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May 6 - May 12
To catch a relative
- What if that nationally-sought fugitive is your own flesh and blood? Worse, what happens when you’re the ... read article
‘This is all winging it’
- Chickengate notwithstanding, GOP Senate candidate Sue Lowden is charting an uncertain course between her party and the fringe read article
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The Intersection
Arizona, mon amour
- Finally, something Nevada conservatives can get behind! more
- Five things we’re thinking about this week
- From Pet Smart to Wolf Parade, some thoughts from the Weekly staff. more
Some arts-district businesses are miffed over new ACE bus line
- “It’s like pulling the carpet out from underneath somebody.” more
- When creationists debate evolutionists, it’s never boring
- “Technical”—and passionate—discussions on the origins of everything… and salamanders? more
Crime (kinda) pays
- A few questions with former mob lieutenant Frank Cullotta more
Random photo of the week
- Me-ow! more
- Dream Zone
- “The priest was telling someone to go help that poor alter boy” more
Nightlife
Moonlit madness: Pool parties after dark
- Dip into these nighttime pool parties! more
Meet the Model: Chris Cavanaugh
- Wet Republic’s coffee shop-owning Montana girl. more
What does a girl wear to a post-fight party?
- How Mayweather looked so fresh at Studio 54 after fighting 12 rounds, we’ll never understand. more
Complimentary Benjamins and Fosse?
- Free money is only thing that would explain the massive, pushing, shoving throng of people trying to get into Eve Nightclub around midnight. more
Holy cabana swag, Batman!
- Getting to relax poolside in a VIP cabana is pretty frickin’ sweet. Free stuff to take home, also sweet. more
Arts & Entertainment
Dangerous visions
- The sketchbooks of artist KD Matheson show the workings of the mind behind some of the most otherworldly images in town. more
The JabbaWockeeZ go Strip
- Watch out, Vegas. The masked men are coming. more
Liberace Birthday Week!
- Make sure you stop by the museum and toast the ol’ ivory-tickler. more
Don’t kill “Mockingbird”: A defense of the novel, on its 50th anniversary
- I named my sibling cats Scout and Jem. So I might have some trouble being objective about To Kill a Mockingbird more
What’s new Downtown?
- The city of Las Vegas has gradually been decreasing its funding for First Friday. more
‘Speaking’ loudly: Latest Bellagio exhibit is the show to see
- When you’re part of a multi-billion-dollar corporation and you’re looking to build an exhibit around the Picassos and Renoirs in your collection, what do you do? more
Academy fight songs
- “Even though the sound wasn’t great, and it wasn’t the biggest crowd, it was nice to do our part by coming and playing a show.” more
Still hardcore after all these years
- For three decades, the Reno-based hardcore punks have been rocking - and influencing - audiences around the world. more
Five stars of Punk Rock Bowling
- The Weekly breaks it down for you. more
Screen
Superhero balancing act
- With all these larger-than-life crime-fighters getting screen time, it’s a wonder “Iron Man 2” has room left for Stark. more
Second time’s the charm
- “Iron Man 2” didn’t, but some sequels actually improve on their predecessors… more
Vegas’ own Grindhouse-syle film festival
- Includes such tantalizing titles as “Slime City Massacre, Dead Hooker in a Trunk, Orgy of Blood” and “Vaginal Holocaust”! more
Taste
- Excellence on Top of the World
The Stratosphere’s sky-scraping restaurant offers a lot more than the city’s best view.
- One meal: El Segundo Sol
Mexican food for the calorie-conscious.
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Caribou
- Remember, Caribou is the musical project of a Canadian math whiz.
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Hole
- The sound is a continuance of Love’s Celebrity Skin, very West Coast polished and pro
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Rufus Wainwright
- All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu is the intimate, unadorned album fans hoped for
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Cocktail of the Week
Apr 15, 2010
by
Xania Woodman
Now drink this: Sweet charity
Bellagio mixologist Darren West’s award-winning Passion for Fashion cocktail shows his passion for charitable causes as well. The winner of the Don Q Rum Mix-Off last Monday at Frankie’s Tiki ...
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