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Divorce insurance: because you know it’s going to happen

Divorce is a fact of life, nowhere more so than Nevada, with its 14.2 percent divorce rate. So why not hedge your bets? more

Meet Amanda Morgan: Las Vegan, youngest sexologist in the nation

She has condoms. She will teach you. more

Signs of trouble: Finding the Monorail isn’t easy

Monorail signage is woefully confusing. more

A pair of art exhibits explore a city in foreclosure crisis

Two artists set out independently to grapple with these larger-than-anything-that-has-ever-hit-our-community issues in consecutive solo exhibits at the Contemporary Art Center. more

What’s one thing that is pissing you off right now?

Whatta you think? The Weekly wants to know! more

Islamic Society encourages Muslims to lay low this month

Islamophobia is on the rise. more

Dream Zone: ‘My son was crying’

“An unknown man was taking my 9-year-old son away from me…” more

Thinking about the Plaza, Sharron Angle and more

Also, we say goodbye to Lance Burton and hello to the JabbaWockeeZ. more

Random photo of the week

Submitted by Chris Mason more

As We See It

Nightlife

Hot Spots: Tweet, drink and be happy (hardcore)

Our party picks for the week, including free booze and a few birthdays (that’ll also have free booze)! more

Nightlife news & notes: Jet’s new night, Wasted Space closes and more

Jet gets a Case of the Classics; a local-friendly lounge; Pauly D’s loss and more. more

A grandfather of house: DJ/producer David Morales

Day-long DJ sets. 35 years. One Grammy. You couldn’t have a dance-music history book without a chapter on Morales. more

Smokin’ hot: Cigars and cocktails never looked so good

Meet Rathna Singh, Casa Fuente’s Embajadora de la Casa. more

I’m a Hustler, baby: What went down at Larry Flynt’s grand opening

Sarah Palin wriggled out of her clothes as Michael Phelps and Kid Rock looked on! more

New venue Born and Raised is for Las Vegans, by Las Vegans

20 beers on tap, 18 sliders and a whole lotta love for locals. more

Nightlife

Arts & Entertainment

ACOSA’s Neon Reverb show marks the release of its new full-length album

Nearly four years have passed since A Crowd of Small Adventures released The Evil Archipelago, the eight-song EP that established the band as a whimsical-indie-rock powerhouse. more

Chatting with Walkmen organist Peter Bauer

The Neon Reverb headliners chat about their musical progression, albums and upcoming gig. more

Complete Neon Reverb schedule

We break down your four days of fun. more

Desert discoveries at the ‘Four Corners’ art show

Iconic signs, sculptures and palm trees planted roadside in the open desert are the subject of Suzanne Hackett-Morgan’s paintings. more

‘Recycled Percussion’ will (junk) rock you

This is what happens when kids who bang on pots and pans grow up. more

Checklist: Kim Canteenwalla of Society at Encore

The chef shares what’s in his fridge and on his bookshelf more

Weezer’s ‘Hurley’ is pretty coldly calculated

Frontman Rivers Cuomo has been retreating further and further into a bubble of superficial pop songcraft. more

CD review: Brandon Flowers ‘Flamingo’

The Killers’ frontman goes solo, with mediocre results. more

Psychology text ‘How Pleasure Works’ gets to the root of our likes and dislikes

The senses, it turns out, are often terrible at determining what makes us happy. more

What to watch, read and go to this week

The return of Modern Family, a book about satirists and Sharktopus! more

A&E

Screen

Ben Affleck goes two-for-two with crime drama ‘The Town’

The Town embraces all sorts of heist-movie clichés, including one final job, the dangerous older mastermind and the criminal who just wants to take himself ... more

‘I’m Still Here’ may be a joke, but that doesn’t make it funny

Joaquin Phoenix “documentary” is more fun to hear about than to actually experience. more

TV drama ‘The Defenders’ captures the oily charm of Vegas billboard lawyers

The Defenders showcases one more Vegas institution that has thus far been underrepresented: billboard lawyers. more

‘Boardwalk Empire’ impeccably depicts Atlantic City in the 1920s

There’s a certain expectation of epicness from HBO dramas, and Boardwalk Empire has the chance to be the most epic yet. more

‘The Event’ is an hour’s worth of being jerked around

A show so irritating that at times it seems like a parody. more

‘Easy A’ tries too hard to be something it’s not

Easy A is a little too conventional and a little too unfocused to achieve what it sets out for. more

Crime drama ‘Animal Kingdom’ can’t quite put its tension to full use

David Michôd’s promising but scattershot feature debut Animal Kingdom thrusts a wary young rabbit into a den of jackals and watches to see if he’ll ... more

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