Community briefs: Downtown Summerlin brings back holiday parade, skating

Downtown Summerlin volition footwear disconnected the vacation play with the instrumentality of its Holiday Parade, Santa Chalet and Rock Rink crystal skating, the buying and amusement halfway announced.

The parade volition rotation astatine 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays from Nov. 20 to Dec. 19. There volition beryllium nary parade connected Black Friday, Nov. 27.

The Santa Chalet volition beryllium unfastened regular from Nov. 13 done Dec. 24 successful Macy’s Promenade. Pet Nights with Santa volition tally Tuesdays and Thursdays from Nov. 17 done Dec. 17. A sensory photograph league with Santa volition instrumentality spot from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 5. For each missive to Santa dropped disconnected astatine the chalet, Downtown Summerlin volition donate $1 to the Goodie Two Shoes Foundation, a section nonprofit that provides escaped shoes, socks and different essentials to disadvantaged children.

The Rock Rink volition beryllium unfastened from Nov. 13 done Jan. 18, 2027. Skate rentals outgo $22, with discounted pricing connected prime dates and times. Hours vary, appointments are encouraged and walk-up availability is limited. Special nights see Student Skate Night Nov. 18 and Frozen Skate Night Dec. 10.

The Jupiter Express Holiday Train volition statesman moving Nov. 13, and rides outgo $7 per person. The Giving Machine, a charitable vending instrumentality that lets visitors donate to nonprofits, volition beryllium unfastened Nov. 12 done Jan. 3. Downtown Summerlin besides volition big a Hanukkah solemnisation with Jewish Nevada from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 6.

For details, sojourn summerlin.com.

North Las Vegas plans veterans barbecue, assets fair

North Las Vegas volition big a Veterans Day Barbecue and Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday astatine the city’s Veterans and Community Resource Center, 3090 E. Centennial Parkway, adjacent to the Skyview Multi-Generational Center.

Veterans, their families and assemblage members tin link with section organizations that connection enactment services tailored to veterans’ needs, the metropolis said. Veterans Day is Nov. 11.

The metropolis opened the assets halfway successful October 2022. For much information, telephone the halfway astatine 702-633-1640.

Neon Museum to people 30 years of Hacienda motion arsenic nationalist art

The metropolis of Las Vegas and the Neon Museum volition commemorate the 30th day of the Hacienda Horse and Rider sign’s installation arsenic nationalist creation with a ceremonial and lighting Nov. 13.

Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley, erstwhile Mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst, Neon Museum Executive Director and CEO Aaron Berger, assemblage person Barbara Molasky and Jeff Young of Young Electric Sign Co., known arsenic YESCO, volition talk astatine the event.

Brian “Buzz” Leming designed the sign, and YESCO fabricated it successful 1967, according to a quality release. The equine was modeled aft J.B., a palomino owned by Hacienda proprietor Judy Bayley. The motion was installed astatine Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street successful November 1996 and became the archetypal portion installed arsenic nationalist creation successful what would go the Neon Museum’s collection.

Berkley said the motion “is present surviving a 2nd beingness arsenic an iconic nationalist creation installation.”

The lawsuit volition grant the radical and organizations whose efforts helped sphere the motion and beforehand the city’s aboriginal question to support its historical neon.

For much information, sojourn neonmuseum.org.

Science depository to big safari-themed fundraiser with Doc Phineas

The Las Vegas Science & Natural History Museum volition big “A Safari successful Africa with Doc Phineas,” a fundraiser, from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 14, astatine the museum, 900 Las Vegas Blvd. North.

Phineas, who has appeared connected the History Channel, volition stock stories from his clip with the Mbuti radical of the Ituri Rainforest successful Central Africa during a sheet discussion. A meet-and-greet with Phineas volition statesman astatine 5:30 p.m.

The evening volition see performances by Shifting Sands Belly Dance and the UNLV Drum Circle, a manner showcase inspired by African cultures and a soundless auction. Proceeds volition payment the nonprofit museum’s acquisition programs. Children and families are welcome.

Tickets to some the meet-and-greet and the fundraiser are disposable astatine lvnhm.org.

Mob Museum to connection Nevadans escaped Kefauver Day admission

The Mob Museum volition connection escaped admittance to Nevada residents and buy-one, get-one admittance to nonresidents connected Kefauver Day, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 15, astatine 300 Stewart Ave. Guests indispensable beryllium successful enactment by 8:45 p.m.

Nevada residents request a valid ID oregon impervious of residency, specified arsenic a driver’s license, inferior measure oregon slope statement. Free admittance is disposable astatine the container bureau connected a first-come, first-served basis.

The yearly lawsuit commemorates the Nov. 15, 1950, proceeding of a U.S. Senate committee investigating organized crime, led by Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. The proceeding took spot successful the courtroom of the erstwhile national courthouse that present houses the museum. The committee held hearings successful 14 cities from 1950 to 1951.

The Firearm Training Simulator volition beryllium disposable from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the Crime Lab from 4 to 9 p.m. Frank Calabrese Jr., a erstwhile mobster, volition enactment successful a conscionable and greet from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Las Vegas Cadillac Club volition big a car amusement down the depository from 9 a.m. to noon. Michael Ross Nugent volition execute from 7 to 11 p.m. astatine the Underground speakeasy, which admits guests 21 and older.

Spanish guitarist Pipo Romero to play Henderson preserve

Spanish guitarist and composer Pipo Romero volition execute astatine 2 p.m. Nov. 15 astatine the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, 350 E. Galleria Drive, the metropolis of Henderson announced.

Romero, who is from Cádiz, Spain, blends flamenco, folk, Celtic and modern acoustic guitar. The metropolis said his euphony stems from the essence of his hometown, arsenic good arsenic philharmonic influences and folklore from astir the world.

The metropolis is presenting the concert. Seating volition beryllium provided. Tickets are connected merchantability with constricted availability. For much information, sojourn cityofhenderson.com.