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- Strip properties come and go, but The Jockey Club remains a constant
- The adventure began, appropriately enough, with a broken elevator. read article
- A Q&A with Dre Whitt, singing bartender at Don’t Tell Mama
- “Women will walk in and think, Who’s the lesbian behind the bar? and then they hear me ... read article
The Intersection
- Is your car an easy target for auto thieves?
- The National Insurance Crime Bureau released a report of the 10 most stolen cars in the country. Find out if your make and model made ... more
- Gene Roddenberry’s son comes to the Star Trek Convention with valuable lessons
- The Star Trek creator’s son offers reason why the show has remained important to so many people for 45 years. more
- Triple-digit insanity and our city’s surprising defense
- A quick overview of heatstroke and how your body battles it. more
- Thinking about Dancing Bear parties, gas prices and more
- Also, Annie Duke ups the ante for her new poker league. more
- Local truckers to compete in driving safety championship
- It might be time to reconsider your fear of passing a semi on the highway. more
- Is Caesars’ planned observation wheel just a fancy Ferris wheel?
- And they say the “urban gathering space” around it will “revitalize” Las Vegas Boulevard. Sound familiar? more
- Conversation starters: From Casey Anthony to Jerry Lewis
- Also, we keep you abreast of the situation with Hooters. more
- Renovation rundown: Reviewing the Plaza’s $35 million overhaul
- It is difficult to recall a hotel-casino redevelopment in modern Las Vegas history that has received as much hype as the $35 million job taking ... more
- Random photo of the week
- Submitted by Henri Sagalow more
- As You See It: Readers on fashion, aliens and zombie apps
- When alternet.org listed Las Vegas as one of the 10 kinkiest cities in the U.S., our sex columnist Lynn Comella called bull. Readers called … Pahrump? more
Nightlife
- Hot Spots: Joe Jonas at Haze, a prohibition party and more
- Also, Avicii DJs at XS. more
- Three reasons to see DJ Calvin Harris
- The Scottish DJ spins under the sun at Encore Beach Club on Sunday. more
- Turning to liquid courage to face the Fremont zip line
- Afraid of heights? One Weekly writer is… more
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream party returns to the Palms
- The Playboy Mansion party staple is back this weekend at the Palms Pool. more
- Nightlife news & notes: Lavo seeks out its top fan and more
- Also, roller disco parties make a comeback at Crown Nightclub. more
Arts & Entertainment
- Lick this Downtown exhibit
- Joel Spencer’s group show ‘Ice Cream Pop’ at 222 Imperial is refreshing eye candy this time of year when cooling off is on most everyone’s mind. more
- Slice of ‘60s suburbia … Las Vegas style
- When developer Irwin Molasky planned the area in the 1960s, the question was “Who’s going to go way out there?” says Paradise Palms resident Clay Heximer. more
- Jason Mewes discusses TMI, working with jerk celebrities and whether we’ll ever see Jay and Silent Bob again
- Jason Mewes talks about his upcoming live podcasts with Kevin Smith in Las Vegas more
- Even after 30 years, ‘Jubilee!’ still has plenty to offer
- ‘Jubilee!’ looks back on 30 great years, and looks forward to many more more
- What to see, where to go and what to cook this week
- Also, what roller coaster to ride. more
- Ignite Vegas offers tech-geeks the chance to inspire others
- Filling up the backyard at Beauty Bar is not easy, but one group managed to do it last week without breaking a sweat more
- Table 8 offers up holy rollers and she-bitches at midnight
- Table 8’s production at Onyx Theatre will have fans of midnight movies salivating more
Screen
- Film review: ‘The Devil’s Double’
- It’s like a Batman movie in which Batman isn’t even permitted the dignity of fighting crime, merely watching from the wings as a gleefully amoral ... more
- ‘30 Minutes or Less’ gets the job done … in 80 minutes
- 30 Minutes or Less is amusing enough in parts to bridge the gaps, and its brief running time doesn’t allow the audience any chances to ... more
- It’s Hollywood vs. racism in ‘The Help’
- The Help addresses troubling historical circumstances in a rosy, crowd-pleasing way that provides more entertainment value than insight. more
- Film review: ‘Life in a Day’
- A call for submissions on YouTube led 80,000 amateur videographers to submit their material for the Kevin Macdonald-directed project. more
- Film review: ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest’
- Michael Rapaport’s documentary on a Tribe Called Quest is an illuminating look at the hip-hop group more
Taste
- ZoozaCrackers makes 700 pounds of pastrami per week
- “The smoking alone is a six-stage process that takes 19 hours.”
- Front-row robata at Japonais
- Where else can you get dinner grilled over Japanese coals and served on a paddle?
- 'Lucky Peach' magazine: a spoonful of awesome
- You won’t find generous expletives and praise of amazing Japanese toilets in most food magazines …
- Pass the Dirty Vegas popcorn
- Yup, it’s delicious.
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- CD review: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks' 'Mirror Traffic'
- The latest from Stephen Malkmus & The Jinks is one of the group's high points
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- Kanye West and Jay-Z's collaboration 'Watch the Throne' was worth waiting for
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Cocktail of the Week
Aug 2, 2011
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Erin Ryan
Is that a beer in your cocktail?
Drinkers often draw a line between beer and booze, but they’re seriously missing out. Case in point: Bellagio’s Summer Shandy, a beer-based cocktail by award-winning mixologist Matthew Myers. After years ...
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