City Cast Las Vegas
💋 Vegas is due for a Hallmark Christmas movie already
December 15, 2023
So this weekend, keep the chill off of your head by tugging on your thinking cap: What events would you put on a 2024 Las Vegas bingo card? However likely (school district and teachers fail to reach a deal) or improbable (school district and teachers do reach a deal), send us your thoughts. This is for an upcoming podcast and newsletter project. Be sure to put “Bingo” in the subject line!
What's CITY Talking About?
🦣 Ice Age Park to Open Soon
Jan. 20 — that’s when the long-awaited Ice Age Fossils State Park will open at the far north end of the valley. In addition to its thousands of petrified remains, its “Monumental Mammoth” sculpture will surely be one of the more coveted selfie backdrops. [Nevada Independent]
🚰 Level Up
Lake Mead could see a 10-foot rise in its water level this summer, thanks to a series of conservation agreements with California water users that will save 643,000 acre-feet through 2025. The Californians will get $295 million in compensation. [KVVU]
- See also: Was Lake Mead a mistake? [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
⚖️ Bail Call
A judge is reportedly expected to set bail for three of the four teens being charged as adults in the beating death of a Rancho High classmate. (Nine teens in all have been arrested.) While defense attorneys insist the victim started the fight, the judge, who reviewed video of the incident, said it doesn’t appear to be a case of self-defense. [Review-Journal]
🖌️ The Mural of the Story
The remnants of Tony Hsieh’s empire marked what would’ve been the tech entrepreneur’s 50th birthday this week with a new mural downtown. [KSNV]
- Related: What Tony Hsieh got wrong about downtown. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
What To Do
Friday, Dec. 15
- 🛍️ Nutcracker Night Market (also Saturday) | 4-8 p.m. | Free | Tivoli Village
- 🎸 ‘Gone for the Holidays’ with The Dollheads, others | 6:30-11 p.m. | $10-$15 | Arts District
- 🎭 ‘A Very Vegas Christmas Carol’ (also Saturday) | 7 p.m. | $41 | Arts District
- 🎤 ‘Holiday Hijinks’ (improv) | 7 p.m. | $10.25 | West Sahara
Saturday, Dec. 16
- 🎧🧹 ‘Beat Sweeps’ Community Cleanup | 8:30-11 a.m. | Free | East Fremont
- 🛍️ Downtown Christmas Expo (last day) | 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 🎤 ‘Poetry Arcade’ (also Sunday) | 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Free | New Orleans Square
- 🎉 Mount Charleston Library Grand Reopening | Noon-5 p.m. | Free | Mount Charleston
- 🎶 ‘A Cool Yule Holiday Celebration’ | 1:30 & 7 p.m. | $15-$30 | Charleston Heights
- 🩰 ‘The Nutcracker’ by Nevada Ballet Theatre | 2 & 7:30 p.m. | $31-$190 | Smith Center Arts Center
- 🖼️ Jose Bellver & Pasha Rafat (exhibit reception) | 3-6 p.m. | Free | New Orleans Square
- 🎶 ‘Sleigh Bells Swing’ | 5 p.m. | Free | West Charleston Library
- 🎭 ‘Shotspeare: Othello’ (also Sunday) | 8 p.m. | $27.50 | Arts District
- 🎤 Chris Estrada and Friends Comedy Show | 9 p.m. | $40 | Punk Rock Museum
Sunday, Dec. 17
- 🦉 Winter Solstice at the Bird Viewing Preserve | 10 a.m. | $11.50 | Henderson
- 🛍️ Market in the Alley | 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Free | Arts District
- 🎼 Las Vegas Brass Band Holiday Concert | 2 p.m. | Free | Clark County Library
- 🎶 Las Vegas Men’s Chorus: ‘Merry & Bright’ | 4 p.m. | $25-$55 | UNLV
- 🎄🛸 ‘The Battle of Good and Evil’ (sci-fi holiday variety show?) | 8-10 p.m. | $10 | Arts District
Monday, Dec. 18
- 🎼 Las Vegas Classica | 7:30 p.m. | Free | Whitney Library
- 🎸 Punk Rock Karaoke | 9-11:30 p.m. | Free | Arts District
Today on City Cast
On Teslas, Puppies, and the 702
Time to restock your brain with our wise and spicy takes on (a) the massive recall of Teslas, favored vehicle of underground conventioneers; (b) the soon-to-be-in-effect ban on pet stores selling small animals; and (c) the past and present area codes of Las Vegas. TheList.Vegas publisher Andrew Kiraly joins co-hosts Sarah Lohman and Dayvid Figler.
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Alexa, tell me a Christmas joke: Why do dinosaurs hide from Santa’s reindeer? They’re afraid of Comet 🦌☄️
(👆 Actual Alexa joke.)
Have a great weekend, people. See you Monday.
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