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Fine ArtChecking out Area15's Art Quest, a fun and free walking gallery
Thursday, March 26, 2026 With the recent 20-acre expansion of the Area15 campus, the art offerings have multiplied and you can enjoy them through a new app-based tour.
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FeaturesThe Park outside T-Mobile Arena is a good hang
Thursday, March 26, 2026 Unique elements were added to the Park to create a true sense of place for what could have been a basic concrete plaza or corridor of retail shops. And it’s programmed in ways that transcend liminal space.
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A&EWorlds on a string: Inside the trailblazing puppetry of Wynn's 'Awakening'
Thursday, March 19, 2026 The production show at Wynn offers lumbering, elephant-like beasts, a benevolent guide that assembles itself from stones lying about on the stage, and a floating, life-sized whale controlled by a single puppeteer who flies it as you would a kite.
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ScreenNevada Women’s Film Festival returns with a burst of bold and inventive visions
Thursday, March 12, 2026 Back for its 12th year, the Nevada Women’s Film Festival returns to UNLV March 19-22 with 72 features, documentaries and shorts.
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TasteCarbone Riviera’s Italian seafood delights have real star power
Thursday, March 5, 2026 The striking new lakeside restaurant at Bellagio serves up visual deliciousness from the jump.
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NightlifeArts District alpine yurt bar Viking Mike’s brings the mountain to you
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 Winter or summer, Viking Mike’s will feel like a mountain escape with its Scandinavian-styled design touches and libations.
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A&EThe Smith Center's 2026-27 Broadway Series brings fresh Tony winners to Vegas
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 The Smith Center for the Performing Arts’ 2026-27 Broadway Las Vegas Series has everything, from elves to robots ... and a Mary Todd Lincoln bonus.
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A&EAda’s ‘Wine Goddess’ Kat Thomas pours on the personality
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 Ada’s, which recently moved to the Arts District, is very much a team operation, and the unique hospitality style of Thomas adds a lot to the experience.
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A&EEllie Parker of Main St. Provisions talks about her 'Hell’s Kitchen' win and James Beard nomination
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026 This summer, she’s off to Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut to become head chef of Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen restaurant. Until then, find her Downtown at Main St. Provisions.
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TasteThe Bend’s breakfast spot Union Biscuit does just about everything right
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 This new breakfast and brunch spot specializes in scratch-made buttermilk biscuits but also melds Southern U.S. and Korean flavors in its menu.
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FeaturesThe incomparable Penn & Teller celebrate 25 years of entertaining and remaking Las Vegas
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 From the start of their residency at the Rio on January 5, 2001, it was clear that either Vegas would change Penn & Teller, or they would change Vegas.
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TasteHigh Steaks Vegas elevates steakhouse sizzle at the Rio
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 High Steaks is James Trees’ first major project inside a casino property, and likely the first Strip corridor restaurant run by a born-and-raised local chef.
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A&EFor genre-hopping violinist Lindsey Stirling, holiday music is a kick
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 Lindsey Stirling brings her Snow Waltz tour to the Venetian Theatre for three shows this month.
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A&EThe Huntridge Tavern remains a divey Downtown institution thanks to owner Larsh Kellogg
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 The owner of the Huntridge Tavern for two decades, Kellogg is a mysterious figure. We grabbed one of the booths along the wood-paneled east wall and struck up a conversation about what keeps a dive alive.
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FeaturesDon’t skate by the unique shops of Fergusons Downtown
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 A maker hive located in a converted motel, Fergusons offers a variety of one-of-a-kind gift options.
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FeaturesVegas may struggle, but locals can’t let parachute journalism get to them
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 These stories get facts wrong and omit important context, then confidently tell us why our economy is doomed and why we’re fools to live here.
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Concert ReviewsVampire Weekend's sixth Vegas visit is the charm at Fontainebleau
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 Vampire Weekend’s November 7 Vegas set was an act of immense generosity from a band that’s visited Vegas only six times in its lifespan, several of those truncated festival sets. Songs from every one of their albums, plus a b-side and several covers. All hits, no skips.
