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- Step into a cab and you might get taken for a ride
- In an era when corruption seems so antiquated that we’re creating museums to look back on it, ... read article
- Appearing on TV didn’t make Shae Wilhite rich or famous, but it did give her one heckuva story
- The day before Christmas, Shae Wilhite’s email box started filling up with some unusual messages. read article
The Intersection
- Nevada’s first distillery is ready to go online—once permits are issued
- Whisky, bourbon, gin and vodka - all distilled in the backyard of Vegas, nearby Henderson. more
- Setting the record straight about Vegas’ Twitter twerps
- @24k and @VegasBill are a very familiar Vegas breed, the sort of freeloaders who make it more difficult for real media vanguards to be taken ... more
- The weapons industry shows off its latest at its Vegas convention
- CES, AVN…what next? Oh yeah, guns. more
- The biggest threat to Las Vegas is Florida
- The cat’s outta the bag: Casinos make money. more
- A super bummer
- Why do we call the Super Bowl the Big Game? more
- Random photo of the week
- Submitted by Allison Duck more
- Dream Zone: ‘Dead people didn’t like where they were buried’
- And then my mother disowned me because I wouldn’t go to church even though I was sick. more
- Thinking about Stephen Hawking, snorting bath salts and more
- Also, Jeff Magnum announces two shows. more
- Random News Quiz
- Keeping up on the world? Test your current events. more
Nightlife
- LMFAO’s DJ Redfoo launches his Party Rock residency this Monday
- Party Rock Mondays: checkered shoes and no-lens glasses encouraged, not required. more
- Hot Spots: Yolanda Be Cool, a beer fest at Big Dog’s and more
- Also, the Artisan transforms itself into a Masquerade Motel for one night only. more
- In search for adventure, three men embark on a PT’s pub-crawling marathon
- That’s right: these men had a drink at every single PTs in the Valley! more
- Soulkitchen’s Edgar Reyes celebrates his birthday at Vanguard
- Soulkitchen finds a new home at Downtown hot spot Vanguard Lounge. more
- Nightlife news & notes: Teddybears play Cosmo, the Giants at Moon and more
- Also, Wednesdays get notorious at Piranha. more
- How to act when you’re the guest of honor
- Rick Lax gives some advice on how to act at your own party. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Tarah Grace’s magnetic pull
- This veteran performer has a passion for the stage that’s hard to miss. more
- The Year of the Rabbit … in high-density foam and flowers
- For Chinese New Year, seasonal public art takes over the Strip. more
- MILFs, Cinderella and bestiality at improv S.E.T.
- Improv Vegas’ weekly Onyx showcase is zany fun on the fly. more
- Weezer doubles down on the album-concert concept
- The alt-rockers play their early work to an adoring crowd at the Joint. more
- Corb Lund discusses Canadian country, cattle culture and more
- Canadian country star Corb Lund is taking the Bunkhouse stage - only after he hits up a cowboy poetry festival. more
- Where to go and what to eat this week
- We’ve got a discussion for the ages, Ozzy Osbourne and a B-movie night more
- Feeling the ‘Emergy’
- Maria Michails’ Charleston Heights Art Gallery exhibit explores “emergy” more
- Danielle Kelly comes full circle with new art exhibit
- Weekly art critic Danielle Kelly is putting the pen down - to exhibit her latest work. more
- Tarah Grace’s magnetic pull
- This veteran performer has a passion for the stage that’s hard to miss. more
- Five thoughts on the Social Distortion concert
- Sure, it’s a good band, but we didn’t expect this. more
- Book that combines magic, psychology only sleightly interesting
- The neurosicience of magic might be a fresh topic, but the authors’ jokes and anecdotes are stale more
Screen
- Thumbs up or down for Roger Ebert?
- Does Josh Bell give Roger Ebert’s new show thumbs up—or down? more
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s ‘Biutiful’ wallows in misery
- Biutiful burdens its lead character with enough problems for an entire ensemble. more
- Movie review: ‘The Mechanic’
- It’s not easy to make a half-assed Charles Bronson/Jan-Michael Vincent thriller from 1972 look good. more
- One uneven performance mars the otherwise charming ‘Another Year’
- Mike Leigh’s latest character study is charming but uneven. more
Taste
- Pasta on the move
- At the Pasta Shop’s new Henderson home, they make more 200 pounds of the good stuff daily.
- Eat your words: Chinese New Year foods send hopeful messages
- Wazuzu chef Jet Tila shares some Chinese love homophones for Chinese New Year.
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Soundcheck
- CD review: Wanda Jackson 'The Party Ain't Over'
- Rockabilly queen and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson is the latest cult artist lovingly resurrected by music’s younger generation.
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- The unadorned songs are almost too plain to distinguish themselves.
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- Love Letter shows Kelly’s ability to expand his style.
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Cocktail of the Week
Jan 19, 2011
by
Sarah Feldberg
Wine and chocolate, together at last?
Few foods and beverages evoke such passionate devotion as chocolate and wine. Chocoholics flock to high-end grocery stores for shelves full of high-percentage cacao bars, while nearby wine racks draw ...
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