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Occupy Your Face
May 24th, 2012
Turns out the disgruntled barbers and the bearded contestants were in cahoots for a good cause, with Whiskerino entry fees going to the Elks Scholarship Fund to help local students. Read more »
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Bombshell
May 10th, 2012
In 1957, photographer Don English captured Lee A. Merlin, a showgirl from the Sands’ Copa Room, dressed in little more than a mushroom cloud. To commemorate the 55th anniversary of that iconic shot, the Las Vegas News Bureau recently enlisted the town’s 21st-century thermonuclear hottie, Holly Madison, as the new “Miss Atomic Bomb.” Read more »
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A Side of Carrot
April 19th, 2012
If only Mike Tyson would’ve gone all the way and actually bitten off Carrot Top’s ear. Not only for the irony—Iron Mike’s a strict vegan now, you know—but because it would’ve been the most entertaining thing to happen during Tyson’s VIP-night performance of Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth. Read more »
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Clean Government
March 29th, 2012
We're all for transparency in the halls of civic power, but Austin Dickson’s art exhibit in the Terrace Gallery of our new City Hall takes the idea to the next level. Read more »
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Mini KISS Me
March 22nd, 2012
A legendary rock band known more for its over-the-top theatrics than its music. A city that exists in large part because of its over-the-top theatrics. Indeed, KISS and Las Vegas have always seemed like a match made in heaven (or is it hell?). Yet it wasn’t until March 15 that the marriage finally was consummated with the opening of KISS by Monster Mini Golf, a KISS-themed indoor miniature golf course/museum on the corner of Harmon Avenue and Paradise Road. Read more »
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Green March
March 15th, 2012
Southern Nevada Girl Scouts celebrated their national organization’s 100th anniversary on March 10 by marching across Hoover Dam in their traditional uniforms. Read more »
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Fired Up
March 8th, 2012
Some good fortune Lucky Lady Lucy had on First Friday. Her job, being a flamable wooden sculpture and all, was to be sacrificed to the gods of culture as hundreds of Arts District revelers—a few of whom looked fairly combustible themselves—cheered along the corner of Third Street and Colorado Avenue. Read more »
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Bugsy Was Here
March 1st, 2012
The desert has a strange power to provoke crazy dreams: The city we live in is Exhibit No. 1. We should never forget that once upon a time it all looked pretty much like this—a weird gesture on the sunbaked surface of forever. Read more »
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Top Ducks
February 23rd, 2012
The drone and ECHO of life in the city wear us all down from time to time. From the high-octane club impresario to the kid juggling homework and baseball practice, we all appreciate that rarest of remedies for the urban condition: silence. Read more »
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Going Off Half-Coqued
February 16th, 2012
A good party should never end before its time. So after their beloved French squad bowed out with a 13th-place finish at the USA Sevens rugby tournament on Feb. 12, these rooster-topped fans threw in their lot with the high-spirited Fiji supporters at the upper reaches of Sam Boyd Stadium. Read more »
