Las Vegas to host 9th annual film festival June 6-16

Las Vegas to host 9th annual film festival CineVegas June 6-16



Las Vegas will host the ninth annual CineVegaas film festival June 6th - 16th.

Most screenings will take place at The Brenden Theaters in The Palms hotel.

The premiere of Ocean's 13 will be on Wednesday, June 6th with the cast members present followed by a party in Moon nightclub in the Playboy tower of the Palms hotel. Tickets for this special screening can be purchased for $250 and include entrance fee to the official after party at Moon.. The proceeds will fund the "Not On Our Watch" charitable campaign for victims of Darfur, Sudan. Ocean's 13's producer Jerry Weintraub will receive the festivals Vanguard Award.

Sir Anthony Hopkins will receive CineVegas' Marquee Award at the premiere of Slipstream on Friday, June 15 @ 6:00 PM. Mr. Hopkins is a producer of this film starring Christian Slayter, John Turturro, Stella Arroyave, Jeffery Tambor and himself. Mr. Hopkins will engage in live conversation following the premiere of Slipstream.

Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron will receive the "Half-Life Award' on Friday, June 15th, @ 3:00 PM.

Ms. Theron will engage in live conversation about her acting career in such films as Monster, the movie about serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

Attendees of the film festival will have the opportunity to see the already critically acclaimed La Vie En Rose, the life story of singer Edith Piaf on Wednesday, June 13th, @ 1:00 PM and Thursday, June 14th @ 12:30 PM.

Other films being shown at CineVegas are:

Mr. Untouchable, the story of the Harlem heroin kingpin Nicky Barnes, Penelope starring Christina Ricci,

Kurt Cobain About A Son, with narration from the late Mr. Cobain himself, The Devil Came On Horseback, a film about what an African Union monitor has witnessed in Darfur, Sudan, and Look, a film created from actual surveillance footage. David Lynch's cult classic Blue Velvet, starring Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern and Hope Lange will be shown on Thursday, June 14th @ 10:00 PM.

Mexican film is being celebrated in this years event with films such as Chavez, a documentary about the life of Mexican boxer Julio Caesar Chavez, Bad Habits, a film about eating habits, Never On A Sunday, a film about death, and Once Upon A Time Maria, a film about memories, erotic adventures and experiences.

Several short films will be shown prior to screenings of full-length features including the film which won their short features slot in the festival from the online ballots cast on MySpace. Nevada film makers will be included in the festival with features from UNLV, CCSN, and the Arts Institute. The Grand, a comedy about professional poker players starring Woody Harrelson, Ray Romano, Cheryl Hines, David Cross, Werner Herzog, Dennis Farina, Michael McKean, Richard Kind, Hank Azaria, Chris Parnell, Brett Ratner, and Judy Greer will show at The Golden Nugget Hotel (downtown) on Thursday, June 7th @ 7 PM and Friday, June 8th at 3:00 PM at The Brenden Theater in The Palms.

CineVegas's closing night feature is You Kill Me, starring Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni, Luke Wilson, Dennis Farina, Philip Baker Hall and Bill Pullman on Saturday, June 16h @ 7 PM.

For the full schedule of this years CineVegas, please visit: www.cinevegas.com

Persons interested in attending CineVegas can purchase tickets online at www.cinevegas.com,

by phone by calling 1 888 8 Vegas 8, or in-person at The Brenden Theaters box office.

Individual tickets are $10.00. Inclusive packages for the festival range in price.

Dress Code, Cover Charge, Bottle Service, Pool Parties, info. Clubbing In Vegas

A friend of mine asked if I could help illustrate what the cover charge,
dress code, bottle service, and pool parties information is in Las Vegas.

1) Dress Code
No athletic gear
Men, please wear shirts with a collar and/ or buttons.
Most clubs won't allow hats to be worn in the club.
Women should be dressed up, but are usually allowed to wear jeans if they
have a dressy top on.
Shoes should be worn at all times.
Men usually are not permitted to wear "Trainers" or "Tennis Shoes".
Women can get away with wearing flats or a wedge style of flip flop so long as
they are dressy and not for the beach.

2) Cover Charge:

Local ladies often enjoy waived entrance fees to most clubs unless there is a
very high profile artist/ dj performing.
Ladies who do not live in Las Vegas usually pay $10 to $20 for cover charge.
Many times a club will have a 'ladies night' where all ladies are free.
Sometimes clubs will give free entrance and free drinks to women who dress in
theme for the night.
Men pay cover charge of $10 to $30. If people want to 'cut in line' they usually charge $150 and the men still must pay up to $30 cover charge after doing so.

3) Bottle Service
Bottle service in Las Vegas clubs starts at $150 and can go to $1000 per three or four people, men or women. Bottle service includes cover charge, a table, a bottle of alcohol and mixer ingredients, and seating for three to four people.
This does not include the tip for the server. The bottle service is usually considered to last for one and a half hours.

Making connections with a vip host in advance, calling the club of choice directly to make reservations, or emailing or texting club personnel is helpful in arranging a table or bottle service.

4)Las Vegas Pool Parties:
The pools are opening soon or have already opened in Las Vegas.
Tao poolside is a new venture for Tao and The Venetian Hotel.
Food is catered from Wolfgang Puck, massage therapy is available, and bottle service is encouraged. Open daily.
Rehab in the Hard Rock Hotel is a day long party on Sunday. This party is usually packed with patrons partying hard. There is a cover charge for everyone, local, ladies and gents. The dress code for many of the pool parties is swimwear attire, no shorts.
Bare in the Mirage has been open unofficially for approximately one month. The official grand opening party was held last weekend. The cocktail servers are topless.
"Ditch Friday's" at the Palms is run by the n9ne management.
The pool party at the Red Rock Hotel and Resort in Summerlin has the benefit of
being adjacent to the club Cherry. DJ's perform and can be heard poolside. There is a bar and cocktail waitress'.

