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MAY 7 - MAY 13
- Leaps of faith
- Alvin Tam counsels others on conquering their fears by flinging their bodies into harm’s way read article
- Shiny happy people
- Need to get rid of all that gold sitting around? Why not host a gold party? read article
- Always bet on black and white
- Anthony Curtis can gamble, but prefers to make his living writing about it read article
The Intersection
- The Searchlight stalwart
- Back in march, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid lent his voice trying to urge a resolution to financial woes at MGM Mirage, which were threatening to ... more
- Shiny happy people
- With a last name like “Silver,” I’ve pretty much shied away from gold my whole life, staying true to my kin. The bulk of my ... more
- Danny Gans: 1956-2009(3 comments)
- How does someone become such a mammoth, wealthy star, entertain untold millions and still remain largely anonymous in the broader popular culture? more
- The Help Desk
- Bored Las Vegas teen pretends to offer baby for sale on Craigslist. Prank goes horribly wrong when Madonna and Angelina Jolie start vicious bidding war. ... more
- Suggestion Box: Hike up our taxes!
- Assuming you’re one of those Nevadans who still oppose tax increases, we’d like to offer the following advice: Leave, because it’s obvious you have no ... more
Nightlife
- Sing city
- With so many Vegas nightclubs in questionable health, casinos are increasingly turning to live music to save the day. more
- Getting tech-y with it
- The DJ/producer collaborates with some of the biggest names in the biz… and does it all without “fart-y basslines” or “crack head-y” beats. more
- Your new Downtown crash pad
- If you think a Downtown hotel room has to be a cigarette-burned hole in the wall, you overlooked the Cabana Suites. more
- Friday, ditched
- Team Hangover in its entirety was hard at work waking up and applying margaritas to its own hangovers at Ditch Friday. more
Arts & Entertainment
- (More than) four questions with Nic Fanciulli
- A chat with the Grammy-nominated producer/DJ about “ludicrous” iTunes rules, Ibiza and what makes him dance. more
- A feast for the senses
- You could eat your way through San Gennaro Feast; just do so after you take a turn on the tilt-a-whirl. more
- The real facts of life
- Onyx Theatre’s The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode is sacrilege to anyone who’s a fan… which is precisely why we’ll be attending. more
- Le roi, c’est moi
- Just as Rafiki (he’s the monkey, mandrill, shaman, priest, whatever) holds up lion cub Simba to the adoring crowd at the start of the show, ... more
- Mind-melding
- Playing a Vulcan can be a real head trip: It was enough to lead the most famous Vulcan, Leonard Nimoy, to title his first autobiography ... more
- Cinevegas to Sundance
- Trevor Groth, artistic director of the CineVegas film festival, was named this week as director of programming for Sundance, America’s highest-profile film festival. more
- Charging for bread
- It was bad enough when pizza places started charging for delivery. Now, all across the land, restaurants have begun making their patrons pay for the ... more
- Tube tied
- Needless confession: I watch a lot of television. As of March 20, I watch a little less. That’s when Battlestar Galactica broadcast its last regular ... more
- Academy: reopened
- Here’s your main takeaway from this story: Academy Fine Books is open again. more
- Smooth ceramic moves
- Robin Stark’s titles—“Delicate Balance,” “Keeping It Together” and “Sisyphus”—hint at the challenges she has experienced in bringing form and order to her sometimes recalcitrant clay. more
Screen
- A bold reinvention
- Josh Bell doesn’t hate it!?! Star Trek franchise is top-notch summer-blockbuster entertainment that revitalizes an ailing property. more
- Back to the future
- From kicking Borg ass to time travel and tribbles, we present our favorite moments from Star Treks past. more
- Paris 36
- The French musical looks back through such rose-colored glasses, it makes you long to live under the shadow of uncertainty as fascists rise to power. more
- Next Day Air
- Next Day Air is a mildly amusing buddy comedy, but the fun little stoner comedy cries for help. more
Taste
- Room for improvement
- One thing that differentiates us from larger American cities is the absence of the gastropub, a concept that has already taken root in New York, Chicago and LA.
- Your heart will go on
- To break the mom’s-day monotony, we suggest high tea aboard the Titanic … or what’s left of it inside the Luxor. Nothing like brunch with death to remind you to thank Mom for giving you life.
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2009-05-13
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2009-05-13
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2009-05-13
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Saturday
2009-05-16
Summerlin
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2009-05-16
Summerlin
Red Rock presents The Rhythm of the Night poolside Bacardi party
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2009-05-16
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Tiger Jam XII featuring No Doubt with special guests Paramore and The Sounds
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2009-05-18
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2009-05-18
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Living Room Lounge at Prive presents Dirty Vinyl House Sessions
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2009-05-18
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2009-05-19
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Opportunity Boulevard Summer Career Fair at Green Valley Ranch
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Soundcheck
- Bob Dylan
- Of course, it should not matter that Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter co-wrote all but one song on the new Bob Dylan record. But there is something unsettling about the ...
Read more... - Meg & Dia
- They don’t make bands like Meg & Dia anymore.
Read more... - One Pin Short
- Whether or not ska is dead remains debatable, but for Vegas’ foremost feel-good septet, the question is nearly irrelevant.
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MAY 7 - MAY 13
Cocktail of the Week
May 7, 2009
by
Xania Woodman
Xanga
There are custom cars and custom suits, and then there are custom cocktails. For my birthday, cocktail specialist George Austin created the Xanga—“a combination of IX, Xania and mango.” The ...
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