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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) If you think Las Vegas is a trip, Kat Tatz is inviting you to go deeper down the rabbit hole.

The homegrown artist recently won Park West Gallery's first-ever Made in Vegas art competition, beating out nearly 500 impressive submissions.

And true to its name, Tatz is a longtime Vegas local inspired by the city where she grew up.

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Bringing the Fantasy to the Reality

"With all the neon signs, I mean, that's the first thing that I remember when my mom drove me into Vegas when I was four," she recalled. "The turquoise color of Caesars Palace was unbelievable. It was night."

"I use that color in a lot of my paintings now," she said. "Even to this day. It's like one of my favorites."

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A common theme in her work? Lewis Carroll's fantasy tale "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

"A lot of my paintings depict a different viewpoint of Alice in Wonderland. Like, I'll have her a lot of times transitioning," she explained.

In the piece below and to the far right, for example, Tatz says she painted Alice transitioning into the White Rabbit. "She's growing the fur and she has the ears coming down, but she's still Alice."

Tatz's style is broad and her work uses a wide range of techniques.

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"I do pop surrealism art, lowbrow art, I kind of like the fantasy and a lot of impressionism as well. So I like to change up a bit when I get bored," she said with a laugh.

Just look at her submissions for the Made in Vegas competition.

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The portrait of Stevie Nicks, on the far left, could almost have been painted by someone else when compared to the two "Alice in Wonderland" pieces on the right. It was not, of course. All three were made by Tatz.

In one of her submissions, centered above, the painting continues from the canvas onto the frame.

"I like to take the fantasy and bring it out to the reality, which is the frame to me," she said. "It gives me an opportunity to tell another story that's separate from the painting."

A Hospital Stay

When she submitted her work for Made in Vegas, she says it didn't go down as you might assume.

"You're gonna laugh," Kaz said with a smile. "I had a hospital stay a couple of months ago." (At this point, I can't say I was laughing just yet.)

"You know, I was so out of it and I was scrolling through Facebook because there's nothing else to do," she chuckled. "And I saw the Made in Vegas art competition."

"Right then, I'm like so delirious, right? But I'm applying for it." It was at this moment when she sent in her three pictures of choice.

"When I got accepted and they told me that I was one of the ten finalists," Katz said holding back laughter, "I couldn't remember what I sent in! I was so out of it."

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Over and Over and Over and Over

Another thing about Tatz, she's largely self-taught and has been practicing for decades.

"My dad and my mom got divorced when I was four, so he very rarely came to see me," she said. "But the one memory that I do have is he taught me how, at four years old, how to measure out a face, and what the dimensions were and how to line it out."

"Then, when he left--I had a hero worship on him by the way--when he left, I just did that over and over and over and over."

Kat Tatz

Her mom was also an artist.

"My mom was a doll sculpture, so she would make porcelain dolls and compete in competitions," she said. "She always won."

Tatz studied at UNLV and has received additional formal training by attending artist workshops around the country, which overlaps with another passion of hers.

"I like to travel. That's like my favorite thing."

She even has an international presence with work on view at Art Space & Design in Canada.

She also has work featured at Las Laguna Gallery in Laguna Beach, California.

Closer to home, you can find her work at Animazing Gallery inside the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian, ART2art Gallery inside Tivoli Village, inside Allegiant Stadium and of course at Park West Gallery inside the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace.

The Pandemic

Tatz used to have her own gallery, Wonderland Gallery, which she owned for several years.

"I feel like I learned so much from owning a gallery."

But then, COVID-19 hit Las Vegas right as her lease was up. She didn't renew.

"I got really lucky," she said. "It just worked out. I'm starting to turn around."

Tatz says business actually got busier when she increased her online presence after closing the brick-and-mortar location down.

"I kept the name because I love--even my website--I love it. WonderlandGallery.com."

The pandemic, only emphasizing one of the reasons Tatz says art is so important for society.

"I think that art is incredibly historical in a way," she said. "It shows where the current trends are."

