Almost everyone has a fascination with horses. This connection might reach back into our common ancestry when humans figured out how to tame an animal many times their size and cut down the time it took to get to and from the corner hunting grounds. The bond was formed between horse and humankind eons ago and it has never really been broken. We still ask how much horsepower a car has when going after a thrill ride.

James Darren has enjoyed a successful, multi-faceted career, spanning six decades of motion picture, television, recording and live concert performances. His film credits came early in the form of the series of “Gidget” movies, “The Guns of Navarone” and “Let No Man Write My Epitaph.” His television credits came later with starring roles on “The Time Tunnel,” “T.J. Hooker,” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”

Spring comes early to the desert. While the East Coast is still facing winter (according to Punxsutawney Phil), Laughlin, Bullhead City and the rest of the Southwest has been enjoying balmy days for over a month. But no matter the weather, the month of March usually means “Spring Cleaning.” Out with the old, in with the new, or maybe just fix the old to make it new.

Alan Jackson climbed to the top of the A List of country singers over two decades ago. There have been many who have come along since then to reach the upper tiers of that list and just as many have fallen off. But Jackson keeps on as one of the “biggies,” year after year. How many years? Well, he is in Laughlin on Sat, Feb 21, as part of his 25th anniversary “Keepin’ It Country Tour“—and he is not going to be alone. Opening for Jackson are two country singers who are candidates for the A-List of the future—Jon Pardi and Brandy Clark.