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| Sunday, August 24, 2003 | PRIOR ISSUE - ARCHIVES |
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| Kid Rock Headlines "Playboy Weekend", Brett Butler Makes Stop, Annual Harvest Festival Coming, A Hofbrauhaus Is Rising, Grand Oktoberfest In Works, Jazz Music Fest Set, Dennis Blair Laughs It Up, Mix Football & Mic Night, Hypnotist Anthony Cools Heats The Strip, More... | |
Playboy Enterprises Inc. and the Palms are gearing up for the first all-Playboy weekend in Las Vegas, Sept. 19 - 21. Clear Channel Entertainment has booked comedian Kid Rock to close out the weekend's festivities on Sunday, Sept. 21, at Rain in the Desert inside the Palms at 8:00 p.m. General Admission tickets are $85 and VIP tickets are $175, call 702-474-4000.
Rock's live performances combine comedy and his genuine musical style. His most current album, "Cocky," which was recently certified four times platinum by the RIAA, contains such hits as "Forever," "Lonely Road of Faith," and "Picture" which features Sheryl Crow. In 2000, he released "The History of Rock."
Rock's concert is part of the "Playboy Weekend" at the Palms honoring Playboy magazine's 50th anniversary. Weekend festivities will also include a VIP reception, Playmate fashion shows, a casting call for prospective Playboy magazine Playmates, Cyber Girls and Playboy TV talent and additional activities.
The multi-award winning country performer, Kenny Rogers will headline at the Las Vegas Hilton Theater, Sept. 5-6. Tickets are $45 and $55 plus tax, call 800-222-5361 or 702-732-5755.
Rogers is currently recording his 61st album, tentatively entitled "Back to the Well," to be released on Dreamcatcher Records early next year. The past year has been notable for Rogers with the opening of his photography exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, a debut on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry and the re-issue of his album, "The Gambler," as a fully enhanced CD containing original artwork and packaging.
Brett Butler's "Gravel Throated Harpy Tour" makes its Las Vegas stop at the Lance Burton Theatre in Monte Carlo on Sept. 5 and 6. Tickets for her 9 p.m. shows are $35.75 including tax, call 877-386-8224 or 702-730-7160.
While her roots are in stand-up comedy, Butler is best known for her ABC-TV series "Grace Under Fire," a comedy about a single mother that ran from 1993-98. She is also the author of the New York Times Bestseller "Knee Deep in Paradise." In addition, she is currently developing a remake of the 1970s hit series "McCloud" for the USA Network.
For 20 years, the Alabama born and Georgia raised Butler has seduced comedy audiences with a singular blend of candor, vulnerability and scathing Southern wit. Fast-paced, extremely literate and sublimely on the mark, the woman calls herself "a Socialist with a Gold Card" and has been dubbed by some as "a Southern Lenny Bruce."
At nineteen Butler endured a brief and turbulent three year marriage. After that, she waited tables at a honky tonk in Texas and used the Open Mike Night as a welcomed catharsis. In 1969, she loaded up her Grand Prix and drove to New York City, and within two years was performing for Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show." She appeared as a guest star or performer on more than 70 series and specials before landing her own one-woman Showtime comedy special, "Brett Butler: The Child Ain't Right."
The 16th annual Las Vegas Harvest Festival will once again transform Cashman Center downtown into a festive marketplace reminiscent of an early 19th century village, Sept. 5-7. General admission is $7.50 and a can of food for a donation to Safe Nest will get you a dollar off. The price is $6.50 for seniors over 62 and $4.50 for children ages six to 12. One ticket is good for all three days. Doors open at 10 a.m. each day
The Harvest Festival features over 240 exhibitors selling everything from carved wood produces to homemade food items. The artisans are chosen through a strict process based on the quality and uniqueness of their work.
This year the show has a quarter million dollar facelift. It has been at least 15 years since the overall look and set decorations of the show have been updated. The award winning artist Susan Gross was commissioned to create a whimsical and modern design for the look of the show. Changes include a new entrance, stage enhancements and a food court village. For more information visit www.harvestfestival.com or call 1-800-321-1213.
By the end of the year, the Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas, which is quickly rising at Paradise Road and Harmon Avenue, will open and bring a touch of Germany to the valley.
The Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas will be the world's only replica of the Munich landmark and serve lunch, dinner and lots of beer. The Las Vegas version will seat more than 800, which is much less than the 3,500 the original built in 1589 held. The grand opening is expected in December.
The main beer hall will be an exact copy of the original with paintings and huge lights. It will seat 380. The indoor beer garden, which will seat 430, will have six 24-foot artificial chestnut trees, a domed, sky-painted ceiling, and walls painted to look like outside ones.
Nearly everything will be imported from Germany including the roof tiles, the bands, the pretzel dough and the beer.
Event though the Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas won't yet be open, the company's entrepreneurs are planning a huge Oktoberfest celebration that will take place in a 1,000-seat tent in the parking lot at Terrible's at Paradise and Flamingo roads. Oktoberfest will run from Oct. 10 to 26. Party hours will be from 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday, and from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. For information, call 702-256-5500.
