Music Legend Kenny Loggins Plays One Night at John Ascuaga’s Nugget

Sparks/Reno, Nev. – His songs literally became the soundtrack of a generation – “I’m Alright,” “Footloose,” and “Danger Zone.” See Kenny Loggins in the intimate Celebrity Showroom, November 5, at John Ascuaga’s Nugget.
During nearly four decades as a professional singer-songwriter, Loggins has established himself as many things to countless music lovers. For instance for first half of the Seventies, Loggins was, along with Jim Messina, part of the popular, influential and somewhat accidental duo Loggins & Messina that formed in the wake of the classic 1971 album Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin’ In, originally meant to be Loggins’ debut solo album.
When Loggins & Messina ended their musical partnership in 1976, Loggins pressed on to explore his own musical path as an introspective solo artist, beginning with such artistically and commercially successful releases as 1977’s Celebrate Me Home, with its popular title track, and 1978’s Nightwatch, which featured Loggins smash duet with Stevie Nicks, “Whenever I Call You Friend.” Loggins has since recorded a remarkable and eclectic series of albums, including such popular highlights as 1979’s Keep The Fire (“This Is It”), 1982’s High Adventure (“Don’t Fight It,” “Heart To Heart,” 1991’s deeply personal and acclaimed Leap Of Faith(featuring “Conviction Of The Heart,” which Al Gore has called “the unofficial anthem of the environmental movement”), 1993’s exquisite live retrospective Outside: From the Redwoods and 2003’s It’s About Time.
During this same period, Loggins grew even more well-known for recording a series of soundtrack pop smashes including such Top Ten hits as “I’m Alright” from Caddyshack, “Footloose” from Footloose, “Danger Zone” from Top Gun and “Nobody’s Fool from Caddyshack II, as well as for participating in USA For Africa’s historic benefit recording “We Are The World, and co-writing the Grammy-winning Song of the Year “What A Fool Believes.”
Kenny Loggins plays one night, November 5, in the Celebrity Showroom at 8 p.m. Tickets are just $79 and are available by calling (800) 648-1177 or (775) 356-3300 or by visiting janugget.com. Dinner and show packages are available. “Do the Nugget Tonight!”

“Put the Nuns In Charge” Fundraiser for Our Lady of the Snows Parochial School at John Ascuaga’s Nugget

Sparks/Reno, Nev. – Sit up straight and hide your knuckles! See “Put the Nuns In Charge,” a fundraiser for Our Lady of the Snows parochial school, November 20-21, in the Celebrity Showroom at John Ascuaga’s Nugget.
Put the Nuns in Charge, featuring Chicago actress Vicki Quade, is a funny refresher course with a modern look at the “Golden Rule.” Mother Superior offers her own opinions on just about everything: from the shade of your lipstick to the portable music player in your pocket. Put the Nuns in Charge creates a nostalgic look at a Catholic-school upbringing, applying those experiences to today’s modern problems. In Mother Superior’s world, everything relates to her Catholic faith. Instead of listening to modern music, she directs the class to look at the religious classics! She longs for the days of the May Queen and wonders what examples are being set by today’s celebrities.
For her work raising awareness of the plight of retired Sisters, Quade received the Spirit of Benedict Award in 2003 from the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, and, in 2005, she was given a Partners in Mission Award by the Sisters of the Living Word in Arlington Heights. In 2009, the Sisters of Providence in Indiana honored her for her contributions to their order.
Proceeds will benefit Reno’s Our Lady of the Snows parochial school expansion project, which includes a new science and technology center, classrooms, a library and restroom facilities. For more details, visit their website at ourladyofthesnowsschool.org.
Put the Nuns in Charge, a fundraiser for Our Lady of the Snows parochial school, plays two shows in the Celebrity Showroom – Saturday, November 20 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 21 at 4 p.m. Tickets are just $35 and are available by calling (800) 648-1177 or (775) 356-3300 or by visiting janugget.com. Dinner and show packages are available. “Do the Nugget Tonight!”

Free Christmas Craft Show coming Thanksgiving Weekend!

