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Best Comedian: Carrot Top
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 During more than 15 years in Las Vegas, Scott Thompson has grown into one of the Strip’s favorite all-around entertainers.
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Best Sports Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 T-Mobile Arena hosts one of the best hockey experiences and has become the top combat sports venue in the world.
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Best Poker Player: Phil Ivey
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Ivey still strikes fear in anyone who happens to wind up at the same table.
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Best MMA Fighter: Randy Couture
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Emerging as one of the UFC’s first stars, Randy Couture helped keep the company afloat while it struggled through its early days.
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Best Male Athlete: Andre Agassi
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 On top of his eight Grand Slam trophies and an Olympic gold medal, Agassi maintains a strong connection to his hometown that continues to this day.
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Best Mall: Fashion Show
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Opened in 1981, this mall feels so modern that it could have opened yesterday.
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Best Visual Artist: Wendy Kveck
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 More than just a gifted artist, Wendy Kveck is an arts educator, organizer and, importantly, an advocate.
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Best Production Show: Tournament of Kings
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Excalibur's rowdy dinner show remains the castle’s quintessential experience ... and it's a helluva lot of fun.
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Best Sports Moment: Vegas Golden Knights win first home game (October 10, 2017)
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 It might not have brought Las Vegas a championship trophy but this victory meant so much in a far different way.
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Best Band [independent]: Rhyme N Rhythm
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 If you ever witnessed RNR onstage, you know why they came out on top in this competitive category.
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Best Nightclub [modern era]: Tao
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 The NYC transplant set the pace for Strip nightlife.
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Best Female Athlete: A’ja Wilson
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 A budding WNBA superstar, the 23-year-old has averaged 18.8 points and 7.3 rebounds since the Aces snagged her with the first overall draft pick in 2018.
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Best Public Art Piece: "Seven Magic Mountains"
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Is it a Vegas metaphor, or simply a fabulous piece of land art? Either way, we love it.
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Best Tribute Show: Purple Reign
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Jason Tenner’s performance as Prince is peerless. Nobody does purple better.
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Best Art Gallery: Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Over the years, this modestly-sized space has hosted everyone from Picasso to Warhol to Kusama.
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Best Fight: Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield I (November 9, 1996)
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 The rematch eight months later might have been more memorable but the actual fight between the heavyweight legends was much better the first time.
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Best Theater Company: Las Vegas Little Theatre
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Southern Nevada’s most venerable community theater is a versatile delight.
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Best Wine Bar: Grape Street
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Beginning in the late ’90s, the center bar at this northwest Valley mainstay became the place to be for wine lovers.
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Best Chinese Restaurant: Ping Pang Pong
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 On a typical day, there’s a line of locals snaking around the velvet ropes at this Gold Coast hangout.
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Best Thai Restaurant: Lotus of Siam
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Before Lotus’ 1999 launch at Commercial Center, Las Vegas diners had no idea what they’d been missing.
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Best Attraction: Fountains of Bellagio
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 The 21-year-old water show is easily the most identifiable landmark of Las Vegas.
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Best Doughnuts: Pinkbox Doughnuts
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Since 2012, this local shop has combined outlandish creativity with a preservative-free, fresh-daily cooking ethos.
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Best Bakery: Freed’s Bakery
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 From wedding cakes to sweet treats to spectacular sculptural creations, this third-generation family-owned bakery has been delighting fans since 1959.
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Best Buffet: Bacchanal Buffet
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 People come from all over the world to worship at the altar of the Vegas buffet, and Bacchanal is its highest expression.
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Best Breakfast Spot: Omelet House
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Omelet House has been serving up memorably huge portions of breakfast favorites to a wide array of the city’s movers and shakers since 1979.
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Best Burger Joint: In-N-Out Burger
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Is there a greater joy than the aroma of a juicy double-double and fries?
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Best Community: Ours
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Las Vegas has been hit hard by the pandemic, yet through it all we’ve seen people at their best, everywhere we’ve looked.
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35 tasty takeout dishes in the Las Vegas Valley
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 Where to pick up perfect pizza, sandwiches, ramen and more.
