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May 19-May 25
- Welcome to the other Strip
- Who says Las Vegas Boulevard is only about casinos? read article
- The multimillion-dollar auto assets of Imperial Palace
- Antiques, classics, roadsters and Johnny Carson’s old ride at the Auto Collections read article
The Intersection
- The Rapture is coming! Here’s a survival kit
- With the impending rapture, the Weekly‘s Kristen Peterson gives you a few essential items to end existence with. more
- Is the Health District chasing smoke by targeting hookah smokers?
- Is hookah hazardous to your health? The question seems simple enough, but it lies at a crossroads of emerging medical opinion, cultures an ocean away, ... more
- LVCVA attempts to top ‘What Happens Here, Stays Here’
- The LVCVA has tried long and hard to top the successful “What Happens Here …” campaign. Did they achieve it this summer? more
- A personal account from one victim of the city’s real estate collapse
- I’m not sure why it took so long to figure out how interminably badly this had all gone. more
- Professors talk their own sh*t with Sh*t My Students Write
- A website purely devoted to the making fun of student’s work. Are you a victim? more
- Dream Zone: ‘my pants and socks were on my desk’
- I tried to hide them before the next shift came in and saw them. more
- Goodman versus Giunchigliani. Screw polls! Just get out and vote
- The race for Las Vegas’ next mayor is either very close or a done deal, depending on who you ask—or, in this case, what polls ... more
- Random photo of the week
- Submitted by Don Yancey more
- Should Nevadans be worried about Google’s self-driving cars?
- We can only assume they will use Google maps if they get lost. more
- Rave Motion Pictures wants you to take a seat… an assigned seat
- It’s been standard practice in Europe for decades, and upscale movie theaters in the U.S. have been steadily implementing it for several years. more
- Thinking about PlayStation gifts, editor-attacking birds and more
- Also, we advise you to check out Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other more
Nightlife
- Hot Spots: Benny Benassi at Marquee, Rihanna at Lavo and more
- Also, Will.I.Am DJs at Pure. more
- Manhattan Cocktail Classic celebrates a Cosmo cocktail
- The event named the Sordid A-Pear, a drink available at the Cosmo’s Vesper Bar, one of the fest’s top 15 libations. more
- Off the clock: A last night at Office Bar #2
- Weekly writer Sarah Gianetto says a fond farewell to a favorite dive. more
- UNLV grads party hearty, now they want jobs
- As the largest UNLV graduating class celebrates, many are concerned about finding jobs. more
- Nightlife news & notes: Nicki Minaj, Nikki Beach and more
- Also, the receipt from one crazy expensive bar tab at Tryst! more
Arts & Entertainment
- Deconstructing a Casey Weldon painting
- Weekly arts writer Kristen Peterson gives her thoughts on one of Weldon’s recent works. more
- Show some love for the shorty
- May is National Short Story Month. That’s right, poetry, you’re not the only genre with a month of self-love. more
- What to see, eat and drink this week
- Also, find out where the “world’s largest swimming pool” is this week! more
- A quickie on Reno band Buster Blue
- Everything you wanted to know about who they are, where they play and if they’re still using kitchen items as a rhythm section. more
- Keeping America’s favorite comic strip alive
- Artist Tom Everhart is the only person on the planet with rights to use the iconic characters created by Charles Schulz for his beloved comic ... more
- Five things I wrote in my notebook during Lauryn Hill’s Cosmo show
- She wasn’t prompt, but way late trumps no-show any day. more
- Emergency Arts presents the art of Opportunity Village
- For one night only, the Downtown arts venue will show works from Opportunity Village’s Art Enrichment program. more
- Concert review: Elvis Costello’s no-spin zone
- Minus its wheel of fun, the Vegas tour stop feels downright depressing more
- Theatre 7 presents an ode to Oscar Goodman
- The Arts District venue is currently showing OSCAR: A Good Man through the June 7 mayoral election. more
Screen
- Film review: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’
- Even Captain Jack Sparrow can’t save the latest in the sputtering ‘Pirates’ franchise more
- Film review: ‘POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’
- Product placement in a movie about product placement? We need a Tums more
- TV review: ‘Too Big to Fail’
- Do we really want to be reminded about who almost ruined this country? more
Taste
- Viva la bam! Emeril’s Table 10 lightens its menu up
- After a few alterations to Emeril Lagasse’s Table 10, Weekly food critic John Curtas finds out if those changes were for the better.
- Vintner Grill doesn't want you to fear the cheese
- The Summerlin eatery now offers a cheese tasting on Monday through Friday evenings.
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Soundcheck
- Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' is an occasionally brilliant mess
- Saddled with the reputation that her image is far more exciting than her music, Lady Gaga seems to have decided to pummel her detractors into submission.
Read more... - CD review: Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, 'Rome'
- Is that the Italian dude who scored Hell Ride?
Read more... - The Cars are back on the road
- Rick Ocasek had a bunch of songs, and he figured the surviving members of his old band could play the hell out of them. Critic Annie Zaleski provides a taste ...
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Cocktail of the Week
May 17, 2011
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Mark Adams
Manhattan Cocktail Classic celebrates a Cosmo cocktail
A festival of libations, the Manhattan Cocktail Classic celebrated its third year last week with more than 100 events at venues across New York City’s five boroughs. The celebration might ...
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