In the Wings
SEMA Overwhelms, but It's the Best Thing Going
November 4th, 2011
The SEMA show is such a beast that it’s hard to get a handle on it. The pocket-sized guide to exhibitors is 200 pages long; that’s 2,100 companies somehow involved in the automotive aftermarket. Read more »
Still stuck in the desert?
November 2nd, 2011
The county commission’s approval of renovation plans for the Sahara site is no guarantee that the SLS Hotel is going to open there anytime soon. Read more »
Evil Dead Part of Kickstarter Revolution
October 26th, 2011
“It's a Gallagher show if Gallagher was smashing heads instead of watermelons,” says director Sirc Michaels of his production of Evil Dead: The Musical, which has been playing to packed houses since it opened Oct. 15. Read more »
Little Darlings Takes All Shapes and Sizes
October 26th, 2011
It’s been weeks, and yet I can still see it so clearly. Big women doing things you don’t think big women can do. I, of course, am talking about Little Darlings’ annual BBW Night. Read more »
CSI: Goodman
October 12th, 2011
The Mob Museum may be dithering about its name and not, you know, technically in existence, but it's getting a big push tonight. Read more »
Speaking for the Elephants
October 6th, 2011
Yesterday morning, when I turned on my computer after a night of restlessness, my heart sank. Read more »
World Series of Comedy Lectures Get Down to Nuts and Bolts of Stand-up
September 29th, 2011
Among the lectures at the World Series of Comedy, the well-attended session with Don Barnhardt covered a lot of ground. Barnhart, the Las Vegas-based veteran comic, has headlined everything from corporate events to clubs and ships, and even had his own room here in town for a while Read more »
Ring of Honor Getting its Big Break
September 23rd, 2011
For wrestling fans Jim Cornette is a legend. For those with just a passing interest, he’s the old WCW manager who carried the tennis racket. Read more »
¡Viva Las Vegas!
September 13th, 2011
Many of Mexico’s best performers will be in Las Vegas to celebrate Mexican Independence Day—that’s 16 de Septiembre, not Cinco de Mayo—and thousands of tourists from Mexico and the southwestern U.S. are coming the Valley to enjoy the festivities. Read more »
Landis’ insight shows potential of Cinefest
September 1st, 2011
Smaller, less successful and less interesting film festivals continue to try to fill the gaping cultural void left by the death of CineVegas. Last weekend it was the Vegas CineFest’s turn. Read more »
