Blogs
¡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 »
Testing the Test Site
September 13th, 2011
Got an opinion on what the federal government should do with the Nevada National Security Site, the chunk of land northwest of Las Vegas formerly known as the Nevada Test Site? Read more »
Happy Talk on the Education Front
September 7th, 2011
This just in: Higher education in Nevada is a sinking ship. It’s not really breaking news for those of us who live here that the economy has not been kind to UNLV, UNR, the College of Southern Nevada et. al. Read more »
Nick Diaz again a no-show; GSP now faces Condit at UFC 137 (UPDATED)
UFC retains Diaz; will actually fight B.J. Penn on same Oct. card
September 7th, 2011
Nick Diaz might have lost his headlining status to UFC 137, but he's still on the Oct. 29 card as the UFC booked him to fight B.J. Penn for the Halloween Weekend event—which sold out in less than three days. Read more »
UFC signs Overeem; faces Lesnar on Dec. 30 show in Vegas
September 6th, 2011
The "big" fights just keep on coming in for the UFC as it announced today that Alistair Overeem will face Brock Lesnar in the promotion’s end-of-the-year show on Friday, Dec. 30 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Read more »
The Democratic-Republicans
September 2nd, 2011
The many names for the first political party created by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison included Republicans (not the same as the modern ones), Jeffersonians, Democrats and some combination thereof, including Democratic-Republicans. Unfortunately for Kate Marshall, it isn’t 1798, and being a Democratic-Republican doesn’t necessarily work. Read more »
Velasquez, Dos Santos headline UFC's first event on FOX
September 2nd, 2011
The UFC announced that its first-ever fight on FOX will be a match-up of two of the company’s biggest stars, literally, when UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez takes on Junior Dos Santos Nov. 12 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. 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 »
Battle of the Brushes war for makeup supremacy
August 31st, 2011
Last Thursday, Aug. 25, Rain Cosmetics and Blush Boutique Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas held their semi-annual Battle of the Brushes Makeup Competition hosted by star of Holly’s Word and Las Vegas show Absinthe Angel Porrino. Read more »
My dinner date with TAG Heuer
August 31st, 2011
The only North American TAG Heuer flagship store has found a home in Las Vegas at luxury shopping center Crystals. Read more »