For more clubbing information, please visit:
http://www.thecircuitlv.com
http://www.spyonvegas.com
http://www.napkinnights.com

or pick up a copy of Las Vegas City Life, Las Vegas Weekly, Las Vegas Magazine,
Club Planet magazine, or 944 magazine.

*Hotel guests can gain free entrance to many clubs with their room key for proof of
patronage of the hotel. There is usually a time limit, such as "before midnight."
*High gaming, or "High Rollers" are often given free entrance and possibly other perks such as bottle service, but not guaranteed, in the nightclub of the hotel they are gaming in.

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This Sunday an event for those with AIDS in Nevada will
take place in the streets of downtown Las Vegas.
Memorial quilts are on display,
patrons of the walk often dress up in costume- like attire,
local celebrities are walking along side the general population
of supporters as "walking teams", food vendors are supplying
participants with grub, media is capturing images of
entry level philanthropists, and sometimes local politicians
are making appearances.
http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=199515
web page with info. about the AFAN WALK.
http://www.afanlv.org
main page for AFAN

or otherwise put,

Sunday, APRIL 15th,
AFAN will hold their annual walk
"Tied Together" benefit in downtown Las Vegas for AFAN.
Grand Marshals "Penn & Teller" will walk in support
alongside thousands of walkers to
raise money and awareness for those with AIDS in Nevada.
Amounts from $1 to $1000's in support are appreciated.


Is Las Vegas a true 24-7 town?
Yes.
Is the clubbing scene 7 nights per week?
You bet!
Just do your homework, plan ahead, make connections, and have a back-up contingency plan.
There are many local venues which support 'Electronic/ House/ Techno/ live dj'ing'.
But to be 100% honest, it's the venues which play a variety of music, including top forty, hip hop, mash-ups, and a moderate amount of house that receive most of the attention in the media and garner most of the tourist traffic.
Web sites such as http://www.napkinnights.com
And http://www.thecircuitlv.com
Can help give info. for guest list privileges and or coupons to get free entry into clubs.
If you find there is a particular club you are itchin' to get inside of, you can hang around the gaming tables, hotel lobby, or the entrance of the club itself during dinner/ cocktail hour to see if perhaps a VIP Host is around giving out info. / guest passes to the club that night.
You might want to network with the VIP hosts before your trip, via email, or texts to
Arrange to buy bottle service for you and your party to ensure entrance to the club you desire.
Las Vegas has grown from one after- hours club and three nightclubs to at least 30 clubs and three solid after-hours clubs.

International dj's with recording contracts come through Las Vegas in a controlled manner;

Sunday's they can be heard at Revolution , The Beatles Lounge in the Mirage.
Monday evenings they spin at Godspeed, the party at The Foundation Room in Mandalay Bay.
Tuesday evenings they perform at Studio 54.
Thursday nights international talent gets to take over the main room of JET in the Mirage.
Saturday for Late Night Empire, International talent takes the main room while local dj's and
Many times another up-and-coming touring dj accompanies the headliner either in the lounge room, the patio, or simply 'opens' for the headlining dj'.

Nightclubs often will have celebrities celebrating their birthday's at a club.
People seem to enjoy attending a party knowing they're in the midst of a celeb.
'tyin' one on' so to speak.
There are still some great 'entry-level' no-cover events with dj's getting down and dirty with
the possibility of dj's who are visiting sin city in hopes of gigging here can hit the 'open decks'.
Put simply, the club scene in Las Vegas has grown so large that often the lounge bars in the main hallway adjacent to the gaming tables of many hotels has a dj in ADDITION
To the mega-club to accommodate the patrons who are unable to gain entry to the main club of choice.
Upcoming performers in Las Vegas:
Junkie XL returns to Las Vegas Sat. April 14th.
Las Vegas resident DJ Joey Mazzola will open
as hosting dj.
http://www.myspace.com/joeymazzola
April 21st #5 DJ MAGAZINE DJ DAN performs.
At LATE NIGHT EMPIRE
http://www.myspace.com/latenightempire
http://www.latenightempire.com
Louie Vega performs at Revolution April 15th, DUBFIRE, of Deep Dish performs Sunday, April 22nd in support of his latest Global Underground CD "Taipei GU 31"
http://www.thebeatlesrevolutionlounge.com
or
Resident dj Luca aka Digital Boy's myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/lucadigitalboy
Neil Aline performs at Gospeed April 16.
http://www.myspace.com/godspeedlasvegas
Godspeed's
Resident DJ Keith Evan hosts.
http://www.myspace.com/djkeithevan
Upcoming performers for Thursday nights at Jet are:
Benny Benassi, Thurs. April 26th,
Armand van Helden, May 3rd.
http://www.myspace.com/jetlv
The OFFICIAL grand opening of the full venue named TRIQ in the Planet Hollywood Hotel (formerly known as The Aladdin)
Is during SuperCross weekend.
May 4th and 5th
DJ and musician, MICHAEL TOAST with Supercross' Carey Hart
Will host a grand opening with live performance, special effects, and celebrity appearances from SuperCross riders.

http://www.triqlv.com
or
MICHAEL TOAST's Myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/djmichaeltoast
Live internet radio has been on http://www.eternalbeats.net since 1998. Founder Kevin has kept the web site in continuous operation with bandwidth garnered from his 'other profession; IT professional/ manager of servers for a web hosting company.
It ain't cheap keeping the music alive!
But it IS free to listen!
For other info. about clubbing in Las Vegas visit the free local weekly newspapers web sites
http://www.lasvegascitylife.com
and
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com
or you can pick up a hard copy of them once you arrive.
Xtine on the sin city scene
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