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May 13 - May 19
Jacobs’ ladder
- Local entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs has risen to the top, but not without a few bumps and ... read article
Art of the heist
- The story of the Pink Panthers - international jewel thieves who count Vegas among their daring jobs read article
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The Intersection
Chicken soup for the pole
- She bandages their wounds. Gives them a shoulder to cry on. Stitches their G-strings - everything a good mother does. more
Expect nudity! And other things they teach you at the Census Bureau
- If Hank Nalbantoglu takes one thing out of his stint as a Las Vegas census taker, it would be to keep your head up. Especially ... more
The Toughest Sheriff in America defends Arizona’s immigration law(5 comments)
- Arguably the most polarizing figure in the immigration debate, he’s a sheriff who’s been under investigation for everything from civil-rights violations to using his office ... more
From the follow-up file: Calvin Leslie
- Leslie’s company, C&L Property Management, finds single-family homes to “rent” to the homeless using county subsidies. more
Random photo of the week
- Fresh Filipino shirts… more
Why Steve Wynn should—and shouldn’t—fear China(5 comments)
- The Las Vegas media lately has spent a whole bunch of ink and digital space attacking and analyzing Steve Wynn’s suggestion that he might move ... more
- Dream Zone
- “I hid under the couch and saw that he had a gun.” more
Cutting class
- With Nevada at 51st in the nation in “students’ chance of success,” it’s well past time to act. more
5 Things We’re Thinking About This Week
- Betty White on the Strip, cell-phone offenses and odd Aria art. more
Nightlife
Day and Night at the Palms
- From the season opener of Ditch Fridays during the day to NKOTB and Z-Trip at night, summer has arrived for Vegas partiers. more
Lingerie and cocktail lust(1 comment)
- “Girls want any excuse to dress up like sluts.” more
Nikki Beach arrives in Vegas: A first peek
- With the uncorking of a bottle of Dom, Nikki Beach Vegas was officially announced Tuesday. more
Nu kid in town
- Nu Sanctuary Lounge aims to be a little bit of Ibiza in Town Square. more
Arts & Entertainment
Emergency launch
- Walking into artist Jerry Misko’s tiny, stylized gallery in Downtown’s new Emergency Arts, you’d never know that latex-gloved nurses once stitched wounds in the wee cube. more
Face the “MÜS.I.C.” and dance
- They’re the newest stars of the Las Vegas Strip, but odds are you wouldn’t recognize even one of them if you bumped into them in ... more
Get cinekinky
- Las Vegas is the ideal place for a film festival that celebrates sexuality in all its varied permutations. more
Kenny Chesney title quiz
- See if you can tell the genuine Chesney wordsmithing from the very clever fakes. more
Three rowdy nights of Punk Rock Bowling
- Thoughts on the scene, the banter and the bands at Punk Rock Bowling. more
Against blobjects
- At first glance, the matrixial shapes filling the walls of Trifecta Gallery appear sterile and plastic more
Crystal Castles
- On their self-titled second album, Canadian dance-floor terrorists Crystal Castles tone down the haywire 8-bit fireworks and banshee screeches of their debut. more
Broken Social Scene
- Think of Broken Social Scene as the indie-rock Wu-Tang Clan. more
Gogol Bordello
- Next to their raucous live shows, albums are hollow, pale imitations, and full-length No. 5 is no different. more
Court Yard Hounds
- Even without Natalie Maines, secondary Chicks Emily Robison and Martie Maguire create an album that’s in many ways an extension of the Dixie Chick’s 2006 release. more
Kids these days
- Get ready for a certain anti-drug PSA flashback. more
Screen
Hoodwinked
- Starring Russell Crowe, the latest “Robin Hood” is all fury, no fun. more
Local, funny, late night
- “If you took ‘South Park’ and ‘Fat Albert’ and forced them to have sex with ‘Malcolm in the Middle’…” more
Letters to Juliet
- The good news is that Letters to Juliet is only the third-worst romantic comedy set in Europe released this year. more
The Good Guys
- Fox hits the throwback well. more
Taste
- The 5 best things I ate at Vegas Uncork’d
Lamb sliders, rabbit meatballs and a cheesecake that tastes like … cheese?
- The tapas train
Small bites get a makeover at Cana and Johnny Smalls.
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Deftones
- Diamond Eyes is the group's strongest effort since 2000's excellent White Pony.
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The Hold Steady
- Ultimately, "you can't go home again."
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The National
- The band's full-length follow-up to 2007's The Boxer is just as conflicted and lovely.
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Cocktail of the Week
Apr 15, 2010
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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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