CHARO DEBUTS NEW SHOW AT THE
RIVIERA
International
music sensation, “cuchi-cuchi girl” and flamenco guitar virtuoso Charo has
signed a long-term contract to perform her new show “Charo in Concert: A Musical
Sensation” at the Riviera beginning Friday, July 10. Shows will be Wednesday -
Monday at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call 877-892-7469.
American pop culture icon,
Charo is back on the Billboard charts with her latest dance club hit “España
Cañí,” the traditional bullfighting song. She’s also teamed up with World of
Wonder to produce the protest video, entitled “España Cañí: Dance, Don’t
Bullfight.”
MAGICIAN RICK THOMAS OPENS
SHOW AT THE SAHARA
Rick Thomas, along with his
beautiful white tigers, have been delighting Las Vegas audiences for more than a
decade. He will be returning to the Strip at the end of his World Tour and open
a show at the Sahara Theatre on July 16. Performances will be Tuesday through
Sunday at 7 p.m. and also at 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $39.95,
$49.95, and $19.95 for children under 12.
Thomas became a professional
magician when he was 13 and as a teenager was named a National Ballroom Dance
Champion.
SCARLETT OPENS MAGIC SHOW AT
RIVIERA
Illusionist
Scarlett will debut her magic show at the Riviera in the Versailles Theatre on
July 1. Scarlett, who has succeeded in a male-dominated business, will perform
at 10 p.m. nightly except Friday. Tickets are $44.55 and $53.64, call
702-794-9433.
“Scarlett and Her Seductive
Ladies of Magic” will bring an abra-ca-sexy element to the show with the
beautiful dancers going topless.
‘MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL®’ IS
NOW AT THE LUXOR
After three years of
entertaining more than 500,000 guests at the Las Vegas Hilton, “Menopause The
Musical®” has transitioned to the 350-seat Atrium Showroom at the Luxor. The
cast includes Queen Emily, a finalist in last year’s “America’s Got Talent,” and
Paige O’Hara, the voice of Belle in the Disney classic, “Beauty and the Beast.”
Show times are 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday through Monday and 8 p.m. on Tuesdays. Tickets are $49.95 and $65,
call 702-262-4400, 800-557-7428 or go online at www.luxor.com.
‘NAKED BOYS SINGING’ HAS
OPENED AT THE ONYX THEATRE
The 100-seat Onyx Theatre,
concealed inside The Rack clothing store in Commercial Center at 953 E. Sahara,
offers some unusual entertainment. Move over showgirls, Las Vegas’ production of
the award winning off-Broadway musical, “Naked Boys Singing,” has opened with
really naked…men. Cast member Nolan Christopher performed in the Windy City’s
version for two years and reaffirms that audience members quickly discover that
the actors on stage also have faces...and voices. “Naked Boys Singing” has been
running for 10 years in New York and played in most major cities around the
world. Seven cast members are accompanied by pianist Spencer Baker and in a
90-minute show present 16 songs. Ongoing show times are Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays at 10 p.m. through July 4. Tickets are $30, call 702-732-7225.
DIVE WITH SHARKS IS NEW
OFFERING AT MANDALAY BAY
Shark Reef Aquarium at
Mandalay Bay has started a Dive with Sharks program for hotel guests of Mandalay
Bay and THEhotel, who are certified divers 18 years and older. The experience
is to dive side-by-side with guides and more than 30 sharks in a
1.3-million-gallon exhibit.
Throughout the four-hour
experience that begins at 3 p.m., participants learn about shark health and
behavior as well as Shark Reef Aquarium research projects that aid in the
preservation of endangered species. To make the experience more intimate, the
program is limited to two participants and one dive per day. Every dive is
different as the sharks’ needs change daily and costs $650 for a single diver or
$1,000 for two divers booked together. Participants will get a video of their
dive and can bring up to four observers to view the dive from outside the
exhibit, call 702-632-4555.
