

Former Sen. Richard Bryan will speak at the dinner meeting of NALS of Las Vegas, an association for legel professionals, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Skinny Duggans, 2137 W. Charleston Blvd. Call 229-6596 or 451-5733.

Holiday drive

The second annual "Gift of Lights" runs through Jan. 1. 5-9 p.m. Sundays through Thursday; 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturdays at Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road. Admission is $10 a car or $8 with a bag of gently used clothing for Goodwill Industries. Partial proceeds benefit Clark County Department of Parks and Recreation Scholarship Fund for Disadvantaged Children.

The ninth annual lighting of the Ethel M Chocolates Botanical Cactus Garden will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at One Sunset Way, and will run from sundown to 10 p.m. through Jan. 5. From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Santa will visit with children. Admission is free. 737-3100.

Comments needed

The Preservation Association of Clark County and Preserve Nevada will gather comments about historic preservation's future in Nevada at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Nevada State Museum, 700 Twin Lakes Drive. Admission is free. (775) 684-3444.

Reading

Las Vegas' Cultural Affairs Division presents "Poet's Corner," featuring poets Keith Brantley and Pendelita Toney, at 7 p.m. today at West Las Vegas Art Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Admission is free. 229-4800.

UNLV English Department presents poet Claudia Keelan reading from her book "Darkling" at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Donna Beam Hall, Room 241. Admission is free. 895-3101

Books

"Shell Shaker: A Reading by LeAnne Howe" will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Spring Valley Library, 4280 S. Jones Blvd. The story centers around two assassinations. Admission is free. 507-3820.