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DECEMBER 11 - DECEMBER 17
- La Concha’s moving parts
- Rendezvous with one hotel lobby on its journey to preservation read article
The Intersection
- What really happens in Vegas …(2 comments)
- If I were an investigative reporter working for one of the local daily newspapers, near the top of my list for digging would be the ... more
- Reaching out
- It’s often two steps forward and one step back in the Vegas cultural community. It may seem that art has taken a step back, but ... more
- The Help Desk
- O.J. Simpson sentenced to 9 to 33 years in prison for role in Palace Station robbery. Even Simpson’s longtime supporters are saying, “It’s about friggin’ ... more
- Amen Corner: It’s about time
- Maybe Clark County got as sick as we were of seeing tourists taking their lives in their hands, scampering across rush-hour traffic to get to ... more
- Eclipsed by the competition?
- The Solar Convention proved one thing: The future of solar is not sunny. more
- The best ever?
- I saw the news of Greg Maddux’s retirement on a crawl, and I told my wife, and she asked how old he was, and I ... more
Nightlife
- Velvet Lion to take on the “Vegas Gouge,” calls for unity(1 comment)
- The Velvet Lion gentlemen’s club stated its purpose in a memo meant to right a grievous wrong imposed one too many times on the nightlife ... more
- Tiffany Dawn Soto—For heaven’s “sake”
- “The rules are short and simple: It’s cold not hot, sips not shots, and if you drop it in a beer I’ll call security.” more
- At what price, love? (1 comment)
- Last Wednesday I should have attended a very special get-together at Rain, one bringing together two equally special groups of people: sugar daddies/mamas and sugar babies. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Hey, he’s talkin’ here!
- What do Petey, Big Petey, Regular Petey, Irregular Petey, Ortho Petey, Re Petey and Joey Bagga Donuts have in common? more
- Let it snow—at Mt. Charleston!
- This is going to be the year I learn how to snowboard. I promise myself this every winter. But really, this is the year. more
- ’Tis the season
- We’re talking Nat Cole singing about chestnuts roasting on an open fire, or a symphony galloping through “Sleigh Ride.” And this week the place to ... more
- Miranda Lambert
- It took a little longer for her to connect, but Miranda Lambert eventually had the older post-NFR crowd nearly as enthusiastic as the teen-girl fans ... more
- Oasis
- Fifteen years of braggadocio, buffoonery and brotherly brawling—not to mention a long string of undistinguished albums—have soured Noel and Liam Gallagher for all but their ... more
- Presents from the past
- Looking for a holiday gift for your favorite music lover? These reissues make some of 2008’s best musical presents. more
- D’oh, Henry!(1 comment)
- Just when you think you know which way Insurgo’s going to go, they zag to your zig. Case in point: director John Beane’s traditional staging ... more
- Finds at the Factory
- Bill Fravel, whose watercolor landscapes inaugurate the new Rever Gallery, does not fit the stereotype of the prim and prissy purist who frowns upon new ... more
- Dance the night away
- For its fall outing, the College of Southern Nevada Dance Department offered a bill mixing an abstract and intellectually distant duet with a large-scale cynical ... more
- Winter garden
- The tree is 45 feet tall, the reindeer made of whole pecans. That wreath is 21 feet high. The four toy soldiers would dwarf Yao ... more
- Aliante Station: Dime-store modern(1 comment)
- The 202-room, $662 million Aliante Station in North Las Vegas feels like an off-the-rack Red Rock. Both share a desert-modern vibe of textured-rock-meets-sheets-of-glass, but Aliante ... more
- He’s tricky
- Rick Lax is a magician turned lawyer turned author. Weekly sat down with the man at his de facto workplace, Borders at Town Square. more
Screen
- JCVD
- Jean-Claude Van Damme has spent the last 20 years convincing audiences that he can’t act, so the fact that he shows some vulnerability and emotional ... more
- Nothing Like the Holidays
- Simplistic and soapy, Nothing Like the Holidays nonetheless succeeds in warming the cockles. more
- Action flashback
- With this week’s release of the Jean-Claude Van Damme meta-comeback vehicle JCVD, we got to thinking about our favorite has-been action stars, and the highlights ... more
- Moving forward but standing still
- The Day the Earth Stood Still, which in 1951 spoke to the nation’s anxiety about the terrible power of nuclear fission, has now gone green. more
- Dark Streets
- Lavishly styled but narratively lax, Dark Streets slides by just enough on its beautiful images and sumptuous soundtrack to be worth seeing. more
Taste
- Mixed vintage
- There’s no denying that the wine bistro, a yuppified version of the gastropubs now springing up in major American cities, is having its day. Which brings us to The Grape at Town Square.
- Regulate your app-etite
- There is a critical time between Thanksgiving feasts and New Year’s resolutions that is commonly known as the black hole of dieting.
- Red-carpet McDonald’s
- When a new restaurant opens on the Strip, owners like to announce their presence to the world with a grand opening. This turns out to be true even when the restaurant isn’t at all grand, like the new McDonald’s next to Circus Circus.
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Thursday
2008-12-18
Southwest
Rick Lax book signing and magic show at Borders Books and Music in Town Square
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Thursday
2008-12-18
Comedy
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2008-12-18
Theater
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Saturday
2008-12-20
North Las Vegas
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Saturday
2008-12-20
UNLV
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2008-12-20
Theater
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Sunday
2008-12-21
Hip Hop for hipsters at downtown's Beauty Bar
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2008-12-21
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2008-12-21
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Monday
2008-12-22
The Strip
Living Room Lounge at Prive presents Dirty Vinyl House Sessions
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Monday
2008-12-22
Open Mic
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2008-12-22
Xania's Hot Spots
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Wednesday
2009-12-23
UNLV
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2009-12-23
The Strip
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2009-12-23
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Soundcheck
- Presents from the past
- Looking for a holiday gift for your favorite music lover? These reissues make some of 2008's best musical presents.
Read more... - Britney Spears
- After several years of tabloid turmoil, baby-makin’ and bizarre behavior, Britney Spears is back on track doing what she does best: crafting wholly disposable, ultra-manufactured and downright irresistible pop music.
Read more... - Shiny Toy Guns
- The term “unclassifiable” may have negative connotations when it comes to disease or foodstuffs, but in the case of Shiny Toy Guns, it’s an unequivocal compliment.
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DECEMBER 11 - DECEMBER 17
Cocktail of the Week
Dec 11, 2008
by
Xania Woodman
Le Bohemia
When lead bartender Jerry Vargas met tall, lychee-sweet St-Germain liqueur, well, it was love at first sip, and he was inspired to employ it to build upon a classic gin ...
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