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MARCH 19 - MARCH 25
- The Review Issue
- In these troubled times, what could be more important than what we think about stuff? read article
- Edifice complex
- Can The Smith Center really save the arts in Las Vegas? read article
The Intersection
- Stopping power
- Out here there’s no love for development. This is the iconic Old West. more
- Catch the rising stars
- Erich Bergen has one of those clean-cut young faces that make you want to pinch his cheeks and mess up his hair. more
- Suggestion Box: Exclude cheaters
- We all know that Nevada’s educational system, well, sucks. But do we need to add insult to injury by condoning cheating? more
- Dirty work
- Even in the midst of an economic downturn, there are always plans in the Las Vegas Valley for new homes. And in Henderson, those plans ... more
- The Help Desk
- O.J. Simpson supporters start fundraising website to help him appeal his conviction in Las Vegas. Itow if they could only find a lawyer who’ll work ... more
Nightlife
- Eastern promises
- Who could have foreseen that what began as a simple French patisserie in a quiet West Sahara strip mall would become a unique gem in ... more
- Pop Quiz, Hot Shot
- What was the most shocking aspect of porn star Sasha Grey’s 21st-birthday bash at Tao? more
- Q & A with Sharam of Deep Dish
- Sharam and friends will descend on Rain this weekend to promote his new album Get Wild. We’re guessing that’s exactly what he’ll do. more
- Pearly Gates—Sweet speed demon
- “If I didn’t have roller derby in my life, it would be really empty.” more
- DeLuca Liquor & Wine, Ltd. is now Wirtz Beverage Group
- The name of wholesale distributors DeLuca Liquor & Wine, Ltd. will soon be no more. more
Arts & Entertainment
- The business of killing
- I am a man like you,” Maximilien Aue cries at the outset of this bulging, lurid tale, “I am just like you!” He might be ... more
- Two of a kind
- The paired works on this weekend’s UNLV Opera Theatre bill abandon the upper classes and the mythical characters that form the basis for most grand ... more
- Housing new hope
- When one door closes, so they say, another door opens. In this case, the door opening is that of Ambient Art Projects. more
- The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack
- Nicholas Gurewitch’s Perry Bible Fellowship can always be counted on to confuse debates about the quality of print comics vs. web comics, given that it ... more
- Heading into space-dock
- When Sci Fi’s Battlestar Galactica premiered as a miniseries in 2003, it didn’t arrive with many high expectations. more
- Cinematic Showgirls
- When a DVD of Crazy Girls Undercover was hand-delivered by a barely dressed showgirl with a thick Eastern European accent (to commemorate new airings on ... more
- Wrapping up Neon Reverb
- Last weekend’s Neon Reverb music festival screamed “success” on almost every front, from the quality of its performances to the communal spirit shown by the ... more
- Bringing the lighting
- The first time I met Dannion Brinkley in 2008 at his Green Valley home he gave me a prophecy that was so dead-on, I couldn’t ... more
- A few movie treats
- It will be a good week for movie fans, with three very different events offering the chance to catch some worthwhile programming on the big screen. more
- Straight outta Persia
- On came a young MC to briefly throttle the joint to attention. She was decked in black pants, a red top, a black vest, a ... more
- Stand-up switch-ups
- The Comedy Stop wasn’t really an ideal comedy room, with its boxy shape, dark hike to the bar and lengthy rectangular tables better suited for ... more
Screen
- Not as smart as it looks
- Duplicity is about the zippy chemistry between former secret agents, but it’s not until 45 minutes in that we find out what the plot really is. more
- The Class
- Director Cantet observes the teacher-student dynamic with such probing patience that you can’t help but get emotionally involved in the struggle. more
- Knowing
- Schoolkids are asked to draw their visions of the future; their efforts are then sealed into a time capsule to be opened 50 years hence. more
- Nicolas Cage: movie prophet
- We can’t help but wonder: If Cage could actually see the future, what would his responses have been when offered roles in these movies? more
Taste
- Do not pass Goa
- India’s Grill is a dreary-looking restaurant in a dreary part of town. Why then, is my mouth watering whenever I think back to what I ate there?
- 60-second grocery shopper
- A cheaper alternative solution to V8 can be found at Fresh & Easy, where the store-brand veggie juice is comparable in nutrition to its more expensive counterpart.
- Deep-fry them puppies!
- Deep-frying might be the best thing to happen to food since the advent of eating it. It’s alchemical.
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Soundcheck
- Handsome Furs
- The second Handsome Furs album has barely been out a week, and I’m already sick of reading about how it improves on its predecessor.
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- The former grunge-god frontman of Soundgarden and more recent fourth of Audioslave kicks off his third solo album with a volley of horns, which gives way to the mumbled, hip-hop-inspired ...
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- Yes, Searchlight is singing about zombies.
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Cocktail of the Week
Mar 19, 2009
by
Xania Woodman
Buckbean Beer
As the song goes, “I like cold beverages.” Beer being one of these, I was beyond stoked to venture out to Lake Las Vegas on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon for ...
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