John Ascuaga’s Nugget and Williams LTD have teamed up to produce a wonderful holiday gift festival this Thanksgiving weekend featuring:

More than 100 Christmas Craft & Gift Booths
Nugget Christmas Cooking & Baking Demonstrations
Nugget Holiday Cocktail Instruction
Sparks Florist Holiday Arrangement Making Exhibitions
Food Bank Silent Auction & Raffle
Children’s Christmas Craft Making
Christmas Food & Cheer
And Santa Claus!

John Ascuaga’s Nugget Rose Ballroom

Thanksgiving Weekend ● Nov. 26-28, 2010
Friday: Noon to 8 p.m. ● Saturday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ● Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free Admission ● Free Parking

Help someone in need – Bring a can of food for the Food Bank of Northern Nevada!

Colin Hay of Australia’s “Men at Work” Plays One Night at John Ascuaga's Nugget

Reno/Sparks, Nev. – As the singer, guitarist, and main songwriter of Australia's Men at Work, Colin Hay was responsible for penning several of the quirkiest pop hits of the early 1980s. See Hay one night, October 9, in the Celebrity Showroom at John Ascuaga's Nugget.
Although he and his former band will forever be associated with "the land down under," Hay originally hailed from Scotland, where he was born in the town of Kilwinning on June 29, 1953. Hay relocated to Australia in 1967, by which time he had begun playing guitar and singing. Although the country is probably best known for spawning hard rock bands (AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Radio Birdman, etc.), Hay sought to form a band that was more in line with the burgeoning new wave style, but one that also embraced pop. Shortly after joining up with guitarist Ron Strykert in 1978, Hay's master plan was realized, as Men at Work was formed. Rounding out the band was saxophonist/flutist Greg Ham, bassist John Rees, and drummer Jerry Speiser, who in 1982 issued their debut full-length, Business as Usual. Earning quite a few comparisons to then-reigning chart kings the Police, Men at Work quickly became MTV favorites (during the station's early days). Since he was the group's main singer and songwriter, Hay quickly became the focal point of the band,
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as such humorous videos for "Who Can It Be Now" and "Down Under" pushed the debut album to the top of the U.S. charts - making Men at Work an overnight sensation. Perhaps sensing that they should strike again while they were still fresh in people's minds, Men at Work went directly back in the studio to work on another album. Issued in 1983, Cargo was another sizeable hit, but did not fare nearly as well as its predecessor - commercially or artistically. Taking an extended break, Hay and company did not resurface again until 1985's Two Hearts, an unfocused recording that saw almost half of the band replaced. With the album's disappointing showing, Men at Work split up shortly thereafter. Hay embarked on a solo career, debuting in 1987 with Looking for Jack (the title of which supposedly referred to a brief encounter Hay had with actor Jack Nicholson), which once more failed to match the success of his early work with Men at Work. Hay continued to release solo material with regularity throughout the '90s, including such titles as 1990's Wayfaring Sons, 1992's Peaks & Valleys, 1994's Topanga, and 1998's Transcendental Highway. The same decade, Hay also launched his own record label, Lazy Eye Records, and sporadically acted in cult movies (which he had began doing the previous decade) and TV shows, including parts on such series as JAG, The Larry Sanders Show, Scrubs and The Mick Molloy Show, among others. Hay continues to release albums and tour, as the early 21st century saw the release of a pair of recordings - a new studio album in 2001, Going Somewhere, and a collection of re-recorded Men at Work and solo tracks in 2003 (Man at Work). Hay also toured with Ringo Starr in the summer of 2003, as part of the former Beatles drummer's annual All Starr Band. He released Are You Lookin' at Me? in 2007, followed by American Sunshine in 2009 and 2010’s Live at the Corner.
Colin Hay plays one night, Saturday, October 9, in the Celebrity Showroom at 8 p.m. Tickets are just $30 and are available by calling (800) 648-1177 or (775) 356-3300 or by visiting janugget.com. Dinner and show packages are available. “Do The Nugget Tonight!”