Three Square Food Bank hosted its annual benefit event DISH Las Vegas, presented by Smith’s Food & Drug Stores, last Thursday night at the Palms Pool & Bungalows. Top Vegas restaurants showed off their culinary skills at tasting stations while the night capped off with an intimate concert by Sugar Ray.

You would think that as hot as it gets in Las Vegas that there would be an ice cream parlor on every corner of this city. Instead, we found custards and gelatos intermixed with the summertime favorite treat. You’ll find places that specialize in ice cream along with a couple where the ice cream is just so good that we had to include them on our Haute 5 ice cream shops in Las Vegas.

Hospitality mogul and Butter Group co-founder Richie Akiva celebrated his birthday Sin City-style at The Bank Nightclub at Bellagio on Saturday night. Akiva, along with Butter Group co-founder Scott Sartiano and business partner Ronnie Madra recently announced their partnership with The Light Group and the highly anticipated debut of 1OAK at the Mirage on New Year’s Eve.  

Last night, the stars collided at XS Nightclub at Encore Las Vegas where Will.i.am was headlining in the deejay booth. Rob Kardashian and his “Dancing with the Stars” partner Cheryl Burke were the first to arrive to the evening festivities, practicing their new moves in an exclusive VIP table raised above the dance floor.

Saturday night, Eva Longoria and her boyfriend Eduardo Cruz made a visit to Marquee Nightclub at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The couple was joined by friends and took in the sounds of Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano as well as headline DJ Markus Schulz from a VIP table in the main room. Also spotted making a late-night stop at the hot spot was Ryan Seacrest.

Pure Nightclub inside of Caesars Palace welcomed Jennifer Lopez as she celebrated iHeartRadio Music Festival with an after-concert party Saturday night. In town for the music festival, Lopez made a special appearance at the Las Vegas nightclub after her show-stopping performance.

On Friday night, seven-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, who was in Sin City for the iHeartRadio Music Festival, treated party-goers to a special live performance at The Bank Nightclub at Bellagio. The superstar rocked the crowd, performing several of his hit singles including “Grenade” during which “The entire crowd club was signing along and waving lighters from side to side,” said an insider.  

Friday night Tao Nightclub at the Venetian celebrated its 1,000th night. Jay-Z hosted the event commemorating so many great parties. The legend himself was joined by the father of the West Dr. Dre as they held court at a dance floor table, providing inspiration for DJ Ross One who went back and forth playing each of their hits. Jay-Z was presented with a $100,000, 15-liter bottle of Ace of Spades Champagne delivered on a king’s throne with jokers in tow.

Stacy Ann Ferguson (Fergie) of The Black Eyed Peas fame visited Madame Tussauds Las Vegas for her wax figure reveal on Thursday.