Las Vegas local Heather McHardy felt there wasn’t a place for people her age to go out, dance, enjoy the music and have fun without the usual nightclub chaos. So she created one herself. McHardy is the founder of The Happy Hours, a monthly event launched in 2025 that’s built around throwback hits, earlier hours (7 to 11 p.m.) and a more relaxed nightlife atmosphere.
The Canyon, also known as the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California, was transformed into a celebration of funk, soul and musical history on Saturday, April 4, 2026, as Larry Dunn, a Grammy-winning original member of Earth, Wind & Fire, brought his "Anthology of Earth, Wind & Fire" to a sold-out and electrified crowd.
I met Fawnia Mondey at an eWomen Network event I attended recently. She graciously invited me to attend one of the classes she teaches. Her charisma convinced me to take her up on the offer. Now, let me tell you what her class was, and for those who personally know me, here is where you get to have a great laugh … pole dancing!
On April 18 and 19, WrestleMania returns to Las Vegas after last year's event at Allegiant Stadium went on to become the most successful event in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) history. Not only did WrestleMania 41 draw 124,693 fans across two nights, but thousands of fans also attended several other wrestling events held in Las Vegas leading up to and following WWE’s annual "Showcase of the Immortals."
Who would have imagined that a former truck driver and high school janitor would become one of Hollywood's most successful blockbuster directors and award-winning filmmakers? James Cameron, who taught himself about special effects by reading everything related to film technology at the University of Southern California library, quit his job as a truck driver after being inspired by watching "Star Wars" in 1977.
Standing with a friend somewhere inside Oddyssey Noir on a Saturday night, I realized that although I had been to this place numerous times in preparation for its 2026 reopening, led by their new head of nightlife and events at AREA15, Steven Guttman, looking around, it seemed that I was lost. It was a lot easier to find my way around with the house lights on during the daytime hours, when I was graciously given a couple of tours leading up to tonight's special event.
To know stage and screen actor Alan Cumming is to love him, his flamboyant fashion style and all of those over-the-top characters he has portrayed during his decades-long career. It is no wonder his "Shakespeare-quoting Machiavellian fashion diva" host character on the four-year-old competition reality show "The Traitors" has already earned him multiple Emmy Awards. His campy, theatrical persona seems to be a hyperbolic version of himself.
John Parenti's story begins in New Jersey, where a childhood encounter with music set the course for his life. At 4 years old, he walked in on his older brother's band and something ignited within him. "I saw the drummer in particular, and I knew I was going to do music for the rest of my life," Parenti remembers. Encouraged by his family, he received his first snare drum and later a drum set. The young boy practiced diligently and immersed himself in learning music.
The THIRD Street project in Las Vegas, billed as the city's first multi-venue, multidisciplinary arts and media incubator, has signed a 31-year lease to secure its future at 814 S. 3rd St. Originally built as a multi-screen cinema complex — formerly known as the Eclipse Theaters, Art Houz Theaters and Downtown Cinemas — THIRD Street is now ground zero for a spectacular new home for the arts.
During his hit Las Vegas show, “Hypnosis Unleashed” at Four Queens Hotel & Casino, hypnotist Kevin Lepine sometimes uses his skills to hypnotize select audience volunteers into thinking he is a rock star. Offstage, however, Lepine doesn’t need to hypnotize anyone into realizing just how great of a guy he is in real life.
