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DOUG ELFMAN: Nightlife to left, right this weekend


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Las Vegas has turned gay all of a sudden. It's also going all Sean Hannity on us. And there's your weekend. Enjoy!

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  • The gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender action starts downtown tonight at 8 with the annual Pride Night Parade. Afterward, a bunch of Pride-y parties go down in gay spots such as FreeZone in the "Fruit Loop" on Paradise Road near the Hard Rock.

    The parade is free of course. It starts at Fourth Street and Charleston Boulevard, then travels north up Fourth.

    But Saturday's Pride Festival at the Clark County Government Center amphitheater costs $10 to check out 210 exhibitors. Children younger than 5 get in free. Children 5 to 17 pay $6 each. For more, surf LasVegasPride.org.

    The gayness coincides with downtown's First Friday, the monthly evening when people drink and stumble through free art exhibits along Charleston and Main Street (FirstFriday-lasvegas.org).

    REPUBLICANS

    Sean Hannity's in town, and please, please, please, Sean, think about stopping by the Pride Festival to enlist Log Cabin Republicans to attend your "Freedom Concert" at the Orleans Arena on Saturday night.

    At "Freedom," Ollie North appears and signs books, and Lee Greenwood sings "God Bless the USA." For tickets ($25-$35), call 284-7777.

    What is this concert, a fundraiser for the flag pin industry? No, it's partly a benefit to raise cash for an alliance that gives scholarships to children of U.S. soldiers who have been killed or maimed.

    Hannity, the sole male sex symbol on Fox News, is not bringing lefty co-host Alan Colmes. And don't expect other liberals to grace The Orleans.

    "We've invited them all. They just don't want to come," jokes Jack Landreth, program director of radio sponsor KXNT-AM, 840.

    • AND DANCE NUMBERS

    Frankie Valli is supposed to walk a 6 p.m. red carpet to break in the new Four Seasons-inspired "Jersey Boys" musical at the Palazzo. Other possible red carpeters are Joe Pesci, John Cleese and, uh ... La Toya Jackson?

    So if you want to gawk, check out the red carpet. But you can't go to the invite-only show later because you're not a very important person, thanks, sorry.

    Doug Elfman's column appears on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Contact him at 383-0391 or e-mail him at delfman@reviewjournal.com. He also blogs at reviewjournal.com/elfman.



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    Penny wrote on May 02, 2008 06:43 PM: Poor righteous-wing saps. Had you been smart enough to help elect a real president, all those soldiers wouldn't be pointlessly dead or maimed, and you wouldn't be hustled for your dimes at the Orleans by the halfwitted Hannity and war criminal North.

    And I bet you thought your taxes were going to help take decent care of our troops. I suppose all those crippled soldiers stuck in hospital beds can spend their time reading Halliburton's annual report to find out what they fought for.


    Alan wrote on May 02, 2008 05:57 PM: Dave, It's time to do the hokey pokey.


    David Johann wrote on May 02, 2008 04:44 PM: dosboot sez: " . . . Sean Hannity appears on a show entitled "Hannity and Colmes," with Colmes being from the left."

    Thanks. Colmes is purposely a very weak presence compared to the bellicose Hannity. Ever wonder how Hannity might hold-up against a democratic pit bull like James Carville? I'll tell you. Not very well. That's why he goes up against the affable, smiling, weak Colmes. Rupert Murdoch and RNC boy Roger Ailes would have it no other way. More on Fox News techniques here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E98jnApb3Tw&feature=related

    Watching the video above, why would anyone subject themselves to Fox News techniques?

    On Mathews, ". . . Matthews has been accused of having panels of guests that skew to the right by liberal media watchdogs[4] and of supporting Republicans in his own questions and comments. . . ."

    " . . . Matthews has been singled out for negative commentary on Hillary Clinton during the 2008 campaign . . . "

    Progressive indeed.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Matthews#Political_career_and_views

    Alan sez: "Demoncrat" and also sez: "Dave CNN is not a good source of Honesty." Do you think CNN cooked the numbers? Can you support that?

    Proud American sez: "Anyone that gets there [sic] news just from CNN (clinton [sic] news network) is a very unbalanced person."

    Who gets their news only from CNN? And who describes CNN as the "clinton news network" other than an AM radio intellectual?

    OMG implies that democrats will all be at the Pride event this weekend. Whatever.

    Not funny announces: "Las Vegas has not turned gay. It is just a parade and not all of Las Vegas will be attending."

    Gee, thanks. I actually thought all of Las Vegas had "turned gay," and that "all of Las Vegas" would attend. Thanks for clarifying, we were so confused.


    Penny wrote on May 02, 2008 03:48 PM: Poor boobs. If you'd been smart enough to elect a real president, those soldiers wouldn't be dead or maimed, and you wouldn't be lining up to put quarters in a bucket and blow kisses at a mongoloid like Hannity and a war criminal like North. Besides, didn't you pay taxes to support our military? Ask Bush and Cheney's bar buddies at Halliburton where that money is.


    Not funny wrote on May 02, 2008 02:10 PM: Las Vegas has not turned gay.
    It is just a parade and not all of Las Vegas will be attending.


    OMG wrote on May 02, 2008 11:14 AM: Nice Float.
    I guess I know where all the democrats will be this weekend.


    Proud American wrote on May 02, 2008 11:08 AM: Anyone that gets there news just from CNN (clinton news network) is a very unbalanced person.
    It is the left that fears a one on one debate. We need a strong Republican President to keep our country safe from the terrorists of the world.
    What Sean is doing for the children for the brave soldiers fighting for our freedoms is amazing.
    I don't see one democrat doing anything like this to support the Troops or their Families.


    GOD wrote on May 02, 2008 09:58 AM: I'll be at the fundraiser at the Orleans instead of being with the selfish gays, partying the night away and spreading more disease.

    The fundraiser is to benefit and give scholarships to children of U.S. soldiers --- count me in!


    Alan wrote on May 02, 2008 07:46 AM: Dave CNN is not a good source of Honesty. Anyone may go too the Orleans Fest tonight. Demoncrats are afraid to Debate unless it is pre-script and confirmed by the Demoncrats.
    You still blame President Bush for what congress has control of, Congress voted for war. Congress makes the law, the President signs them. What has your demoncratic party done since they been in charge? Higher food and gas prices, taxes, calling people names. Dave, look at the whole picture outside of your political party. Political parties are a joke, 95% agrees with what there parties says. As an Independent and not invited to any political fund raisers. I vote for the person who i may think will do the job no matter their Political affiliation.


    dosboot wrote on May 02, 2008 07:41 AM: To David and his little comment that "One thing angry AM republicans fear is a ...one on one debate" News flash Davey, Sean Hannity appears on a show entitled "Hannity and Colmes," with Colmes being from the left. Didn't the Republicans debate on MSNBC with Chris Matthews asking the questions. Matthews is the former speech writer for Jimmy Carter (D), and former aid to Tip O'Neill (D). The Democrats however, have refused to debate on Fox News, fearful that they might be asked a tough question. One wonders how those same Democrats, if elected, would handle the debate in the international forum where the antagonists are greater, and the consequence for getting the wrong answer is potentially fatal.


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