If you look closely at one of her Park West paintings, you'll find characters of "Alice in Wonderland" wearing masks, the White Rabbit, dangling his from his fingers.

Where to Find Her Work

You can follow Kat Tatz on Instagram at @kattatz. Find her artwork here:

Learn more about Tatz's work at WonderLandGallery.com.

This story is from our "Las Vegas Art Scene" segment in our newly-launched dedicated digital show "How to Vegas." Watch "How to Vegas" at 10:30 p.m. on Fridays -- and throughout the weekend -- using the KTNV app on your favorite streaming device.

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Macau's government is reviewing casino concessions, weighing on U.S-based operaters with a big presence in the Chinese enclave. Here, a light, water, and sound show at the Wynn Palace casino in Macau. Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images

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Analyst sentiment on Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts continues to deteriorate over concerns that impending casino concession renewals in Macau will be more onerous.

However, stocks of U.S. casino companies with ties to Macau were mixed Friday morning. Las Vegas Sands (ticker: LVS) was up 1% in early trading; Wynn (WYNN) was off 0.6%; and MGM Resorts International (MGM) up about 1%.

The casino concessions allowing companies to operate in Macau are set to expire next June. Earlier this week, members of the Macau government said that they were beginning the process of reviewing the concession renewals and examining a law that oversees that business. The Macau government said in part that by revising the law, it expects to strengthen supervision of the holders of those casino concessions.

Against this backdrop, Jefferies analyst David Katz on Friday downgraded Las Vegas Sands to Hold from Buy, partly owing to the pending uncertainties around the Macau concession and its growth and return prospect.

For U.S. investors, one of the biggest concerns about these companies is that the new concessions will be much less favorable in terms of taxes, capital spending mandates and local ownership requirements, among other things.

While Las Vegas Sands and Wynn are both based in Las Vegas, more than half of their revenues come from Macau in normal times. Macau is the worlds largest gambling market.

In his note downgrading Las Vegas Sands, Katz also cited the persistent restrictions from Covid, which could continue in a zero-tolerance context.

He already had a Hold rating on Wynn but lowered his estimates and dropped his price target to $83 from $104.

The recent developments in Macau around concession renewals implied tighter restrictions on the gaming industry going forward, Katz wrote.

The stock closed at $84.37 on Thursday, down about 17% for the week. Las Vegas Sands was off about 10%.

MGM Resorts International , which has a presence in Macau but is more focused on U.S. properties, was down about 2% this week through Thursday.

Write to Lawrence C. Strauss at lawrence.strauss@barrons.com

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SeanJerrion Coleman-Rabb speaks during a Break the Cycle of Violence Act roundtable at North Las Vegas library Monday, Sept. 13,2021.

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez (contact)

Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 | 2 a.m.

Even after being shot, then-17-year-old SeanJerrion Coleman-Rabb had a cavalier attitude toward life.

At that moment, I was like, if its my time to go, its my time to go, said Coleman-Rabb, who was hanging out on a corner near Torrey Pines and Vegas drives in Las Vegas when he was shot in the face.

Eventually, however, he connected with a community group and mentors who helped him change his outlook and the course of his life.

Three years later, he is a youth advocate and a gun violence prevention activist. God gave me a second chance, and Im just here to make sure I make right by it, Coleman-Rabb said.

Coleman-Rabb, 20, recently attended a roundtable discussion in North Las Vegas sponsored by U.S. Reps. Steve Horsford, D-Nev., whose district includes North Las Vegas, and Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who were promoting their Break the Cycle of Violence Act.

If the bill were signed into law, the Department of Health and Human Services would appropriate $5 billion in grants for programs focused on community-based violence intervention. Another $1.5 billion from the Department of Labor would be earmarked for job training, education and apprenticeship programs.

The bill is still in committee, and House members are expected to make recommendations in the coming weeks, said Horsford, who sponsored the legislation.

