During its transition from The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood to downtown Las Vegas, the recently-closed Krave nightclub will temporarily take up residence inside Crown Theater and Nightclub at Rio Las Vegas, starting Jan. 18, 2012.

Not to be confused with a proposed supertall skyscraper called Crown Las Vegas, which we didn't know about until six seconds ago.

Unrelated: Read more about the supertall skyscraper thingy.

Krave was one of the premier gay nightclubs in the country, and will open as Krave Massive (see below) in downtown’s Neonopolis later this spring. Learn more here, or visit Krave Massive’s official site.

Krave Massive, which owners claim will be the largest gay nightclub in the world.

Until its move to Neonopolis is complete, Krave will operate as “Krave at Crown,” open each Friday and Saturday night, 10:30 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.

Neonopolis is already home to Krave’s sister nightlife extravaganza, Drink & Drag, where the majority of staff members are drag queens.

Drink & Drag is full of surprises.

The Krave club at Rio will bring over many of the same team from the location at The Miracle Mile, and will feature some of the town’s best DJs, including Michael Graves (reader pick for “Best DJ” in the 2012 “Best of Las Vegas” issue of the Las Vegas Review-Journal), Lightknife, Mikey Francis, Dave Aude and DJ Irene.

Krave at Crown will also have its signature go-go-dancers, voted “Best Go-Go Dancers” for 2012 by the staff of Las Vegas Weekly.

Who says Las Vegas isn’t a champion of culture?

The Saxe Theater in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood has announced it will open “Stripped The Play,” direct from Off-Broadway, on Dec. 21, 2012.

This blog doesn't have a six pack. More of a keg.

“Stripped The Play,” which feels like it needs some additional punctuation somewhere, delves into the world of male stripping, following “the true story of an ex-cop’s final night on stage and the struggles he faces before taking-it-off one last time.”

Here’s an interview with one of the major players, Steve Stanulis.

“Stripped The Play” will appear nightly at midnight (dark on Sunday and Monday) at the Saxe Theater.

Learn more about the show sure to put the “ab” in “fabulous Vegas shows.” A tagline this blog should probably trademark, come to think of it.

Everybody knows the world’s coming to an end in December, right? At least according to those pesky Mayans.

Well, if anyone can make the most of a cataclysmic event, it’s Las Vegas! (After all, the city used to host atomic test explosions the same way Times Square hosts New Year’s Eve.)

PBR Rock Bar at The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, for example, is offering drink specials in anticipation of the end of the world. Guests are invited to check items off their “Beer Bucket List” with $19 Budweiser buckets every day, for example.

To conclude the countdown, Vegas visitors won’t want to miss an “End of the World” party on Dec. 21, 2012.

At PBR Rock Bar, you can celebrate the end of the world by drinking from the end of a bull.

Dec. 21, of course, is supposed to be the end of the world based on what many scientists refer to as “pseudoscience,” or what this blog refers to as “complete malarkey.” According to some, Dec. 21 marks the end of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, whatever that might actually be. Read more if you enjoy fiction.

Whether the doomsayers are right or not, Las Vegas is always up for throwing a party.

Learn more about PBR Rock Bar & Grill at their official site, before it’s too late.

Krave Nightclub, a popular gay club at The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, is pulling up stakes and moving to downtown Las Vegas at Neonopolis.

The new nightclub, to be named Krave Massive, is expected to be the world’s largest gay nightclub and will open in a space formerly occupied by movie theaters.

Trust us on this one. You haven't fully partied in Vegas until you've partied with drag queens.

The folks behind Krave also run Drink & Drag, a fun new drag queen bar, bowling alley and billiard room, also located inside Neonopolis. Neonopolis is located on the northwest corner of Fremont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Plans for Krave Massive claim it will have five themed dance rooms, three bars, a comedy club (tentatively called Tickled Pink) and a performing arts theater. Also slated is an outdoor pool area.

