The Local Newsroom
Firefly Fiasco Doesn't Slow UNLV Ad Team
May 8th, 2013
Lisa Coruzzi was fighting cold sweats, noodly legs and stabbing abdominal pain when she and four fellow UNLV students took the stage April 24 at the University of California Fullerton’s Titan Student Pavilions. Read more »
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. Read more »
Three Questions: Shade Tree
May 7th, 2013
Since 1990, women and children have found refuge from abuse, poverty and other dangers 24 hours a day at the Shade Tree shelter. Director Marlene Richter says the facility’s 364 beds are full every day of the year, but Mother’s Day—when ideals of maternity take center stage—is especially difficult. Read more »
The Week
Are You Ready to Be the Cure?
New options in health care will require heavy participation from patients
May 7th, 2013
We’ve all gotten the memo that change is coming to health care, but few of us really understand what that means. One thing seems clear: We, the consumers, will be asked to take much more responsibility for our own care. Many of the big-ticket new ideas—health care co-ops, patient-centered outcomes research and the digital health care revolution—rely heavily on the patient. Read more »
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. Read more »
Three Questions: Marriage Equality
May 1st, 2013
The most dramatic non-Steven Brooks moment in the 77th Nevada Legislature so far was the Senate’s April 22 passage of Joint Resolution 13, which proposes to amend the state constitution’s language on marriage. It began as a request to repeal the 2002 constitutional amendment defining marriage as a male-female union, but a revision to the resolution pushed it further: As passed by the Senate, it would require the recognition of all marriages, regardless of gender (with the exception of churches, which don’t have to bless unions they object to). Read more »
Outdoors
A Brighter Sunset
May 1st, 2013
There is no trace of the pool that used to be on Sunset Park’s west side. Built in 1972, it had fallen into disrepair and became too expensive to maintain, sitting empty and unused since 2009. In its place, though, are a new shaded picnic area, a refurbished playground and fresh landscaping, part of $11.7 million in renovations throughout the 325-acre regional park that have taken nearly two years to complete and are ready for their official unveiling May 4. Read more »
Sports
Boxing Still King of the Money Ring
May 1st, 2013
When undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. steps between the ropes on May 4 to take on challenger Robert Guerrero, it will be another in a long history of Las Vegas superfights. Just when boxing seems to be fading from the mainstream, it’s a reminder of its continuing importance here. Read more »
The Week
Henderson’s Hail Mary
Beset by delays, developers still hope to get 'health village' moving forward
May 1st, 2013
As the one-time commissioner of the fast-paced Arena Football League, David Baker became accustomed to seeing a touchdown about every 90 seconds and final scores in the 74-68 range. Cue the irony: As the main man behind the $1.5 billion integrated health village planned for Henderson, Baker is involved in a game that’s scoreless … and has been for more than two years. Read more »
