Datebook for Sept. 27, 2002

Friday, Sept. 27, 2002 | 9:10 a.m.

Author appears

Robyn Walensky, author of "Covering Catastrophe" will appear 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at B. Dalton in Boulevard Mall, 3528 S. Maryland Parkway. Admission is free. 735-0008.

Bill Raetz, author of "A Tangled Web" will appear 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at B. Dalton Bookseller, 1300 Sunset Road, Henderson (434-1331); 2 to 6 p.m. Oct. 4 at Waldenbooks, 4300 Meadows Lane (870-4914); and noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 5 at B. Dalton Bookseller, 3680 Maryland Parkway (735-0008). Admission is free.

Benefits

St. Rose Dominican Hospital hosts its 12th annual "Run for the Rose" 7 a.m. Saturday at Legacy Park, Pecos and Windmill. Proceeds benefit St. Rose Dominican Hospital. 616-7630.

The Nevada Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Research Foundation sponsors its 18th annual Walk to Cure Diabetes 7 a.m. Saturday on the UNLV Campus, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. 732-4795.

The Las Vegas Art Museum holds its second annual Art in Autumn Black Tie Fund-raiser Dinner at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 (reservations by Tuesday) at the Stirling Club inside Turnberry Place, 2877 S. Paradise Road. Tickets are $225. Proceeds benefit the Las Vegas Art Museum. 360-8000.

The Las Vegas Branch of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is hosting its fourth annual "Light the Night" walk 7 p.m. Sunday at Sante Fe Station. 4949 N. Rancho Drive. 436-4220.

The Nevada Opera Guild presents a luncheon and fashion show with styles by DKNY and Donna Karan at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Stirling Club at Turnberry Place, 2877 S. Paradise Road. Models will be escorted by men from the dance revue, "Thunder From Down Under." Admission is $85. 617-0660.

Scrapbooking

The North Las Vegas Library will host presentations on scrapbook making. Two presentations will be held in English and two in Spanish. The English dates are 10 a.m. today, and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Spanish ones are 10:30 a.m. Oct. 19 and 7 p.m. Oct. 23. All will be held at North Las Vegas Library, 2300 Civic Center Drive. Admission is free. 633-1070.

Talks

Nevada Division of State Parks Department of Conservation and Natural Resources continues its Living History program with Chet Lauck, noon and 2 p.m. Saturday at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park Ranch House in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. There will also be a talk by Olive Lake at noon and 2 p.m. Sunday at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park. Park entrance fees are $5 per vehicle. There are no additional fees for the talks. 875-4141.

UNLV

UNLV's University Forum Lecture Series presents "Baseball: Knowing the Heart and Mind of America" 7:30 p.m. Monday at Barrick Museum Auditorium, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Admission is free. 895-3401.

Sign up

Barnes & Noble Booksellers and the Henderson Library District hold Library Card Sign-up Month at 2 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble, 567 N. Stephanie St., Henderson. Meet Arthur the Aardvark and get a library card, treats and enter a raffle for Arthur items. 434-1533.

Family films

Clark County Parks and Community Services Department continues its "Friday Family Film Fest" with a screening of "Spy Kids" at 8:15 tonight at Desert Breeze, 8425 Spring Mountain Road. Admission is free; bring blankets or short lawn chairs for seating. 455-8800.

The documentary film "Black Confederates: The Forgotten Men in Gray" will be screened at 4 p.m. Sunday at Brenden Theatres Las Vegas 14 in the Palms. Admission is free. 739-7472.

Celebration

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District concludes its "Spanish Language Film Series" with El Norte at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. Admission is free. 734-7323.

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District presents "Festival de las Americas" a family event, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Admission is free. 734-7323.

Music

Valley venues

The Henderson Pavilion at Liberty Pointe is kicking off its grand opening with concerts at 7:30 tonight and 8 p.m. Saturday at Green Valley Parkway and Paseo Verde. Tonight's performers are The Las Vegas Philharmonic, Nevada Ballet Theatre and Opera Las Vegas. Lee Greenwood performs Saturday. Admission is $10 for canopy seating, lawn seating is free but tickets are required. The Taste of Henderson and Made in Nevada Festival features crafts and food in the Pavilion at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Festival admission is free. 384-8427.