KENNY G BRINGS HIS SAX SOUNDS
TO THE ORLEANS
The world’s most renowned
saxophonist, Kenny G, will return to The Orleans Showroom July 10, 11 and 12 at
8 p.m. Tickets start at $4.95, call 702-365-7075.
After years of playing
professionally with groups like Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra and Jeff
Lorber Fusion, he signed with Artista Records in 1982 and started out with three
critically-acclaimed jazz albums. Kenny G’s big moment came in 1988 on “The
Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” when he launched into “Songbird.” From there,
he became a multi-platinum sensation.
On his most recent album,
“Rhythm and Romance,” Kenny ventures into uncharted creative territory with his
first Latin Jazz release.
QUICK CLIPS
Got to see the show “Vocal
Soup” starring Clint Holmes, Susan Anton, Domenick Allen from the group
Foreigner, and Martin Nievera at the Suncoast. If this show doesn’t make it to
the Strip, then entertainment buyers are missing the boat. This show with
special guest Vinnie Falcone, who worked for years with the “chairman of the
board,” playing piano for the Sinatra tribute is beyond incredible!
In celebration of Club
Tattoo’s grand opening inside the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood,
daredevil magician Steve Wyrick will perform a “Death Drop” escape featuring
Chester Bennington, co-owner of Club Tattoo and Linkin Park frontman, on July 4
at 8:30 p.m. The event will take place by the Hawaiian Tropic Zone entrance to
the mall. Club Tattoo opened its flagship store on March 5. This location is
the fifth store for the growing company.
The nightly dinner show
“Marriage Can Be Murder,” which has been running 10 years, is moving to a new
home at Fitzgeralds downtown and will start on June 29 in the showroom at 6:30
p.m. Tickets are $54.95 and $69.95, call 702-388-2222.
Comedienne, double Emmy®
award winner, Grammy® nominee and star of Bravo’s “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the
D-List” will be immortalized in wax on July 2 courtesy of Madame Tussauds Las
Vegas at the Venetian.
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar
Goodman, who played himself in the movie “The Casino,” has a wax replica, and
now, Minus 5 Experience at Mandalay Bay has unveiled a first-ever life-like “ice
portrait” of the iconic figure that will remain on display through the summer.
The Las Vegas Hilton has
opened its annual “Cool By The Pool” Happy Hour on the third-floor pool deck.
Hours are 4 p.m.-8 p.m. daily. The event is open to the public and free,
features live entertainment starting at 5:30 p.m. from Tommy Rocker, Kenny Owen
and Bert Lynch, and offers two-for-one drinks, $2 shrimp cocktails and $3
ceviche. Daily drawings for show tickets, dinners, and souvenir cocktails are
at 7 p.m.
Clark County is celebrating a
milestone by attaching 100 banners to light poles along the Strip from Russell
Road to Sahara Avenue. All the banners will be up before the county’s 100th
birthday on July 1. They are made up of 18 photos of iconic Las Vegas
hotel-casinos, two showgirls, the Welcome to Las Vegas sign and Fremont Street.
The 2009 Ante Up For Africa
Celebrity-Charity Poker Tournament will be held on Thursday, July 2 at the Rio
at 2 p.m. The star-studded third annual event held during the 1009 World Series
of Poker® will be televised for the first time by ESPN on Tuesday, Aug. 11 from
8-10 p.m. ET. The entry fee is $5,000. This event is free and open to the
public for viewing in the famed Amazon Ballroom in the Rio Convention Center.
In conjunction with Mandalay
Bay’s newest attraction, Disney’s “The Lion King,” Wolfgang
Puck’s Trattoria del Lupo will introduce a three-course pre-theatre menu, on Wednesday,
July 1. The nightly menu from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. will cost $45 excluding tax
and gratuity.
The son of a gangster, Willie
Farrell with his razor sharp wit will appear with Steve Pilhen (The Roundguy)
and newcomer Dwayne Clark at the Riviera Comedy Club, July 6-12. Shows are
nightly at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m.
