SEPTEMBER

25

Epicurean Experience-Taste of Bellagio! An exclusive culinary evening with executive chefs includes a five-course dinner and cooking demonstrations. 7-10 p.m., Bellagio Resort. $150. 866-906-7171

OCTOBER

4

Beach Boys perform at 8 p.m., Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena. $38.45, $54.95. www.ticketmaster.com.

6

Las Vegas Philharmonic: The orchestra opens its 10th season with the Masterworks Series Gala and Masterworks I concert, welcoming pianist Misha Dichter. The repertoire will include music by Edvard Grieg, Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7, conducted by Philharmonic Musical Director David Itkin. 8 p.m., Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. 702-254-5704.

9

Rock Band Live Tour features Panic at the Disco and Dashboard Confessional with guests Plain White T's and The Cab. 7 p.m. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. All tickets $39.50, www.ticketmaster.com.

10-12

Creedance Clearwater Revisited performs 8 p.m. The Showroom, The Orleans Hotel & Casino. $55, $66, $88, www.ticketmaster.com.

17

Justin Timberlake and friends in concert, 9 p.m. Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. $75-$250. www.ticketmaster.com.

30- Nov. 12

Tom Jones: Welsh legend performs nightly at 7:30 p.m., Hollywood Theatre, MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. All seats $92.40, www.ticketmaster.com.

NOVEMBER

15

Alanis Morissette: The songstress performs at 8 p.m., The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Resort. $32, $56, $82. www.ticketmaster.com.

21-23

Bill Maher: 8 p.m. at the Orleans Hotel & Casino showroom; $55, $70, $88. www.orleanscasino.com.

ONGOING

NICE ICE: A lounge made of ice, Minus 5 Experience, opens at Mandalay Place this month. The first permanent ice lounge of its kind in the U.S., the 2,000-square-foot ice lounge is a sub-freezing space owned and operated by Minus 5 Group, a New Zealand-based company that owns six other Minus 5 ice lounges in three countries. Check out the ice chapel with colorful, stained "ice" windows and pews, ice sculptures and an ice candelabra. Adjacent to the Minus 5 Experience is the Minus 5 Lodge, a warm, rustic pub themed after the great arctic explorers. 702-300-5756.

HIGH ROLLER: At the Renaissance Las Vegas, the Get Comped Like a High Roller package includes a free one-night stay if you book three nights. The high-roller package is $126 per night. www.renaissancelasvegas.com.