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Best Bookstore: The Writer’s Block
Independent bookstores aren’t as abundant as they once were, but readers are thankful to have an outlier in the Writer’s Block
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Best Headliner: Janet Jackson
How many Las Vegas headliners can say they performed on the Strip at the age of 7?
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Best Live Theater: Majestic Repertory Theatre
Some of Vegas’ most innovative entertainment is born right here.
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Best Local Band: SJ & The Ruckus
Catch this Texas-born, multi-genre rock act to find out why audiences of locals and Vegas visitors are getting caught up in this ruckus.
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Best Magician: Shin Lim
He’s been called the new superstar of Las Vegas magicians.
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Best Movie Theater: The Beverly Theater
The Beverly Theater is simply the cultural heart of Las Vegas.
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Best Museum: The Neon Museum
Visitors can always count on the museum to provide an ever-growing smorgasbord of Vegas history.
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Best Music Venue: Sphere
The Sphere was meant to be iconic, and Las Vegas Weekly readers proclaimed it just that this year.
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Best Production Show: Miss Behave’s Mavericks
This upstart local production just gives and gives. You get hula-hooping chicken ladies, mind-blowing juggling acts, burlesque beauties performing astride giant balloon animals.
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Best Vegas Podcast: City Cast Las Vegas
When Las Vegas needs to talk its way through something, Dayvid Figler and Sarah Lohman lead the conversation.
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Best Local Music Venue: Swan Dive
Swan Dive has been soaring since its 2024 debut, bringing synth-pop projects like Geographer and the farewell tour from Tennis to the Arts District.
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Best Off the Beaten Path Gallery: Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum
It’s way out past West Ann Road, but the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum is worth the trip.
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Best Arts With an Edge: Vegas City Opera
Opera doesn’t have to be stuffy or old fashioned.
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Best Honky Tonk: Ole Red
Country has another home on the Strip thanks to Blake Shelton.
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Best Venue Under the Stars: Super Summer Theatre
You only need to attend once to understand why Super Summer Theatre is a beloved and magical institution.
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Best Rising Local Act: Crumbcatcher
Indie-rock quintet Crumbcatcher is anything but a throwaway in the local music scene.
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Best Art Gallery: Recycled Propaganda
Recycled Propaganda has become a hub where scores of emergent creatives can showcase their work through rotating exhibits.
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Best Magic Show for Magicians: Wonderground
Described as “the Magic Castle meets Burning Man” by master magician Jeff McBride, Wonderground is a monthly meeting of the minds.
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Best Burlesque Show: Dita Von Teese
The queen of burlesque graces the Voltaire stage with an unparalleled je ne sais quoi.
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Las Vegas Sun presents: High School Heroes 2026
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Sports are just part of Special Olympics Nevada's mission
As CEO of Special Olympics Nevada, Thornton is many things — but on this morning, walking through the basketball gym at Legacy High School for ...
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What to do in Las Vegas this week: March 26-April 1
The Phenomenal Womxn Poetry Festival, Mariah the Scientist, the Philharmonic does the music of John Williams, Major League Indoor Soccer and more.
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Nevada high school football postseason brackets face a chaotic new reality
No matter what record Bishop Gorman, Faith Lutheran or Somerset Losee posts in the fall, each program will play in a state championship game. All ...
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NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's Elite 8
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New casino: Cadence Crossing opens to replace Jokers Wild on Boulder Highway
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Golden Knights fire Bruce Cassidy, replace him with John Tortorella
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Zoox robotaxi rolling out new destinations and improving service
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Henderson lags behind Nevada in closing the gender pay gap
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White Castle closing two Las Vegas locations
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Now 10 years old, T-Mobile Arena is the most impactful non-casino venue ever built in Las Vegas
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Las Vegas initiative supports trafficking survivors’ path to independence
While law enforcement focuses on getting people, mostly women, out of the cycle of human trafficking, Anzorena said Hope Co. is about supporting survivors’ transition ...
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Tyrin Jones will be back for sophomore season with UNLV basketball
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K-pop star Lisa sets up a Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum
The Blackpink singer, rapper and dancer will be the first K-pop artist with a Las Vegas Strip residency.
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Report: Super Bowl expected to return to Las Vegas in 2029
NFL league owners are expected to vote next week on bringing the Super Bowl back to Las Vegas and Allegiant Stadium in 2029, according to ...
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Your Easter weekend in Las Vegas starts here
Whether you're brunching, egg hunting or exploring the neighborhood, Las Vegas has a few great ways to spend Easter weekend this year.
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UNLV instructor Elsa Gramola brings the taste of Italy to your table
Born in Sicily, Gramola says she feels like a local now, “because I’m finally sharing my Italian culture here in Las Vegas.”


