JULY 4TH HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS
ARE EVERYWHERE
The Fremont Street Experience
downtown will present its second “American Pie 4th of July” celebration with
major headlining entertainment Janis Joplin’s Original Band Big Brother & The
Holding Company on Friday, July 3 and The Grass Roots on Saturday, July 4. The
Grass Roots, known as one of the greatest rock bands of all time, charted
between 1966 and 1975 and set a record for being on the Billboard charts for 307
straight weeks. The band also holds the all time U.S. attendance record for a
concert consisting of only one act playing to 600,000 people on July 4, 1982 in
Washington D.C. Since the disbanding of the original group in 1975, early member
Rob Grill and a new lineup of The Grass Roots continue to play live shows each
year. Janis Joplin’s Big Brother & The Holding Company formed in San Francisco
in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene and is best known as the
band that featured Janis Joplin as their lead singer.
Alternative pop sensation
Hoobastank will take to the stage at the “Rock the Block” party downtown this
Fourth of July in the Fremont East Entertainment District. Tickets are$15 in
advance and $20 at the door. For more information, visit www.hoobastank.com.
The Eldorado Casino in
Henderson will host an Independence Day party from 4 to 7:30 p.m. atop the
parking garage that will offer a prime view of the city’s fireworks display.
Adult admission is $5 and free for children under and parking. Food and
beverages will be available for purchase.
McFadden’s Restaurant and
Saloon at the Rio will host a “Red, White and Breasts” party hosted by Playmates
Tiffany Selby and Monica Leigh on Saturday, July 4. There will be an open bar
from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. Cost for wristbands will be $15 for ladies and $25
for men.
The Rampart Casino has teamed
up with the JW Marriott and United Blood Services to host a blood drive on July
4 and 5. Patrons who donate blood between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the JW Marriott’s
Marquis Ballroom will receive one complimentary buffet, a free gift, and a free
30-minute golf swing diagnosis from GolfTec. For appointments, visit
www.bloodhero.com and enter the sponsor code “Rampart.” Walk-ins are also
welcome.
LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE
IMPERIALS STOP AT THE CANNERY
Little Anthony & The
Imperials will bring their show back to The Club inside the Cannery in North Las
Vegas on Saturday, July 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $9.95, call 702-507-5757
or 866-999-4899. Fronted by Anthony Gourdine, the group is one of the memorable
pop and R&B acts of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Originally known as The Chesters, the
group changed their name to The Imperials and signed with End Records in 1958.
Their very first record was a rare double-sided smash with side “A” having
“Tears On My Pillow,” and the flip side hit being “Two People In The World.”
The group was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.
EXTRA TIDBITS
Twenty-one NBA teams,
including the 2009 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers, will compete in this year’s
NBA Summer League presented by EA SPORTS in a 55-game schedule. A team of NBA
Development League Select players will also participate in the action taking
place at the Thomas & Mack Center and the COX Pavilion on the campus of the
University of Nevada Las Vegas July 10-19. This year’s action could include 24
of the 30 first round picks from the 2009 NBA Draft. General day admission
tickets are $25, call 702-739-FANS.
RHUMBAR
at The Mirage has introduced “Pink Sugar Mondays,” a weekly evening party every
Monday on the contemporary outdoor patio from 8 p.m. until it’s time to party at
JET Nightclub. Until the end of 2009, RHUMBAR will donate $2 from each classic
pink drink sale to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.
Hawaiian Tropic Zone inside
Miracle Mile Shops is hosting karaoke tournaments on their Las Vegas Strip-side
patio every Thursday and Sunday at 10 p.m.
A group of Las Vegas country
artists have come together as “Cowboys for Cancer” to perform a benefit concert
at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 28 at Club Madrid inside Sunset Station. Proceeds
will benefit Vance Davenport, who was with the “Country Tonight” show at the
Aladdin, and The Caring Place. Tickets are $20, call 702-547
-5300.
The United States Bowling
Congress Open Championships that started in February will continue at Cashman
Center through July 24.
