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FEBRUARY 5 - FEBRUARY 11
- Extremely even Steven
- Will Horsford’s calm be enough in Carson City? read article
The Intersection
- Hey, Reb, where you going?
- Fridays at UNLV are usually sparsely attended; the campus moves at a lazy pace. But the campus sits under an uneasy cloud following proposed budget ... more
- Yes, Las Vegas, there is homophobia(1 comment)
- A few weeks ago, the Review-Journal’s Doug Elfman wrote something shocking. Or, rather, it was shocking to me, and it was even more shocking when ... more
- Oscar and the panda
- Welcome to fabulous, energy-devouring Las Vegas, Mother Earth. We’re standing under that iconic sign—the freshly paved parking lot looks great—waiting for the mayor of Las ... more
- Tiny Little Rant: No light at end of unemployment tunnel
- The sad truth is that some of you reading this have either lost your job or will lose it before the year is over. But ... more
- Three wise men
- After eight years of unchecked aggression in our foreign and domestic policy courtesy of George W. Shoe Target, we have someone in the White House ... more
- The Help Desk
- Study: Las Vegas expected to cut 35,000 jobs this year. But Gov. Gibbons says not to worry—most of those will be teaching jobs Mark & ... more
Nightlife
- Notes from four non-blondes
- Team Hangover had better things to do than attend last week’s “Blondetourage” party at Tao. Here’s what: more
- DJ day jobs
- As with anyone in a non-9-to-5 career, local DJs still have to pay the bills. From waiters and accountants to graphic designers and life-drawing models ... more
- Back in the saddle
- Lying on my back, drunk as the mint in a Julep, I’m still picking pink bachelorette boa fuzz off the black, felt-covered mechanical bull above me. more
- Original Sin Cider
- Seeing the need for a “superior cider,” Original Sin founder Gidon Coll spent his days in upstate New York tasting and his nights in Manhattan, ... more
- A little birdie told us
- Twitter-addicts of the world unite! The Las Vegas Twitter community will synchronize its efforts for one night as part of the Twestival, a global charity ... more
Arts & Entertainment
- Chatting with Kat Von D
- Ever wonder why a gorgeous woman would tattoo stars on her face? Now you can discover the reason, along with the story behind every mark ... more
- Three questions with Ne-Yo
- R &B superstar Ne-Yo lived in Las Vegas with his mother from ages 9 to 18, while she worked around town as a blackjack dealer, ... more
- Bringing down the house?
- The Hard Rock Hotel’s print ads for this weekend’s Mötley Crüe shows proclaim that the band will rock the Joint “’til the walls come down.” ... more
- Unlucky number
- The miniseries XIII (NBC, February 8 and 15, 9 p.m.) is based on a series of Belgian graphic novels that began in 1984 and are ... more
- Sound and vision
- Balanchine is to ballet what Sam Phillips is to rock ’n’ roll. Each took the standards of his art form and built upon them, discarding ... more
- All in the family(2 comments)
- The group certainly has the pieces to make it happen. Like The Roots, Rhyme N Rhythm (or RNR) is a live-instrument-based hip-hop band (“a hip-hop/funk/soul ... more
- The best-laid plans …
- With her original intentions broken into pieces—literally—Corlene Byrd improvised her way through a memorable Plan B last week at Beauty Bar. more
- Music talk radio
- Serious music fans love talking about music almost as much as listening to it. But are they up for listening to other people talk about music? more
- A love-in with Friends
- Let’s be honest: All of my boyfriends are in the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art’s Lichtenstein, Warhol & Friends exhibit. more
- The final curtain
- Not many venues in the world with a standing-room capacity of 2,000 can boast having had The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Guns N’ Roses and ... more
- Rock, paper, rock!
- Those Smiths rumors sure fizzled out fast. That Pavement reunion didn’t quite come together, either. So why should the discerning Las Vegas music fan lay ... more
Screen
- Whimsical creepiness
- Coraline is a whimsically creepy story about a young girl dissatisfied with her family life, who ventures off into a magical world that at first ... more
- He’s Just Not That Into You
- A bitchy, tough-love self-help tome, He’s Just Not That Into You offers advice so blatantly obvious that the entire book can be condensed into a ... more
- Have a “Dam” good time
- The Dam Short Film Festival returns to Boulder City for its fifth edition this week, expanding from three days to four and showcasing over 120 ... more
Taste
- An unexpected delight
- One might not expect Colonnade Plaza Mall, at the quiet intersection of Eastern Avenue and Pebble Road, to be a repository of good ethnic dining, but it is.
- Are you game?
- For anyone heading up to Brian Head, Zion or points north in Utah, a stop at the wild-game restaurant the Gun Barrel is a delightful surprise.
- 60-second grocery shopper
- When you work late or have a million things to do before you finally go home, it’s tempting to do the fast-food thing or resume your friendship with the local pizza-delivery guy. An alternative is to cruise your local Trader Joe’s.
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Soundcheck
- Dierks Bentley
- Country singer Dierks Bentley mostly sticks with what he knows on fourth album Feel That Fire, while pushing his music closer to the country mainstream.
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- How much tortured, perfectly pitched vocal work can a listener experience in one sitting before turning off and reaching for something with a little less purity to it?
Read more... - Ben Kweller
- Having already made the transition from grunge wunderkind, Ben Kweller infuses his old-school indie-pop with a restless spirit that has yet to abate.
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FEBRUARY 5 - FEBRUARY 11
Cocktail of the Week
Feb 5, 2009
by
Xania Woodman
Original Sin Cider
Seeing the need for a "superior cider," Original Sin founder Gidon Coll spent his days in upstate New York tasting and his nights in Manhattan, testing out his new creation, ...
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