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Sharing great reads on the road with Las Vegas’ first mobile bookstore

Vegas native and former English teacher Jen Castagno launched the Book Shelf in 2024, transforming a trailer into a cozy reading nook on wheels.

Vera Blossom’s debut book captures the messy intersections of gender, pleasure and personal evolution

The Chicago-based Filipina transfemme writer stops in at the Writer’s Block on January 10.

Horror author, screenwriter and scholar Tananarive Due visits the Beverly Theater

Tananarive Due stands at the forefront of Black horror and Afrofuturistic sci-fi writers who have reshaped the genre.

This year’s Las Vegas Book Festival once again offers big ideas and new perspectives

The Women Behind The Mic panel focuses on the women who helped build the music industry, rewriting them into history through their stories.

The Las Vegas Book Festival returns to Downtown this October

Featured authors Terry McMillan, Malcolm Nance, Rebecca Yarros and Ana Reyes headline a free, all-ages festival that has something for everyone who loves to read.

Current reads and all-time faves from three Las Vegas authors

"It’s super pulpy, gory crime stories. It’s bad people meeting bad ends.”

The Las Vegas Book Festival returns with best-selling authors, panels, children’s activities and more

Legendary investigative reporter and author Carl Bernstein will discuss his new book.

Nevada-bred author Phyllis Barber takes us through the Mojave Desert and beyond

The essays are full of existential questions. In one piece, Barber asks, “Does a grain of sand have a name? Or a drop of water? ...

Downtown Requiem: ‘Happy at Any Cost’ is a sad, harrowing account of Tony Hsieh’s final days

I had to push myself to read through those final pages, for reasons beyond the obvious.

Explore new physical and emotional territory with these Las Vegas authors

New books by Megan Edwards, Paul W. Papa and more.

‘The Believer’ magazine’s Kristen Radtke journeys through loneliness in a new nonfiction graphic novel

“We need one another, and we need to rely on and depend on and support one another,” she says. “I hope the book encourages them ...

Fran Lebowitz to headline 2021 Las Vegas Book Festival

For its 20th anniversary, the October event has announced an outstanding literary lineup.

These new Nevada books should keep you busy through the surge

What else were you gonna do, make sourdough bread?

Historian David Schwartz’s latest book revisits a classic Las Vegas casino

From 1952 to 1996, the Sands was at the center of the Strip’s constant evolution, hosting the likes of John F. Kennedy and the Rat ...

News

2026 Primary Election Guide: Endorsements

We have teamed up with our partners on the Las Vegas Sun editorial team to offer our recommendations in select races.

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BTS is back: Exploring K-pop's ascension and fandom in Las Vegas

Las Vegas will be a witness to this history-making run when BTS returns to Allegiant Stadium on May 23-24 and 27-28.

Taste

Lotus of Siam is back, Resorts World introduces Savor Society and more Vegas dining news

A smashburger convergence: NADC has opened Downtown while Redhead Burger is open at the Grand Canal Shoppes at Venetian.

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Things to do in Las Vegas during Memorial Day weekend 2026

Kick off summer in Las Vegas this Memorial Day weekend with new AREA15 thrills, Nevada road trips, rail bike tours and museum events.

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Tales from the trenches of EDC’s 30th year

Recapping the sights, sounds and spectacle of Electric Daisy Carnival 2026.

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Controversial Enhanced Games arrive at Resorts World on May 24

Participating athletes are allowed, even encouraged, to use performance-enhancing substances.

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Tailgate Beach Club arrives as a sports oasis, just in time for an action-packed season

Las Vegas’ evolution into a “crazy sports mecca” opened up a new lane for the Mandalay Bay dayclub.

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Sartiano’s brings Manhattan steakhouse confidence and Italian indulgence to Wynn

The brainchild of legendary chef and three-time James Beard Award winner Alfred Portale, Sartiano’s exudes luxury and refinement from the moment guests arrive.

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Country pop icon Shania Twain is back in Vegas to host her first ACM Awards

Ahead of her debut hosting gig, Shania spoke with the Weekly about her love for Las Vegas and Sabrina Carpenter and the possibility of a ...

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Hospitality leader Cliff Atkinson on his exciting move to the Fremont Street Experience

Atkinson believes FSE is going through a bit of a renaissance as tourism moves through a period where visitors are really hunting for value.

Politics

Why Nevadans should care about the Supreme Court dismantling protections for fair representation of Black voters

Nevada Democratic U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, called it a “direct attack on voting rights, fair representation, and Black ...

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Honky tonkin': Las Vegas country bars connect fans to the music

In 2024, the Strip saw two celebrity owned country bars open—Blake Shelton’s Ole Red, followed by Jason Aldean’s Kitchen and Bar. And by the end ...

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Wynn headliner Sebastian Maniscalco talks fear, fulfillment and 100 shows at Encore Theater

Maniscalco returns to his Las Vegas Strip home stage May 23-24.

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Miss Kitty Baby hosts cocktail parties at home, and you should, too

Inspired by her desert surroundings, she created a lavender rosemary gimlet.

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EDC to expand to two weekends in 2027 with new Dust Till Dawn experience

Returning to the Speedway in 2027, EDC will unveil a new Dusk Till Dawn concept that will span two consecutive weekends and 12 days, starting ...

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Ghost Mutt Records presses undiscovered music onto vinyl

Dustin Pike is an electrical engineer by trade, but Ghost Mutt Records is his personal crusade. Since launching the label, he’s pressed and distributed 18 ...