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The Enlightened Hamlet
October 5th, 2012
Education also is a heavy component in the Shakespeare in the Park. The company will take scenes from Hamlet to 30 middle and high schools, breaking up into teams to do in-class presentations. Read more »
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Expert Opinion: Best literary things in Las Vegas
July 28th, 2011
The local novelist has written two books (Wanna Get Lucky? and Lucky Stiff in 2010 and 2011, respectively) in her sexy and funny chick-lit mystery series set in a fictional Strip megaresort, and a third is due early next year. We asked her to pick the seven best literary things in Las Vegas: Read more »
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Best Vegas-Related Reality TV Show Moment
July 28th, 2011
She and then-boyfriend, former XS managing partner Cy Waits, released a little, er, tension at a club. Waits, fed up with Hilton waltzing in late and trying to kiss him, told the heiress, “I had a good life before you. … I want to be me, and I want to be by myself.” Read more »
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Best Movie Theater
July 28th, 2011
The digital projectors cast the strikingly vivid images. The stadium seating (think home recliner) is luxurious. And after you get out, you can talk about your movie at any number of bars or restaurants right outside the doors. Read more »
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Best New Visual Artist
July 28th, 2011
Gazing at his works, you can’t help but feel drawn into a strange and wonderful realm of Scantron dreams and clock-punch-card origami. In truth, his work is indescribable, the highest compliment we can pay. Read more »
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Best Highway Public Art
July 28th, 2011
The public art along the side of the Spaghetti Bowl was the creation of J.W. Zunino & Associates. The design mixes sculptures of native animals amid desert plants and rocks in homage to the severe beauty of Southern Nevada. Read more »
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Best CD
July 28th, 2011
Given the right label push, Imagine Dragons could be a platinum-selling band that packs stadiums. Don’t believe it? Listen to the Dragons’ It’s Time EP, an exquisite gathering of eight perfect synth-pop tunes, from the deranged and disturbing kiss-off of “Leave Me” (“I give up/You gotta get a gun/To make a woman run”) to the chill wave-meets-R&B groove of “Tokyo” (“Where do I have to go/To find a honey with a little soul”). Read more »
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Best Candidate to Become the Next Pawn Stars
July 28th, 2011
The upcoming Animal Planet reality TV series Tanked focuses on the Las Vegas-based, family-owned business of Acrylic Tank Manufacturing, one of the country’s top builders of high-end aquariums. The six-episode series, which premieres Aug. 19, stars business partners and brothers-in-law Brett Raymer and Wayde King, along with their opinionated and outrageous family members and staff. Read more »
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Best New Gallery
July 28th, 2011
Everyone knows little Blackbird Studios has the coolest shows, offering the best and most dynamic artwork, a place that stands at the new core of a growing downtown arts community. But it’s the themed solo and group exhibits where Blackbird absolutely sings, from Cristina Paulos’ awesome display of portraits to the comic book-crazed Tales From the Boneyard. Read more »
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Best Guitarist
July 28th, 2011
Deadhand frontman Brendan Scholz cultivates the look of a dim punk rocker (nice face tattoo of a spider, dude), but don’t judge this 25-year-old fret-board-shredding book by its cover. Scholz, who until recently worked in a guitar shop, is a cross between Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) and James Williamson (Iggy and the Stooges). Read more »
