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Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
April 24th, 2013
Get political with Protectors of the State: A Conversation with Three Former Governors at the Mob Museum courtroom. Nevada Governors Bob List, Richard Bryan and Bob Miller participate in the panel discussion, plus a signing of Miller’s Son of a Gambling Man. Read more »
Environment
Diminishing Lake Mead Requires New Solutions
April 24th, 2013
On April 16, the conservation group American Rivers named the Colorado River the most endangered waterway in the U.S. That came within days of the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center’s water supply forecast, which offered up the bad news that Lake Mead is at just 71 percent of average capacity. Read more »
Transportation
When Share and Share Are Not Alike
Project 100 seeks to replicate the Zipcar model—but with a hefty price tag
April 24th, 2013
I’ve lived car-free in Las Vegas for one year. In that time, I’ve gotten around on bicycle, by bus and by carpooling. And every day for the past year, I have missed Zipcar, the car-sharing service I used while living in Seattle. Now the Downtown Project is introducing Project 100, a car-sharing service that also includes bikes and shuttle buses (a mobile app will determine what’s closest to you). Read more »
Design
Summer Break, With Structure
April 24th, 2013
Do you have a budding Frank Gehry or Zaha Hadid at home? If so, the place for them to hang out this summer is DDC2, the UNLV Downtown Design Center’s first-ever Design Day Camp. Read more »
The Week
The Nightclubization of Schools: a Daydream
April 24th, 2013
The tipping point was the residencies. Admittedly, when they began, we were all for them. Legendary primatologist Jane Goodall did a 13-day run at Halle Hewetson Elementary and we were so amazed, so pleased; here was someone with a career’s worth of material, someone with all the juice she needed to do a world tour, doing a Vegas residency. “We’ve evolved,” the critics said. Read more »
How to Get Spacey Without Going to Space
April 24th, 2013
You want to experience the feeling of spaceflight, but you don’t have the 200 grand to fork over to Sir Richard. What to do? Read more »
Vegas to the Moon!
Does space tourism have a future in Las Vegas? Sir Richard Branson thinks it might
April 24th, 2013
Could Las Vegas become a launching pad for a new type of tourist—the kind who’s looking for a thrill ride that can’t be found behind the velvet rope? Read more »
Seven Questions
Seven Questions for Tommy DeVito
The Four Seasons founder on his Jersey Boys depiction, his relationship with his former bandmates and lessons learned doin’ time
April 23rd, 2013
“Bullshit artist,” you say? Utter … bullshit. So insists 84-year-old Tommy DeVito, founder of the Four Seasons, who’s itching to answer back after this Read more »
Ask a Native
Silly Vegas Questions Better than No Questions
April 23rd, 2013
Do you live in a hotel? Is Wayne Newton your neighbor? Which casino does your mom work in? Is she a showgirl? A hooker? A stripper? Is your dad in the Mafia? Is he a gambler? Do you eat in casinos? Where do you play outside? Read more »
A Lion Legacy Lives On
Preserve provides a home for descendants of the MGM roaring lion
April 23rd, 2013
My wife and I stand in a glass box, surrounded by lions. The enclosure at the Lion Habitat Ranch near the junction of St. Rose Parkway and Interstate 15 serves as a photo booth for visitors to pose with the cubs, who wrestle each other in a partitioned space, and a dining room for those who want to “Feast with the Beasts.” Read more »