The new Krave Massive club is expected to open in December 2012, with no word yet on when the Krave at The Miracle Mile Shops will shut its doors.

The ’80s is a favorite era of this blog, so we were downright giddy to learn of a new show opening at the V Theater inside The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood on July 13, “Awesome ’80s Prom.”

The interactive show will take guests back to the days of “shoulder pads, big hair, preppies and jocks,” including being able to mingle with actors portraying characters from ’80s classics like “The Breakfast Club” and “Pretty in Pink.”

Expect this show to have an ample supply of both Wang and Chung.

In honor of the new show, the V Theater’s mezzanine showroom will be “transformed into a prom dance floor with a stage, disco lights, and classic ’80s decor,” according to the owner of the theater, David Saxe.

One of the highlights of the evening should be the chance to pose for an “awkward ’80s prom photo.” This blog is a big fan of awkward.

From the descriptions we’ve read, the “immersive” nature of the show seems to be akin to the “Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding” experience, a show formerly at the V Theater. Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding is now at Bally’s Las Vegas. Note: There will be a test.

“Awesome ’80s Prom” opens July 13, 2012, running at 8:00 p.m. each day (dark Sunday).

Learn more about the approximately 1,400 entertainment options at the V Theater on the official site.

PBR Rock Bar & Grill inside The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood is mounting the mechanical bull of Vegas nightlife and riding it for all it’s worth. Which, this blog realizes, might be the worst metaphor in recorded history. Let’s not allow that to deter us from the matter at hand.

The popular PBR Rock Bar restaurant has already added a DJ booth (the paint was still fresh when we snagged the pic below), and plans are in place to divide the restaurant into two parts as the evening progresses (with a sound-proof wall, so diners won’t be disturbed), providing a mix of laid-back dining and the Vegas nightclub experience.

Tip: Tilting your camera makes things seem even cooler.

Additions are still being made to the decor, but the area pictured below will serve as a dance floor for night owls seeking to shake their badonkadonks off, whatever those might actually be.

This is where this blog will be exhibiting its mad badonkadonk skilz.

The area is expected to feature high-top furniture for party animals to keep their dogs from barking too much as the night wears on.

The club portion of PBR Rock Bar will even have its own entrance, directly across from the popular Earl of Sandwich restaurant.

It's a photo of a door! Hey, not everything can be front page news.

Bonus, the more adventurous can still make their way from the dance area to take on PBR Rock Bar’s hydraulic mechanical bull. This would seem an opportune time to share our video of bull-riding maven Karie, who we took no enjoyment in taping, believe us.

Visit the official PBR Rock Bar site, where you’ll find all the latest news as well as a healthy supply of scantily-clad rodeo clowns. We try not to ask.

Flash mobs as a social phenomenon may not be dead, but they’re definitely on life support, thankfully.

A flash mob planned on May 12, 2012 at The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood might just change this blog’s mind about these “spontaneous” outbursts of group performance, though. (See? Right there. Planned spontaneity. Just one of the things we don’t get about flash mobs.)

In honor of World Belly Dance Day (liking it already), a Las Vegas belly dance group, Fuego Fusion,  will perform a “shimmy mob” at 4:00 p.m. on May 12 outside the Planet Hollywood resort.

Actual belly dancers may vary.

Belly dancing aside, the other reason we might not hate this flash mob is it will raise funds for The Shade Tree, a shelter for homeless and abused women and their children where this blog has personally volunteered on numerous occasions.

The “shimmy mob,” which we’re going to keep putting quotation marks around because we’re not sure we condone it, will also celebrate belly dance as an art form.

Other “shimmy mobs” will take place in 100 locations around the world on World Belly Dance Day. All the gatherings will raise donations for women’s and children’s shelters. Visit the official site.

Life offers too few opportunities to both watch belly dancing and contribute to charity.

Here’s some video from last year’s event. Hint: It’s not that kind of belly dancing.

The event will last four minutes, as so many things in Las Vegas do, and will happen near the entrance to the Cabo Wabo Cantina.

