The finals of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic international model search are tonight at 8 p.m. on the First Street stage in front of the Golden Nugget.

"Jersey Boys," the Tony Award-winning story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is open to the public at the Palazzo. Show times are Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 7 p.m.; Tuesday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Ticket prices range from $65 to $135. Ticket information: 1-866-641-SHOW or 702-414-9000 or online at www.palazzolasvegas.com.

The Epicurean Affair, with more than 100 local restaurants, bars and nightclubs represented, will be held poolside at the Flamingo on Thursday. Among the restaurants: Rao's, Payard Patisserie & Bistro and Restaurant Guy Savoy. Voga, the Flamingo's new bistro, will be on a floating stage. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for VIPs ($175) and 7:30 p.m. for general admission ($125). The event benefits educational progams for the Nevada Restaurant Association and the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Association. For information call the Flamingo at 733-3333.

The Village Seafood Buffet at the Rio, back in business after a $10 million renovation, is serving almost 15 tons of crab legs a month. Open daily at 4 p.m. and closing at 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Price: $38 plus tax per person and $23.99 for children ages 4 through 8. Children 3 and younger are free.

The menu for Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse notes that before opening the restaurant's original — and, so far, only other — location, Landry's Restaurants honcho Tilman Fertitta and his dad, Vic, traveled to some of the country's top steakhouses with the intention of incorporating the best of each into their restaurants, first in Houston and now at the Golden Nugget (owned by Landry's). A laudable quest, and no doubt a fun one. So how'd they do?
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