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Talking five years at the Cromwell with Drai’s Dustin Drai
“We started with pop—The Weeknd, Chris Brown, Iggy Azalea—to a hip-hop guy here, a hip-hop guy there. It was this synergy of hip-hop at the time becoming the No. 1 genre in the world and us doing live talent. We didn’t expect it to blow up like it did. It just kind of transformed.”
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Tastemaking Aussie DJ Anna Lunoe returns to EBC
Last week she dropped the Right Party EP on fellow Wynn Nightlife resident Diplo’s Mad Decent label, a summer-appropriate collection of new and previously released songs that should ignite dancefloors all season long.
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Skrillex at KAOS and other Vegas club musts this week
He$h & Bommer team up at Vinyl.
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Striving for third place: Las Vegans need more gathering spots beyond their homes and jobs
Happily, new third places are developing around us. This column was written at two of them: Sambalatte in Boca Park and the new Writer’s Block. Gäbi Coffee & Bakery, in Chinatown, punches several boxes.
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Ribbon of Life channels Woodstock this year at the Tropicana
Opium’s Dusty Moonboots, performing at Ribbon of Life 2018.
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Four longtime Vegas friends are booking prominent hardcore bands—for all ages
“When you’re a kid and going to shows, you don’t realize how much goes into planning and booking those shows. So it’s nice to feel like this many years later—that we can be the ones doing these for a whole new generation of kids.”
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With his new mural, artist James Stanford pays homage to Downtown icon the Blue Angel
Instead of painting just one Blue Angel, Stanford decided to paint multiple versions—one emerging from a half shell like Sandro Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus,” and others as rockets ascending toward the heavens.
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Khalid is talented, vulnerable and philanthropic. And he’s only 21.
While his modern R&B peers opt for trapped-out beats and drug-filled sex fantasies, the young singer is earnest and wholesome, embracing a sound that’s equal parts ’80s nostalgia and contemporary bounce.
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Rhett & Link, Yoga Day, Shakespeare at the Ranch and more to do this week in Las Vegas
Climbing documentary Reel Rock 13 shows at Clark County Library.
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Italian spot Ada’s brings new energy to Tivoli Village
James Trees’ handmade pasta dishes have made waves Downtown, and the trend continues at the Summerlin-adjacent Tivoli. On a hot summer day, the best choice is a bowl of gemelli, emerald-green, basil-flavored noodles tossed with pistachio pesto redolent with citrus.
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Three newish Henderson coffee spots worth checking out
Joe Maxx, Zen and Dark Moon have arrived.
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Eat for a good cause during Las Vegas Restaurant Week
It’s a great way to try out Locale, the much anticipated restaurant by Nicole Brisson, which opened June 19.