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  • Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009

    After you pack on the holiday pounds, find out the best place to buy a new pair of stretchy pants!

  • Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

    Forrest Griffin changed up his signature song and earned a victory over Tito Oritz at UFC 106.

  • Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    Find where to watch the fights and where the fighters will be partying after they leave the Octagon.

  • Comedy

    Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

    The Mac vs. PC bubble wrap guy is "platform agnostic." Guess who's a Mac.

  • Dining

    Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

    How many balls can you fit in your mouth? Joey Chestnut ate 50 at Martorano.

  • Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

    “Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now," Everclear frontman Art Alexakis at the Hard Rock Cafe Strip. OK, Art, it's not.

  • Music

    Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009

    Where singer songwriters meet hard rock, you'll find Everclear, performing at Hard Rock Cafe Strip.

  • Music

    Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

    You can thank some auto-inclined conventioneers for the free Handsome Furs, No Age and Afghan Raiders show at Beauty Bar and that open bar, too.

  • Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

    Welcome to a nightmare a la Rob Zombie at The Pearl.

  • Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

    How do you do justice to a Las Vegas icon via a party favor?

  • Nightlife

    Monday, Oct. 26, 2009

    Break out your fishnets and vampire fangs. Halloween in Las Vegas is a marathon of parties, concerts and costume contests with thousands of dollars on the line. Here's where to celebrate:

  • Sports

    Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

    "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Bleed it Out" and "Burn it to the Ground" accompany UFC fighters on their entrances for UFC 104.

  • Sports

    Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

    While Los Angeles is not too far away, a weekend trip and a UFC 104 admission ticket aren’t in the cards for every MMA fan this weekend. If you’re looking for local viewing options, there are plenty. Some Station Casino locations and sports bars and lounges will be showing the fight and offering food and drink specials.

  • Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

    Train's loss was Imagine Dragons' gain when the local band got to fill in on the main stage at Bite of Las Vegas.

  • Comedy

    Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

    Local comedian J. Reid is currently on tour with Bill Bellamy and performing on his tv show Who's Got Jokes?. See him life this week at Sin City Comedy at the V Theater.

  • Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

    Parrotheads from across the country will party at Tommy Rocker's this Saturday for the Not the Last Man Standing party, even though Buffett won't perform at the MGM this October.

  • Entertainment

    Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

    When the guys in Mötley Crüe wrote “Girls, Girls, Girls,” they probably weren’t thinking about a multi-day, multi-venue, multi-genre estrogen-fest.

  • Comedy

    Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

    Comedian Don Barnhart could have easily ended up in the military, “peeling potatoes and cleaning latrines.” Instead, thanks to a childhood watching Robin Williams and some advice from George Wallace, he spends his days in Las Vegas telling jokes.

  • Dining

    Friday, Oct. 9, 2009

    When you're looking for more than a fast food meal after most restaurants have closed their doors, head to Mona Lisa in The Artisan for late night fine dining on the weekends.

  • Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009

    Are the booking agents at the Hard Rock trying to punk us or are Taintstick and Swollen Members really playing back to back shows at Wasted Space?

  • Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009

    As technology advances, so does the porn industry. Tommy Gunn is out to prove that 3D porn is the next best thing if you can't get some real lovin'.

  • Art

    Friday, Oct. 2, 2009

    Local artist Frijol Boy has applied his love of artwork to his job as a tattoo artist and a painter. He's taking it to the next level with a First Friday art show at The Gypsy Den.

  • Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009

    Last Comic Standing winners like late night grub, too. Peppermill-style.

  • Music

    Friday, Sept. 25, 2009

    Find out what happens when you mix 150 wines and sentimental Lifehouse tunes at the Rock 'n Roll Wine Amplified Festival. Our prediction: a mass make out session.

  • Art

    Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009

    Who can say they have artwork on their walls from a real live monkey? If you check out Monkey Biz at Palace Station this weekend, you can join this elite club.

  • Dining

    Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009

    Leave the Natty Ice in the dorm room. It's time to start drinking like an adult!

