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MARCH 5 - MARCH 11
- Bridge over troubled times
- Southern Nevada’s most impressive engineering project spans more than a river read article
The Intersection
- Real magic(7 comments)
- Forget for a moment whether the white tiger on the stage really was Montecore. I did. It was the only way to take in one ... more
- Do-over
- Wad up the state constitution and whip out a fresh sheet of paper, something’s not right about Nevada. more
- Tiny Little Rant: Taxes are worse than death
- Death and taxes—which is worse? At least death offers a certain finality. Taxes involve endless paperwork and jawboning by politicians. more
- The Help Desk
- Criss Angel splits with Holly Madison after four months. It happened when she realized she was Holly Madison, and that she was dating Criss Angel. ... more
- ‘We would be in a show for old bags to get that feeling again’
- It looked like a high-school reunion, except everyone was way too good-looking. “No one here has aged,” said one attendee. more
- Adventures in debt reduction
- “This is Jane with Credit Contact at 866-213-7580. I’m calling about your high credit-card balances.” I get these damn calls all the time. more
Nightlife
- Don Julio 1942 Cadillac
- For the Cadillac of margs, Isla’s Tequila Goddess (long may she reign) selected the Cadillac of tequilas to delight tequila connoisseurs with an affordable indulgence. more
- Swag bag confidential
- According to the IRS, the presenters at the 81st annual Academy Awards last Sunday, though donating their time and image, and despite being handed their ... more
- Let’s hear it for the boy
- He might not use six turntables or have a lady assist him in the booth when he plays the sample “Scratch With Your Titty” anymore, ... more
- Speaking of Ken Hall and legends
- Here comes the Nightclub & Bar Show and that means here comes the 11th annual Legends of Bartending Competition, called the “Superbowl of bartending.” more
- A dalliance with suburbia
- Sweet, sweet suburbia, how I’ve missed you. That’s what I thought as I pulled open the giant letter “V” on the door of Vintner Grill. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Back to the past
- Ashes to Ashes, like Life on Mars, follows a modern police detective who appears to be inexplicably sent to the past after a traumatic event. more
- Step into “Yo Mama”
- Yo Mama is a thought-provoking bear hug of a show enveloping us in its big, beautiful vagina. more
- More than three questions with Les Claypool
- “We had an incredibly drunken evening with some Polish friends of mine, and the next morning we were supposed to go in the studio and ... more
- Von Iva
- Clattering, all-girl, Bay Area-bred electro-soul (once upon a time, folks called it disco). more
- Hey, you got your book in my movie
- The Black Mountain Institute’s series of occasional lectures becomes a partnership with local festival CineVegas for “Books Into Film: How Novels Become Movies.” more
- Lessons from a madam
- Pop quiz: What time of the week is busiest for a call-girl agency? According to Ma-Ling Lee, author of The Education of a Very Young ... more
- One strange Sidekick
- In February 2005, when a million Internet voyeurs were poring over the contents of Paris Hilton’s hacked Sidekick, one name piqued the attention of Hollywood ... more
- It’s a crime
- Every time a bookstore closes, a broker in bundled subprime derivatives should be tossed from the roof of a government-rescued bank. more
- “Dirt!” Headed to Vegas!!
- Dirt! is in the tradition of recent eco-documentaries like Flow and King Corn, turning a critical eye on an element of nature to which most ... more
- Culture Crash
- Apart from the staff of the Weekly, which came to tour through the Las Vegas Art Museum last Thursday, there were not many other visitors. ... more
- The Bard, bite-sized
- At a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Oscar Goodman praised “A Taste of Shakespeare”—a new venture from the Las Vegas Playhouse and Springs Preserve presenting 15-minute ... more
- Shutdown—or is it?
- As live music lulls young Hayden and Cadence Schropp to sleep, their father expresses his desperate desire that their first live show at Canvas Cafe ... more
- Life on the Farm
- Heading down to the Farm on a Friday night, I had never felt so alone. It’s a long story, really. more
Screen
- An empty spectacle
- In adapting Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark 1986 graphic novel Watchmen (considered by many to be the medium’s greatest achievement) to film, director Zack ... more
- The Vegas Watchmen
- Nite Owl’s defining characteristics: Geeky, gadget-dependent, needs persona to connect with women. Closest local equivalent: Criss Angel more
- Two Lovers
- Suicidally depressed after a broken engagement, Leonard Kraditor (Phoenix) finds himself torn between the titular beauties, feelin’ like a fool. more
Taste
- If it’s good enough for Beard …
- SushiSamba is starting its birthday celebration early this year with a 10-month countdown to the 10th anniversary of its first location on Park Avenue in New York City.
- Staying in character(s)
- Most of my Chinese friends have one drop-dead criterion for eating in a Chinese restaurant: The menu must have some of the dishes written in Chinese characters.
- Scouting for yumminess
- It’s time once again to support the future of America by buying deliciously fattening cookies from troops of Girl Scouts.
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Wednesday
2009-03-11
Magic
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Wednesday
2009-03-11
UNLV
The Black Mountain Institure presents “Books Into Film” lecture at UNLV
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Wednesday
2009-03-11
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Saturday
2009-03-14
UNLV
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Saturday
2009-03-14
The Strip
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Saturday
2009-03-14
Eddie Murphy's funny brother takes the stage at the HOB
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Sunday
2009-03-15
The Strip
The Take Action Tour with Cute is What We Aim For at the HOB
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Sunday
2009-03-15
Xania's Hot Spots
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2009-03-15
Central
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Monday
2009-03-16
Downtown
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2009-03-16
Central
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Monday
2009-03-16
The Strip
Almost Famous: The Ultimate Rock Band Tournament at Mist at TI
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Soundcheck
- Neko Case
- Neko Case could have played it safe. Her lustrous voice and bewitching stage presence made her the unquestioned queen of the twang-rock scene, and she could have carved out a ...
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- Many hip-hop fans don’t know how the genre was born, how Grandmaster Flash made hip-hop into an art form by smoothing out the sound and manipulating records by putting his ...
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- Clattering, all-girl, Bay Area-bred electro-soul (once upon a time, folks called it disco).
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MARCH 5 - MARCH 11
Cocktail of the Week
Mar 5, 2009
by
Xania Woodman
Ty Ku Sake
Ty Ku debuted its sleek new, high-end white sake, as well as the already popular black sake, to an eager, select few at last week’s Sake Sessions in the Koi ...
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