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Heaven Freezes Over
January 17th, 2013
With temperatures well below freezing on the morning of Jan. 15, one Henderson resident decided to use his pool furniture to test the waters. Looks like it passed. Remember this photo the next time you complain about the heat around here. Read more »
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This year’s gotta get better
January 10th, 2013
3:15 a.m. January 1. The Arco station on Koval and Flamingo. Unless you are this guy, just stop complaining. Read more »
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Las Vegas on a Roll?
January 3rd, 2013
It’s been awhile since we thought of ourselves as a city on the move. The Strip’s last major opening was the Cosmopolitan in December 2010, and the Downtown renaissance, while uplifting, has not yet sprinkled its fairy dust on the rest of the Valley. But the design of Caesars Entertainment’s Linq project suggests that the Strip’s new era could begin with a nod to the hurlyburly streetscapes of downtowns everywhere. Read more »
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Make room on the Ark
December 20th, 2012
And so they came, two by two, in time of flood, unto the ship that would bring them urban vibrancy and meaningful interactions. Thus were the Downtown Programmers saved from the fate of Lesser Vegas, and the Call Center Specialists, and the Denizens of the Cocktail Room, and, at long last, upon the birthday of the Helmsman, came the Unicorn. Read more »
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One less Paper milk bottle to worry about
December 13th, 2012
As Mayor Carolyn Goodman will tell you, she’s a straight-shooter—and she proved it at the Dec. 6 opening of the Strip Gun Club. It’s the seventh shooting range licensed in the Valley this year, but the trend hasn’t sparked much concern among local officials. Read more »
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Dragon Racer
December 6th, 2012
Never doubt the fire in a half-marathoner’s belly, especially when the half-marathoner happens to be a glowing golden dragon. An estimated 30,000 runners—most of them without scales or forked tongues—hit the nighttime streets for the Zappos.com Rock ’n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon and Half-Marathon on Dec. 2. Read more »
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All Hail!
November 22nd, 2012
Shania twain arrived for her new Caesars Palace gig with some first-rate percussion backup: the thunder of 160 hooves. The 40-horse Strip procession on Nov. 14—Caesars called it an “orchestrated stampede”—promoted Shania: Still the One, which debuts at the Colosseum on Dec. 1. Read more »
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Tot Gun
November 15th, 2012
As if they didn’t give enough already, our armed forces offered up some old-fashioned fun at Aviation Nation on Nov. 10-11 at Nellis Air Force Base. Veterans Day should be inspirational for kids—and it seemed to work wonders for this one, striking a pose in front of a KC-10 Extender. Read more »
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Oh, the Zumanity!
November 8th, 2012
Zumanity cast members are each taught to do their own makeup, and here, in the catacombs beneath the stage at New York-New York, Alex Stabler—a.k.a. “Scottish Fantasy”—gets some tips from makeup designer Nathalie Gagné. Read more »
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All the Rage
November 1st, 2012
Katy perry showed up wearing a ballot. President Obama showed up wearing a smile. Mitt Romney wasn’t with them at Doolittle Park on Oct. 24 to form a triangle of discord, but he’d just paid us a visit at the Henderson Pavilion with his very own hottie, Paul Ryan. Read more »