There will be sit-down service provided by a wait staff from Germany. All the food will also be imported from Germany along with 75,000 frozen pretzels that will be baked fresh and served warm during Oktoberfest.
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Bally's has announced that it's creating "Aquaria," a new water-based spectacle with famed movie star swimmer Esther Williams as the co-producer. It will debut in 2005 and be housed in a specially designed 2,000-seat theater being built on the east side of the casino, near a future Las Vegas monorail stop. "Sex Strikes Back!," a new hypnotism show, is slated to begin Sept. 12 inside the Sapphire strip club's 400-seat showroom. Musical comedian and impersonator Stephen Sorrentino will be making appearances at the annual outdoor Italian San Gennaro Feast on Sept. 10 and 11. He also has dates booked at Boulder Station on Sept. 5, 6 and 26, 27, for his production show called "Voices In My Head." Showtime is 7:30 p.m. and tickets are free. Last but not least, he will be opening for comedian Dennis Miller at Paris, Oct. 8-12. The 23rd annual San Gennaro Feast featuring lots of Italian food, a carnival and plenty of live entertainment will run from Sept. 10-14 this year. It will be held across the street from the Suncoast Hotel and Casino at Rampart and Alta on the west side of the valley. A new wine bar in Boulder City is becoming popular with both tourists and locals. Milo's Best Cellars is a wine shop and restaurant on Nevada Highway, the main drag through downtown. Two men spent about $250,000 converting an old jewelry store into this wine bar with outdoor seating and an Italian flavor. Their next project will be a bed and breakfast adjacent to the restaurant. JazzLasVegas and Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel downtown have teamed up to present an all-day jazz and R&B concert on Aug. 30 at Hills Park in Summerlin. The music festival will feature artists like Freddie Jackson, Keith Washington, Howard Hewitt (former lead vocalist of Shalimar), Walter Beasley, Freddie Hubbard, Gerald Veasley, Ken Navarro, Insight and Next Movement. The concert will begin at 11 a.m. and continue until 10 p.m. Tickets are $62 and can be purchased at Fitzgeralds. The all-day festivities will also feature food and beverage vendors and raffle prizes. The weekend will begin on Aug. 29 with a kick-off party at Fitzgeralds featuring Tevin Campbell, Kay Jai and Bobby Ruffin's Tribute to the Drifters. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at the Fitzgeralds Gift Shop or at the door. Award-winning songwriter, musician, singer, screenwriter and comic actor Dennis Blair will headline the Riviera Comedy Club with two fellow comedians for seven nights beginning Monday, Sept. 1. Tickets for the 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. shows are $17.95 plus taxes, call 702-794-9433. The Rodney Dangerfield protege toured the United States and Canada for over three years with his mentor. During that time, Blair conceived and co-wrote "Easy Money," Dangerfield's first big hit movie and played two cameo roles in it. Blair was also the creative consultant for the album, "Rappin' Rodney" for which he co-wrote the title song and earned a Grammy nomination. He also wrote and performed the song "Ordinary Man," which appears on the "Easy Money" soundtrack album. The years that followed had Blair touring with Garry Shandling and Joan Rivers. Today he continues to travel with George Carlin. He won an Emmy for writing and producing the voices for the animated film "Confessions Of A Standup," which chronicled is career as a comedian. Blair has a book out, "Me First," which tells about his experiences as the opening act for some of the most famous celebrities in show business. He has released two CD's "I Sleep Naked In The Rain" and "Live Performance Anxiety." The Monte Carlo Pub & Brewery will be featuring weekly Monday Night Football parties that will include a live radio broadcast, NFL prize giveaways, food, drinks and post-game Open Mic Night for musicians hosted by the band Joelle. Admission is free. For information, call 702-730-7420. Each Monday night's festivities will begin at 4 p.m. with ESPN Radio 920 broadcasting live. A convenient satellite sports book will also be available in the pub. At 5:30 p.m., the Brew Pub Officials who are referee-clad girls will welcome guests, distribute free tickets for prize drawings, and keep the party lively with football-themed games and giveaways throughout the night. Prizes include NFL team jerseys, caps and other memorabilia. Games will be shown on 30 screens located throughout the Brew Pub and one football fan will be treated to all of the comforts of home as the Brew Pub features weekly winning kick-offs. The VIP winner and friends will watch the game from the Brew Pub "living room" located in front of a big screen with a couch, easy chairs and a coffee table. The group is also treated to beer and appetizers. Comedy hypnotist Anthony Cools made his Las Vegas Strip debut at the Stardust in a series of weekend engagements that began in June and he's now being held over indefinitely in the 900-seat showroom. His shows are at 11 p.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $29.95 plus tax, call 702-617-5577. The Canadian-born showman's adult-themed performances get pretty risque. After hypnotizing his audience volunteers, he has them behaving rather outrageously.
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