Horsford and Jeffries planned the roundtable to hear from young people and community activists about how the money could be spent. Suggestions included making after-school activities, such as sports, more affordable and enlisting young adults with experience on the streets as mentors.

Everyone shared a personal story.

Horsford said the day he and 62 House co-sponsors introduced the bill was the anniversary of his fathers slaying some 30 years ago. The elder Horsford was an employee at a convenience store when he was gunned down.

I never got the chance to say goodbye to him or for him to see me finish school, start my family, go out and serve this community and now be a member of Congress, Horsford said.

Jeffries, who grew up in Brooklyn in the midst of the crack-cocaine epidemic, which saw gun violence and homicides skyrocket, spoke about many people ending up in prison or dead.

It is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men and broken women, he said, paraphrasing abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglas.

Investing in youths in at-risk communities can help prevent violence and better respond to the trauma when it does occur, the lawmakers said.

In an interview, Coleman-Rabb said he was placed in foster care after being taken from his birth mother, who was addicted to crack. Later, he was adopted.

It was hard, he said. Growing up, it was hard because I was wondering where I came from. I wondered who my mom and my dad were.

He eventually fell into the streets and after he was shot, he was introduced to Nevada Partners, which provides college and career support for people struggling with poverty and other issues.

Coleman-Rabb is a coordinator with the organizations WildN-Out Wednesdays, which he described as a program for those ages 16 to 24 that teaches skills in leadership, community service and civil participation.

Horsford said he spent his youth at the same library where the roundtable was conducted, participating in programs that shaped who he has become. Its crucial, he said, for young people to know their voices are important and that they see themselves as leaders.

Its really like being home, Horsford said.

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The stage is set. The acts have been booked. The lighting and sound perfected. All the logistics organized. The curtain rises and the eager crowd roars. The Las Vegas hotels and venues in the MGM Resorts International portfolioMandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, New York-New York, MGM Grand, Park MGM, NoMad Hotel, Delano, Bellagio, Aria, Vdara, The Mirage and T-Mobile Arenaoffer some of the best entertainment in the city. From concerts and festivals to sporting events and special experiences, the worldwide corporation creates lifelong memories for visitors, but it doesnt just happen. A large network of MGMRI employees work together to launch that entertainment. While thousands of employees work for the corporation, Las Vegas Magazine is turning the spotlight on five top female executives in the company who have shattered the proverbial glass ceiling in their field and work tirelessly to piece together the moving parts in this entertainment scene. Learn a bit about their personal lives, jobs, career highlights and thoughts on being a woman in a male-dominated industryand discover the humbleness, hard work and dedication that have led them to the top of their game. And the next time you take your seat in Vegasbe it seeing your favorite singer, sports star or showremember that its these women who help make it all happen.

Title: Vice president of bookingentertainment and sports

Shoot Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena

From Opera to Rock n Roll. Born and raised in New Jersey, Calhoun went to college for musicshes a classically trained opera singer. After college, in a very dramatic fashion, I was like, Im going to move to L.A. and be like Ari Gold from Entourage, she says. But then I realized people like that make $12 an hour, forever. So, she tried something different and worked for the company Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp. I was the owners assistant and moved into marketing, then VP of operations, talent coordination, execution of the camps operations. It was a very cool learning opportunity for me because I got to see all sides of the business.

Vegas Bound. The position at the camp brought her to Las Vegas in 2013. After a short stint in nonprofit work, I quickly realized I missed entertainment, Calhoun says. I knew I wouldnt be able to be 100% passionate about my career unless it was in entertainment. And right around that time, T-Mobile Arena was being built, and she knew that was what she wanted to be a part of. She joined MGMRI in 2015 as one of the arenas booking managers. Two years ago, she moved into her current title and now works with MGM Grands Grand Garden Arena, T-Mobile Arena and the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay.

The Art of the Deal. When you hop on your computer and look up all the concerts across MGMRIs properties, its Calhoun who books them. I look at my calendar and all the open dates, she says. I do the deals, how each one is going to be executed. The fun partonce its booked and released into the world, we must stay that central person because were the first person and were the last person.

