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- Saving Nevada’s schools: How do we do it?
- Okay, heads up, eyes forward! The Weekly asked a few experts how to turn around Nevada’s education ... read article
- The voices of education: Thoughts about life in the classroom
- Surprises, frustrations, policies … The Weekly finds out what real teachers think about the state of their industry. read article
- Educators with an edge
- Three local teachers who go way beyond the textbook read article
The Intersection
- Is Nevada snubbing local artists?
- The portrait painting of departing state governors often becomes thorny. more
- Pronouncing Nevada: Who cares?
- Is there an official pronunciation for “Nevada?” more
- Sit Means Sit owner Fred Hassen has turned dog-training videos into a viral sensation
- These videos are serious business, exposing Hassen’s dog-training company to a worldwide audience. more
- Jerry Lewis gets blunt about the evolution of Las Vegas
- “You can’t drive down the fucking Strip and tell me it’s all beautifully laid out.” more
- Robert Stern vents his frustration with America in a conservative cartoon book
- Endorsed by Joe the Plumber! more
- Thinking about UNLV, apostrophes and more
- Also, what’s with the new name for the Nevada Test Site? more
- Bring-your-own-pot
- Medicinal marijuana users find a place to toke and talk at Bluebird Coffee Shop. more
- What’s the best restaurant you’ve eaten at in the last month?
- Whatta you think? The Weekly wants to know more
- Random photo of the week
- Repent! more
- Dream Zone: ‘a quiet storm of bees’
- “They swarmed my entire left leg and stung it.” more
Nightlife
- The Secret is out: New nightclub alternative opens with fab-u-lous results
- All that was missing was Nathan Lane in drag… more
- Best. Party. Ever.
- AFAN’s Black & White Party is the next best thing to Studio 54 circa 1980. more
- At Boa, an alcohol-infused playlist to keep you young
- The Fountain of Youth now comes in a cocktail glass. more
- A bloody good time at the Erotic Heritage Museum’s Cannibal Night
- Ever staple dollars to a lightbulb-eating vixen’s butt? This writer has. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Caldwell’s Game
- If animals spoke up, these are a few things they just might say… more
- ‘Le Reve’ from below
- A new scuba package invites guests to see below the surface. more
- An artistic celebration at Grape Vegas
- A Town Square wine bar’s two-year anniversary gets artsy. more
- Home is where the laughs are
- Maddog Mattern, Sam Tripoli, Bryan Bruner, Nathan Lund and John Hilder return to Vegas for a comedy homecoming. more
- Three questions with The Avett Brothers’ Scott Avett
- The Avett Brothers perform at the Silverton on September 2. more
- Book review: ‘Click: The Magic of Instant Connections’
- I haven’t been this disappointed in a sequel since Blues Brothers 2000. more
- At age 54, Billy Idol can still turn a venue into a cradle of love
- With a rebel yell, she cried, “More! More! More!” more
- The checklist: What are you consuming this week?
- Sarah Feldberg, Arran Andersen, Jet Tila and Chris Bitonti more
- What to read, watch and listen to this week
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Wolfmother and other fine forms of entertainment more
- Keeping it weird
- Nearly 30 years into his career, musical parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic is finally hip. more
- Against all odds, Clark County continues to fight to keep music education alive
- It’s hard to believe that Clark County is again named one of the “Best Communities for Music Education.” more
Screen
- George A. Romero’s ‘Survival of the Dead’ is a real improvement
- Easily the best since 1985’s Day of the Dead. more
- Movie review: ‘The Last Exorcism’
- The Last Exorcism starts off with an intriguing concept only to lose momentum and coherence as it gets into its actual horrific elements. more
- DVD review: ‘Lost: The New Man in Charge’
- For Lost fans who were disappointed by the show’s finale, this 12-minute epilogue might seem like the perfect solution, but is it? more
- Sing along with ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’
- Because The Rocky Horror Picture Show shouldn’t have all the fun. more
Taste
- Nu Sanctuary stands out in Town Square
- Look, up in a shopping mall! It’s a hookah lounge! It’s a bar! It’s Nu Sanctuary!
- Rambo's Kitchen offers hot meat-on-meat action
- If you’re heading to Rambo’s Kitchen hoping for a peek at Sly behind the grill, you’ll be disappointed.
- Restaurant Week: A delicious excuse
- August 30 through September 5, you only need one excuse to ditch dinner at home and head out for a fabulous meal.
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Soundcheck
- Interpol's new CD is better on vinyl
- Planning to buy Interpol’s new fourth album? Consider the vinyl—much easier to confine your listening to Side A that way.
Read more... - CD review: Katy Perry
- Teenage Dream is the perfect title for an album by Katy Perry.
Read more... - Arcade Fire’s latest can’t quite match the anticipation
- If you can stomach an overblown concept record, The Suburbs makes for a pretty solid spin.
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Cocktail of the Week
Aug 25, 2010
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Deanna Rilling
At Boa, an alcohol-infused playlist to keep you young
At Boa Steakhouse inside Caesars Forum Shops, the bartenders have a playlist of their own—made of cocktails, not tunes. And like every playlist, it needs updating to keep things interesting. ...
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