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Fine ArtBrian Martinez’s ‘Cosmic Chicano’ at Nuwu gallery is too epic to be contained in frames
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 A member of the Scrambled Eggs artist collective, the local painter, sculptor, screen-printer and urban muralist presents a transcendent solo show at Nuwu Art Gallery and Community Center through November 22.
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A&ETake a deep dive into Jammyland's Black Lagoon pop-up
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 The Black Lagoon Halloween pop-up, at Jammyland through November 3, is serving tentacle. And dark rum. And custom zombie mermaid tiki mugs.
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Noise80’s Station’s Matt Gucu and Tiffany Fredianelli keep the music booming
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 The singers and core members of the 1980s tribute group recently celebrated 30 years of performing MTV-era hits on Vegas stages.
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NightlifeFrom Ghost Noodles to disco bathrooms, Downtown’s new Pachi-Pachi is a real trip
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 From the rich imagination of Branden Powers, Pachi-Pachi invokes the spirit of Tokyo nightlife.
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A&EWhich iconic film should headline Sphere Las Vegas next?
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 After the success of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ the LED sky feels like the limit for this Strip venue.
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A&ETony-winner ‘Stereophonic’ cues up Will Butler’s songcraft at the Smith Center
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 Playwright David Adjmi recruited Will Butler, formerly a member of Arcade Fire, to give the musical interludes in "Stereophonic" verisimilitude appropriate to a show set in 1976.
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FeaturesThe Arts District’s bars, restaurants, shops and galleries come from the heart of female business owners
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 New Downtown bars like Dustland and Dark Sister and shops like The Analog Dope Store and Rockin Bettie have something in common—women at the helm.
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FeaturesDowntown rising: How the city core has matured into the cultural heart of Las Vegas
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 Explore this snapshot of the people and places that are elevating Downtown Las Vegas right now, from a new civic plaza to the women business owners of the Arts District.
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A&EVegas Afterlife’s Danielle Nicole leads hunts for our spectral visitors
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025 Vegas Afterlife leads walking ghost tours on Fremont Street and after-dark paranormal investigations at Primm’s abandoned Whiskey Pete’s casino, Jean’s Pioneer Saloon and Downtown’s Monster Quest Escape Rooms.
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A&EMonster hit: Universal Horror Unleashed screams its way into Las Vegas
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025 Universal Horror Unleashed boasts not one, but four world-class haunted house walkthroughs, multiple themed areas, bars and restaurants, and a properly creepy variety show ...
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Stage‘Suffs’ at the Smith Center puts the fight for voting rights to catchy music
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 The two-time Tony award-winning musical arrives at Reynolds Hall as both voting rights and the performing arts face strong headwinds.
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TasteRare Society brings steakhouse sophistication to the southwest
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 The most recent addition to UnCommons’ cluster of stellar dining experiences is not one to miss.
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A&EThe 'Wizard of Oz' lands solidly at Las Vegas’ Sphere
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 Characters who didn’t appear on screen previously are now represented: A shot that once featured only Dorothy, Scarecrow and Tin Man now includes ...
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NoiseEDM titans Insomniac and Tomorrowland go b2b for Unity at Sphere
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 Beginning August 29 with a performance from Chase & Status, Unity is a series of nine shows that draws on the creative energies of both organizations and channels it through the world’s most technically advanced music venue.
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TasteSip away the dog days at the Doberman
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 The head of beverage at the new Arts District spot is Juyoung Kang, a legit cocktail wizard.
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Fine ArtArtist Alina Lindquist’s portraits of Avi Kwa Ame dazzle at Nevada Humanities
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 “Between Presence and Protection,” running through August 27, was created during a 30-day stint at Mystery Ranch, a desert research station and art residency.
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StageThe THIRD Street project puts a theater incubator in Downtown Las Vegas
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 Vegas Theatre Company, Vegas City Opera, Laugh After Dark, Las Vegas Sinfonietta and magician Teller are converting an underperforming movie multiplex into something significant.