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A few of our favorite Las Vegas food trucks right now
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 Cousins, Dragon Grill, Dude Where’s My Hotdog and more.
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Las Vegans describe their bodies’ grueling battles with COVID-19
Thursday, July 16, 2020 Spend some time talking to someone infected with—or who has been fortunate enough to recover from—the virus, and it begins to feel much more tangible.
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A&E
Second Helping Bonus Podcast: It’s barbecue season with Silverton chef Ashley Archer
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 The Silverton is serving it up with two racks of ribs and all the sides in the Feed the Family grab-and-go meal deal.
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Rockets’ red glare: July 4 Vegas Valley fireworks shows and more
Thursday, July 2, 2020 Where to watch while staying safe on Independence Day.
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Psycho Las Vegas' planned 2020 festival lineup remains mostly intact for 2021 edition
Monday, June 22, 2020 Eighty of the 83 original acts remain on the bill, including headliners Danzig, Mercyful Fate and Emperor.
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Binge This Week: ‘Central Park,’ podcast ‘1619,’ ‘Pose’ and more
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Also: the dusty sounds of Giant Sand.
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Readers’ Choice: Vote for Las Vegas Weekly’s All-Time Best of Vegas awards
Monday, June 15, 2020 From now through July 14, you’re invited to cast your votes for our All-Time Best of Vegas Awards, in a wide array of categories.
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Business
Welcome back, casinos: Your guide to the reopening of Las Vegas resorts
Thursday, June 4, 2020 Here is a list of what to expect at resorts around town, aside from table games and slot machines, which will return in some capacity at all properties ...
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Updated list of rescheduled Las Vegas shows
Monday, June 1, 2020 This list of concerts and other live events that have been rescheduled in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown will be updated as more new dates are confirmed.
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Binge This Week: ‘Dead to Me,’ Daniel Radcliffe reads ‘Harry Potter,’ Murakami short stories and more
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Catch up on influential anime series Cowboy Bebop before Netflix reimagines it as a live-action show.
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Reopened Las Vegas restaurants guide (updated)
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 These local eateries are once again offering dine-in service.
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Students across the Vegas Valley weigh in on the class time they’ve missed
Thursday, May 7, 2020 “I’m concerned about my harder classes next year—that I won’t be prepared."
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Navigating the new world: Tips for your post-shutdown life
Thursday, April 30, 2020 How to visit safely with friends, begin a job search, support local businesses and more.
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Dining News
Henderson's Joseph James Brewing Co. closing "indefinitely"
Monday, April 27, 2020 The makers of local faves Citra Rye pale ale, Busker brown ale and Hop Box IPA are packing it in.
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420 snackin’: Four recipes and 20 delicious takeout dishes
Thursday, April 16, 2020 How to make a mean queso dip, and where to get jerk wings, enchilada nachos and killer cupcakes and cookies.
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What we’ve learned during the COVID-19 crisis so far
Thursday, April 9, 2020 We reached out to a wide range of Nevadans here in the Las Vegas Valley and beyond for some of their takeaways from this unprecedented crisis.
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Electric Daisy Carnival to postpone 2020 Vegas festival until October
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 According to Billboard, the dance-music gathering's 10th Las Vegas edition will now take place October 2-4.
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Virtual culture: Do some exploring from your living room
Thursday, March 26, 2020 Build theme parks, take art classes and play a Moog synthesizer—right now.
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Insomniac airing classic sets from EDC Vegas, other dance-music fests for next two weeks
Friday, March 20, 2020 The YouTube channel will also host a Virtual Rave-A-Thon, featuring fresh live DJ sets, Friday, March 20 and Saturday 21, from 8 p.m. to midnight Vegas time.
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Have Las Vegas Weekly delivered to your home or office!
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 We’ve introduced a new subscription service, so longtime readers—and interested new ones—can get it safely by mail.
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Tips for choosing a pet (and where to adopt in the Las Vegas Valley)
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 How active are you, do you have small children and what’s your budget like?