From Jam Band to Boy Band to Psychos. For all those Phish fans out there, thank Calhoun, who has helped book the bands acclaimed Halloween shows at the Grand Garden Arena. They dont have to come here, they can go anywhere for their Halloween shows, so its about nurturing those relationships to make them want to come back here, she says. Calhoun also grew up a huge NSYNC fan. And when she booked Justin Timberlakes Man of the Woods Tour, I was walking around the floor at T-Mobile Arena, standing there, and he was right there rehearsing SexyBack, she says. If you wouldve told 12-year-old Erin she would be booking the biggest arena in Las Vegas and standing next to Justin Timberlake and could go backstage and say hello It was just this moment where I was going to cry but I couldnt because I was in public. But that was just a really cool, I-did-it-moment. It was a personal, special moment. Heavy-metal music fans can also thank Calhoun for bringing the Psycho Las Vegas festival to Mandalay Bay. Its been fun for me to be on the ground floor with the creators of Psycho and be able to make it special to what we can do, she says.

The Quarantine Life. Calhoun has some happy news to share: shes getting married next year. I got a quarantine puppy and I got a ring, she says, laughing. As if I dont have enough concerts to plan, Im going to plan a wedding, too.

Making It a Womans World. When I first started, I was the only female booker on the team, Calhoun says. I would go out to booking conferences, and its a very male-dominated world. From the MGMRI side, I think its special that they focus on women in leadership. They want to see women grow. I have personally felt that Ive been nurtured to be the person that got promoted twice; to be a person that they invest in. To be a woman in this male-dominated worldits nice to work for a company that appreciates the diversity and supports it.

Title: Director of public relations

Shoot Location: T-Mobile Arena

It Began With a Note. Sherrer was born in South Korea and was adopted by an American couple when she turned a year old. I was left in a basket on the orphanage steps and left with a note that my mom still has to this day, Sherrer says. It says in Korean, something to the effect of, We cant take care of our daughter. We want a couple to adopt her and take her to America and give her a beautiful life. And, I was.

The L.A. Scene. Sherrer went to college in Boston for theater and costume design. She took an internship in L.A. to pursue a possible career in wardrobe design, but ended up working for Focus Features, where she had her first brush with public relations. After graduating, she moved back to L.A. and started as a junior publicist, working on movies and TV awards shows. In 2009, she applied for a job in Las Vegas with MGMRI. I started in February of 2010, she says. My goal was two years in Vegas. Cause who lives in Vegas for longer?

Its Now Going on 11 Years. In 2011, Sherrer was promoted to public relations manager and in 2018 to director of public relations. The first big arena concert she worked on was Aerosmith at MGMs Grand Garden Arena in 2010. She helped launch Jabbawockeez when they landed their first Vegas residency. She has helped direct PR for the openings of T-Mobile Arena and Park Theater and assisted with those venues major concerts and sporting events. She helped plan the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight at the Grand Garden Arena. Shes assisted with the launch of the residencies Lady Gaga, Aerosmith, Cher, Queen and Adam Lambert, the Aces of Comedy series at The Mirage, the Billboard Music Awards and the Academy of Country Music awards. And shes worked closely with the Vegas Golden Knights and all their games and events.

Those Wow Moments. Remember Drakes performance on the Bellagio fountains for 2017s Billboard Music Awards? Sherrer worked on that. Have you seen Bruno Mars music video for 24K Magic when he rode a personal watercraft on the fountains of Bellagio? Sherrer was there, too.

In the Octagon. Having no experience with UFC, Sherrer learned the ropes quickly and took on PR responsibilities for UFC events in 2012. I remember McGregor when he was on an undercard and then watching him progress, she says. Since then, shes worked almost every big UFC bout at T-Mobile Arena.