The Nathan Adelson Hospice presents the seventh annual "Serenades of Life Concert" 7 p.m. Saturday at the Flamingo Library Theatre, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Admission is $35. Proceeds benefit the Nathan Adelson Hospice. 796-3133.

UNLV's Performing Arts Center's Best of the New York Stage presents the "Herbie Hancock Quartet" 8 p.m. Saturday at Artemus Ham Concert Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Admission is $25, $35, and $45. 895-2787.

The Cultural Affairs Division City of Las Vegas Department of Leisure Services and the Las Vegas Jazz Society present a jazz concert 2 p.m. Sunday at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. Admission is $15, $10 students and seniors, $7 Jazz Society members. 229-6383.

VEE Corporation and the Sesame Street Workshop presents "Sesame Street Live" in "Let's Be Friends" 7 p.m. Thursday, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 4, 10:30 a.m., 2 and 5:30 p.m. Oct. 5 and 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at Cox Pavilion, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Admission is $12 and $16. 895-3900.

Clark County Parks and Community Services and Beasley Broadcasting presents Taste of Las Vegas with art, fine cuisine and music at 6 to 10 tonight, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at Clark County Government Center Amphitheater, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. Performing at 8 tonight is Berlin. Performing Saturday are Greg Kihn at 6 p.m. and John Waite at 8 p.m. Skip Martin and The Class Factory offer jazz at 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $8, 12 and younger are free. 730-0300.

Michelle Gott presents a harp recital 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Green Valley Presbyterian Church, 1798 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson. Admission is free, donations accepted. 454-8484.

Dance

Barn dance

Southern Nevada Old Time Contra Dancers and the Cultural Affairs Division of Las Vegas Department of Leisure Services presents an "Old Time Barn Dance" 7 p.m. Saturday at Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. An introductory lesson begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $6, children under 15 free. 229-6383.

Theater

Entertainment

Signature Productions presents "Camelot," 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays through Saturdays, through Oct. 26 at Summerlin Performing Arts Center and Library, 1771 Inner Circle, Summerlin. Admission is $10 to $18. 429-3689 or 655-8881.

Las Vegas Little Theatre opens its 25th season with "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams 8 tonight through Sunday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3844 Shiff Drive. Admission is $13, with season subscriptions $55, $45 for senior citizens. 362-7996.

The UNLV Theatre Department and the Nevada Conservatory Theatre presents "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" 8 tonight through Sunday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Judy Bayley Theatre, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Admission is $25. 895-2787.

As part of its" Insomniac Project" the Las Vegas Little Theatre presents "Bedtime Stories" midnight tonight and Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5. Ages 18 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. 362-7996.

Sun City Summerlin Community Association presents "Fiddler on The Roof" 7 p.m. Saturday at Starbright Theater, 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd. Admission is $12. 966-1424.

Other

Stardust

The seventh annual "Old Time Reunion" at the Stardust Hotel, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is dedicated this year to the memory of Joe Delaney, longtime entertainment columnist for the Sun. The evening includes dinner and entertainment and begins at 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $35. 382-6336.

Halloween

KISS-FM presents The Tomb of Darkness 7 p.m. Thursday through Oct. 31 at 2828 S. Highland Drive. Admission is $12. 735-2257.

Cirque du Demons has 12 chambers on two floors. Open 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays through Oct. 13, 5 p.m. daily Oct. 18 through Nov. 2 at Sunset and Pecos. Admission is $10 and benefits the Nevada Child Seekers. 316-2001.

Live taping

KNPR and Sam's Town Live presents "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Sam's Town Live, 5111 Boulder Highway. Admission is $35. 258-9895.

American lifestyle

"America Marches Ahead," paintings by Norman Rockwell of the first 75 years of the 20th century, through Oct. 31 at Centaur Art Galleries on the main level of Fashion Show Mall. 737-1234.

Holocaust photos

Photographs of Holocaust victims before they were imprisoned, through Nov. 17 at Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. (229-6383); and the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North. (229-6211).

