Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008 | 2 a.m.
Las Vegans can celebrate Oscar night at Planet Hollywood and help the Arthritis Foundation of Southern Nevada at the same time.
The foundation is sponsoring a gala dinner, silent auction and TV watching party, the only one in Las Vegas sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Festivities begin at 4 p.m. Sunday with a cocktail reception and the auction. Dinner will be served during the Academy Awards broadcast, which begins at 5 p.m.
Siegfried & Roy are honorary chairmen of this year’s event.
Community philanthropist Cindy Doumani will receive the Arthritis Foundation’s 2008 commitment to community award. The former entertainer serves on the boards of many charitable organizations, including the Liberace Foundation, Opportunity Village, the American Heart Association, Nevada Arts Advocates, the Susan G. Koman Foundation, Golden Rainbow and the Arthritis Foundation.
Cathy Ray, a KTNV Channel 13 anchor and health reporter, will be honored with the community health award.
John Daly and Nina Radetich will serve as masters of ceremonies. Host committee members include Jaki Baskow, Lynette Chappel, Jimmy Foster, Mike Mecca, Rossi Ralenkotter, Randy Soard, Lucy Stewart and Mark Wayman.
Details: 4 p.m. Sunday; Planet Hollywood’s Grand Ballroom; $250; 367-1626
STILL PRODUCING
Bill Nolte hasn’t been idle since “The Producers” closed Feb. 9 at Paris Las Vegas.
Nolte played Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in the Mel Brooks production. But he shows a different side of his talent Sunday at the Clark County Library when the New York transplant performs in “All of Me,” featuring standards by such songwriters as Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Fats Waller, Anthony Newley and Stephen Sondheim.
Mark Waldrop (“When Pigs Fly”) is directing, and jazz virtuoso Pam Drew Phillips is the musical director.
Details: 2 p.m. Sunday; Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road; $15; 658-6741
CASHING IN
Tribute artist Jimmie Ray Cantrell is cashing in on Johnny Cash.
Cantrell and wife Cyndi sold out an afternoon show and had to add a second show to their “Johnny Cash Birthday Tribute” on Sunday in Summerlin.
Cash, who died in 2003, would have been 76 on Feb. 26.
Details: 3 and 6 p.m. Sunday; Starbright Theater, Summerlin; $13 for residents, $15 for nonresidents; 240-1301
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