Best in Print
March 4 - March 10
- Why limit the Oscars to movies?
- There are lots of things that deserve an award upside the head read article
- Look at all the lonely people
- In lonesome Vegas, rented friends were probably inevitable read article
- Where style takes a left turn
- Inspired by the Sam’s Town 300—Mike Smith’s NASCAR fashion-terrorism sketchbook read article
The Intersection
- Everyone into the pool!(1 comment)
- Pool parties = liquidity. more
- Amen Corner: PopMatters
- Gasp! Full service massage parlors outrank book stores in Las Vegas? more
- Readin’, writin’, reality(2 comments)
- If you have a child in school in Nevada, you might not want to read this. more
- Can you hear me … later? CityCenter’s spotty cell-phone reception(1 comment)
- What’s the deal with CityCenter’s crappy cell service? more
- Critical Divide: Are out-of-town reviewers blinded by the lights?(1 comment)
- After Viva Elvis opened, local reviewers were highly critical and out-of-town critics could not have been more thrilled. more
- The Help Desk
- Lindsay Lohan cancels nightclub hosting gig without explanation. Explanation? It’s Lindsay Lohan. Make up your own, and you’ll probably be right! Guards at Wayne Newton’s ... more
- Random photo of the week(1 comment)
- Got taquitos? more
Nightlife
- What’s new, Pussycats? (Whoa-wo-whoa)
- After five years at Pure, the Vegas Pussycat Dolls hung up their boas with a roar. more
- “Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe …”(2 comments)
- Don’t be late for the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at Blue Martini! more
- Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned(2 comments)
- What does five years of nightlife reporting do to a woman? more
- Five things we’re loving about Liquid (1 comment)
- We’re positively salivating over the impending arrival of Liquid Pool Lounge at Aria. Here’s why: more
- Kaskade takes on Sundays at Encore Beach Club (2 comments)
- Encore Beach Club is arriving Memorial Day weekend, and it’s bringing Kaskade with it all summer long. more
- Fantasy bull ride
- Squeezing your thighs hard against a slick saddle while moving your hips with the bucking of a mechanical bull—that takes skill. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Three Questions with Ernie Isley
- Ernie of The Isley Brothers talks about his experiences with Jimi Hendrix. more
- Overheard at … Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- “Shhhh!” more
- Genre jumble(1 comment)
- Farm show blends lots of diverse styles - and it works more
- The Brett Wesley wow factor
- Brett Wesley may not have been at his self-titled gallery when I visited recently, but his enthusiasm was front and center. more
- We’d like to—hic!—thank the Academy
- Awards ceremonies are lame unless you’re playing a drinking game. more
- Stories in our naked city
- Ordinary people - if you can call an Elvis impersonator ordinary - get naked for Stripped: Greg Fiedler’s Naked Las Vegas. more
- Do you know Dick?
- Testing your knowledge of the King of the Surf Guitar, Dick Dale more
- Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)
- Priceless retails for $25.99, but it’s only worth 10 bucks. more
- “Designers’ playground”: “RFP” wants you to slow down and look around
- “2010 RFP” focuses on artistic endeavors and personal projects, rather than traditional career work. more
- The truth about Vegas: “Teetering” grapples with the city’s gritty reality
- The work in John Bissonette’s exhibition says more about the precarious state of current affairs than words ever could. more
Screen
- Roman Polanski delivers a solid political thriller in “The Ghost Writer”
- Polanski remains a master craftsman, and he brings a level of skill to this material that raises it above what could have been a trashy thriller. more
- Alice in Wonderland
- Burton’s film is more a quasi-sequel and he gives an expected darker tinge to the setting, years after Alice first encountered it as a little girl. more
- Mixed results in crime drama “Brooklyn’s Finest”
- Brooklyn’s Finest is a bit too ripe and wordy, with careful, calculated talk filling in all the empty spaces. more
- A “Marriage” made in hell
- With every new project he takes on, Jerry Seinfeld further demonstrates that he’s lost whatever creative touch made his eponymous sitcom so iconic. more
- “Jersey Shore” Uncensored
- The set—which appears to have been slapped together and shipped out while we still care—promises “uncensored” footage, but words are still bleeped. Still, I can’t ... more
Taste
- Zine and the art of Chinese restauranteering
- One of the country’s top-rated Chinese joints is just down the Strip.
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- It’s pretty much official now: Liars sound best at their spookiest.
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- At its core, Broken Bells is the ultimate soundtrack for lazy Sundays.
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- Strong songwriting helped Gorillaz transcend the gimmick tag for two albums. Unfortunately, the group isn’t so lucky this time.
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Cocktail of the Week
Mar 4, 2010
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Xania Woodman
Now Drink This: Forest Berry Cooler
Wynn/Encore property mixologist Patricia Richards created this “not-too-sweet, refreshing berry cooler-style cocktail” for the twelfth annual Finlandia Vodka Cup finals in Levi, Finland where she finished fourth, the highest finish ...
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