  • Comedy

    Monday, Sept. 21, 2009

    Comedian Dat Phan has the distinction of being the first winner of Last Comic Standing and one the Smithsonian Institute's Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese-American Individuals, not bad for someone who used to be homeless.

  • Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009

    A lesson in embracing the new with Leopold and His Fiction.

  • Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009

    Every band has a super fan, the one who never misses a show, is always up front and sings along to every word. For Imagine Dragons, that fan is Weston Brown.

  • Friday, Sept. 18, 2009

    If you don't have plane fare to head to Dallas, watch all the UFC action right here in Las Vegas.

  • Friday, Sept. 18, 2009

    When you already have a keytar, do you really need more cowbell?

  • Entertainment

    Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009

    The red-headed blues singer sees hope for the blues. You just have to know where to look.

  • Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009

    Four nights and more than 100 bands - plan your Neon Reverb with this complete concert schedule.

  • Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009

    Mexican Independence Day is just around the corner and concert venues and clubs around Las Vegas are bringing in the big guns to celebrate. Famous musicians like Marco Antonio Solis, Ricardo Arjona and Luis Miguel have come to croon and rock out. Comedians like Kiki Melendez, Polo Polo and Paul Rodriguez will have you laughing in the aisles and there is even bloodless bull fighting at the South Point. So don your sombreros and break out the red, white and green flags; it's time for a fiesta.

  • Music

    Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009

    Local promoter Pan thinks he can pack the Aruba Showroom by bringing in quality local and regional metal bands. Hence, this weekend's Metal Mayhem.

  • Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009

    Forget hard work, Labor Day Weekend in Las Vegas is all about playing hard.

  • Art

    Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009

    The crowd at White Square Gallery’s final reception was as diverse as the work on the walls. Present: the dreadlocked hippie, the fedora-wearing hipster and the suit and skinny-tie set—all addressed as “my artists, my guests, my collectors” by owner Natasha Young.

  • Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009

    With the many charity fundraisers going on this weekend, local bands have gotten the all ages scene involved with the giving at a Muscular Dystrophy Association benefit concert at The Farm.

  • Local Music

    Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009

    Timing is everything for The Lazystars. They'll tell you that themselves. In fact, that's what they told us on the eve of their CD-release show.

  • Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

    Rodney Dangerfield acolyte and prop comic Harry Basil has a 25-year Vegas history stretching all the way back to a "band of zanies" taking over The Dunes. Still zany, Basil is back.

  • Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009

    Comedian Carrie Snow has written for Roseanne Barr and joined the comedy fraternity with her role in The Aristocrats but now she's in for another interesting career path: writing about her "crazy" mother.

  • Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009

    From a Las Vegas farm to the UFC Octagon, new ring girl Natasha Wicks is all natural and proud of it.

  • Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009

    If you can’t afford the plane fare to Philly, you can still watch UFC 101 right in your own backyard at these local bars and casinos.

  • Friday, Aug. 7, 2009

    KOMP 92.3-FM is trading radio airtime for donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Feeling charitable?

  • Comedy

    Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009

    Bryan Bruner, former host at the LA Comedy Club at Trader Vic’s, left Las Vegas for the bright lights and bigger options of New York City. Now, he's back for a night of laughs.

  • Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009

    Local band Third Town is a little bit of country, a little bit of rock ’n’ roll and a little bit Nashville Star, too.

  • Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009

    Mayor Goodman entered the VIP pre-party for his 70th birthday bash to 50 Cent's "In Da Club." In case you weren't aware, our mayor is a p-i-m-p.

  • Friday, July 31, 2009

    Designer Camille Flawless has made her mark on the couture fashion scene of Las Vegas by outfitting celebrities and putting local beauties on billboards to advertise her Flawless designs.

  • Monday, July 27, 2009

    George Thorogood proved he's still "Bad to the Bone," and a cougar magnet, at his show with Jonny Lang in Primm.

  • Friday, July 24, 2009

    George Thorogood has been "Bad to the Bone" for years and has no plans to stop, unless you steal his guitar.