Mixed works

Ceramic works, decorative ornaments and textiles of the Amazon by Gilberto R. Catacora Guispe, ceramic artist, and Rosa Anover Escura, textile artist, through Nov. 12 at Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. 507-3400.

Also at the library, Latino artists display and sell their works in the courtyard at noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

'From Mine to Mint'

Samples of gold and silver ore, rare coinage, mining artifacts and photographs illustrate the story of coins from ore to its finished form, through Nov. 10 at Clark County Museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway. Admission $1.50; $1 senior citizens and children. 455-7955.

Panoramas

Large-scale panoramic paintings by Alfonso Lirani, through Oct. 11 at Community College of Southern Nevada Fine Arts Gallery, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas. 651-4205.

Impressionism

Angel O'Briant's figurative works and landscapes in impressionistic style done in pencil, pastel and oil at Enterprise Library, 25 E. Shelbourne Ave., through Nov. 3. 507-3760.

'Sexy Parts'

"Sexy Parts" with works by Ben King, Gayle Jones and E. Thurston, through Oct. 12 at Gallery Au Go Go, 4972 S. Maryland Parkway. 419-5681.

'Moon Series'

Barbara Van Arnam "Moon Series" oil paintings, through Oct. 22 at Green Valley Library, 3797 N. Green Valley Parkway. 507-3790.

'Washington'

Gilbert Stuart's portrait of "George Washington: A National Treasure," from the Smithsonian Institution, through Oct. 27 at Las Vegas Art Museum, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. Admission $5; $3 senior citizens; $2 students; under 12 free. 360-8000.

Western art

Opening Thursday: "Western Art Exhibit," paintings and drawings, through Jan. 9. Left of Center Art Gallery, 2207 W. Gowen Road. 647-6378.

Panoramas

A wide-angle view of interesting places and people from Nevada's past, "Nevada Wide: Panoramic Photography in the Silver State," through March 23 at Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, 700 Twin Lakes Drive. Admission $2; under 18 free. 486-5205.

Outer space

Fisher Space Pen inventor Paul Fisher's collection of photographs and space memorabilia about space technology, through Nov. 10 at Paseo Verde Library, 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson. 492-7252.

'Artistry of Space'

Artrain USA, a traveling art museum featuring "Artistry of Space," a collection of paintings, drawings, prints, sketches, music and fiber art that reflect the spirit of space exploration, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday parked at Pioneer Americas, 8000 W. Lake Mead Drive, Henderson. 222-2362.

'Aesop's Fables'

"Fun with Fables" a joint effort by illustrators and writers in the retelling of a selection of Aesop's Fables, through Oct. 6 at Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive. 507-3710.

Sculpture

"The Hanger Project" life-size wire coat hanger figures, by metal sculptor Eli Sauer, through Oct. 15 at Spring Valley Library, 4280 S. Jones Blvd. 507-3820.

'Guatemala'

Photographic images of the landscape and people of "Guatemala," through Nov. 17 at Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive. 507-3860.

Quilts

Members of a local quilter's group display small panels to full-size quilts, through Dec. 15 at Sunrise Library, 5400 Harris Ave. 507-3900.

Donna Beam

Opening reception 6:30 p.m. Saturday: "Bart Esposito: Paintings & Drawings," through Oct. 26 at Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery in Alta Ham Fine Arts Building, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. 895-3893.

Youth exhibit

Photographs of prominent African Americans and "Art by Kids for Kids," through Oct. 30 at Walker African American Museum, 705 W. Van Buren Ave. 647-2242.

Camera Club

Juried exhibition of Nevada Camera Club photographs, through Sunday at West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. 507-3940.

Opening Tuesday: "Children," figurative and pastel drawings and paintings by Sarah Pearson-Ochoa, through Dec. 1.

Mixed media

"Festival of the Americas," paintings and photographs by Hispanic Americans in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, through Oct. 20 at West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd. 229-4800.

Hispanic tribute

Jane Marquez' acrylic paintings and pastel drawings presented in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month show connections between cultures, through Oct. 27 at Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave. 507-4010.

'New Works'

Kevin Chupik's "New Works" of acrylics on paper, through Oct. 25 at Winchester Gallery, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. 455-8239.

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