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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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Breaking NewsLas Vegas archbishop defends Pope Leo against Trump's social media attacks
Archbishop George Leo Thomas of Las Vegas is defending Pope Leo XIV after President Donald Trump criticized the first American-born leader of the Catholic Church ...
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AggregateAllNewsFrom front lines to ballot box: How retired Marine helps overseas Nevadans vote
Mark Wlaschin left for work early on this morning, well before sunrise, making the familiar commute through the dark Carson City streets to the Nevada ...
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NewsAggregateAllAir France lands in Las Vegas: Nonstop service from Paris takes flight
Some had come for business, others for pleasure, but all shared the distinction of being the very first passengers to fly Air France’s new nonstop ...
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AggregateAllNewsLas Vegas’ tourism slump shadows Trump’s return to Nevada
As President Donald Trump seeks to promote his No Tax on Tips policy during a roundtable discussion downtown, small businesses worry fewer people even have ...
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Player of the monthNewsAggregateA's Player of the Month: Sierra Vista's Amaya Wusstig
The middle school flag football team needed a quarterback, so the coach lined all the girls up and had them throw the ball.
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AggregateAllNewsNevada cannabis leaders push for Strip integration to rescue falling tax revenue
Riana Durrett, director of the UNLV Cannabis Policy Institute and vice chair of the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board, says the decline in legal sales doesn’t ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateResorts World releasing 100,000 ladybugs for Earth Day tradition
Resorts World Las Vegas will mark Earth Day with its annual ladybug release, a tradition the resort has maintained since opening in 2021 as part ...
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AggregateAllNewsPoll finds Trump’s economic policies eroding Latino support in Nevada, key states
Latino voters in key battleground states, including Nevada, are turning against President Donald Trump and Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms, according to new polling ...
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SportsFrozen Four in Las Vegas: Denver beats Wisconsin 2-1 for its 11th national title
Denver has thrived in the uncomfortable, refusing to panic even when the opponent is dominating play.
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MusicLegendary talents Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis bring 'Nothing But Hits' to the Venetian
The duo has co-written and produced a streak of Billboard Top 20 hits for dozens of artists, including Janet Jackson, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, ...
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FeaturedWrestleManiaWWEWrestleMania is bigger than ever and Las Vegas is a perfect fit
Pro wrestling has never been more popular than it is today, but how did it expand into massive corporate partnerships, global streaming and live events ...
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Breaking NewsCCSD Police track alarming rise in child vehicle crash injuries
Local police data confirm what anyone who has spent time near a Las Vegas-area school during morning drop-off or afternoon dismissal already suspects: E-scooters and ...
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DiningVegas Unstripped returns, forever focused on creative local chefs
Back for its seventh year and third time at the Palms on April 26, Vegas Unstripped has grown quite a bit from its humble origins ...
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UNLV sportsUNLVSportsUNLV basketball picks up transfer from Florida State
Guard Cam Miles, who averaged 5.4 points and 1.7 assists per game this season at Florida State, is transferring to UNLV basketball, he announced on ...
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NewsOpinionBusinessNew research aims to clarify exercise during pregnancy and postpartum
As an athletic trainer with a sports medicine background, Kara Radzak was curious to know how much she could put her body through after giving ...
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SportsNHLVegas Golden KnightsEichel scores in OT, Knights clinch playoff berth with 3-2 win over Avs
Jack Eichel scored 1:19 into overtime, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Saturday night to secure a playoff berth.
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AllNV PoliticsPoliticsNo Tax on Tips meets inflation concerns in Trump’s Las Vegas stop
President Donald Trump boasted Thursday that Nevada waiters, casino dealers, bartenders and other tipped workers had received “the biggest tax refunds of their entire lives,” ...
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A&EWhat to do in Las Vegas this week: April 16-22
Nevada Shakespeare Festival's "Henry V," Franky Perez and the All Nighters at Circus Circus' Carnival Midway, Chalk It Down, Matisyahu, Ari Lennox and more.
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NewsChecking in on the state of Mojave desert tortoise conservation
The official state reptile of Nevada has been classified as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since 1990, with habitat loss and disease ...
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A&EFilm industry vet and UNLV professor Thomas Bjelic on building worlds through sound
Bjelic has amassed hundreds of credits while working on blockbuster horror franchises, sci-fi thrillers and films for the father of body horror, David Cronenberg.