The Thing With Public Relations. Its those iconic momentsthe things that get guests excited, Sherrer says. For PR, we do this to get the word out about the event, buzz about it, to sell tickets and fill those seats.

The Bottom Line. I think that, and it goes to all the women in this story, we work so hard to make it not about it being a man or a womanits about doing your job and doing it well, Sherrer says. Were just lucky to be in a company where we have men and women that are there to support us and help us grow and guide us. Its about the work more than anything, in my opinion. I see the other ladies in this story, theyre all so excellent at what they do. Being a woman in entertainment, its very trueits male dominated and I think for me being in PR Im proud of the skill set that I bring to the table. It pushes me. Its nice to work for a company that isnt afraid to have women in top rolesbreaking that glass ceiling.

Title: Vice president of entertainment operations

Shoot Location: Park Theater at Park MGM

Running Away With the Circus. When Binette was 22, she left her hometown of Montreal and joined Cirque du Soleils touring shows as a ticket office supervisor. I toured with them for four years in the U.S., Canada and Europe, she says. It was definitely a defining moment in my career. When the job ended, she was asked to be a part of the opening of Cirques first Vegas residency show, Mystre at Treasure Island (which was a part of the MGMRI family back then). She made the move in 1993 and worked in ticketing.

More Than Two Decades. Binette moved up the ladder from ticketing into positions like director of operations for theaters at MGM Grand and executive director of its Grand Garden Arena to her current position, where she oversees operations for MGMRIs mid-size theater venues in Ohio, Michigan, Mississippi, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. In her Vegas role, shes responsible for partner and vendor relations, expenditures, assisting the team and being a liaison for guest services and security.

A Moment. During her tenure, Binette has been responsible for bringing and staging some of the biggest acts at Park Theater since it opened in 2016. Everyone from Lady Gaga, Cher and Aerosmith, to her favorite, Bruno Mars. She can also stick a feather in her cap for the Justin Timberlake 20/20 Experience Tour at the Grand Garden Arena. At the end of the show, I walked by his dressing room, Binette says. I said hello, explained that I was the general manager and he told me how incredible the experience and space was, the guest services, telling me to pass along to the staff how thankful he was. I left with the biggest smile.

Recognition. Binette was recently selected to be a part of MGMRIs Accelerated Leadership Programchosen personally by MGMRI president and CEO Bill Hornbuckle. The yearlong program helps grow talented individuals into senior leadership roles. I wouldnt be in my role currently if it wasnt for the incredible support Ive had from the many leaders throughout my career that believed in me, she says. The company gave me the tools to grow and be who I am today.

Ding, Ding, Ding. One of Binettes favorite memories over the course of her career with MGMRI was the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquaio fight at the Grand Garden Arena in 2015. It was definitely a fight that defined boxing, she says. We only had about seven weeks to pull it together. What is so fascinating to me is the collaboration between all the different departments. And the best moment of the night is when the fighter walks out and seeing the excitement of the crowd, and knowing that this is in our house, in our home and being able to share this with the world. That sense of pride resonated with me.

Me Time. Binette loves spending time with her familyespecially when her husband and kids have their Friday-night dance parties and game nights. She also does CrossFit six days a week at 6 a.m. Its a great source of stress relief and makes me feel good and healthy, she says.

Possibilities. I think there are many women that couldve been selected for this article, so Im honored to be featured, Binette says. Its not without the help and support in my life, female and male. I just hope that I can be an inspiration to really prove that if you work hard and are really dedicated, you can make it happen.

Title: Executive director of ticketing operations

Shoot location: The Beatles LOVE Theater at The Mirage

Love Language. From a young age, Lopez had a love for the performing arts. She attended UNLV, concentrating in theater studies, studied modern British drama abroad in London and arts administration at NYU. As a senior, she was considering delving into nonprofit arts or teaching after graduation, but landed a part-time box-office attendant position for the musical Hairspray at MGMRIs Luxor in 2006. After the show closed, she heard rumblings about a new Cirque du Soleil show coming to The Mirage called The Beatles LOVE. She became a part of the opening team for that show.

