Just in time for thoughtful holiday giving, a book about the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, “Healing Las Vegas,” is on sale now with proceeds benefiting the Garden. A compilation of photos, memories, poems, inscriptions and tributes to both survivors and victims of the 1 October mass shooting in Las Vegas, the book was inspired […]
Our village and this writer has lost a great friend, a pioneer of our entertainment community, and one-hell-of-a-nice-guy. I first got to really know Maynard Sloate (95) around 1966 when he was in charge of the “Blue Room” at the Tropicana Hotel, and I was a sports columnist for the Las Vegas Sun. Now, the […]
Known around the world for his historic and life-changing roulette bet in 2004, Ashley Revell returned to the Plaza Hotel & Casino to place a ceremonial bet on the Plaza’s new and downtown Las Vegas’ only single 0 roulette table on Saturday (Nov. 2). The Plaza also introduced its “Red 7” single 0 roulette promotion […]
First off I would like to thank those friends, relatives and book buyers, who took the time to drive downtown to the Annual Las Vegas Book Festival, and who stopped by (Karen and I shared the booth) to say hello and to actually buy a book from one of us. Most of the books we […]
Well, gang, the Annual Las Vegas Book Festival kicks off this Saturday at 9 a.m. at the old 5th Street School, 401 South 4th Street, located across the street from the Federal Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas. And, guess what? Yours truly, along with fellow author, Karen Leslie, will be there all day selling and […]
Solidifying their superstar status with yet another career milestone, GRAMMY-winning duo Dan + Shay have announced dates for their first ever headlining arena trek, Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tour. The 35+ date tour, presented by AEG Presents, will kick off March 6, 2020 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN and conclude October 31, 2020 […]
Headlining this coming week at the Laugh Factory, located on the mezzanine level of the Tropicana Hotel Las Vegas is one of the nicest guys, who incidentally works clean, on the road today, Don Friesen. He will be sharing the stage with fan favorite, Brian Scolaro, and the lovely Erin O’Connor. Showtimes are 8:30 and […]
Took in the newest edition of Legends in Concert at the new Tropicana Las Vegas the other evening. Wow what a great edition to its history. In 1983 I met with a friend who introduced me to John Stuart, the founder of the Legends show. He was going to hire me to do the publicity […]
This is the true story as told to me (Norm Johnson – the author), by three of the actual participants, when we met in the mid-sixties. The reason I was able to meet the pilots, and get the behind the scenes stories was because of my grandfather Zelotis Morse, who worked for Donald Douglas at the […]
Well, gang, we (Nancy Barr and Richard LaMotte) ventured out to the South Point Hotel/Casino last Saturday evening to catch Bob Anderson’s in the showroom, and what a show it was. As many of you know Anderson has been around Las Vegas for more than 40 years, starting out by being a last-second replacement for […]