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- A uniquely Weekly ranking of the personalities who define Las Vegas
- In a city fat with boldfaced names, who’s big in our view of this city, and why? ... read article
The Intersection
- 5 Things We’re Thinking About This Week
- Graduation rates, free booze and vuvzelas! more
- Don’t speak
- It’s as if the Tea Party replaced Return of the Living Dead’s “Brains!” with “Harry Reid!” more
- More O.J.?
- O.J.’s back in court … again. more
- It’s in the game
- Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter more
- The Weekly takes a test drive
- Nevadans are so-so. How do we stack up? more
- Whatta you think?
- Aside from Facebook, what one website can you NOT live without? more
- Leaving a bad taste
- Scandal on Top Chef Masters! more
- Culture takes a hit
- To help reduce an overwhelming deficit, the city of Las Vegas will close Reed Whipple Cultural Center to the public on July 1. more
- Random photo of the week
- Who’s ready to recycle? more
- Dream Zone
- In the corner of a cardboard box was an enormous spider the size of my hand. more
Nightlife
- It’s big and coming soon: Larry Flynt’s Hustler Mega Club
- The Weekly gets a first tour of the massive erotic events center. more
- Tao Beats she-jay spinoff
- The Weekly likes kick-ass chicks, music and free booze. So, we put three of our favorite things together for an upcoming party/DJ competition. more
- Getting to know: Benny Benassi and Swedish House Mafia
- Vegas is getting LA’s leftovers and it’s great! Both SHM and Benassi are stopping by Wet Republic this weekend. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Trust us
- What to see, hear, read, go and get more
- The checklist: What are you consuming this week?
- Scott Dickensheets, Jennifer Cornwaithe, Billy Johnson and Ted Rader chime in more
- New-look Trifecta
- More than five years after opening a gallery in the arts district, Marty Walsh has remained a success story. more
- Banging Yanni’s drum
- Who’s Charlie Adams? Longtime drummer for new-age giant Yanni, of course. more
- Lyrical longevity
- “When I started the parties, I made sure that we focused on attracting real fans.” more
- Five random excerpts from “Wanna Get Lucky?,” by Deborah Coonts
- “I grew up in a whorehouse. A girl learns to protect herself pretty quick. First time I broke a guy’s nose, I also broke my ... more
- Devo - yes, Devo - christens Vegas’ new music venue
- Devo remains one of the weirdest bands on earth. But was the energy-domed “Whip It” crew an ideal fit for Crown Theater’s live-music launch? more
- Viva Rock Vegas: Local band showcase
- Saturday’s local-band showcase goes down outdoors. Breathe some fresh air and listen to eight acts of varying genres. more
Screen
- Grown Ups
- We get the usual ancient attempts: faces plowed into piles of excrement, farting, peeing and juvenile stabs at sex talk, while the best humor probably ... more
- Solitary Man
- Few things in life are more pathetic than the aging privileged male who bumps up against irrefutable evidence of his own mortality and instantly turns ... more
- Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz can’t quite save “Knight and Day”
- Movie-star presence counts for a lot less than it used to. more
- Louie
- The show intersperses footage of C.K. doing stand-up with short vignettes starring the comedian as himself, a middle-aged, divorced father of two young girls. more
Taste
- Strip-side barbecue
- Until about seven months ago, it didn’t have an actual barbecue restaurant. Now there are two.
- Vegas dining's pied piper
- Marcus Sgrizzi has been sharing family recipes and tales of traveling in Italy with his diners for years.
- Sweet 'shrooms, dude
- Questionably famous. Absolutely delicious.
- Dinner on the diamond
- Community dining experiment-gone-right Project Dinner Table lands at Cashman Field for the June edition of its locally sourced dinner party.
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Soundcheck
- Eminem
- Though still rapping like he’s trying to win an Olympic speed trial, he’s not saying anything particularly memorable.
Read more... - The Skooners
- Production that avoids being too glossy or too lo-fi gives the music a timeless feel, and the Vegas quintet’s songwriting touchstones are also fad-free.
Read more... - Christina Aguilera
- It’s a good thing Christina Aguilera has such an amazing voice, because she has yet to find a coherent musical identity.
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Cocktail of the Week
Jun 28, 2010
by
Deanna Rilling
An Effen good cocktail
Now that’s an Effen good cocktail! Design and functionality merged June 23 during Effen vodka’s intimate gathering at Vdara. The premium Holland vodka garners its name from the Dutch word ...
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