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The Rapture is coming! Here’s a survival kit

With the impending rapture, the Weekly‘s Kristen Peterson gives you a few essential items to end existence with. more

Is the Health District chasing smoke by targeting hookah smokers?

Is hookah hazardous to your health? The question seems simple enough, but it lies at a crossroads of emerging medical opinion, cultures an ocean away, ... more

LVCVA attempts to top ‘What Happens Here, Stays Here’

The LVCVA has tried long and hard to top the successful “What Happens Here …” campaign. Did they achieve it this summer? more

A personal account from one victim of the city’s real estate collapse

I’m not sure why it took so long to figure out how interminably badly this had all gone. more

Professors talk their own sh*t with Sh*t My Students Write

A website purely devoted to the making fun of student’s work. Are you a victim? more

Dream Zone: ‘my pants and socks were on my desk’

I tried to hide them before the next shift came in and saw them. more

Goodman versus Giunchigliani. Screw polls! Just get out and vote

The race for Las Vegas’ next mayor is either very close or a done deal, depending on who you ask—or, in this case, what polls ... more

Random photo of the week

Submitted by Don Yancey more

Should Nevadans be worried about Google’s self-driving cars?

We can only assume they will use Google maps if they get lost. more

Rave Motion Pictures wants you to take a seat… an assigned seat

It’s been standard practice in Europe for decades, and upscale movie theaters in the U.S. have been steadily implementing it for several years. more

Thinking about PlayStation gifts, editor-attacking birds and more

Also, we advise you to check out Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other more

As We See It

Nightlife

Hot Spots: Benny Benassi at Marquee, Rihanna at Lavo and more

Also, Will.I.Am DJs at Pure. more

Manhattan Cocktail Classic celebrates a Cosmo cocktail

The event named the Sordid A-Pear, a drink available at the Cosmo’s Vesper Bar, one of the fest’s top 15 libations. more

Off the clock: A last night at Office Bar #2

Weekly writer Sarah Gianetto says a fond farewell to a favorite dive. more

UNLV grads party hearty, now they want jobs

As the largest UNLV graduating class celebrates, many are concerned about finding jobs. more

Nightlife news & notes: Nicki Minaj, Nikki Beach and more

Also, the receipt from one crazy expensive bar tab at Tryst! more

Nightlife

Arts & Entertainment

Deconstructing a Casey Weldon painting

Weekly arts writer Kristen Peterson gives her thoughts on one of Weldon’s recent works. more

Show some love for the shorty

May is National Short Story Month. That’s right, poetry, you’re not the only genre with a month of self-love. more

What to see, eat and drink this week

Also, find out where the “world’s largest swimming pool” is this week! more

A quickie on Reno band Buster Blue

Everything you wanted to know about who they are, where they play and if they’re still using kitchen items as a rhythm section. more

Keeping America’s favorite comic strip alive

Artist Tom Everhart is the only person on the planet with rights to use the iconic characters created by Charles Schulz for his beloved comic ... more

Five things I wrote in my notebook during Lauryn Hill’s Cosmo show

She wasn’t prompt, but way late trumps no-show any day. more

Emergency Arts presents the art of Opportunity Village

For one night only, the Downtown arts venue will show works from Opportunity Village’s Art Enrichment program. more

Concert review: Elvis Costello’s no-spin zone

Minus its wheel of fun, the Vegas tour stop feels downright depressing more

Theatre 7 presents an ode to Oscar Goodman

The Arts District venue is currently showing OSCAR: A Good Man through the June 7 mayoral election. more

A&E

Screen

Film review: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’

Even Captain Jack Sparrow can’t save the latest in the sputtering ‘Pirates’ franchise more

Film review: ‘POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’

Product placement in a movie about product placement? We need a Tums more

TV review: ‘Too Big to Fail’

Do we really want to be reminded about who almost ruined this country? more

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