Just because we don’t condone something doesn’t mean this blog isn’t going to share it!

Check out this clever Las Vegas keepsake.

No, we did not make this in Photoshop.

What makes this a Las Vegas keepsake, you ask? Do you always ask such impertinent questions?

Well, for your information, we found this item while roaming the Urban Outfitters store at The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood.

Which is in Las Vegas.

You’re forgiven for your insolence.

We’re writing this blog post at 10:00 a.m., and in Las Vegas, that means it’s time to start thinking about our next cocktail!

Today, we vote for the Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum Toasted Colada at Cabo Wabo Cantina in The Miracle Mile at Planet Hollywood. (Say that five times fast.)

Please note: The phrase "lick the rim" is not inherently inappropriate. That's all on you.

Hey, we even took notes about the ingredients this time.

The Toasted Colada contains two ounces of Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum, one ounce of Coco Lopez and some pineapple juice. Even we can memorize that recipe. Just mix up all that flavorful goodness, dip the glass in honey and toasted coconut and you’re all set.

You could probably make one at home, but why would you do that when you could head to Cabo Wabo, put your feet up, people-watch, enjoy some tunes and soak in the gloriousness that is the Las Vegas Strip?

Oh, and that “put your feet up” thing was just a figure of speech. People are trying to eat.

It’s time for more change in the wake of the massive Linq development project in the center of the Las Vegas Strip. The last day for The Rockhouse Bar & Nightclub at Imperial Palace is May 5, 2012.

We just got a little weepy there for a second.

The popular, boisterous watering hole will be moving to a temporary location at The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood until a more permanent home can be found (probably by late summer).

They were the best of times and, well, also the best of times.

As the clock counts down for The Rockhouse, stop by and enjoy the hooch, the beer pong and the lovely bartenders swinging from tires.

Don't try this at home. This Las Vegas blog is not liable for your rope burn.

Catch up on all the latest Linq news.

Blondies Sports Bar & Grill, in The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, is a reliably good time, and Living Social is currently offering up a deal for $40 worth of food and drink for $20.

It’s likely O’Sheas casino will soon hand over the mantle of “Beer Pong Mecca” to Blondies, so you might as well give this deal a go to test the waters.

No apostrophe. Like Caesars Palace or Madame Tussauds.

The menu at Blondies features sandwiches and burgers, as well as the popular deep-fried mac ‘n’ cheese balls, homemade chili, pizza, Famous Beer Can Chicken, New York Strip and other hearty fare. There are 12,400 (rough estimate) flat-screen TVs to choose from (the largest being 12 feet wide), and the cheerleader-inspired waitress outfits are always worth a return visit. You know, if you’re into that kind of thing.

The 50%-off deal is good for a week (expires April 4, 2012). Go to Living Social for the details.

While you're at The Miracle Mile Shops, make sure to check out this giant model of the human gastrointestinal tract. Or something.

Need another reason to visit Blondies? Now through April 30, 2012, you could win an actual diamond when you order a cocktail from a special “Diamond Menu.” When guests order a cocktail, they get to choose a diamond out of a glass that also contains 5,000 decoy stones. If the chosen diamond is the real one, it’s a keeper, and a jewelry store, Designs by Zulema, will set the diamond free of charge.

The Diamond Menu includes the Carrot Cake Martini, Silhouette Martini, Sex in the City cocktail, Bubble Martini and Dulche Leche cocktail. All the drinks are $15.

One of the most spine-tingling acts in Vegas, the Skating Aratas, got some sweet time in the spotlight on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” recently. Take a look.

Our palms are sweaty. Are your palms sweaty? In our case, it might just be a circulatory issue, but we’re thinking it might also be that this is the most amazing variety act ever.

We love that Ellen not only heaps DeGeneres amounts of praise on the pair (see what we did there?), but also give them neck braces. They do this with their eyes closed? Seriously?

What is wrong with these people?

