Las Vegas talks race at UNLV
As mentioned a few weeks ago, a town hall discussion is being held at UNLV Tuesday evening, hosted by UNLV Students for Hip Hop, entitled “Is Race Still a Factor? Michael Vick and the Jena Six.”...
View ArticleNo more playing with this doll
We’re sad to read in the Las Vegas Sun that Las Vegas Paper Doll, a unique and upscale stationery and gift store owned by downtown Vegas fixture Anne Kellogg, is closing Feb. 29. Kellogg, according to...
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Saving the Huntridge is tricky business
(Photo by Liz Fuentes | Courtesy UNLV Architecture Studies Library) Though the Huntridge Theatre, architectural centerpiece of the neighborhood southeast of downtown Las Vegas that informally bears...
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Boyd Gaming lays down its hammers at Echelon Place
Hey, you, step away from that crane lever! Via Classic Las Vegas, the R-J reports Boyd Gaming has halted construction on Echelon Place until likely 2009. This just after news that MGM-Mirage is...
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Gallery: Reid, Clinton at National Clean Energy Summit
What Would Bubba Do? (Photo by Erik Kabik | Retna) We interrupt our usual music and art coverage to discuss something of slightly more substance (not that Bob Dylan playing the Joint isn’t...
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Neon Outlook: Obama, Artexpo, F**K PARIS?!
Laco$te will get you naked. For real. Yes, I know we’ve been absent here for a bit. But there has been movement on the back end of this site that you may not have noticed. We’re working to expand our...
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Drinkin’ and debatin’ with PT’s and Sierra Gold
We do so love it when people mix drinking and politics. Last week, it was RA Sushi Bar hosting a “RA’ck the Vote” voter registration drive. And now Golden Gaming, who owns and operates 36 PT’s and...
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Gallery: Bill Clinton stumps for Obama at Chaparral High
Former President Bill Clinton visited Chaparral High School in Las Vegas on Sunday, Oct. 19 for a “Change We Need” rally in support of Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. He was...
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Contest: FREE Eagles of Death Metal show at Beauty Bar Las Vegas
Did you know that Eagles of Death Metal is playing a totally free show at Beauty Bar Las Vegas (517 Fremont St.) on Nov. 4? No? Well, now you do. Josh Homme’s band that isn’t Queens of the Stone Age...
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Drinking with the Dems on Election Night in Las Vegas
Avoiding Election Day results in this age of information overload and constant connectivity isn’t an easy task. My plan was this: Avoid polling results until I got to the Nevada Democratic Party...
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