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Life Is Beautiful offers a new festival format in September in Downtown Las Vegas
A Big Beautiful Block Party is set for September 27-28 in Downtown Las Vegas.
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Music
Dispatches from the pit at Punk Rock Bowling 2024 in Las Vegas
Even with weekend temperatures creeping up to the mid-90s, punks showed up and showed out at Punk Rock Bowling 2024 in their battle vests and ...
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Artist Gear Duran’s new Downtown mural embodies Nevada’s frontier spirit
The mural recreates an encounter with a wild mustang in our Nevada wilderness using a palette of vivid, electric city colors.
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Fore! Sports and entertainment themed businesses taking Las Vegas by storm
Atomic Golf is the latest in an ongoing trend of sports-entertainment complexes making Las Vegas their home. And more are on their way.
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NewsDowntown Las Vegas
Too many empty buildings in Downtown Las Vegas are ready to burn. What can we do to protect them?
The vulnerability of these buildings is a constant concern for property owners and residents who live next door to all this historic kindling.
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Music
Downtown R&B listening lounge Seven:45 is filled with love notes to the genre
“This space is as shallow or as deep as you want it to be. Each piece of art represents R&B culture to me.”
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Police crack down on Downtown bicyclists after a violent assault in the Arts District
Metro says “these rides have only recently become violent, and this is an isolated incident.”
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Nightlife
New Downtown spot Liquid Diet is throwing its own brand of house party
Co-owners Bret Pfister and Patrick Mannion are not in favor of buttoned-up bars that require a special word for admittance.
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Music
Recapping Las Vegas' 2023 Life Is Beautiful festival
This years' iteration, the festival's 10th, once again suffused Downtown Las Vegas in music, light and energy ... and a few surprises.
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Shepard Fairey, creator of one of Life is Beautiful’s enduring murals, continues to speak truth to power
The artist behind the Barack Obama “Hope” campaign poster left his mark Downtown in 2016.
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The Las Vegas Book Festival returns to Downtown this October
Featured authors Terry McMillan, Malcolm Nance, Rebecca Yarros and Ana Reyes headline a free, all-ages festival that has something for everyone who loves to read.
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Two new LGBTQ+ resorts could expand the idea of a Downtown Las Vegas gay district
Queen Las Vegas made its debut on September 1, and the Bent Inn is scheduled to open in October.
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Life Is Beautiful festival to award lifetime passes for its 10th anniversary
Five more winners will receive tickets to this year's fest and other prizes.
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El Cortez table game action comes alive on streamer’s YouTube channel
“Hey everybody, we’re here at the El Cortez,” Victor Ross says, greeting his online viewers with an air of familiarity before he begins to play.
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Public-private partnerships transform an old Downtown motel into transitional housing
The renovated facility provides a unique Vegas vibe and includes wheelchair-accessible rooms, laundry machines and a spacious courtyard with a zen garden.
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Fine Art
Snipt brings the Rat Pack tradition to Las Vegas’ rising, new Downtown
"I hope that residents, locals and tourists smile when they see Sammy, Dean and Frank overlooking DTLV."
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Music
Killers, Kendrick Lamar, Odesza top Las Vegas' 2023 Life Is Beautiful lineup
Among more than 50 other acts on the bill: Khalid, The 1975, Flume, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nelly and Omar Apollo.
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Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay brings his concert and collection to Las Vegas
The memorabilia and artifact collection will be on display for one night for free at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
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AllSportsAggregate
Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 2 winners against the spread
Three Week 2 point spreads rose above the rest this year, having shifted at least a field goal following the first set of games. ...
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Four schools — but not UNLV — leaving Mountain West Conference for Pac-12
UNLV isn’t one of the four Mountain West Conference schools reportedly leaving the league for the Pac-12 Conference. Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and ...
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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 3
Everything has changed in college football this year, and that includes the timing of some classic in-state showdowns. There’s naturally a lot of complaining about ...
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What to do in Las Vegas this week (Sep. 12-18, 2024 edition)
Stand-up comedy at Drai’s After Hours, Pink at Allegiant Stadium, the annual AFAN Black & White Party at the Palms and more in this week’s ...
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UFC promising a sporting event that 'will never, ever be replicated' in debut at Sphere
The origin of one of the most anticipated and expensive fight cards in Las Vegas history traces back to Tom Brady and U2.
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Both UFC belts at risk change hands in Sphere spectacular
Sphere’s presentation was inescapable in its live-sporting event debut, and the athletes made sure the sold-out crowd got their money’s worth. ...
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Alexander Mattison carving out a bigger role in Raiders’ offense
The Raiders started using more of a running back by committee approach as training camp went on, and now it appears likely the workload will ...
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Mega music events continue to expand Mexican Independence Day on the Las Vegas Strip
Live Nation alone is responsible for 37 Latin music and comedy shows taking place in Las Vegas in the days surrounding the September 16 holiday.
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FeaturedWhite Castle
Terrible’s marks 65 years of success, growth and connection with Las Vegas
Terrible’s is so ingrained in the collective consciousness of Southern Nevada that locals barely noticed when the company changed its name.
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Arts & EntertainmentNewsmuseum
Plans unveiled for long-awaited art museum in Las Vegas
The 90,000-square-foot building at Symphony Park will have three exhibition spaces, a gift shop, cafe, outdoor public space, small theater and lobby.
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Defensive changes could be the difference as UNLV readies for Kansas
For the UNLV football team, the memories from last year’s bowl game against Kansas still linger. UNLV’s magical 2023 campaign reached its end in Phoenix ...
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Local fighters in spotlight for historic UFC card at Sphere
The card is loaded with nine Mexican natives or residents including Daniel Zellhuber, but there’s also another less obvious class of fighters in abundant supply: ...
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Illegal sales of raw milk prompt Nevada officials to reiterate warnings about product’s risks
Expert: Raw milk — legal or illegal — can cause more harm to a person’s health than the alleged good.
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A&E
Las Vegas poet James Norman blends personal stories with sharp political insight
Norman’s verses aren’t about grandeur or hollow activism. He writes about the everyday struggles of those caught in the crossfire of a world that feels ...
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Combination of music, art and game design pulls consumers into the story of Squid Game
Las Vegas-based gaming manufacturer Light & Wonder partnered with Netflix to create a slot machine based on the streaming giant’s hit show, the South Korea-set ...
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Raiders relying on unfamiliar faces after pair of defensive line injuries
Ten out of 11 expected Raiders’ defensive starters trotted out onto the field at SoFi Stadium for the first possession of the season last week. ...
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Affordable housing developers focus on making space for seniors in Southern Nevada
In May, Clark County Commissioners approved $66 million for nine applicants to build low-income housing.
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PoliticsNewsAggregate
Nevada unions rallying to amplify Harris’ campaign
While the Culinary Union’s ground game for Democrats dominates headlines — even forcing Republicans to rethink their own campaign strategies — other labor organizations have ...
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Sunday Sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL Week 2 card
The wish was that the arrival and rebirth of the Sunday Sweats would trigger a turnaround for the recently dwindling bottom line of the weekend ...
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Minshew makes his mark in leading Raiders to comeback win
The Raiders came into the day as a double-digit underdog, but after Minshew’s heroics they find themselves sitting at 1-1 with a very winnable home ...