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NightlifeThe new Dustland bar could change the Arts District’s tune
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 This high desert-styled bar and music venue recently opened on the Arts District’s Commerce Street corridor.
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FeaturesAutonomous vehicles and teledriving may soon transform how we get around Las Vegas
Thursday, July 31, 2025 Las Vegas has become ground zero for an explosion of autonomous and remote-driven vehicles. Our city is encouraging nobody to take the wheel in a big way.
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TasteSushi speakeasy Nomikai is a Las Vegas Strip surprise worth discovering
Thursday, July 24, 2025 While the speakeasy concealed behind the Venetian restaurant’s front counter isn’t a big secret, there’s no denying the exclusive feel of this subdued and inviting space.
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NightlifeNew Arts District cocktail bar Prowl is more than its jungle theme
Thursday, July 17, 2025 Chris Gutierrez, a veteran of several prominent Downtown spots, intends for Prowl to be the place to build upon the superb neighborhood cocktail culture.
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A&EThe claw machine arcade craze has landed in Las Vegas
Thursday, June 19, 2025 There are nearly 20 of these family-friendly fun centers now spread across the Valley, from Pick Me Claw Arcade in North Las Vegas to Wolf Claw Arcade on the edge of Seven Hills.
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A&EVegas’ first Fallout Fringe Festival brings laughs, layered performances
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Downtown’s inaugural Fallout Fringe Festival has brought us more than 115 performances and 30 acts across five venues, from raunchy puppet shows to motivational talks by Luigi Mangione—and the show isn’t over yet.
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FeaturesBlue Man Group celebrates 25 weird, wild and influential years in Las Vegas
Thursday, June 5, 2025 The long-running Luxor show is funny, interactive, unpredictable and loud, and it’s clever in a way that makes you feel smarter for following along with it.
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A&E'Parade' and its Tony-winning composer and lyricist come to Vegas' Smith Center
Thursday, June 5, 2025 Jason Robert Brown, writer of the music and lyrics for the multiple Tony award-winning 1998 musical Parade, talks about the show's themes and contemporary relevance on the eve of the show's June 10 Vegas debut at the Smith Center.
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StageSuper Summer Theatre celebrates 50 years of outdoor, family-friendly Broadway shows
Thursday, May 29, 2025 The nonprofit’s new season launches his week with a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, playing Wednesday to Saturday through June 14.
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TasteRhapsody in the 18b: French spot Bar Boheme is an Arts District jewel
Thursday, May 22, 2025 Bar Boheme’s menu bears a strong spiritual connection to Esther’s Kitchen and both draw heavily on locally sourced ingredients and homegrown talents.
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FeaturesYour guide to a ‘Fallout: New Vegas’ real-life scavenger hunt as the hit video game celebrates 15 years
Thursday, May 15, 2025 One of the greatest role-playing adventures of all time handled the history, landmarks and icons of Las Vegas and the surrounding landscape with care and great detail.
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StageBurlesque parody ‘The Empire Strips Back’ bumps into the Rio
Thursday, May 1, 2025 It’s not just about putting Leia in the metal bikini and calling it a day—the good-natured campiness of “Star Wars” is fully awakened.
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A&ERemote control: Healthy practices that can make working from home easier and more productive
Thursday, April 10, 2025 Remote work can easily turn lonely. Engage with coworkers outside of emails, texts, Teams and Slack by inviting them to co-work with you at your home, or at a coffeehouse.
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NoiseArts District music favorite Swan Dive changes its tune
Thursday, April 3, 2025 With the return of a Bunkhouse regular, the Main Street venue is going big on indie shows.
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FeaturesDigital Memories Preservation Labs give library users broad possibilities
Thursday, April 3, 2025 The labs’ resources zap so-called “legacy media” into the digital space, like that big laser in the “Tron” movies.
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NewsLas Vegas Medical District takes shape with improved roads, new housing and new healthcare facilities
Thursday, March 27, 2025 The Medical District, like the Arts District and Chinatown, is taking giant steps towards becoming a dense, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood.
