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JULY 2 - JULY 8
- Desert flow
- As the hip-hop scene continues to expand in Las Vegas, more budding rap artists are cutting their ... read article
- Travel Issue: Tijuana charming
- Going to see La Mona in the city beyond the clichés. read article
- The Travel Issue: It is this much space that gets us into trouble
- Contemplating the big empty in Lathrop Wells with the mysterious Jimmy K read article
The Intersection
- Does scandal matter?
- There’s a certain poetry to the news of former Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera’s impending release from prison coinciding with the news of Sen. John ... more
- Don’t stop till you get enough
- There was a time when Michael Jackson’s statue at Madame Tussauds wax museum, in the Venetian, wore a red-and-black outfit and black loafers. No more; ... more
- Don’t Check In
- As Nevada’s national political profile rises, it finds itself on the front lines of a growing number of issues. The latest is the Employee Free ... more
- Ask Dead Elvis: What’s the story of Vegas minor league baseball?
- I’m just getting into the 51’s. What’s the story with minor-league baseball here? more
- Jackson’s comeback(2 comments)
- I know you felt it, too, so I’m just going to come right out and say it: Michael Jackson’s untimely death was the best thing ... more
- The recently departed and their connections to Las Vegas—and each other
- Michael Jackson briefly lived in Las Vegas, shopped often on the Strip, subject of various rumors about headlining, led media on valleywide chase while facing ... more
- The Super-Abridged Quasi-Michelin Guide
- With news that the Michelin Guide has decided not to publish 2010 guides to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, citing the bad economy, we’ve decided ... more
- Gentlemen, start your excuses
- On October 1, a new state law goes into effect that allows cops to fine you $100 if you have not registered your car within ... more
- The Help Desk(1 comment)
- Sales-tax rate in Clark County and Las Vegas rises to 8.1 percent as of July 1 Hey, what do we care? We’re not buying anything ... more
- Amen Corner: Illegal medical operations offer valuable services
- Two helpful businesses here in Vegas—at least up until last week—were helping to pick up the slack, apparently offering medical procedures on the side and ... more
Nightlife
- Flipping sides on flair
- This is going to be hard for me to say: Flair … is … dead. Or, if it is not, maybe it should be. Like ... more
- Three and a half questions with Sujit Kundu of S.K.A.M.
- That DJ you listen to every week in Vegas, be it at Tao, Moon, or somewhere else, might just be on Sujit Kundu’s roster and ... more
- All that glows
- Ah, those stuffed dates. Ahh, that sangria. And ooooh, the sexy late-night atmosphere! Thanks to some creative construction and some well-placed (we think) faith in ... more
Arts & Entertainment
- Bringing ’em back together(6 comments)
- Carrot Top is still standing, still inventing and still performing prop comedy to sold-out crowds at the Luxor. Only one other prop comic has ever ... more
- Blip of a blooper
- KTNV Channel 13 got its 15 minutes of fame on YouTube this week with footage of reporter Steve Ryan’s live feed from the Fremont Street ... more
- Hella Nation(2 comments)
- These hard-won tales, dragged in from the grubby margins of America—where Wright’s anarchists, grifters, white supremacists, porn performers and one very gonzo war documentarian all ... more
- Covering cowboys
- I’m from Texas, home of Billy Bob’s (“the world’s largest honky tonk”) and high schools where country is cool. My earliest exposure to live music ... more
- Fat new idea
- Fifteen minutes after their scheduled Wasted Space start time, members of Descendents cover band the Vegascendents are anxious to start playing. more
- The Lurks
- Rough as the low-bit-rate, MySpace-ripped, live version of “Dinner for a Dog” I’ve had on my iPod for the past year sounds, it was with ... more
- Joyous repetition
- For some time now, Warner has maintained an unwavering attention to floral studies, and Angels sees this focus continued. Some paintings are directly representational, others ... more
- Praise the Lord(1 comment)
- Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance is a welcome change from the latest Cirque shows’ overstaged, under-choreographed spectacles. Loosely held together by its Irish folklore-based, ... more
- Red, white and green!
- Isn’t it time we gave up those noisy, environmentally unfriendly fireworks, anyway? more
- Salsa by the numbers
- Las Vegas Salsa Congress’ Nate Strager breaks down three days of workshops and performances. more
- Whose beer is it anyway?
- Second City alums and other local actors and comedians have breathed some life into the local improv scene with their new Whose Line-esque venture at ... more
Screen
- Public Enemies
- Public Enemies is the slightly fictionalized story of the takedown of notorious bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), who, at the height of the Great ... more
- Whatever Works
- Woody Allen returning to New York and casting the cynical miscreant Larry David in the lead role in his new film sounds potentially like a ... more
- Food, Inc.
- Kenner’s well-made if overreaching film takes on the corporatized food industry in America, exposing lax safety standards, poor treatment of workers and incestuous commingling between ... more
- Cheri
- Still stunning at 50, Pfeiffer has graduated to the Marquise-like role of Lea de Lonval in an adaptation of Colette’s novel Chéri. more
Taste
- Save the planet, eat a burger
- Create uses Angus beef, and organic fruits and vegetables for its salads and burger toppings. As the name implies, you can create quite the custom burger—just be prepared to get a tad overwhelmed choosing from the more than 60 available options.
- Dunk this!
- The idea of Dunkin’ Donuts’ new Dunkin’ Run website was, I thought, to order your doughnuts online and have them waiting for you at the drive-through. Sounds deliciously over-convenient.
- No great shakes
- If MolliCoolz Shakers are the ice cream of the future, all I can say is: I’m a journalist, get me out of here!
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- The Mars Volta
- The first time i placed Octahedron into my computer, it was met with a metal-on-metal grinding sound. I barely looked up from my reading. I mean, we are talking about ...
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- Paisley is a crackerjack guitarist, and he showcases his abilities throughout Saturday Night, especially on the bluesy “She’s Her Own Woman” and the lightning-fast barn burner “Catch All the Fish.”
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- Dead Prez rapper M1 endorsed Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney for president last year, and it’s fair to say the duo isn’t caught up in Obama euphoria now.
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Lost Creek Crush
It’s 107 degrees out, my eyes are sweating, and the very thought of clothing makes me want to cry. Time for a trip down to DCR for George Austin Sproule’s ...
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