Geoff Carter
Senior Editor
Story Archive
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FeaturesExploring the classic dive bars of Las Vegas
Thursday, March 20, 2025 These beloved bars may share some uniting characteristics—affordable drinks, aged fixtures and décor, neon signage—but each has its own personality, shaped in part by those who have claimed it as their local watering hole.
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A&EIf we defend and empower arts organizations, they can empower us in return
Thursday, March 13, 2025 Las Vegas has a foundation of legalized gaming, but it’s the arts that makes losing money palatable to millions of tourists annually. They come for our shows and headliners, for eye-popping attractions and more.
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A&EGjelina brings rich flavors and warm LA hospitality to the Strip
Thursday, March 6, 2025 The staff is warm, accommodating, and they waste little time in guiding you through Gjelina’s menu, which is drawn from seasonal ingredients and adheres to locally sourced, organic and sustainable practices.
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A&EComedian Murray Hill brings old-school Las Vegas fun back to where it began
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 The “nightlife legend” and “queer icon” performs at the Plaza Showroom on February 24.
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NewsSmith Center’s 2025-2026 Broadway Series to feature ‘Stereophonic’ and more
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 Nine smash Broadway shows including Tony Award winners will feature in the new Broadway Las Vegas series, announced February 11.
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StageFall for Melody Sweets all over again at the Smith Center
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 The singer and burlesque performer’s Valentine’s Day production “All My Loving” takes over Myron’s on February 8.
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A&EHopefully upbeat, award-winning musical ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ lands at the Smith Center
Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 “Kimberly Akimbo” is performed at Reynolds Hall February 4-9.
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FeaturesThe Neon Museum aims to expand its mission while keeping its glowing heart
Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 Last summer, the museum announced its intention to relocate to the Arts District, and next month, it will debut the exhibition “Stories from Backstage: Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.”
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TastePetite Boheme makes a big, hospitable impression
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 There are many ways that this little bohemian bar, hidden behind Trees’ soon-to-open French restaurant Bar Boheme, resets Vegas hospitality to what it should be.
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A&E‘The Last Showgirl’ director Gia Coppola talks Pamela Anderson and Vegas camaraderie
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 Shot in Las Vegas over 19 days in February 2024, this indie drama is a compassionate study of families, both found and biological.
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A&ELogging off, meeting up: We need to rebuild our community and friendships away from social media
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 A CSU Fullerton study revealed that 10% of adults are addicted to the dopamine hit of social media, and that was in 2018; that number is surely higher now.
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TasteNorms adds something special to the Las Vegas late-night dining landscape
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 This 24-hour-a-day spot is also great for family breakfasts on Sunday mornings.
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TasteDisco fries are just the beginning at Spiegelworld restaurant Diner Ross
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 The new “DiscoShow” adjacent eatery serves up American diner classics, turned upside-down and inside-out.
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NewsReimagining Chinatown: Local leaders are dreaming up a better Spring Mountain Road
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 The Clark County Commission administered a public survey that drew nearly 800 respondents who said that public safety, park space and an arts and culture center are a few areas they’d like to see addressed.
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A&EUnpredictable variety show Miss Behave’s Mavericks returns to Downtown Las Vegas
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 The ever-changing show is now in residence inside the Plaza Hotel & Casino’s beautifully-restored 53-year-old showroom.
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TasteArts District spot Palate serves up cuisine with color
Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 There are lots of nightspots competing for attention Downtown, but if you happen by on a Sunday afternoon, the whole picture changes.
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A&EThe Big Picture: Las Vegas could become a movie and television production hub almost overnight
Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 Construction of Sony’s proposed $1.8 billion studio in Summerlin awaits an expansion of Nevada’s film tax credit program, and they’re not alone—Warner Bros. Discovery has a Vegas project in the works.
