Deanna Rilling
Story Archive
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Nightlife
Get your party face on: Holiday makeup tips
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 Getting dolled up for the clubs doesn’t have to mean looking like the 10-year-old who got into Mommy’s cosmetics.
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Nightlife Podcast: Nadia Ali and Starkillers
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 Dance music singer/songwriter Nadia Ali and producer Starkillers stop by the Weekly office.
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Nightlife
Nite Bite: Smokin' Hot grand opening
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 Goodbye, worst year ever. Hello, new Vegas party spot! No, really!
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Nightlife
So you think you can DJ "I'm on a Boat!" edition
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 Dear professional DJs with mad skillz and superfans with turntables, the legendary Groove Cruise is looking for you.
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Gettin' Down & Derby in the club
Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 Spandex? Tight. Knee socks? Riding high. Roller skates? Five hundred pairs of lace-up, four-wheeled goodness.
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Entertainment
Think you're the next Miss Viva Las Vegas?
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 Ladies, get your pasties on quickly for your chance to be the next burlesque champion.
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Nightlife Podcast: House Society in the... house?
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 For the first LVW nightlife podcast, our 2009 staff pick for Vegas’ best resident DJ, Keith Evan, joins Deanna Rilling in studio.
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Nightlife
Nite Bite: DJ Hollywood says goodbye to Pure
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 Pure Nightclub and its resident DJ and music director Hollywood have parted ways.
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adult
Stripper sundaes!
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 Sexy. Sticky. And with sprinkles in places where the sun doesn't shine. Sundays just got tasty.
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Nightlife
Nite Bite: Give the gift they won't remember
Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 Shopping for the socialite who has everything just got easier.
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Nightlife
The Dutch know dance: DJ/producer Menno de Jong
Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 At an age when most kids are trying to make the junior high basketball team, Menno de Jong was making electronic music.
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Nightlife
Nite Bite: A Godskitchen goodbye (and hello?) for Roger Sanchez
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Didn’t get enough Roger Sanchez at Body English last night? Looks like he’ll be back in Vegas before he has to BIC his head again.
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Dance
Challenging expectations through dance (and frozen peas)
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 Mix contemporary music, classic poetry, modern dance, ladders, high school students and frozen peas.
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Nightlife
Here’s looking at you, id: A first look at Vanity Nightclub
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 The Hard Rock's new nightspot is all about you. Yes, you.
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Music
We can hear you now! Dance music on 94.5 FM
Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 Take the tin foil off your antenna. Dance music on the radio is now clearer.
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Music
Moments you missed (or could've done without) at The Cranberries concert
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 They played all their hits with perfection, but one thing about the night was amiss.
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Nightlife
Nite Bite: World Series of Beer Pong returns
Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 Apparently, there is a beer pong universe. And you’re running out of time to be a part of it.
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Between Hef and a hard place: My "Playboy" rejection
Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 A love/hate relationship with Playboy models makes one Weekly writer attempt to join them.
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Nightlife
Team Hangover Report: That’s why the lady is a tramp
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 Looks like someone didn’t get her fill on Thanksgiving. A frisky blonde in a short skirt apparently craved some more stuffing while at a club.
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A&E
Dishing up The Cranberries in Las Vegas
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 The lingering is over. The Cranberries are back, but not bringing that couch with them.
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Nightlife
Have we been here before? Deja Vu Erotic Ultralounge
Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 Goodbye Seamless Gentlemen’s Club, hello Déjà Vu.
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Pure
You’re our boy, Blue: Disco Legend Zeke
Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 Ladies flock to him. He’s a regular on the club circuit. He’s also 67 years old.
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Noise
Happy birthday, Double Down! Love, Uberschall
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 Überschall/Blue Man Group musician Jordan Cohen reflects on our favorite dive bar turning 17.
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Music
"DJ Hero" reviewed... by actual DJs!
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 Four professionals weigh in on a game that’s got the DJing world nervous.
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Doughnuts and dancing at First Food & Bar
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 Two tasty alternatives to megaclubs kicked off last week—plus some hot photo booth action!
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UNLV
A One Night Stand with UNLV
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Sometimes you crave a one-night stand. UNLV is ready and waiting at Drai's.
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Music
The hip-hop yogi: DJ Drez
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 The LA-based hip-hop B-boy turned producer, DJ and, surprisingly, yogi, is bringing his unique brand of worldly music to Las Vegas.
