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- Are we swarmed by the stupid?
- One historian answers critics of Las Vegas—and its visitors read article
- A&E Fall Preview!
- We’ve got your next three months planned read article
The Intersection
- Back (aaah) to (aaah) school (choo!)
- Back to school, and swine flu warnings abound. The paranoiacs among us are freaking out. more
- The joke’s on us
- It was a joke. Right? When Harry Reid, during a Chamber of Commerce luncheon last week, told a Review-Journal ad man, “I hope you go ... more
- Tiny Little Rant: Real estate shenanigans
- It was hardly a surprise to us to learn that real estate agent Brooke Boemio is in a bit of hot water over boasting how ... more
- Sin City in your hand(1 comment)
- It took a Vegas-obsessed techie from California to create the killer LV iPhone app. more
- What did I just do that for?
- My wild, wacky, journalistically complicated Michael Jackson benefit journey. more
- Random photo of the week
- Nice wheels. Too bad about the house. more
- Money and justice
- Can Nevada bridge the gap between tight budgets and effective counsel for the poor? more
- Ask Dead Elvis: Neon Graveyard
- What is the story behind that “graveyard” where all the old casino signs come to rest? more
Nightlife
- Fox hunting
- “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to drink cheap.” I don’t believe that quote is posted anywhere at Ellis Island Casino ... more
- Dissed and dismissed!
- It’s not so much that GQ magazine snubbed Sin City in this month’s list of “The 10 Best Drinking Cities in America.” It’s that … ... more
- Well-seasoned sounds
- Time for Las Vegas to get a dose of “deep, soulful, funk and dub-inspired dance/electronic music.” That’s what producer/DJ Miguel Migs says he’ll be bringing ... more
- A legend in his own time
- Las Vegas is positively heartbroken over the loss of DJ AM, for though he was world-renowned, Adam Goldstein had very quickly became a Las Vegan ... more
Arts & Entertainment
- Bill Cosby’s stand-up statistics
- 0: Similarly legendary comics who unspool spellbinding, self-deprecating stories with such authority, originality or world-weary wisdom. more
- After and Before: Katy Tate, Showgirl in Bette Midler’s The Showgirl Must Go On
- “The girls give me a hard time for how long it takes me to put on my makeup,” Tate admits. more
- Getting a kick out of Junior
- Why did he do it? Why did Junior decide to—dare to—become, of all things, a singer? Had he become a doctor or a lawyer, his ... more
- Better for punching a brick wall?
- Abrasiveness is relative. Perhaps in response to the tolerance our ears have developed for noise and distortion, a horde of lo-fi acts have been championed ... more
- Fine blend
- The Donna Beam Gallery’s Way Out West exhibit—a colorful mix of widely diverse modernist styles—reminds me of the cantina scene in Star Wars with its ... more
- What’s in a name
- Jerry Misko’s distinctive work—paintings that zoom in tight on this city’s signage and neon iconography—has made him one of the quintessential Vegas artists. His new ... more
- Full-court press(1 comment)
- The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, tucked inside an average building on the UNLV campus, is the kind of place that can be hard ... more
- Parking-lot film fest
- It’s no CineVegas, but the Pahrump Film Festival is entering its third year, having expanded in 2008 from the patio at the Red Sky BBQ ... more
- Poke on through
- Penis Pokey is a ballsy attempt to meld your member with the printed page. Whipping it out is strongly implied by the author, who’s cut ... more
- Diamonds are a ghoul’s best friend
- Being turned into kitty litter and dumped in a glorified spittoon doesn’t sound all that glamorous. But that’s old cremation technology. Today, even the frumpiest ... more
Screen
- Sucking out the flavor
- Now that Miramax is giving a proper release to his latest effort, Extract, Mike Judge (Office Space and Idiocracy) has delivered some of the dullest ... more
- Julia
- Easily one of the best films to be released this year—albeit not in Las Vegas—Julia finds perpetually cool Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) taking a ... more
- All About Steve
- Sandra Bullock is still button-cute, but Mary’s annoying personality effectively eclipses that—at least until the heroic, happy ending in which Mary becomes a beloved hero. more
- The Girl From Monaco
- Anne Fontaine’s The Girl From Monaco starts promisingly enough, with a high-powered Parisian lawyer, in town for a scandalous murder trial, fending off the advances ... more
- World’s Greatest Dad(1 comment)
- Comedian-turned-filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait may seem like a depraved sicko, but if you get past the synopses and actually watch his films, you’ll discover that the ... more
Taste
- Trouble finding good Mexican?
- For years, critics and foodie types have bemoaned “a lack of good Mexican food” in Vegas. We found it.
Horoscopes
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Wednesday
2009-09-09
$5 drink specials on Wednesday nights
The Strip
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Wednesday
2009-09-09
Xania's Hot Spots
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Wednesday
2009-09-09
Venetian
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Thursday
2009-09-10
The Strip
Las Vegas Weekly presents Party on the Patio at The Foundation Room
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Thursday
2009-09-10
Local Bands
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Thursday
2009-09-10
Theater
Trey Parker's Cannibal The Musical at The Stage Door Theatre
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Friday
2009-09-11
Palms
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Friday
2009-09-11
Southwest
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Friday
2009-09-11
Sam's Town
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Saturday
2009-09-12
Henderson
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Saturday
2009-09-12
The Strip
Marco Antonio Solis & Pepe Aguiliar at the Mandalay Bay Events Center
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Saturday
2009-09-12
The Strip
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Sunday
2009-09-13
Are you ready to laugh?
Comedy
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Sunday
2009-09-13
The stars of Everybody Loves Raymond
Comedy
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Sunday
2009-09-13
Central
Sgt. Pepper Live featuring Cheap Trick at the Las Vegas Hilton
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Monday
2009-09-14
The Strip
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Monday
2009-09-14
Xania's Hot Spots
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Monday
2009-09-14
Taste the best Italy has to offer
Palms
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Tuesday
2009-09-15
Palazzo
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Tuesday
2009-09-15
South Point
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Tuesday
2009-09-15
Rio
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Soundcheck
- Better for punching a brick wall?
- Abrasiveness is relative. Perhaps in response to the tolerance our ears have developed for noise and distortion, a horde of lo-fi acts have been championed by tastemakers in recent years.
Read more... - The Black Crowes
- Like a sitcom, The Black Crowes’ follow-up to their 2008 reunion album Warpaint was recorded in front of a live studio audience.
Read more... - Whitney Houston
- Whitney Houston’s new album, I Look to You, makes no attempt to sound current, but somehow she has produced an inspirational, crossover-ready R&B album that’s as powerful as her early ...
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SEPTEMBER 3 - SEPTEMBER 9
Cocktail of the Week
Sep 3, 2009
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Xania Woodman
Bourbon!
September being National Bourbon Month, we will put down the frosty neon slushy drinks and, for the next four weeks, pick up a proper glass of bourbon to toast America’s ...
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