Singles Club meets

The Pahrump Singles Friendship Club will meet at 5 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Nevada Cooperative Extension Office, corner of Dandelion Street and Calvada Boulevard, for the monthly potluck and membership meeting.

The club is not a dating service but a friendship group, and many friendships have evolved from this group.

Call Carol, 751-3841, or Marion, 727-0253, for more information.

Karaoke contest

The Nevada Country Music Association, Nye County chapter, is sponsoring a "Country Karaoke" contest beginning at 7 p.m. March 3 in Valley Bar on Gamebird Road at Vicky Ann Street.

The competition is open to amateurs only and there is a $10 entry fee.

The contest will be held at a different location as it progresses and the finals will be held at the Maverick on Mesquite Avenue.

For more information, call Terri 764-0006.

Kiwanis Black Tie Affair

The Kiwanis annual Black Tie Affair will begin at 6 p.m. March 7 in the Pahrump Nugget Events Center.

There will be live music, dancing, dinner, a no-host bar, door prizes, raffles and a silent auction.

Proceeds benefit the scholarship fund.

Tickets are $30 per person in advance and $35 at the door.

Call 209-3752 for tickets and more information.

Missoula Children's Theatre

The Pahrump Arts Council will host the Missoula Children's Theatre performance of "Robin Hood," scheduled to perform 2 and 6 p.m., March 14 in the PVHS auditorium.

Open auditions will begin at 4 p.m. March 9.

Call 751-6776 for more information.

Author speaks at Great Basin

Dr. Cheryll Glotfelty, associate professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, will speak on Nevada's literary heritage at 3 p.m. March 15 in Room 107 of Great Basin College, 551 E. Calvada Blvd.

Glotfelty is the editor of the state's first literary anthology. She is widely published on western American literature in periodicals, essay collections and reference works.

Twelve years of literary sleuthing went into the collaboration of "Writings From the Silver State," recently published by the University of Nevada Press.

Call 727-2000 for more information.

Ms. Senior Nye County Pageant

The Ms. Senior Nye County Pageant will be held April 18 at the Maverick, 340 E. Mesquite Ave.

The pageant is open to all ladies who have reached the elegant age of 60-plus.

Dancers, singers, comedy acts, poets, etc. are needed.

Everyone has a talent.

Contact Scotty, 727-0309, Val, 537-0468, or Teri, 764-0006, for more information.

Author's Extravaganza

The Pahrump Community Library will host the third annual Author's Extravaganza on April 25.

Any local author interested in showcasing their material should contact the library at 727-5930, ext. 12, for more information.

Free bridge lessons

Learn to play bridge or pick it up again.

Free lessons and free play. Adults and teenagers welcome.

Call 513-4440 and leave a message with day and evening numbers for a return call.

Scrabble players

Adults and teens wanting to play Scrabble on Sundays or possibly evenings in an accessible location should call 727-4911 and leave a message with day and evening numbers for a return call.