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- Holly
- Dancing with the new star of Peepshow, the woman who plans to be the ultimate Miss Las Vegas read article
The Intersection
- A fine restraint(2 comments)
- In New York and Los Angeles, when a major star drops dead of unknown causes, there is a repulsive ritual that takes place. In Las ... more
- Roll over, Ginsberg
- When Allen Ginsberg first performed parts of his Howl manuscript in San Francisco on October 7, 1955, the rhapsodically incoherent poem was clear in one ... more
- Random Photo of the Week(2 comments)
- This week’s random photo, straight from the streets of Las Vegas. more
- Death of a big cat
- When Midas, a 10-year-old lion, got very sick, and there was a chewed-up half of a toy football in his cage, the first thing zoo ... more
- Painting the town: an annotation
- This is where a little street we call the Strip would be if Kinkade hadn’t made Tropicana the new Las Vegas Boulevard. We always thought ... more
- The Help Desk
- Las Vegas Marathon to become “Rock N’ Roll Marathon,” with live music every mile. Songs are expected to include “Running on Empty,” “Stumblin’ In” and ... more
- Ask Dead Elvis: The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Huntridge?
- For many of the city’s 40-somethings who grew up here, late-night Rocky Horror shindigs marked one of the first times that Las Vegas youth, no ... more
- Tiny little expression of angry dismay: Headlines dissemble!
- Some of us at the Weekly are raising kids in Las Vegas, and we’ve disputed the common notion that this isn’t a great place to ... more
- Victorville Rising
- With news that Sen. Harry Reid has thrown his support behind the $4 billion DesertXpress high-speed train from Las Vegas to Victorville, residents of Victorville ... more
- Some local Muslims reflect on Obama’s Cairo Speech
- President Obama’s June 4 speech in Cairo was widely hailed as a new start for the troubled relationship between the West and the Muslim world. more
Nightlife
- Dedicated to Les Gents Que J’Aime(1 comment)
- Finding a little perspective in bars far from home. more
- Johnny Bacon—“Bacon. Like the food!”
- “People think that they know me but really have no idea. I like challenging cell-phone manufacturers to meet my business needs. I love driving around ... more
- This will look good on the mantle
- It’s always fun to have a souvenir from a venue about to shutter the doors. A few glasses of wine and peer pressure prompts a ... more
Arts & Entertainment
- Celebrating Roth
- Thirty years after Kelly Roth & Dancers’ New York debut, the company will present a retrospective of dances and multimedia projects created by its choreographer ... more
- Chelsea Handler mouths off
- Chelsea chats about her least-favorite celebs, lovin’ bad boys, and growing up with a Mormon mama. more
- Neon of a different kind
- It started as a laundromat, but when Peter Valentino and Lissette Napoleoni signed a lease at 1404 S. Third St. the idea was to change ... more
- The consequences of nonsense
- “I differentiate between the greatness of America in producing people who are completely crazy—and it’s a wonderful thing about us. But if we act upon ... more
- Skipping school
- Bryce Harper, the local baseball phenom, Sports Illustrated cover boy and national debate topic, will soon earn his GED and move on from the halls ... more
- How the other half lives(1 comment)
- Idiot America—we’ve all been there. It’s that other country, overlaid on top of this one, that you hear on talk radio and Bill O’Reilly’s show, ... more
- Porn’s highs and lows
- Scan the newspaper headlines, and you might think these are boom times for porn stars. Alas, it’s not all hip Hollywood premieres and political temperature-taking ... more
Screen
- The Proposal
- Oh Sandra Bullock, why do you do this to yourself? Haven’t you moved past this yet? Hasn’t America? more
- Adoration
- Tom Egoyan may be the only filmmaker in the world who would go to the trouble of inventing fictional technology for a movie that couldn’t ... more
- Easy Virtue
- Jessica Biel plays Larita, an American race-car driver and divorcée who’s just married into a highly starched English family and must do brittle battle with ... more
Taste
- From Russia with love
- Most of us know what matryoshka are, right? Well, they are those cute Russian nesting dolls as well as Las Vegas’ newest Russian restaurant.
- A poetic poke at KFC
- KFC’s new un-fried chicken inspired poetry in one Weekly writer. Read it and eat.
- Tasting with William Sherer
- Aureole’s wine expert uncorks five fabulous bottles for the restaurant’s wine weekend.
Horoscopes
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2009-06-25
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2009-06-25
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2009-06-25
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2009-06-26
We aren't lookin' for easter bunnies, we're talking future Playboy Bunnies!
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2009-06-26
Summerlin
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2009-06-26
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2009-06-27
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Doyle Brunson and Mike Caro Power Poker Seminar series at The Rio
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2009-06-27
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Wine and chocolate yoga workshop hosted by author and yogi Dave Romanelli
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2009-06-27
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2009-06-28
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Doyle Brunson and Mike Caro Power Poker Seminar series at The Rio
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2009-06-28
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2009-06-29
Taste the best Italy has to offer
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2009-06-29
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2009-07-01
Yellow Brick Road performs at Ovation at Green Valley Ranch
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2009-07-01
Nobody leaves without hearin' the blues . . .
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2009-07-01
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Soundcheck
- Box Elders
- Mother’s Little Helpers would have been a more fitting band name, as this 14-track/30-minute fuzzy-pop barrage worships at the feet of the early Stones and Kinks.
Read more... - Moby
- In Moby’s own words, his ninth studio album, Wait for Me, is “more mournful” than many of his previous efforts.
Read more... - Killswitch Engage
- On KSE’s self-titled fifth album, vocalist Howard Jones sounds like he’s gone through a seriously rough patch, but wearing his bloody heart on his sleeve is exactly what he does ...
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Cocktail of the Week
Jun 25, 2009
by
Xania Woodman
Honey Old Fashioned
It’s a drink so classic, so good that the glass had to take its name! First’s take on the Honey Old Fashioned ($7) lightens things up with sweet American Honey ...
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