The Cirque Circuit. Lopez went on to help open some of the citys most-beloved Cirque du Soleil shows including Criss Angel BeLIEve at Luxor, and Zarkana and Viva Elvis at Aria. I became the department head and part of the opening team for CityCenter and Aria, she says. It was a very special time with a very special group of people. Plus, it was the first time the Elvis Presley estate lent out his catalog of music for a show. After serving as Arias showroom manager and front-of-house operations for five years, she transitioned more into an entertainment manager role, and thats when she got into ticketing.

Punching Her Ticket. By 2014, Lopez fully transitioned into ticketing for MGMRI, focusing on four showrooms and the MGM Grand Garden Arena. I was so lucky to work with the titans of the industry at that property to really teach me, educate me and help me grow, she says. In 2016, she was promoted to director of ticketing and headed up all ticketing for T-Mobile. Ticketing is about coding and programming the tickets so they can be put on sale, then theres a marketing and service component to it because you learn about the customer journey and experience, she says. Then theres the financial side to it, legal aspect, taxation and face-to-face aspect of taking care of guests before they go in the show.

Full Circle. Anyone that knows me knows Im a huge Barbra Streisand fan, since I was a little girl, Lopez says. My very first concert ever was Barbras concert at the Grand Garden Arena in 1999. I sat in the second to last row with my mom. Its the most incredible moment. Fast forward 15 years and Barbra Streisand is playing in one of my venues (T-Mobile Arena). I helped ticket that show. I never expected that. It was incredible.

Shes a Ticket Holder. When shes not ticketing events, Lopez loves to personally support the art and entertainment community in Las Vegas as a season ticket holder to The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and The Nevada Ballet Theater.

Passing the Torch. Im so proud, and I mean that in the most humble of ways, Lopez says. Its been a lot of hard work, sacrifice and determination to get to this point, and Im so excited for whats next as well. I love that all these women are being highlighted and celebrated because we are underrepresented in the industry that is often male-dominated. I love thinking back to when I was a young person myself growing up in this city and I was looking for opportunity. So for us to potentially play that role for future generationsIm so honored to be included in that company.

Title: Executive director and general manager of Michelob Ultra Arena and entertainmentMandalay Bay and Luxor

Shoot Location: Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay

Cruising In. Zappia, a South Wales, United Kingdom, native, was just 19 years old in 1989 when she joined the cruise ship industry. I started as a youth counselor, like a nanny to 1,800 kids, she says. I worked my way up to assistant cruise director, like Julie from The Love Boat. Zappia worked on ships until 1997, when she followed her-then musician boyfriend to Las Vegas. Once in Vegas, I landed in entertainment, which Id always wanted to do, she says. Id always loved entertainment since being on cruise ships.

For Adult-Eyes Only. Zappia joined MGMRI in 1999 as a ticketing specialist at New York-New York. After eight months, she was promoted to supervisor, and one of her first big projects was being part of the team responsible for bringing Cirque du Soleils first-ever 18-and-over show to Las Vegas. I went to Montreal when they were putting the Zumanity show together, she says. Seeing Guy Lalibertes vision come together and then watching the theater being built at New York-New Yorkit was special.

A Slam Dunk. Zappia was also responsible for bringing a fun sports tournament here. Im the person that brought 3-on-3 basketball from Spokane, Wash., down to Vegas, she says. I got together with the executive director in Spokanetheyd been doing the sport up there for 26 years every June. And I thought, How cool would that be to bring that down to Vegas? I did a lot of research, got everything together and we brought it down here during the first year that T-Mobile opened. We brought it out on the Plaza. Just to watch that come to fruitionit was huge, it was great. We took up the entire plaza with it. It was a three-day tournament. It was just so much fun, and everybody had a great time. It was one of those events that will stay really close to me because it was my first big event that I did from beginning to end.

