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SEPTEMBER 3 - SEPTEMBER 9

The Intersection

Back (aaah) to (aaah) school (choo!)

Back to school, and swine flu warnings abound. The paranoiacs among us are freaking out. more

The joke’s on us

It was a joke. Right? When Harry Reid, during a Chamber of Commerce luncheon last week, told a Review-Journal ad man, “I hope you go ... more

Tiny Little Rant: Real estate shenanigans

It was hardly a surprise to us to learn that real estate agent Brooke Boemio is in a bit of hot water over boasting how ... more

Sin City in your hand(1 comment)

It took a Vegas-obsessed techie from California to create the killer LV iPhone app. more

What did I just do that for?

My wild, wacky, journalistically complicated Michael Jackson benefit journey. more

Random photo of the week

Nice wheels. Too bad about the house. more

Money and justice

Can Nevada bridge the gap between tight budgets and effective counsel for the poor? more

Ask Dead Elvis: Neon Graveyard

What is the story behind that “graveyard” where all the old casino signs come to rest? more

As We See It

Nightlife

Fox hunting

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to drink cheap.” I don’t believe that quote is posted anywhere at Ellis Island Casino ... more

Dissed and dismissed!

It’s not so much that GQ magazine snubbed Sin City in this month’s list of “The 10 Best Drinking Cities in America.” It’s that … ... more

Well-seasoned sounds

Time for Las Vegas to get a dose of “deep, soulful, funk and dub-inspired dance/electronic music.” That’s what producer/DJ Miguel Migs says he’ll be bringing ... more

A legend in his own time

Las Vegas is positively heartbroken over the loss of DJ AM, for though he was world-renowned, Adam Goldstein had very quickly became a Las Vegan ... more

Nightlife

Arts & Entertainment

Bill Cosby’s stand-up statistics

0: Similarly legendary comics who unspool spellbinding, self-deprecating stories with such authority, originality or world-weary wisdom. more

After and Before: Katy Tate, Showgirl in Bette Midler’s The Showgirl Must Go On

“The girls give me a hard time for how long it takes me to put on my makeup,” Tate admits. more

Getting a kick out of Junior

Why did he do it? Why did Junior decide to—dare to—become, of all things, a singer? Had he become a doctor or a lawyer, his ... more

Better for punching a brick wall?

Abrasiveness is relative. Perhaps in response to the tolerance our ears have developed for noise and distortion, a horde of lo-fi acts have been championed ... more

Fine blend

The Donna Beam Gallery’s Way Out West exhibit—a colorful mix of widely diverse modernist styles—reminds me of the cantina scene in Star Wars with its ... more

What’s in a name

Jerry Misko’s distinctive work—paintings that zoom in tight on this city’s signage and neon iconography—has made him one of the quintessential Vegas artists. His new ... more

Full-court press(1 comment)

The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, tucked inside an average building on the UNLV campus, is the kind of place that can be hard ... more

Parking-lot film fest

It’s no CineVegas, but the Pahrump Film Festival is entering its third year, having expanded in 2008 from the patio at the Red Sky BBQ ... more

Poke on through

Penis Pokey is a ballsy attempt to meld your member with the printed page. Whipping it out is strongly implied by the author, who’s cut ... more

Diamonds are a ghoul’s best friend

Being turned into kitty litter and dumped in a glorified spittoon doesn’t sound all that glamorous. But that’s old cremation technology. Today, even the frumpiest ... more

A&E

Screen

Sucking out the flavor

Now that Miramax is giving a proper release to his latest effort, Extract, Mike Judge (Office Space and Idiocracy) has delivered some of the dullest ... more

Julia

Easily one of the best films to be released this year—albeit not in Las Vegas—Julia finds perpetually cool Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) taking a ... more

All About Steve

Sandra Bullock is still button-cute, but Mary’s annoying personality effectively eclipses that—at least until the heroic, happy ending in which Mary becomes a beloved hero. more

The Girl From Monaco

Anne Fontaine’s The Girl From Monaco starts promisingly enough, with a high-powered Parisian lawyer, in town for a scandalous murder trial, fending off the advances ... more

World’s Greatest Dad(1 comment)

Comedian-turned-filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait may seem like a depraved sicko, but if you get past the synopses and actually watch his films, you’ll discover that the ... more

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