The Guide

The Nevada Treasury and their community partners host this Back to School Fair to help students prepare for the school year. In addition to school supplies, families can access free services and there will be some fun things and entertainment.

Parents can speak with representatives about the Treasury’s 529 college savings plans and how to begin saving for their child's higher education.

Free but more info at "Get Tickets."

Birdies & Beers returns for its 11th year. There's an 18-hole disc golf tournament, open to players of all skill levels, a craft beer garden, and a free concert featuring Jonny Hazard.

Tee times start at 8:00 a.m. and are scheduled every 10 minutes, with the final tee time at noon. The registration fee of $40 gets players a commemorative stainless steel pint cup and complimentary access to the craft beer garden, if they are 21+

The music starts at noon. Arrive early and take blankets or low-back chairs to lounge among the aspen trees. There will be music until 5:00.

This is a dynamic exhibit, curated by Brent Holmes, showcasing the work of several local creatives, including multi-hyphenate artist Ashanti McGee (also a curator), painter Joseph Watson (also a children’s book illustrator), and poet Vogue Robinson (also a painter). This, too, honors the African diaspora and Black American experience; this exhibit’s unofficial statement is “Black life is American life.”

This one opened up back in February to commemorate Black History Month, but the City scheduled this to stay up for another six months. Which means you have until August 7 to check it out, which you can do Monday through Thursdays, again, at City Hall.

Las Vegas Local and new on the scene comedian and writer Burton Miller is taking his debut show The 40 Year Old Burton on the road this summer with a stop in Las Vegas on Aug. 2. There will be two shows, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at Vegas Theatre Company.

Burton’s show — a comedy debut four decades in the making — is a reflection on a deeply religious small-town upbringing, a whiplash career in public service, and the all-too-common and often absurd journey we all need to take to find the road back to ourselves.

Explore the wonders of the rain forest in this interactive maze exhibit. Journey through the four layers of the rainforest, swing like a spider monkey, and discover fascinating creatures like giant rodents and super-strong beetles.

Designed by Minotaur Mazes, this hands-on experience immerses visitors in the sights and sounds of a tropical rainforest while highlighting their vital role in our planet’s health.

Runs through August 10.

This is a dynamic exhibit, curated by Brent Holmes, showcasing the work of several local creatives, including multi-hyphenate artist Ashanti McGee (also a curator), painter Joseph Watson (also a children’s book illustrator), and poet Vogue Robinson (also a painter). This, too, honors the African diaspora and Black American experience; this exhibit’s unofficial statement is “Black life is American life.”

This one opened up back in February to commemorate Black History Month, but the City scheduled this to stay up for another six months. Which means you have until August 7 to check it out, which you can do Monday through Thursdays, again, at City Hall.

Enjoy arrangements of tunes from some favorite and familiar singer/songwriters, with Billy Joel, Barry Manilow, Carole King all part of the mix. Members of the quintet, which was founded in 2012, are all music teachers. They are Karen Polak on trumpet, Walt Boenig on trombone, John Diaz on trumpet, Matthew Keenan on French horn, and David Haile on bass trombone.

Free, with more info at "Get Tickets."

Artist, curator, and Desert Companion contributor Brent Holmes’ exhibition People of Color opened during Black History Month, but it’s showing through August 7 at Las Vegas City Hall’s Chamber Gallery. Its multidiscipline works reflect American life through the lens of Nevada’s African diasporic artists, including Ashanti McGee, Joseph Watson, and Vogue Robinson, among others.

Explore the wonders of the rain forest in this interactive maze exhibit. Journey through the four layers of the rainforest, swing like a spider monkey, and discover fascinating creatures like giant rodents and super-strong beetles.

Designed by Minotaur Mazes, this hands-on experience immerses visitors in the sights and sounds of a tropical rainforest while highlighting their vital role in our planet’s health.

Runs through August 10.

This is a dynamic exhibit, curated by Brent Holmes, showcasing the work of several local creatives, including multi-hyphenate artist Ashanti McGee (also a curator), painter Joseph Watson (also a children’s book illustrator), and poet Vogue Robinson (also a painter). This, too, honors the African diaspora and Black American experience; this exhibit’s unofficial statement is “Black life is American life.”

This one opened up back in February to commemorate Black History Month, but the City scheduled this to stay up for another six months. Which means you have until August 7 to check it out, which you can do Monday through Thursdays, again, at City Hall.