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Nightlife
Goodbye, Godskitchen… for a minute
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 The weekly dance party is moving to new digs in the new year.
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Nightlife
Down & Derby rolls over to Rain
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 Our favorite retro roller skating party is coasting into a new location (don’t worry, it’s not Crystal Palace, so leave your mace at home).
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Music
Mmm, he could be a part-time model
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 That saucy boy in jeans slouching so fetchingly in the new Beatport ads looks familiar...
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Music
Revealing Robbie Rivera
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 While some Vegas clubbers might not know the Puerto Rican-born Rivera by face—or name—there’s no doubt they’ve heard his music.
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Nightlife
Piano envy: Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 Two pianos are better than one. Opening this week, Pete’s will add some piano pizazz to Town Square nightlife.
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Nightlife
A menage for Gen X: Two new parties at First
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 First Food & Bar is already a destination for dinner or post-party grubbing—but with two new parties, now you’ll never have to leave.
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Music
Benefits-a-palooza: Two concerts to help kids
Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 Take some great local bands, a radio station and a taco shop and you've got two upcoming shows aiming to raise money for Shade Tree and Invisible Children.
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Music
The great electronic music debate
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Friggin’ genres. From suomisaundi to Nintendocore, an electronic music primer for educated clubbing.
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Designer Snuggies?
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 Could the sexy blanket with sleeves be the new trend in nightclub wear?
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Music
Nite Bite: Planet of the Drums
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 In your face with some drum n bass! It’s been “ten f—king years” (their words, not ours) since Planet of the Drums formed and now they're coming to Vegas.
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Dining
Cabo Wabo—and Sammy Hagar!—coming to Vegas
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 One tequila, two tequila, three tequila—oooh! Sammy Hagar! The Red Rocker is bringing Vegas its own outpost of his famous Cabo Wabo Cantina complete with, you guessed it, plentiful amounts of Cabo Wabo Tequila.
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television
"True Blood's" Rutina Wesley comes home
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 Las Vegas Academy grad talks "True Blood" orgy scenes, bowling and heading home for Halloween.
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Music
Have an Uneasy Halloween with DJ P
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 Some people have a closet full of Christmas sweaters. Some folks get worked up over turkey and stuffing. For DJ P, it’s the spooky spectacular that rocks his world. The veteran DJ is bringing his love for Halloween to Rain tonight.
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Nightlife
A Perfecto Halloween makeover
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 What’s blue and purple, nearly naked and doesn’t move for five hours? Weekly writer Deanna Rilling undergoing an otherworldly transformation.
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Film
From horror to hot dogs: Halloween's Malcolm McDowell
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 It’s difficult to imagine the man who once played Alex in A Clockwork Orange buying a hotdog for a toddler. But that’s exactly what actor Malcolm McDowell was doing when the Weekly caught up with him.
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Music
Everything but Ben Watt
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 Ben Watt is finally losing his virginity at 47 years old. His Vegas virginity, that is. Despite touring the globe as a DJ/producer (and part of the British band Everything but the Girl), somehow he’s never made in to Sin City until now.
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Music
Getting it on (the record) with Pete Tong
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 You might think a DJ would consider hanging up his headphones as he approaches 50, but Tong shows no signs of stopping.
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Nightlife
Five questions with DJ Sasha (plus a few random ones)
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 Sasha (yeah, the same one who's name is usually followed by "& Digweed") is coming to Pure. But don't expect him to go all nostalgic with his set.
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Nightlife
A rave double-take from a virgin and a veteran
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 Experience Devil's Night XII through the eyes of a raving veteran and first timer.
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Music
Rocky V. coming to a Vegas living room near you
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 Singer/songwriter Rocky Votolato is on tour, but he’s not playing in rock clubs or hipster cafés. Votolato is playing in people’s homes.
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Art
Wearable art on the runway
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 Vegas’ own version of Project Runway will take to the catwalk this weekend in honor of the CAC’s 20th anniversary with wearable art at Hot Hot Haute.
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Music
Pure Evol: A Q&A with drum n bass Intent
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 The drum n bass trio of Evol Intent chats about sad elephants and red-headed stepchildren before coming to Vegas for a live set at Devil's Night this weekend.
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Nightlife
Revolution soundtrack: Z-Trip helps change Vegas club music
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 When it comes to Vegas nightclubs, remixed Top 40 is the norm—and tourists love it. Lately, boundaries are being pushed and there's an increasing importance in keeping locals interested. Can Z-Trip help revolutionize the sound?