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FeaturesJoy is back on the ballot
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 “The pursuit of happiness” has found its way back into the race in the character of Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
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A&EThe good, the bad and the ugly at Life Is Beautiful's Big Beautiful Block Party in Downtown Las Vegas
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 LCD Soundsystem concluded their set as they began it: Dazzling the crowd with a note-perfect, spirited take on one of the hits they claim not to write.
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NoiseHans Zimmer's live show scores a win at Resorts World Las Vegas
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 Hans Zimmer’s live show is less a concert of film music and more an emotional, heart-pounding sensorium. There are moments in this show, a lot of moments, that tingle on your spine and/or bring tears to your eyes.
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A&EArtist Shan Michael Evans throws humanity a block party with ‘Saints and Poets Maybe’
Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 Known best for his murals and street art, Evans conceived this Nevada Humanities Arts District gallery exhibit as an introduction to his work.
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FeaturesIt’s time to put down that phone and pick up a proper camera
Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 Venerable west Valley camera shop B&C occasionally offers a “Photography 101” course.
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FeaturesPrimed for photography: explore these rich local neighborhoods and sites
Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 The great photojournalist Dorothea Lange once said: “To know ahead of time what you’re looking for means you’re only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting.”
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TasteWinnie & Ethel’s diner owners Aaron Lee and Mallory Gott serve up the brunches and roll with the punches
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 Their personal touches make the experience uniquely memorable, from Lee’s lovingly realized diner staples to Gott’s mismatched, thrifting-score coffee cups.
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FeaturesThe Las Vegas Playlist: Outsider Edition
Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024 Before the ascension of homespun superstars, it fell on outsiders to write and perform songs about Las Vegas that could reach the ears of an international audience.
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FeaturesCompact city: For Las Vegas to grow sanely and sustainably, we need to build inward
Thursday, July 25, 2024 If this metro is to survive its growing pains, our piecemeal town must become a more realistic, more compact city. The key is urban infill.
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NightlifeShrunken heads bring star power to Chinatown’s Golden Tiki
Thursday, July 11, 2024 Shrunken heads bring star power to Chinatown’s Golden Tiki
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FeaturesRemembering the Mirage volcano and the romance it brought to the Strip
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 The Mirage volcano — and the heavily landscaped, three-acre water feature that surrounds it — would have turned 35 years old on Nov. 22 of this year ...
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FeaturesThe Fabulous Sin City Roller Derby keeps on jamming
Thursday, June 20, 2024 Among the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association’s founding leagues was Las Vegas’ own roller derby, which played its first season in 2005.
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A&EInteractive visual spectacular ‘Particle Ink’ reinvents itself at Luxor
Thursday, June 13, 2024 “Particle Ink: House of Shattered Prisms” can be experienced at Luxor nightly except Tuesdays, and its “Wanderlust” version runs daily, all week long.
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NewsNew broadband internet options from Google and others will transform the Las Vegas Valley
Thursday, June 13, 2024 In August 2022, GFiber announced plans to expand into Nevada, and recently reached agreements with Clark County and the City of Las Vegas to begin building out service in Southern Nevada.
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FeaturesDisgusted by LGBTQ hate? Become an active ally
Thursday, June 13, 2024 The 2021 passing of Nevada SB148 through the state Legislature requires law enforcement agencies to submit monthly records of hate crimes.
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A&EChampion pizzaiolo and Yukon Pizza owner Alex White is really cooking
Thursday, June 6, 2024 White won first place in the Non-Traditional Pizza category during the 40th annual International Pizza Expo.
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NewsBob Dylan’s music tells a story of determination in ‘Girl from the North Country’ at the Smith Center
Thursday, May 30, 2024 Playing at Reynolds Hall June 4-9, “Girl from the North Country” tells a Depression-era story of resilience set in Bob Dylan’s hometown of Duluth, Minnesota.
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FeaturesGo to theaters this summer for the blockbusters, but stay for the unexpected
Thursday, May 23, 2024 Movies belong in theaters, And Las Vegas has some terrific ones—state-of-the-art “luxury” multiplexes, an independent arthouse cinema and one of America’s relative few remaining drive-ins.