The Skating Aratas are currently featured in “V: The Variety Show” at the Miracle Mile inside Planet Hollywood. The daring duo formerly performed at “Absinthe” at Caesars Palace.

Find out more from the official site for V: The Ultimate Variety Show.

The one thing that is glaringly evident when you first meet Sammy Hagar is he’s having a blast.

This blog recently had its first official “Red Rocker” encounter at the Cabo Wabo Cantina in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood in honor of the unveiling of Sammy Hagar’s latest booze-related endeavor, Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum.

The party's just getting started.

Sammy Hagar, former member of Van Halen and hard-driving singer of the immortal hit, “I Can’t Drive 55,” schmoozed with journalists and his fans, and celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse even turned up in support of his friend’s new hooch.

Emeril Lagasse assists as Sammy Hagar gives his new rum some sweet love.

Cabo Wabo Cantina also took the opportunity to launch several new signature rum cocktails, including Sammy’s Shark Bite, Sammy’s Beach Rum Toasted Colada and Sammy’s Maui Libre.

This Coconut Margarita is not new, nor does it feature rum. We do not especially care. We loved it.

Given that this blog is an ardent supporter of all-things-rum, we grabbed a quick soundbite about the new Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum from Sammy himself.

Hagar said, “I didn’t have any intentions of making another liquor. I did miss it, though, that’s why I’m kind of excited again. A guy came up to me named Mark Nigbur who makes Pau Vodka. I’d tasted that vodka, and he makes it in Hawaii. I met him and he looks just like me and he’s a huge fan. So, we went out and partied one night, and I asked him, ‘Why aren’t you making rum or something with all the syrup you have?’ He asked me if I like rum, and I said not really. I typically drink tequila or a fine wine, and vodka once in awhile. He said, ‘I’ll make you some rum.’ He’s a chemist and he knows what he’s doing.”

In speaking to Sammy Hagar, one gets the feeling a lot of his endeavors develop just like this. “I met a guy. He was a fan. Now we have a rum.” Like we said, Sammy is having a blast.

Sammy's new rum is made in Hawaii. Not a bad thing, as costume themes go.

He continues, “Mark said, ‘I’ll make you the best rum you’ve ever tasted in your life.’ He comes over to my house about a week later, he lives right behind me, by the way, and he brought me what’s become Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum. I tasted it, and it blew my mind. White rum will put you in the hospital! You can’t drink white rum.”

We’re thinking this should be the slogan for Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum: “White rum will put you in the hospital!” Hey, it worked for the Heart Attack Grill.

Ask Sammy. He'll write his name on your stuff.

“We’ve aged some in a small barrel so it tastes like it’s been aged five years,” says Hagar. “It’s the best spirit I’ve ever put in my mouth. This guy’s a genius, otherwise I wouldn’t have done it. This isn’t about a business. I can’t spend all my money. This is about my fans. They’ve been so good to me. Every time I taste this, I think, ‘Wait until my fans taste this.’ I blew their mind with the tequila, I try to blow their minds with the music every time, it makes me feel really good.”

Another feeling you get when you talk to Sammy Hagar? He’s a genuinely nice guy. Evidence? In the time we’ve been doing this Las Vegas blog, and after all the media events we’ve attended, we have never once seen a celebrity personally greet every single photographer on the red carpet. Until Sammy Hagar. The Red Rocker rocks it.

Note: This blog does not condone the lofting of premium silver rum bottles. Probably.

Learn more about the Cabo Wabo Cantina at Planet Hollywood on the official site, and Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum here.

It's Sammy's world, we just sip in it.

In closing, Sammy Hagar added, “I want to impress my fans because I want to do this forever.”

We’ll drink to that.

This blog is all about supporting public radio, but we’re even more all about saving some bucks on Vegas stuff! In the case of this particular discovery, we get to do both.

Nevada Public Radio is hosting an online auction, through Feb. 18, 2012, and there are a ton of Vegas offerings up for grabs, many of which are likely to go for much less than their face value.

