Geoff Carter
Senior Editor
Story Archive
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FeaturesDon’t know your Elvis from your elbow? Start here
Thursday, June 30, 2022 Music, movies, podcasts and more.
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TasteRed Dwarf specializes in Detroit-style pizza and tiki-inspired cocktails
Thursday, June 23, 2022 The place makes hours seem like minutes and encourages you to meet the bartenders and begin describing the place as “my local.”
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NewsAtomic Liquors celebrates its 70th year in Las Vegas
Thursday, June 16, 2022 The Downtown bar will mark the occasion June 17-19 with drink specials throughout the weekend, culminating in a Sunday-night spaghetti dinner.
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StageDowntown Vegas' Majestic Repertory Theatre unveils its 2022-23 'slate' of shows
Thursday, June 2, 2022 The Arts District-based theater company is staging several topical shows that speak to this desperate, dispiriting cultural moment with a smile.
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A&ETouring the Las Vegas Valley’s ever-changing collection of street murals
Thursday, June 2, 2022 Work by local and international artists cover Downtown’s Fremont East and Arts District corridors, and new murals are joining older works in Henderson’s Water Street district.
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PrintDowntown Requiem: ‘Happy at Any Cost’ is a sad, harrowing account of Tony Hsieh’s final days
Thursday, May 26, 2022 I had to push myself to read through those final pages, for reasons beyond the obvious.
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FeaturesMight Las Vegas’ DIY indie fest Neon Reverb return?
Thursday, May 19, 2022 The multivenue Downtown gathering hasn’t been held since n 2018, but its stakeholders vow that it’ll be back, at a time to be determined.
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ScreenA multiverse of radness: Our 2022 summer movie guide
Thursday, May 12, 2022 What to expect from ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ ‘Jurassic World: Domination,’ ‘Thor: Love and Thunder,’ ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ and many more.
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A&EGoing off-script with A Public Fit Theater Company co-founder Ann Marie Pereth
Thursday, May 5, 2022 “Theater is about conversation. If you do it really well, people will lean in, because it’s happening in real time right in front of you.”
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A&EShan Michael Evans’ colorful Freed’s Downtown Las Vegas mural is a treat for the eyes
Thursday, April 28, 2022 “I wanted people. … [And] the cakes, looking like hats, are their thoughts and desires visualized.”
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FeaturesPop top art: Valley craft brewers get creative with their cans
Thursday, April 21, 2022 Tenaya Creek cans, designed by artist Kendrick Kidd, sport a deep blue band at the top that represents the desert sky, and a deep brown band at the bottom standing in for the desert floor.
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NoiseOrville Peck and Yola are making country music without borders
Thursday, April 21, 2022 The up-and-coming artists play the House of Blues within days of each other.
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A&ELas Vegas-adjacent variety festival Ignite returns with new motivation
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 The Sandy Valley Ranch festival, running April 22-24, aims to be a family-friendly celebration of Vegas' circus community.
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FeaturesLas Vegas drive-thru dispensaries bring convenience and customer service
Thursday, April 14, 2022 Downtown’s NuWu Cannabis Marketplace, owing to its location on tribal land, introduced a drive-thru in summer 2020.
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A&ECatch these Coachella-bound acts on Las Vegas stages this month
Thursday, April 14, 2022 Flume, Black Coffee, Buzzy Lee, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and more.
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A&EInteractive show ‘Particle Ink: Speed of Dark’ redraws reality in a Downtown Las Vegas warehouse
Thursday, April 14, 2022 The creative team includes alumni of Cirque du Soleil and New York’s acclaimed interactive theater production ‘Sleep No More,’ working in concert with secretive, Vegas-based visual art collective The Light Poets and a dozen or so other performers.
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A&EFive Thoughts: 'Letterkenny Live' at the Chelsea in Las Vegas, April 2
Thursday, April 7, 2022 A cult hit Canadian comedy series came to the Cosmopolitan for an extended Vegas visit, and the city responded with a Texas-sized 10-4.