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A&E‘Piecing It Together’ host David Rosen takes his podcast from the studio to the multiplex
Thursday, May 9, 2024 Rosen has begun recording live episodes of “Piecing It Together” immediately after screenings at Maya Cinemas and other Valley theaters.
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FeaturesHow the experiential Area15 complex could become a new kind of Las Vegas theme park
Thursday, May 2, 2024 Area15 has subverted and transformed Vegas’ take on themed attractions—and it’s becoming one of our rare cultural exports.
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A&EArtist Gear Duran’s new Downtown mural embodies Nevada’s frontier spirit
Thursday, May 2, 2024 The mural recreates an encounter with a wild mustang in our Nevada wilderness using a palette of vivid, electric city colors.
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NoiseMariah Carey’s new residency is a retrospective, a biography and a gift to fans
Thursday, April 25, 2024 The first five songs of Mariah Carey’s show at Park MGM come off like a fireworks display.
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A&EKynd gummies offer bright new tastes to defeat your troubles
Thursday, April 18, 2024 Ayr Wellness, a cannabis retailer with several Valley locations, is tackling any confusion head-on with its new gluten-free edibles that tell you, right up front, how they’re intended to be used.
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NightlifeThrive’s new Smoke and Mirrors cannabis lounge sets the standard
Thursday, April 11, 2024 Locals can comfortably light up or drink up at Smoke and Mirrors, recently opened inside Thrive Cannabis Marketplace on Sammy Davis Jr. Drive.
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TasteJunior’s brings more than its famous cheesecake to Resorts World
Thursday, April 11, 2024 The Brooklyn-born Junior’s has a truly winning way with the classic dessert, and the rest of the menu is rich with the kind of deli and diner staples that are worth a trip to the Strip.
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TasteWhataburger is shaking up the Las Vegas Strip
Thursday, April 4, 2024 The Texas chain’s Dr Pepper shake is a simple pleasure but it satisfies in a rare way, hitting the sweet spot between fast food shake and ice cream float.
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A&ERadiant City: Las Vegas’ skyline is getting an LED makeover
Thursday, April 4, 2024 Applying color and light to Vegas’ resort towers is not a new idea, but LED lighting hardware like the Rio’s offers endless changeability.
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NewsClosing for good on April 2, Tropicana Las Vegas leaves behind a legacy of showmanship and reinvention
Thursday, March 28, 2024 The historic Tropicana hotel and casino will shutter to make way for a new baseball stadium and resort. The storied hotel-casino closes its doors April 2, just two days shy of its 67th birthday. Over the next year, the land the Tropicana now occupies will be ...
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NoiseBrooklyn Bowl Las Vegas celebrates 10 years as a live music mecca
Thursday, March 28, 2024 Since opening at the Linq Promenade in March 2014, Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas has been a destination for some of the best and most under-appreciated names in music.
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FeaturesLas Vegas chef James Trees doubles down on his beloved hometown with a new Esther’s Kitchen
Thursday, March 21, 2024 Trees knew that Las Vegans were ready for the kind of dining he knew in LA—neighborhood spots with relaxed vibes and ingredients from family-run ranches and farms.
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A&EMiniature artist Susan Canaday Henry delights in the details
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 Canaday Henry is a regular at miniature trade shows, including the International Market of Miniature Artisans (imomalv.com) this weekend at Palace Station.
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TasteUnCommons has an Italian hit with Amari
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 An airy space with a wood-and-metal interior and a broad patio overlooking the courtyard, Amari checks so many boxes that it’s tough to say what its biggest draw is.
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FeaturesDon’t skip the weird and wonderful Mystic Falls Park at Sam’s Town
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 Generations of locals have taken out-of-town friends to Mystic Falls, and families have added the show to their holiday traditions.
