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- Calamity Jayne, take two
- She helped create a music scene. She served hard time in a federal penitentiary. And Las Vegas’ most infamous musical outlaw lived to talk about it all with the Weekly read article
- Calamity’s Most Notorious
- Weird and wonderful moments from the club’s four-year run read article
- The trials of Elizabeth Halverson
- Is a disciplinary hearing for the embattled judge about conduct or comformity? read article
The Intersection
- Solemn journey
- Debbie Zarder takes a deep breath. Lips trembling, she stifles tears and begins walking down the narrow hallway in her modest Henderson home, past the ... more
- If Paris can do it…
- In 2006, Paris Hilton was hot. By 2008, the former infotainment diversion had grown so tepid that clunky designer knockoff Perez Hilton was probably wishing ... more
- What we heard at the Hillary Clinton speech
- Hillary Clinton returned to Nevada last week to speak to a crowd gathered at Green Valley High School. These are words were overheard during the speech. more
- (S)Miley face(1 comment)
- Candidates vying for office will try anything to get attention—sleazy campaign ads, political fliers slamming other candidates, ubiquitous roadway signs. But odds are many voters ... more
- The Help Desk
- Forbes.com ranks Las Vegas among best U.S. cities for commercial investment. Las Vegans rank Forbes.com among most clueless websites. Criss Angel to launch own clothing ... more
Nightlife
- Douchebag follow-up
- This just proves once more that when Los Angelenos come to poo all over Vegas, they shouldn’t depart thinking the mayor is busy shining up ... more
- Rock Pockets
- In a world routinely committing crimes against rock culture (Tuscan Orange Grapefruit Michelob Ultra?!), it’s gratifying to see little pockets of rebellion still clinging to ... more
Arts & Entertainment
- The descent of man
- Before it delivers the inevitable jolt of redemption, The Night of The Gun is a maddening book, dangerous in large doses to anyone who has ... more
- Welcome Back, WB
- Ratings are down and speculation runs rampant that The CW may not even survive one more season. Meanwhile, Warner Brothers has quietly begun resurrecting the ... more
- Truth-telling
- Opening your heart is tough, especially when you’re laying it bare for the world to scrutinize. Below are Las Vegas Weekly’s favorite confessional works of art. more
- A cuckold, a fiddler and a long nose
- Molière’s farce about a dandy determined not to be cuckolded by his presumptive bride-to-be (even if she doesn’t know it yet) is given a very ... more
- Banding together
- More than 100 bands and artists performed Downtown over a three-day span last week, and odds are you’ve never heard of any of them. more
- Sex sells(3 comments)
- Amidst four nights ostensibly devoted to supporting developing musicians and propping up the local music scene, crowds ultimately flocked to something truly timeless: sex. more
- What’s in a name?
- Narayan: Name suggests: Skinhead oi! punk (playing off the word “Aryan,” of course). Actual sound: Maroon 5-y soul-pop, fronted by an Asian singer. That must ... more
Screen
- A thunderous return
- Lately Ben Stiller has been coasting, recycling his impotent-fury shtick in worthless movies like The Heartbreak Kid and Meet the Fockers or cashing easy paychecks ... more
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- With Star Wars, it appears more obvious than ever that you can’t go back again. The glory days of 1977-1980 are from a galaxy far, ... more
- Woody Allen’s European Vacation
- The fourth (and apparently final) film in what might be called Woody Allen’s European period, Vicky Cristina Barcelona is the closest to what fans of ... more
- Man on Wire
- It was possibly the most audacious stunt of the 20th century: French-born tightrope-walker Philippe Petit, along with a team of friends, snuck into the World ... more
- Henry Poole Is Here
- Hollywood doesn’t often deal directly with issues of faith and spirituality, mainly because it wants to appeal to as many people as humanly possible. So ... more
- Teenage wasteland
- Whatever barely discernible line may yet remain between the traditional documentary and “reality programming,” American Teen clearly has no use for it. more
Taste
- The next big thing
- Some have been touting the cooking of Peru as “the next big thing.” I don’t know if this is true, but I can say that Mi Peru, a South American grill housed in the Henderson space once home to Barbecue Masters, serves the best Peruvian food I’ve yet eaten in …
Horoscopes
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Wednesday
2008-08-20
Carnival games at CatHouse to support the Nevada Cancer Institute
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Wednesday
2008-08-20
It's "Rockstars and Groupies" night at Revolution
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Wednesday
2008-08-20
Reduced priced menu items and Japonais and free admission to Revolution
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Thursday
2008-08-21
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Thursday
2008-08-21
Vegas Young Professionals hosts this fun event at Moon
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Thursday
2008-08-21
Discounted drinks and live reggae music
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Friday
2008-08-22
Mos Def rocks the HOB's late show
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Friday
2008-08-22
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Friday
2008-08-22
The German rockers hit the stage at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues
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Saturday
2008-08-23
Get some extreme rock with Boston's Extreme at House of Blues
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Saturday
2008-08-23
Have some coffee with your live rock
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Saturday
2008-08-23
Green Valley
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Sunday
2008-08-24
Get a tour of Italy for a fraction of the cost
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Sunday
2008-08-24
Service Industry Night, sushi style
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Sunday
2008-08-24
Cold beer. Dirty boys. Latin music.
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Monday
2008-08-25
DJ Chris Adams spins commercial dance, house and hip-hop
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Monday
2008-08-25
Kick back on Mondays and enjoy food and drink specials at the Tropicana Pool
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Monday
2008-08-25
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Soundcheck
- Jean Grae
- The story of rapper Jean Grae’s fourth CD Jeanius is fraught with peril. It leaked four years ago, and since then Grae has threatened to quit in frustration with the ...
Read more... - The Walkmen
- A lot of folks who thought they liked The Walkmen smelled a rat when they heard 2006’s A Hundred Miles Off, or more accurately put, they didn’t hear one. Nothing ...
Read more... - Randy Newman
- Instantly familiar to anyone who’s ever watched a major motion picture in the last 35 years, Randy Newman’s mellow Southern California croon has long called to mind dependable friendships and ...
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Cocktail of the Week
Aug 14, 2008
by
Xania Woodman
Casino Royale
Perhaps even better in liquid form than the 2006 James Bond flick of the same name, the Casino Royale, property master mixologist John Dupont’s menu leader, is a broad adaptation ...
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