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NOVEMBER 12 - NOVEMBER 18
- Jer-ry! Jer-ry!
- The many sides of “America’s Got Talent Live” host (and American success story) Jerry Springer read article
- Lodging complaints
- Arts district leaders and a local businessman battle over a Downtown motel read article
- Crocodile Elvis: A short story
- Elvis drew a bead on the television set. Squeezed one off from his pearl-handled .44 and sent ... read article
The Intersection
- Welcome to beautiful Henderson, er, Rochester?(1 comment)
- Welcome to “Rochester” Nevada, located in Henderson… at least that’s what Google Maps says. Stacy J. Willis reports on the textures of life there. more
- #FF @CityOfLasVegas #budgetplanning
- Hypothetical tweets from the city budget planning process. more
- Suggestion Box: Gibbons needs a cat
- Like Jon talking to a nonexistent cat, when Gibbons insists he can win re-election, it’s like he’s muttering to himself in public. more
- This is how poets roll
- Like the night bus out of the Harry Potter novels, the vintage red double-decker Poetry Bus collected poets and passengers as they cruised around the ... more
- Preserving America—and a few secrets(9 comments)
- A nonpartisan, in-the-background, slightly secretive organization wants to indoctrinate you in its cause: making America jibe with the Constitution. more
- Bette Midler leaving after seemingly unhappy residency(41 comments)
- The Divine Miss M takes her leave from that gargantuan stage on January 31, checking out precisely when her contract is fulfilled and not a ... more
- The Help Desk
- Nicolas Cage forced to sell $10 million Las Vegas estate because of tax troubles. Hey, we saw The Wicker Man—this isn’t the first time he’s ... more
- Random photo of the week
- Pretty fly for a silver guy. more
Nightlife
- Revealing Robbie Rivera
- While some Vegas clubbers might not know the Puerto Rican-born Rivera by face—or name—there’s no doubt they’ve heard his music. more
- A menage for Gen X: Two new parties at First
- First Food & Bar is already a destination for dinner or post-party grubbing—but with two new parties, now you’ll never have to leave. more
- Piano envy: Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar
- Two pianos are better than one. Opening this week, Pete’s will add some piano pizazz to Town Square nightlife. more
- Canton semi-finals, plus “On the Rocks” goes straight to online
- A cocktail showdown will send one winner to French St. Martin for the Domaine de Canton Bartender of the Year Competition; hot bartender-on-bartender action with ... more
- Sexy servers and soup
- “The waitress isn’t wearing any pants,” my friend whispered to me in hushed tones. more
- Seven and a half hours on the town with foodchannel.com’s Andy Ford
- Food Channel “cultural correspondent” Andy Ford goes clockless and Stripless in Sin City for 24 hours with Xania Woodman as his nightlife guide. God help him. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Vegas rapper Mr. Finley signs with iconic label Def Jam(2 comments)
- “I’m definitely carrying the city on my back.” more
- Second chance: A snapshot from the Vegas Valley Book Festival
- Vegas: “[T]oss a chip out on the table, you’re treated the same as anybody else. Nobody gives a damn where you come from. Where you’re ... more
- Raw. Honest. Great.(1 comment)
- Stephen Elliott’s lacerating, all-over-the-place memoir pulls no punches. more
- 2012(1 comment)
- Also known as: The Day After Tomorrow. more
- An existential failure: AMC’s new ‘The Prisoner’ lacks the original’s verve
- The 1960s British TV series The Prisoner is hugely influential in the world of sci-fi and secret-agent TV shows and movies. How does AMC’s new ... more
- The man comes around (1 comment)
- An interview with Beauty Bar owner (and new manager) Paul Devitt. more
Screen
- Pirate Radio
- Set sail for an education in debauchery from some hedonistic DJs. more
- New York, I Love You
- I do not, however, love New York, I Love You. more
- 2012(1 comment)
- Also known as: The Day After Tomorrow. more
- Making the commonplace seem fresh
- David has a wee secret, and if you can’t figure it out, you badly need an education of your own. more
- The Damned United
- As long as you know that English football has nothing to do with pigskins and fourth downs, you’ll enjoy this film. more
Taste
- The best chicken in Vegas
- Namaste’s tandoori chicken is the best in Vegas, a revelation when eaten with garlic naan.
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2009-11-17
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2009-11-17
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2009-11-19
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2009-11-19
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2009-11-20
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2009-11-20
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2009-11-21
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2009-11-21
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2009-11-21
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2009-11-23
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2009-11-23
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2009-11-23
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Soundcheck
- Carrie Underwood
- Underwood’s music is as poppy as country gets.
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- Forget the music, you know you want the exclusive zebra-print Weezer Snuggie.
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- After eight years, nothing has changed.
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NOVEMBER 12 - NOVEMBER 18
Cocktail of the Week
Nov 12, 2009
by
Xania Woodman
The French Kiss
Party like it’s 1846 with my very favorite kind of kiss. A fortified blend of Barbera and Carignane wines, herbs, spices and peels, Dubonnet Aperitif Wine had its humble beginnings ...
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