Geoff Carter
Senior Editor
Story Archive
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A&EFive places to take great photos
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 The Strip is just the beginning of fantastic local photo ops.
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IntersectionDerek Stevens is taking down a block of Fremont Street but leaving the signs intact
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 The effort to replace the Las Vegas Club and surrounding spaces will keep neon legends like Vegas Vickie.
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IntersectionCalling elected officials, made easy
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 Need to know who and how to nudge your representatives? Here are three convenient strategies.
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FeaturesChecking in on Vegas' illegal escort industry
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 There are no union spokespersons for the city's escorts. But we've heard stories.
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IntersectionNightlife jitters: What does a Downtown zoning change actually mean?
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 Residents decried a vote they say runs directly against the city’s recently completed master plan.
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IntersectionOur wish list for the 2017 Nevada Legislature
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 The 79th session begins February 6 and state lawmakers have a packed 120-day schedule ahead of them.
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IntersectionDefunding three national arts programs could hit us where we live
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 “Was the once-great America, to which we are now supposed to be returning, absent of art?”
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A&E'Dinner with the Dead' can unnerve even the strongest skeptic
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 It’s a five-course dinner party for about 20 people, presided over by psychic medium Thomas John.
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IntersectionFive things you need to know about 'Tilting the Basin'
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 More than 30 Southern and Northern Nevada artists comprise the art exhibit, which debuts in Las Vegas on March 17.
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IntersectionCheck yourself before you arrest yourself
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 The Clark County District Attorney’s Office recently introduced “Warrant Wednesdays.”
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IntersectionWhat's happening with the Contemporary Arts Center?
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 The CAC enjoyed a one-year lease at Soho Lofts, and now, that lease is up.
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ScreenNetflix’s 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' is a lucky find
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 This time, Count Olaf isn't messing around.
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NoiseAlbum review: Bonobo's 'Migration' creates—and releases—tensions
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 Everything that makes Bonobo great can be heard in the five and a half minutes of its latest release’s title track.
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IntersectionThe Las Vegas Arts District is happening in a big way in 2017
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017 Vesta Coffee is merely the beginning of the growth spurt of the Las Vegas Arts District.
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ArtAdventures in the International Car Forest
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017 Is is art, or simply a bunch of junker cars planted in the dirt outside Goldfield? The answer is "yes."
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FeaturesHow will you get your entertainment delivered in 2017?
Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 Why not begin 2017 by clearing out your bandwidth, literally and figuratively?
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IntersectionSeaQuest is the nature attraction Vegas has long needed
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 There's stingrays, eels, tortoises, sharks and, yes, jellyfish, all at the Boulevard Mall.
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IntersectionThe Erotic Heritage Museum covers itself in the Constitution
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 "Our constitutional rights are sacred."
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IntersectionMirror, mirror: When you stare into the maw of Orlando, it stares back
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 Orlando is similar to Las Vegas in every aspect, including the suburban sprawl forming on its edges.
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IntersectionFacebook asks: What’s our craziest freeway?
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 That funny meme about Vegas traffic seems like it could be true.
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IntersectionA virtual reality ‘theme park’ is coming to Las Vegas in 2017
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 The currently unnamed venue is intended for an October 2017 opening in a Strip-adjacent location.
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ScreenThree 'Star Wars' films we'd like to see (and two we wouldn't)
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 If Lucasfilm is looking for Star Wars stories, they could do worse than these.
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Fine ArtArts Notes: New Jerry Misko and Gear Duran murals and a 'Dream Machine'
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 New art pieces make their debut, and the City issues a call to arts.
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FeaturesIndustrial revolution: How a longtime Strip shortcut is becoming a destination of its own
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 Most tourists don’t even know the Industrial Road area exists, and even if they do know about it, they probably don’t want to take it. But it's developing an identity that won't be easily changed.
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IntersectionGrab 'Mt. Charlie' merch and learn about wildlife at the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 There's a modest array of recreational amenities.
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IntersectionVesta plans to craft artful, detail-obsessed coffee
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 "Every roast is data-logged."
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IntersectionThoughts on how our hockey team’s name got bungled
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 Did Foley fumble the puck?
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Fine ArtFive pieces of world-class art you should see in Vegas
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 Who said Vegas doesn't have culture?
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IntersectionPay your downtown parking tickets with unwrapped toys
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 Believe in the parking elves, because they believe in you.
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IntersectionThe state of Emergency Arts
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 Construction walls to the contrary, the Fremont East institution is here to stay.
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IntersectionEverybody in: UberPool arrives in Las Vegas
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 Similar to Lyft Line, UberPool allows you to split the cost of a ride.
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IntersectionWill legal marijuana use cut into Vegas’ bar business?
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 Not only are owners of several establishments unthreatened by recreational cannabis, some of them fully welcome it.
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IntersectionWe’re so Trumped
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 What do you do when your country loses its footing? You dig in.
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FeaturesWhat the Masto Heck? A closer look at the senate candidates
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 The presidential campaign has been so messy and noisy, you might not know much about this race.
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FeaturesConfirmation bias has wreaked havoc on our social media accounts. Will we undo it?
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 It deprives you of important and relevant facts, and can easily ossify into ugly prejudices.
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ScreenDon’t know Doctor Strange’s work? Here’s a cheat sheet
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 A primer for those new to the latest page-to-screen Marvel superhero.
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A&EFive places to blow a (figurative) roll of quarters
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 Your spare change just came in handy.
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IntersectionA giant video-game tournament is coming to MGM Grand
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 DreamHack Masters, coming to the MGM in February, has a $450,000 payout.
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IntersectionAn arts incubator is born in an unassuming Downtown spot
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 Two entrepreneurs want to help retake the Cultural Corridor—by stealth.
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IntersectionNow's a perfect time to check out Fremont East's new murals
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 A new group of internationally-renown street artists have left their mark on Downtown.
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IntersectionOutside Las Vegas maps the Valley's outdoor trails
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 The Valley boasts dozens of nature and urban trails, and this map tells you where to find them.
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FeaturesCreating an art museum Downtown takes more than a building
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 The road to the Art Museum at Symphony Park is twisting and, admittedly, still largely unknown.
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IntersectionThe city's urban core is slowly establishing a network of parks
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 The urban core lacks green spaces, but an effort to make the most of recovered land is in full swing.
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IntersectionNeon Museum to expand with larger retail store and additional exhibit space
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 The museum's offices are giving way to a 1,300 square-foot museum store, run in partnership with Vegas-based Marshall Retail Group.
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IntersectionDowntown’s 'bicycle kitchen' Crank & Grind is a labor of love
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 The Crank crew also runs a bicycle valet at Downtown events and works with local charities to get bikes to folks in need.
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FeaturesBurning questions: If Question 2 passes, how might Nevada's marijuana landscape look?
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 Where can you smoke, what can you buy and how much might it cost?
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IntersectionChinatown welcomes its first modern apartment building
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 The four-story, 295-unit, luxury-minded complex is aimed toward young professionals.
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Fine ArtThe American Society of Railway Artists pulls into Springs Preserve for a three-month layover
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 The exhibit includes 21 pieces in oil, acrylic and even digital photography, all inspiring a similar feeling of wistfulness and wanderlust.
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ScreenBrooklyn Bowl rolls deep with ‘The Big LeBOWLski’
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 It's time once again to celebrate the best film about bowling, kidnapping and nihilism ever made.
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FeaturesWomen of Intrigue: Tyra Bell-Holland
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 As the founder of Ava Rose Agency, Bell-Holland has made human connection into an art.
