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| Sunday, March 14, 2004 | PRIOR ISSUE - ARCHIVES |
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| Kid Rock At Bay, Trick Art Museum Trick The Eye, Copperfield's Grand Illusion, Downtown For Sale, Passion Plays Free, Binion's Horseshoe Sets Reopening, Psychic Schear Crosses In, Epicurean Affair Eats Vegas, FSE Turns Green, JW Marriott Hosts Wine Maker Dinner, Town Hall Casino Closes, Roy Walks, Barbary Coast Turns Quarter-Century Mark, Ebony Presents "Color Splash", More... | |
Rap-metalist Kid Rock will appear in concert with his North American "Rock and Roll Pain Train Tour" at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on April 17. Tickets are $30, $40 and $65 plus tax, call 702-632-7580.
Rock and his Twisted Brown Tucker Band are touring in support of his self-titled album "Kid Rock." He began performing at age 15 and released his first album "Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast" in 1990. The album helped define Rock's bad-boy attitude and was a stepping stone for the 1998 release, "Devil Without a Cause," featuring the single, "Cowboy." His third album "Cocky" in 2001 had "Picture," a ballad with Sheryl Crow that crossed both the pop and country charts.
The Trick Art Museum located at the Tower Shops in the Stratosphere is the first of its kind in the United States. Trick Art originates from Japan and the concept is to use techniques that transform ordinary flat paintings into "living" three-dimensional artwork. It's an expansion of the French concept trompe l'oeil, which means "to trick the eye."
Contemporary founder Kazumune Kenju opened the first Trick Art Museum in Tokyo in 1991. The company has grown to 17 museums with over 1.2 million visitors a year.
Over 30 works of art are on display in the 2,500-square foot area. Visitors are allowed to touch the paintings and encouraged to take photographs. The museum opens at 10 a.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $5 for children under 12.
Barrick Gaming is the prospective buyer of four hotel-casinos downtown - the Plaza, Las Vegas Club, Western and Gold Strike. The company is planning on getting aboard what they believe to be a pending downtown renaissance with most of the properties having new owners.
Numerous plans requiring multi-million investments are probable proposals. The different ideas could help energize the area.
The brick front of the Las Vegas Club facing Fremont Street could be town down and replaced with an open-air feel. A deck may be built across Main Street to connect the Las Vegas Club to the Plaza. The walkway would tie the properties together and create a 1,500-room resort with two themes.
Build a 1,200-room hotel tower expansion next to the Plaza's south tower, converting it into a U-shaped building, and build a separate 1,200-room time share tower on top of the planned downtown intermodal transportation building.
Later plans may include redeveloping the Western using six square blocks surrounding the property to build a first-class Latino-themed property. Barrick may also buy the Nevada Club and Queen of Hearts hotel properties on Main Street, refurbishing and reopen them.
World renown magician and illusionist David Copperfield will return to the MGM Grand's intimate 740-seat Hollywood Theatre, April 1-14, with his latest stage production, "An Intimate Evening Of Grand Illusion." He'll perform 7:30 and 10 p.m. shows and 3 p.m. matinees on April 3, 11 and 11. Tickets are $97 inclusive for night shows and $79.90 for matinees, call 800-929-1111 or 702-891-7777.
Copperfield has performed seven times for presidents of the United States, been inducted into the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame, and won dozens of Emmy Awards. The New York Times calls him "our era's giant of magic," and he is touting his latest show as his most spectacular one ever.
During each performance, Copperfield transports himself and a member of the audience from the stage over the audience's heads to a deserted island on the other side of the planet and takes proof during his journey. Items are randomly collected from audience members: clothing, distinctive mementos and signed and dated Polaroid photographs of the audience. Within seconds, travel is complete and they are seen on a live satellite uplink at their chosen destination wearing the items of clothes, carrying the personal mementos and holding the signed photograph.
Copperfield's encore for the evening is a groundbreaking illusion where 13 members of the audience, chosen at random, vanish from the stage and reappear in the back of the theater.
Well-known standup Max Alexander will headline the Harrah's Improv Comedy Club with feature comic and rising star, Suzanne Whang and host comic, Jeff Capri, March 23-28. Performances are at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Tickets for the 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. shows are $24.95 plus tax.
Alexander is familiar to many through his wide variety of acting roles including parts in the films "Punchline," "Roxanne" and "Man on the Moon" and on television in "The Practice," "Pearl" and "Matlock."
Whang, winner of the "Best Up & Coming Comedian" award at the 2002 "Las Vegas Comedy Festival," is currently the host of "House Hunters," the number one rated show on HGTV (Home & Garden Television Network). She is an accomplished actor having appeared on numerous television shows including "The Practice," "NYPD Blue," and "The Chronicle" and in recent feature films "Along Came Polly" with Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston, "Housesitter" with Steve Martin, and the upcoming "Twice As Dead" and "Date for Disaster."
