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PrintSharing 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.
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BooksSummer reading recommendations from the staff at the Writer’s Block book shop
The celebrated Downtown store has exactly what you need for poolside reading: Thousands of new books and a discerning staff that’s probably read most of ...
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NV PoliticsAggregateGovernmentProposed legislation to limit book bans in Nevada libraries advances in state Assembly
A bill that would make book bans harder to achieve in Nevada’s school and public libraries passed its first hurdle toward becoming law. Assembly Bill ...
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PrintVera 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.
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PrintHorror 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.
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A&ELas Vegas author Lissa Townsend Rodgers sheds light on historic women in organized crime
Years of extensive research not only roots the stories in factual history, but also makes readers feel as though they’re a fly on the wall.
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A&EArts District book shop The Analog Dope Store speaks with many voices
The essence of Analog Dope goes beyond its personally curated shelves; it reverberates with a profound sense of community.
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FeaturedBooksWith new book ‘The Meth Lunches,’ Kim Foster lends Las Vegas an empathetic ear
Foster’s prose is pure dynamite. Her dialogue sticks and moves, and her narrative voice is relatable and modest.
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PrintThis 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.
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PrintThe 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.
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A&EPedro Duran’s Hasta Siempre Books encourages artistic dialogue
The recent edition to Fergusons Downtown’s Gather House complex has quickly become a haven for creatives and art connoisseurs.
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Arts & EntertainmentMusicFeaturedYour 2023 Las Vegas fall arts & entertainment guide
Music, comedy, theater, art, food and more.
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FeaturedVideo GamesBooks2022 in Review: The Weekly’s favorite video games, books and podcasts
Hint: Only one of ‘God of War Ragnarök’ and ‘Elden Ring’ made the cut
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Arts & EntertainmentFeaturedFoodOur 2022 Las Vegas Holiday Gift Guide
This season, why not shop local?
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PrintThe 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.
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A&ETouring three newish Las Vegas Valley bookstores
What can be found at Las Vegas Books, Diamond Sutra Books and Avantpop Books
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PrintNevada-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? ...
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PrintDowntown 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.
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PrintExplore new physical and emotional territory with these Las Vegas authors
New books by Megan Edwards, Paul W. Papa and more.
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NewsAggregateAllLas Vegas Sun presents: High School Heroes 2026
It’s our privilege to once again shine light on the remarkable acts of heroism, generosity, selflessness and community commitment exhibited by our region’s youngest leaders.
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateSports 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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A&EWhat 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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AggregateHome AggregateFootballNevada 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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NewsKalshi, Polymarket place new bans on insider trading as Congress moves to curb prediction markets
Kalshi and Polymarket, the two biggest prediction market platforms, rushed to institute new industry guardrails and add new surveillance tools on Monday after ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's Elite 8
Sportsbooks had the Big Ten's over/under tournament wins proposition bet set at 13.5 going into the tournament, but the conference eclipsed that one game into ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateNew casino: Cadence Crossing opens to replace Jokers Wild on Boulder Highway
Boyd Gaming brought all 100 Jokers Wild employees to the new property, a deliberate nod to what makes a neighborhood casino feel like home ...
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Las Vegas HistoryNewsAggregate66 years after Moulin Rouge Agreement, Historic Westside landmark looks to future
Standing on a small stage in front of the historic Harrison House on F Street, Katherine Duncan-Reed read aloud a proclamation that — 66 years ...
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NewsAggregateAllGolden Knights fire Bruce Cassidy, replace him with John Tortorella
Bruce Cassidy is out as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, who fired him Sunday in an abrupt late-season change and replaced him with John ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateZoox robotaxi rolling out new destinations and improving service
Zoox, the autonomous robotaxi company, announced today that its presence in Las Vegas is expanding and updates designed to enhance the rider experience will soon ...
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NewsHenderson lags behind Nevada in closing the gender pay gap
Henderson had the 15th largest gap in the country in a recent business.com study, with an average female resident earning $19,645 less than her male ...
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NewsWhite Castle closing two Las Vegas locations
The closures include its restaurant inside Casino Royale on the Las Vegas Strip — which had been open for a decade — as well as ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16
Florida becomes the first No. 1 seed not to reach the Sweet 16 since Purdue infamously fell to No. 16 seed Farleigh Dickinson in 2023. ...
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FeaturedT-Mobile ArenaNow 10 years old, T-Mobile Arena is the most impactful non-casino venue ever built in Las Vegas
T-Mobile Arena has changed the game by bringing different music, sports, and other types of events that otherwise wouldn’t have come or stayed, most notably ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateLas 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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UNLVUNLV sportsTyrin Jones will be back for sophomore season with UNLV basketball
Retaining the Las Vegas native was widely considered the program’s top offseason priority, particularly in an era defined by constant roster turnover through the NCAA ...
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MusicK-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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SportsNewsAggregateReport: 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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A&EUNLV 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.”
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateNBA takes another step in Las Vegas expansion
The NBA has finally decided to consider expanding past its current 30-team footprint, with the league's owners voting Wednesday to start exploring the process of ...
