The Guide

Join Nevada Humanities to welcome in the holiday season and winter with readings by local poets and writers and a paper bird workshop with artist Bobbie Ann Howell. Registration not required - this is a drop in session. Supplies will be provided.

The workshop will cover the basic pattern, folding, and design options. This folded paper design can hang or rest on a table, a mantel, or nest in your Christmas tree.

Workshop open to ages 8 and up.

This annual concert features middle and high school ensembles playing mariachi favorites and holiday classics done the mariachi way. Check the website at "Get Tickets" to see who is playing.

The 12-hour holiday celebration will include festive entertainment by Las Vegas’ top performers, family-friendly activities and food and beverage specials. This event will serve as both a fundraiser and toy drive benefiting A Greater Hope, a local organization dedicated to serving foster children and families.

Attendees are encouraged to make a $25 donation to A Greater Hope or bring a new unwrapped toy for foster children.

Celebrate the holiday season with the ultimate Beatles tribute band, The FAB, performing a special holiday show.

Sing along to “Imagine,” and “Happy Christmas and “So This Is Christmas”. There's even The FAB's original song parody, "Santa You Can Drive My Sled" to the music of The Beatles "Drive My Car". Plus more!

It's free, but details at Get Tickets.

Celebrate the season with a jazzy holiday concert featuring Nik "Nik at Nite" Mastrangelo and his trio! Nik brings classic holiday songs to life with his Sinatra-style delivery. Dare you sing along?

Free. More info at Get Tickets.

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen...

Make a dash from Cornerstone Park to the Pittman Wash Trail this winter for a jolly good time! All little helpers are encouraged to don their most cheerful costumes or ugly holiday sweaters. Souvenir meals and dry fit t-shirts are guaranteed for the first 300 participants. All ages and fitness levels are welcome!

There are 5k run and 1-mile walk options.

Singers from Vegas City Opera join forces with string players from the Las Vegas Sinfonietta to create a musical celebration that will awaken your holiday spirit—and leave you humming long after the final bow.

Free, info at Get Tickets.

Celebrate AAPI voices through food and poetry. Enjoy a comforting bowl of pho while a Vietnamese chef shares their experiences, and engage in an interactive writing workshop guided by AAPI writers about food, storytelling, and identity.

From 5:00 to 5:50, listen to a local chef in conversation with Dr. Mark Padoongpatt from UNLV and learn about the importance of AAPI storytelling, food, culture, and community in southern Nevada.

From 6:00 to 7:00, poetry readings, a group discussion, and an activity led by local AAPI creatives Niko Mendoza and Mei-Mei Mijares.

Free, but you need to RSVP.

Join Nevada Humanities to welcome in the winter and the holiday season with readings by local poets and writers and a paper bird workshop with artist Bobbie Ann Howell. Registration not required - this is a drop in session. Supplies will be provided.

The workshop will cover the basic pattern, folding, and design options. This folded paper design can hang or rest on a table, a mantel, or nest in your Christmas tree.

Birds are a vital aspect of our nature that bring beauty, music, and joy across the world. Nevada is part of the Pacific Flyway that many species of birds use to rest and feed during their annual migration, as well as the many species that call Nevada home. Our state bird, the Mountain Bluebird, is one of many birds you can discover in our parks, forests, deserts, wetlands, and even in your own backyard.

Workshop open to ages 8 and up.

Through the exhibit, visitors will be able to virtually traverse Nevada’s mountain ranges and see 20 fossils excavated between 1868 and 2022 before encountering a life-sized, virtually animated ichthyosaur that responds to movement. They can also see the 6.5-foot(!) skull of University of Bonn professor Martin Sander’s discovery, Cymbospondylus youngorum, from Nevada’s Augusta Mountains.

Fun fact: Cymbospondylus youngorum was the first giant animal to inhabit the globe and is named after Tom and Bonda Young, inventors of Icky (for “ichthyosaur”) IPA beer at their Great Basin Brewing Company in Reno and Sparks. The species is named after the Youngs in recognition both of fundraisers they held at the brewery to support Sander’s expedition and their transporting the whole skeleton encased in plaster from the Augustas to Los Angeles County’s Natural History Museum in the company’s beer truck.

Also at the exhibition, two new ichthyosaur species will make their debut. There will be exhibits dedicated to fossil hunters Mary Anning and Annie Alexander, in conjunction with a children’s book about Alexander and her discoveries. Children will also be able to enjoy the collection of vintage toy dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, as well as depictions of extinct marine creatures created by artists in collaboration with scientists.