City Cast Las Vegas
🛒 ALDI is here. What’s the big deal?
April 24, 2025 · — Rob Kachelriess
🖐️ Hey!
We’re giving away six pairs of tickets to Vegas Unstripped, a poolside food festival at the Palms pool on Sunday, 6-9 p.m., featuring more than 30 local chefs 😋
This contest is exclusive to Neighbors in our City Cast Las Vegas membership program:
- If you’re already a Neighbor, check your email for the entry form. (If you haven’t received it, email me pronto.)
- If you’re not yet a Neighbor, sign up today and you’ll receive the form. (If you’re on the fence, the value of each ticket is $150, much more than the price of a membership. If you win, you come out ahead 😁)
All Neighbors have until 11:59 p.m. tonight to enter. Winners will be notified Friday.
🎉 Good luck!
What's CITY Talking About?
🚁 Helicopter Dangers Indentifed in Vegas
Following January’s deadly collision between a helicopter and jet in Washington, D.C., new scrutiny revealed potential safety issues among aircraft patterns in Las Vegas, which have now been remedied. Tour helicopters, passenger jets, and private planes all operate out of Harry Reid International Airport. [NBC News]
🚨 Parent-Teacher Murder Conference
After a Bailey Middle School teacher called a student slow, the child’s mother proved that wisdom doesn’t run in the family by threatening to shoot and kill the educator. That’s according to police. The teacher is ok. The parent faces charges. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
💰 The Price of Being a Nevadan
According to a new study, an annual income of roughly $100,000 is what it takes to live comfortably — or be considered middle class — in Nevada. Wages have grown since 2022, but not as much as inflation. [Reno Gazette Journal]
What To Do
Thursday, April 24
- 🎶 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans (through April 27) | 9 p.m. - 4 a.m. | $24+ | Tropicana & Arville
- 🪴 Plant Trimming Swap at Meadows Library | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Free | Sahara & Las Vegas Blvd
- 📽️ National Poetry Month Movie: Paterson at West Charleston Library | Noon - 2 p.m. | Free | Charleston & Torrey Pines
- 🎰 Still Learning from Las Vegas with Dayvid Figler at Binions | 2 p.m. | $25 | Downtown
- ✂️ Maker Fair at West Las Vegas Library | 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Free | Historic Westside
- 💥 The History of the Implosion at Binions | 4 p.m. | $25 | Downtown
- 🖼️ The Neon Lake Exhibition Artist Reception at City Hall | 5 - 7 p.m. | Free | Downtown
- 🎤 Poetry in the Park at Silver Springs Recreation Center Amphitheater | 6 p.m. | Free | Henderson
- 🎷 Nnenna Freelon: Beneath the Skin at Myron's | 7 p.m. | $44.90+ | Smith Center
- 🎰 Viva Las Vegas Guided Movie Tour (through April 27) at Neon Museum | 7 & 8:45 p.m. | $50 | Downtown
- 🪈 Symphonic Winds in Concert at Ham Concert Hall | 7:30 p.m. | $21.75+ | UNLV
Friday, April 25
- ✨ Form & Function: Carpeting a Casino at Binion’s | 10 a.m. | $25 | Downtown
- ⛰️ Spring Bioblitz at Walking Box Ranch (through April 27)| 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. | Free registration | Avi Kwa Ame National Monument
- 🎨 A Curator’s Tour of the Aria Fine Art Collection at Vdara | 3 p.m. | $45 | Aria
- 🍿 Family Movie: Toy Story 4 at Blue Diamond Library | 4:10 p.m. | Free | Cottonwood Drive
- 👠 Defense In Heels: Beautiful Magazine Party at B Fitness | 6 - 7:30 p.m. | Free | Ann & Cimarron
- 🍽️ Night en Blanc 2025 at Las Vegas Ranch | 6 - 9 p.m. | $250+ | Enterprise
- 🎶 All-State Choir Festival Concert at Ham Concert Hall | 6:30 p.m. | $11.75+ | UNLV
- 🎸 The Two Tracks at Windmill Library | 7 p.m. | Free | Windmill & Rainbow
- 🎞️ World Premiere: Action! Action! at Stadium Swim | 7 p.m. | $15 | Circa
- 🎵 Vegas City Opera: To the Movies at the Historic Fifth Street School | 7 p.m. | $10 | Downtown
🥨 One more thing …
I’ll be competing in the annual Hofbrauhaus pretzel-eating contest tomorrow at 6:30 p.m., hoping to raise some money for Forgotten Dogs Animal Rescue 🐶
🍻 Come out and cheer me on!
If you can’t make it, sign up to be a Neighbor and if you win those tickets, I’ll see you Sunday at Vegas Unstripped 😉
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