Next month’s Objectivist Conference (OCON) in Las Vegas will feature a fireworks display at the event’s host Red Rock Resort on the Fourth of July. The resort’s owner, Station Casinos, announced that the nine-minute show, produced by the Gruccis of New York and described as the largest fireworks show in southern Nevada, will celebrate the nation’s 234th birthday on Independence Day. Other OCON festivities on July 4th include a free OCON-sponsored celebration during the daytime. I reported on Red Rock as conference venue host in a previous post. Elsewhere in Las Vegas, hedonism appears to be spreading with a new trend in poolside entertainment: topless swimming pool parties. Read the article, unaccompanied by nude photos, in USA Today. Besides my scheduled classes, courses, and events during the conference, I am also planning on seeing the Penn and Teller show, seeing a movie at the Red Rock’s cinemas, and heading out on the town with friends.
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