Nights to Remember. Thats what were intomaking memories, Zappia says. If we dont make a good memory for every guest that comes in here, weve done an injustice. I want to make sure that everybody that comes to a show has a positive experience and they can leave with a beautiful memory. You can thank Zappia and her team for putting on events like the Concerts on the Beach series at Mandalay Bay, iHeartRadio Music Festival, Las Vegas Aces games, Day N Vegas, as well as working with resident shows like Carrot Top, Fantasy and Blue Man Group at Luxor and Michael Jackson ONE at Mandalay Bay.

Checklist. On the operational side, Zappia takes care of contracts for the shows, logistics for seating, expenses, production, staffing and more. I take calls 24/7, but its like second nature, she says. I want my employees to love their jobs and being here. I have an amazing team and I always want to push them forward to success.

Self-Proclaimed Tomboy. Zappia loves to camp, ride dirt bikes, shoot guns, practice archery and go hiking. When she needs a break, shell go to her 20 acres in Utah so she can spend time in nature.

At the End of the Day. Theres just so much that Ive been a part of and Im just so grateful for it all, its so tremendous, Zappia says. I couldnt wish for a better career. Im a firm believer that you get something because you work hard at it. And I think that all the women being featured are hard workers and true professionals. I feel very privileged to be featured alongside of them because I think theyre all strong, very capable, brilliant women.

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Get ready for some big restaurant openings this fall in Las Vegas. Even though the calendar changes over to the fall equinox on Wednesday, September 22, the first of a handful of mammoth new restaurants gets ready to open on September 16, bringing coastal Mexican fare to the Strip, followed by elevated American dishes in Downtown Las Vegas and psychedelic Italian-American dishes as a side show to Opium, and a sports bar with Philadelphia roots. Here, new opening dates for four of the nine biggest restaurant openings this fall.

Casa Playa, the coastal Mexican restaurant at Encore Las Vegas, opens on Thursday, September 16. A restaurant with a playful vibe features executive chef Sarah Thompson serving her own menu, while Wynn resort mixologist Mariena Mercer Boarini created the daring cocktails and assistant general manager and agave expert Noah Arenstein curated the robust mezcal and tequila collection. The menu takes its inspiration from the grilled seafood found at hidden playacitas along the Mexican shoreline. Thompson calls her menu a culinary adventure, where she tried to balance creativity with tradition.

Peyote from Ryan Doherty and his company Corner Bar Management plans to open a desert respite with retro charm serving elevated American dishes in the former La Monja space at Fergusons Downtown on Friday, September 24. Doherty describes Peyote as a little dreamy watering hole on top of being a restaurant. Were not going to be doing what we normally do, he says, saying food take precedence over the deejay- and music-driven bars he owns. After the dinner crowds, he says the restaurant converts more of a lounge vibe. A menu of heirloom tomato summer squash tart; mini shrimp toast topped with wild smoked salmon roe; American country ham on toast served with tangy pickled mustard seed, carrot aioli, and wild arugula topped with red eye gravy; and beet tartare comes from Main St. Provisionss Kim Owens and Justin Kingsley Hall.

Spiegelworld, the production company behind Absinthe, Atomic Saloon Show, and Opium, opens Superfrico at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on September 24 with dining and drinks next to the Opium Theatre in the former Rose. Rabbit. Lie. space. Superfrico plans to offer dining all night in a space where anything goes, serving cuisine dubbed Italian American psychedelic. That translates into pizzas, pasta dishes, steaks, seafood, small plates, signature desserts, and late-night finales. Cocktails available as bottled cocktail flasks as well as small batch beverages are sold from Superfricos on-site Bottle-O retail store. The restaurant gets divided into themed bars, lounges, and dining rooms that blend the lines between the show and the restaurant. Performers come and go from their dressing rooms to the Opium Theatre through Superfricos kitchen and dining rooms.

