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A Great Month for Entertainment<br />
By: Evan Davis / Entertainment Director<br />
<strong>May</strong> is a great month for entertainment. As are<br />
the other 11 months.<br />
The first week alone<br />
brings such talent as<br />
Chadwick Johnson to the Italian American<br />
Club on <strong>May</strong> 4 th , Rick Kelly on the 3 rd at Grape<br />
Street Café in Downtown Summerlin and Tony<br />
Arias on <strong>May</strong> 6 th at the Clark County Library<br />
with Broadway special guest soloist Niki Scalera<br />
and musical director and pianist extraordinaire<br />
Philip Fortenberry.<br />
You can switch between the Great American<br />
Song Book and good old Country when you follow<br />
Ronnie Rose from the Stirling Club to Gilley’s.<br />
Let’s not forget The Golden Tiki in Chinatown<br />
where Tony Felicetta puts his Dino a’ la Carte show together.<br />
Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns are still doing their “thang”<br />
every Monday night and The Windjammers every Wednesday<br />
night. On <strong>May</strong> 12 th The <strong>Vegas</strong> <strong>Voice</strong> presents “An Afternoon Affair”<br />
luncheon and variety show at Sun City MacDonald Ranch in Henderson<br />
hosted by Jonny Bird and myself.<br />
And then on Saturday <strong>May</strong> 20 th Rita Lim will put on a dynamite<br />
show at Sun City MacDonald Ranch (see page 13) to celebrate her<br />
birthday, which by the way is <strong>May</strong> 20 th . She promises to have her band,<br />
under the musical direction of David Siegel, and a rotating door<br />
of many guest performers that will join her in<br />
celebrating her birthday.<br />
Michael Grimm on <strong>May</strong> 13 th at the Italian<br />
American Club is a great entertainer and winner<br />
of America’s Got Talent, plus Bob Anderson<br />
is back at IAC on the 17 th and 18 th . He never<br />
disappoints.<br />
The Composers Showcase, which is an<br />
entertainment forum that allows local composers<br />
and songwriters the opportunity to present original<br />
music and is hosted by Keith Thompson<br />
happens <strong>May</strong> 10 th at Myron’s in The Smith Center.<br />
Vic’s, right across from The Smith Center on<br />
Promenade Place, is a fairly new Jazz Club featuring national stars and<br />
players from the Las <strong>Vegas</strong> Jazz program nightly. There is also Maxan<br />
Jazz on Decatur and The Dispensary Cocktail Lounge at Tropicana and<br />
Eastern that both bring fabulous jazz to the public.<br />
With Chadwick Johnson<br />
You can read Evan’s entertainment blog and sign up to receive<br />
his free email weekly Calendar of Events at www.EvanDavisJazz.<br />
com. Email him at: evan@thevegasvoice.net.<br />
10<br />
<strong>May</strong> <strong>2023</strong>
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