Non-profit is performing 10 free surgeries this summer to qualifying patients What: An uninsured 27-year-old Southern Nevada man who is still living with his parents because he is unable to work full-time due to chronic pain from a hernia condition, and an uninsured 54-year-old maintenance worker, will receive free medically [...]

This is the first of 10 free surgeries planned this summer by HHSC WHAT: An uninsured 40-year-old Southern Nevada woman will receive the first of 10 planned free medically necessary surgeries this summer from Helping Hands Surgical Care (HHSC), a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organizationfounded by Dr. Kevin Petersen. The [...]

WHO: John Walsh, children’s advocate, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Cox Communications and Cox Take Charge WHAT: Just before school gets out for summer, John Walsh discusses some new findings from “The Tween Internet Safety Survey” commissioned by Cox in partnership with the National Center for Missing [...]

Press Conference set for May 31 at Jackie Gaughan Plaza WHAT: Members of Downtown Las Vegas Alliance (DLVA), a non-profit corporation comprised of downtown Las Vegas stakeholders, along with Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman, members of Las Vegas City Council and city staff, are joining to launch REDISCOVER DOWNTOWN, a public [...]

History Channel’s “American Restoration” Filmed on Downtown Campus WHAT: Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman and Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Coffin will lead an official ribbon-cutting and grand opening ceremony of the new 1.5-acre campus of Rick’s Restorations, filming site of the History Channel’s hit reality TV series, “American [...]

WHAT: Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman celebrates the Las Vegas Shakespeare Company’s move into downtown’s Cultural Corridor with a one-time onstage cameo appearance in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. The musical Cinderella is the Las Vegas Shakespeare Company’s first show in its new location at the former Reed Whipple Cultural Center. For [...]

WHAT: The Las Vegas Shakespeare Company is seeking readers for its 24-hour Bard-A-Thon. The company plans to read from Shakespeare’s works continuously for 24 hours to commemorate the Bard’s 448th birthday on Monday April 23. No special skills are needed, just a love of Shakespeare’s works and the desire to [...]

Free monthly event open to the public WHAT: Fifth Street Gaming, operator of Downtown3rd and developer of Downtown Grand, will host “Mugs ‘N’ Movies,” monthly outdoor movies beginning Sunday, April 22.  Full-length feature movies are shown on a full-size, theater-style screen on Third Street in front of Triple George Grill [...]

WHAT: A team of approximately 40 community volunteers and downtown supporters will “invade” downtown Las Vegas on Friday, April 20 to perform a Random Act of Happiness. Arriving downtown on the official Delivering Happiness Bus and bearing happy, inspirational and upbeat signs, team members will “reverse picket” targeted downtown businesses [...]

WHAT: Raymond Wood, an uninsured and unemployed 44-year-old Southern Nevada man who was once a Bobby Darin impersonator at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas and at The Flamingo in both Las Vegas and Laughlin, will receive a free medically necessary surgery from Helping Hands Surgical Care (HHSC), a 501 [...]