Bob Whitby
Senior Writer
Contact: 868-4521 • Email
The veteran journalist has been working for newspapers since age 11 when he got his first job as a delivery executive for the San Jose Mercury News in Saratoga, Calif. He has put in stints writing for and editing papers in Texas, Wisconsin and Florida, most recently as editor of Orlando Weekly. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of South Florida, and once snuck into Cuba to chronicle the recovery of a stolen boat.
Recent Articles
Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
June 12th, 2013
Best game they don’t play in schools anymore? Dodgeball. Who didn’t love pelting that hated jock with a fat rubber ball? Relive the glory days of middle school from 8-11 p.m. at the Arts Factory parking lot Downtown.
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Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
June 5th, 2013
Summer may be brutal, but it does bring one distinct pleasure: the return of Town Square’s Movies in the Square.
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Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
May 29th, 2013
Your assignment today: Proceed to Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St., between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to meet the artists behind Our Las Vegas, a public art project that celebrates the connection between artists and the city
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Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
May 21st, 2013
Time you learned a bit about one of this city’s most interesting landmarks, the Las Vegas Moulin Rouge, which both opened and closed in 1955. It was central to the civil rights movement in this town, and was owned by the first black woman to hold a Nevada gaming license.
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Will Reform Outlast the Reformers?
James Guthrie may have been ahead of his time
May 21st, 2013
Washington, D.C., and Nevada have a few things in common: We both like to talk about budgets, we’re both home to dysfunctional representative bodies, we both asked lightning-rod reformers to turn around floundering school systems, and in both cases the reformers left without finishing the job.
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Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
May 15th, 2013
Time for another installment of Helldorado Days, Las Vegas’ longest-running civic event. This one’s big: a daily carnival, the Whiskerino beard contest Friday, a parade Saturday and professional rodeo stars doing their thing daily. The fun happens in and around Downtown.
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Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
May 7th, 2013
Let’s start off the week with a little theater, shall we? In this case, the Las Vegas Little Theatre, which is a little more than a week into its run of Good People, a show set in South Boston where everyone is scrambling to catch a break.
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Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
May 1st, 2013
Your kids may not agree, but we think that what the world needs now is science, sweet science. That’s why we’re so excited about the Las Vegas Science & Technology Festival, through May 4.
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Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
March 7th, 2013
Monday, March 11: And speaking of art, the Henderson Multigen is showcasing local talent in its Ladies With Attitude exhibit, through March 22. A raised eyebrow, a stare, a glance … they all convey meaning, as captured in oil by Southern Nevada painters. 250 S. Green Valley Parkway.
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Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
February 28th, 2013
It’s sometimes easy to forget that we are still engaged in a war that’s dragged on for more than a decade. The people who have fought, or are still fighting, in Afghanistan haven’t forgotten. Letters Home, the award-winning Broadway play based on soldiers’ actual letters, debuts locally at 7 p.m. at The Smith Center. It might help put things in perspective. TheSmithCenter.com.
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