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Arts & EntertainmentBooksFilmVegas starter kit: The pop culture you need to understand the city
Like any real city, you need to live Las Vegas to truly understand its culture—but there’s always art that can provide a convenient and creative ...
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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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NewsNV EnergyNV Energy daily demand charge draws opposition from customers and renewable energy advocates
The upcoming charge, to be implemented in January, has drawn legal opposition from both Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and renewable energy advocacy groups like ...
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guy savoyCeline DionFeaturedIconic images and memorable moments from 60 years of Caesars Palace
In Caesars Palace, Jay Sarno imagined a Las Vegas where hospitality, entertainment and escapist theming were all part and parcel of the same thing. And ...
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A&EWhat to do in Las Vegas this week: July 23-29
Ella Mai at Resorts World Theatre, Simple Plan at Pearl Theater, Louis the Child at Marquee, Slow Joy at Grey Witch and more.
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MusicOlivia Dean teaches ‘The Art of Loving’ at MGM Grand Garden Arena
The English superstar charmed fans in her Las Vegas debut July 18 with a hit-filled evening celebrating love in all its greatest forms.
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TourismNewsAggregateCaesars Entertainment makes a $200M bet on Lake Tahoe
They come to Tahoe for the outdoors — the water, the trees and the fresh air. In the winter, guests plan trips around big snowstorms ...
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NightlifeCamp Palms is nostalgic kitsch that keeps you coming back
After hosting a holiday pop-up in December, Palms and ThemeDream Productions bring a new themed experience to wet your whistle for summer nostalgia with over-the-top ...
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DiningDrink Las Vegas, a food hall block party in Summerlin, tropical cocktails and more Vegas food news
The Resort at Summerlin has announced another Neighborhood Food Hall Community Block Party for August 1 at 1 p.m.
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DiningIf you haven't discovered the superior Mexican food at Tacos Los Barrios, you're missing out
Started as a food truck during the tail end of the pandemic, Tacos Los Barrios quickly opened its first brick-and-mortar in Henderson before expanding to ...
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Breaking NewsMike Tyson immersive experience set to debut at Flamingo Las Vegas this fall
Iron Mike Legacy: The Mike Tyson Immersive Experience — billed as the world’s first officially licensed immersive experience tied to Tyson — will use augmented ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateAAA: Nevada gas prices continue to climb amid Middle East tensions
Gas prices in Nevada kept climbing this week, with the statewide average for a gallon of regular gasoline rising 14 cents to $4.69, according to ...
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AggregateAllNewsUNLV opens as early favorites against Memphis and Hawaii, prime playoff hurdles
UNLV football is expected to contend for an at-large bid in the 12-team College Football Playoff this season, and the team’s first two games — ...
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Contractor of the YearAggregateAllContractor of the Year Awards honors the people and projects building Southern Nevada
Tony Marnell II has propelled Marnell Companies and its associates to international acclaim for designing and constructing some of the world’s most recognizable resorts, hotels ...
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BusinessAllTourism'A second chance’: Staffers, patrons at Primm Valley casino celebrate return
Primm Valley reopened with 422 gaming machines, 250 hotel rooms, a William Hill Sports Book, a sports bar and a 24/7 quick-bites eatery. Terrible’s also ...
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A&EBeat the heat in the shadowy comfort of a Las Vegas pool hall
The door swings shut and suddenly my world is refrigerated. The lights are low. The tables glow like blue islands and every few seconds comes ...
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NewsWhat are your rights when your air conditioning goes out?
For renters facing this scenario, Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada consumer rights attorney Jordan Savage has a few tips on how to proceed.
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NewsMark Cuban's Athletics stake signals pivot from Mavs that 'was not my choice,' he says
Here in Dallas, news that Mark Cuban is part of a private equity firm that has purchased a minority stake in MLB's Athletics produced two ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateConcertgoers light up Allegiant Stadium for unforgettable Ed Sheeran performance
In a taped message before the concert, Ed Sheeran introduced the loop station, the foot-controlled device that lets the solo artist sound like a full ...
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RaidersNewsAggregateProgress report: Where Raiders’ rookie draft picks stand as training camp begins
The 2026 rookie class reported to training camp Thursday at the team’s Henderson headquarters with considerable buzz for what they could accomplish in silver and ...
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MusicTaylor Dayne takes Harrah’s, Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum concert series and more Las Vegas music news
Also, Desert Cactus Films has launched the Music Video Lab, an event that pairs local musicians and filmmakers to create music videos.
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A&EChoose your own scrumptious adventure at Area15’s new Museum of Ice Cream Las Vegas
Beyond its bubblegum-pink reception desk and kooky welcome staff, the museum boasts nearly 30,000 square feet of sugar-fueled escapism.