Chickies & Petes Crab House and Sports Bar debuts its first expansion to the western United States on October 6. The Philadelphia-based chain moves into the former Umami Burger space at the Sahara Las Vegas with two bars, fireplaces, room for a DJ, plus a William Hill Sports Book. Diners can expect a self-described elevated bar cuisine menu, featuring chowders, cheesesteaks, a white pie topped with lobster meat, crabs, mussels, and chicken wings. The brands most famous dish, the trademarked crabfries, features a portion of crinkle-cut French fries sprinkled with crab-infused spices and served with creamy white cheese sauce.

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Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 | 1:19 p.m.

RENO A New York columnist who moved to Virginia City in 1950 and restarted the newspaper where Mark Twain wrote a century earlier, the former head of the Nevada Press Association and three reporters whose bylines were fixtures in northern Nevadas largest publication for decades are entering the states Newspaper Hall of Fame.

Lucius Beebee, who died in 1966, Barry Smith, Ray Hagar, Frank X. Mullen and Lenita Powers are to be formally inducted into the hall of fame at the press association and Nevada Press Foundations annual convention and awards banquet Saturday in Reno.

The National Association of Broadcasters has canceled its annual convention that was scheduled next month in Las Vegas over concerns about the delta variant of the coronavirus.

The press association convention, which also was canceled last year due to COVID-19, opens Friday with an informal gathering hosted by the Reno Gazette-Journal at its new headquarters in downtown Reno and closes Saturday with the annual awards banquet.

Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at a Saturday luncheon.

Beebee joined the New York Herald Tribune in 1929 and wrote a syndicated column called This New York, chronicling the citys caf society from the 1930s through 1944 before he and longtime partner Charles Clegg moved to the historic mining town of Virginia City.

They bought the Virginia City News and launched it as the Territorial Enterprise in 1952, restoring the newspaper where Samuel Clemens had written under his famous pen name, Mark Twain. Beebee wrote a column called That Was the West, covering everything from history to literature and gastronomy.

Smith worked at newspapers in Illinois and Colorado before he became the editor in 1996 of the Nevada Appeal in Carson City, where he wrote a weekly column and daily editorials while editing much of the daily copy.

Smith became the executive director of the Nevada Press Association in 2006 and served as the voice of Nevada journalists, arguing in dozens of hearings before the Legislature to improve the states open meeting and public record laws. He retired from the press association in 2018.

Hagar got his first job at age 17 as a sports stringer with the Reno Evening Gazette and Nevada State Journal in 1970, and went on to cover sports and politics in northern Nevada for 50 years. He did stints with The Record-Courier in Gardnerville and Sparks Tribune before returning to the Evening Gazette and State Journal in 1977.

Hagar made national headlines when hot-tempered New York Yankees manager Billy Martin punched him during an interview. Hagar told The Associated Press Martin objected to one of his questions and wanted to see his notes. Hagar refused, holding his notes behind his back as Martin reached around to grab them and then slugged him.

Hagar worked as a sports editor of the El Paso Times from 1987-93 before returning to the Reno Gazette Journal to cover politics. Since 2003, he has served as co-host with Sam Shad on Nevada Newsmakers.

Mullen co-founded the student newspaper at Metropolitan State University of Denver in 1979. He worked at the Columbia Daily Tribune, Rocky Mountain Business Journal and Denver Post before joining the Reno Gazette Journal in 1988, where he spent most of his 25 years pursuing investigative projects.

Mullen taught journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno for more than a dozen years and still lectures at Truckee Meadows Community College. He authored a book about the ill-fated pioneers who resorted to cannibalism when stranded in a Sierra snowstorm, The Donner Party Chronicles: A Day-by-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train, 1846-1847. He came out of retirement last year to revive the website of the Reno News & Review.

Powers began her 43-year career with the Reno Gazette Journal in 1972 on what was then called the Womens Page, before reporting on federal and state courts, the Legislature, K-12 and higher education.

Powers later worked as assistant city editor while writing heart-tugging features and a popular column throughout the 1990s, tackling everything from politics to her own family.

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