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For the seventh year, The Passion Play of Las Vegas, "He's Alive," will run from Monday, April 5, through Saturday, April 10, at the Riviera in the Grande Ballroom. There is no admission charge; however, ticketed seats are on a first come, first served basis. Tickets may be picked up at the Riviera's Main Box Office, call 702-793-9433. The Passion Play of Las Vegas, like the longest standing Passion play in Oberammergau, Germany, that began in 1634, uses local residents to re-tell the historical story of the final days of Jesus Christ's life on earth. The production will feature over 100 cast members from numerous ethnic and church backgrounds, spectacular sets, period costumes and a professional level cast. Downtown's landmark Binion's Horseshoe is set to reopen on April 1 and to host the World Series of Poker beginning April 22. The West Virginia-based MTR Gaming Group is buying the property for $50 million from Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Author and psychic Dayle Schear's "Crosses Over to the Other Side" will be live in Las Vegas, April 1-8, at the Westin Hotel's David Brenner Theater. The 14th Annual Epicurean Affair highlighting up to 70 Las Vegas restaurants will be held poolside at Caesars Palace's Garden of the Gods at 7 p.m. on April 15. The event will feature flair bartending -- á la Tom Cruise's 1988 movie "Cocktail" -- and dancers from the city's ultra lounges and nightclubs. Tickets are $100 in advance and $125 at the door, call 702-878-9272 or 702-878-2313. The Fremont Street Experience has free St. Patrick's Day festivities planned for March 17. There will be a parade and block party and live entertainment on two outside stages from 4 to 11 p.m. The JW Marriott is hosting the first Wine Maker Dinner of 2004 on Tuesday, March 30, featuring the wines of Kendall-Jackson and menu design by Executive Chef, Peter Sherlock, who was selected as one of five Chef's representing Las Vegas in the 2004 Culinary Olympics in Germany. The dinner in Ceres costs $70 plus tax and gratuity; call Kelly at 702-869-7241. The small 100-slot Town Hall Casino, attached to the 357-room Days Inn on Koval Avenue across the street from Ellis Island, has closed. The Days Inn and coffee shop are remaining open while the owner looks for a buyer to purchase the whole property. Good news is Roy Horn of the Siegfried & Roy duo is recovering. His manager Bernie Yuman says he is off the respirator and walking. It has been five months since he was nearly killed onstage by a white tiger during their show at The Mirage. The Sahara is booking special acts in its Casbar Theatre Lounge. Monday nights features Kathleen Dunbar's "Divas of Comedy." She won the comedy competition of the Las Vegas version of Star Search sponsored by local Channel 8 KLAS. The rest of the week two acts alternate shows. Some of the new acts include East Coast crooner, Harry Barlo, songstress Michaelina Bellamy, the British Invasion Show Band, Sixtiesmania and Lena Prima with her show "Louis Prima: That's My Dad." Clint Holmes and his television partner Sheena Easton plan to move their talk show, "Vegas Live! With Clint Holmes and Sheena Easton," to the Fox affiliate and have a live studio audience. Winning Streaks Sports Bar & Grill at Harrah's is hosting a celebration during the NCAA Championships: March 18-21, 25-28, and April 3 and 5. In addition to the games being carried on 26 video screens, guests will have the opportunity to enter a free throw challenge sponsored by Sam Adams. During every commercial break, contestants will be randomly selected from guests drinking Sam Adams beer and have the opportunity to see how many free throws they can score in 60 seconds. The person with the most baskets each day will be awarded a grand prize, three day, two night Harrah's vacation for two with airfare. Every participant will win a Sam Adams souvenir prizes. The Victorian-themed Barbary Coast that opened in March 1979 is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The strategically placed Strip resort on Flamingo Road was the first for Coast Casinos, which now includes the Gold Coast (1986), The Orleans (1996) and Suncoast (2000). The 150-room property that originally cost $11.3 million, has such a phenomenal location that it hardly needs to do any advertising. Dr. Scott Lewis, the Outrageous Comedy Hypnotist, will begin his third year performing at the Riviera on March 15. For the first time in the Las Vegas Convention Center's 45-year history, 20 separate trade shows and events will occupy the building this month and attract about 190,000 attendees. The 46th annual Ebony Fashion Fair will present "COLOR SPLASH" at Texas Station on Sunday, March 28, at 8 p.m. High fashions by world famous designers normally seen on the runways of New York, Paris and Milan, Italy, will make their way again to Las Vegas. Twelve models will showcase the provocative designs. What began as a way for Johnson Publishing Co. to showcase its flagship publication, "Ebony Magazine," has grown into a large, upscale fashion event that crisscrosses the country. Proceeds from this event will benefit the United Negro College Fund and local public radio station KCEP FM88. Tickets are $50 at the Texas Station and include the show, a reception, raffle prizes, and the opportunity to win a car at the end of the season of shows. For information, call Irene 702-642-0890 or Ida 702-362-8940.
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