Bucks, meet saved.

The Las Vegas hotels in the Caesars Entertainment family even have their own section on the auction site, with offerings like Celine Dion and Rod Stewart tickets (both appearing at Caesars Palace), as well as tickets to “Absinthe” (also at Caesars) and Mac King at Harrah’s Las Vegas.

There are also a slew of show tickets being auctioned for the V Theater inside The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, including deals on “Stripper 101″ classes at the V Theater, and we’re not just saying that so we can post a photo of “Sin City Sindy,” the 31-foot-tall pole dancer who resides adjacent to the V Theater at Stripper Bar. Probably.

This blog does not necessarily condone giant strippers.

There are hundreds of items up for bid, and you might just snag a sweet Vegas deal if you’re cunning or adroit or wily or another word we sagaciously copied and pasted from an online thesaurus.

Check out the online auction to benefit Nevada Public Radio.

Las Vegas comedy-hypnotist Marc Savard performed more than 300 shows last year, and no two of those shows were the same.

That’s because every night at Savard’s show, at the V Theater inside The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, audience volunteers set aside their preconceived notions about hypnosis and jump onstage to become stars of the show, often with unpredictable, uproarious results.

Eyelids. Feeling. Heavy.

It’s taken this blog some time to get to Marc Savard’s show, but we’ve heard universally positive word-of-mouth about it for ages, and we weren’t disappointed.

A projected message before the “Marc Savard Comedy Hypnosis” show sets the stage for what’s to come.

Gauntlet, meet thrown.

An initial group of 30 volunteers is whittled down to about a dozen, based upon several factors this blog can’t even begin to understand (Savard: “We want the best of the best”), then the fun really begins.

One subject is given the suggestion Marc Savard is the most repulsive person they’ve ever met. Another is told he’s irresistible. Another is given a new name. Yet another is told that when Savard shakes their hand, they’ll think they’ve been pinched. Sometimes the suggestions stick, and sometimes they don’t, and that’s part of the fun, too.

Yes, it's Marc with a "c." It's a Canadian thing.

Savard has a number of go-to gags, but ultimately the volunteers react in ways even Savard can’t predict.

Here’s a fun video of some outtakes from the show.

After years of performing, and thousands of shows, Savard is a master of dealing with the unexpected, always in complete control of his subjects and the audience, and never losing his cool. A rowdy, intoxicated patron in the front row? No big deal! Savard works him seamlessly into the show.

So, if the subjects onstage aren’t plants (we know this because our companion took the plunge), are they faking it?

Here’s what Savard says: “There are certain characteristics and things that I’m looking for. Who in their right mind would do those crazy behaviors without 1) laughing, 2) being afraid of being caught, 3) looking up to see what everyone else is doing? There’s many different factors. When you see the show, and you see people’s somber reactions when they’re relaxed, and their instantaneous reactions to the suggestions I’m giving, you can see how real it is. The best way is to send your friends up there. You know your friends better than anybody. And when you see them doing the things they’re doing, you know for a fact that they’re not faking.”

Hear more in this interview that appeared on the local news in Vegas.

Bonus Marc Savard trivia: Savard received his hypnotherapy training from master hypnotist, Gil Boyne. Boyne was the lead hypnosis consultant on the 1959 classic, “The Hypnotic Eye.”

If you’re looking for a late-night Vegas show full of surprises and laughs, this would be that. Further evidence: On the night we attended, even in the middle of the week, the V Theater was absolutely packed.

The “Marc Savard Comedy Hypnosis” show happens at 10:00 p.m. each night (dark Fridays), and this is an 18-or-older show due to some adult humor. (We thought it would be raunchier, but if fellow comedy-hypnotist Anthony Cools at Paris Vegas is a 10 on the raunch scale, this is about a 7. Nearly Grandma-safe!)

Find out more at the official Marc Savard site.

Enjoy our exclusive gallery of photos which we have no memory of taking.