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A&ECheapshot brings cabaret shenanigans and good old-fashioned boogie to Downtown Las Vegas
Thursday, March 31, 2022 But Cheapshot, a collaboration between Saunders and Ryan Doherty’s Corner Bar group, is specifically built to be the kind of variety cabaret space the British-born Saunders has become accustomed to performing and producing shows in around the world. To a degree, the bawdiness is baked-in.
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FeaturesChanging course: Andrea Lipomi, getting her foot in the healthcare door
Thursday, March 24, 2022 “My mom went back to school for her master’s degree in library science when she was in her 60s, and I’m in my late 40s going for my master’s degree.”
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FeaturesChanging course: Carey Cowart, going full viking
Thursday, March 24, 2022 He’s hopeful his fellow healthcare workers—and their families and friends—will come to his campground to shed their work-related stresses.
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A&ECircus performer and registered nurse Stephanie Castellone performs a life-saving act with BurlyCares
Thursday, March 24, 2022 “We make it a point to advocate for people--to get them what they need, and ultimately keep them at their house, because nobody wants to be in and out of the hospital.”
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TasteLas Vegas cannabis dispensary-adjacent Trece has something tasty for almost any craving
Thursday, March 24, 2022 Don’t sleep on the Southern classics, which include chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits and a Cajun spice-rubbed half rotisserie chicken, plated with creamy garlic mashed potatoes.
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FeaturesThe neighborhood surrounding the Smith Center is becoming the live/work epicenter of a new Las Vegas
Thursday, March 10, 2022 Two luxury apartment blocks have opened in the past year, and their developers understood the assignment: They’re contributing a vital component to what is functionally a second Vegas Downtown.
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ArtBMI's Wave In Festival brings art, literature and music to Las Vegas this May
Monday, March 7, 2022 Author Roxane Gay, musician May Khoi and more feature in this "roving celebration" of the arts and cultural awareness.
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Fine ArtThe Haas Brothers unleash a fantasy-steeped menagerie in Downtown Las Vegas
Thursday, March 3, 2022 ‘Haas Vegas,’ with its menagerie of beasts made largely from cast bronze, synthetic fur, porcelain and electric components, is less a gallery show than a rescue team, providing humor, wit and genuine wonder at a time when we sorely need it.
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A&ESmith Center's latest Broadway Series will bring "Hadestown" and the return of "Hamilton" to Las Vegas
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 This year's edition of the Smith Center's popular stage series features Broadway hits like "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Moulin Rouge: The Musical," "Hadestown," "Jagged Little Pill," "Hamilton" and more.
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FeaturesGamer’s Paradise: Find unlimited fun at these Las Vegas arcades
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 Emporium at Area15, the Pinball Hall of Fame and more.
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A&EFest at your own pace: The virtual world suits Boulder City’s Dam Short Film Festival well
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 “People told us they watched programs they never would have stayed for [in person], like the music videos or the underground program.”
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TasteYu-Or-Mi Sushi Bar serves inventive dishes in Downtown Las Vegas’ Arts District
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 Try the chef’s nigiri platter for a sampler of tuna belly, sweet shrimp, king salmon and snapper, or swing big for the chef’s sashimi platter and let Chef V knock your socks off with an 18-piece seasonal assortment.
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A&EVersatile Las Vegas actress Annette Houlihan Verdolino on the local theater scene
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 She’s hilarious, helium-voiced burlesque emcee Blanche DeBris, and she even appeared in Steven Soderbergh’s original Magic Mike film.
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A&EEvery week, Las Vegas improv comedy troupe Bleach starts fresh
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 “I very firmly believe that if we’re having fun, the audience is going to have fun.”
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NewsDespite COVID setbacks, the RTC is building a 21st-century mass-transit network for Las Vegas
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 With the promise of funds from the bipartisan federal infrastructure bill, the agency is looking to build on its strengths while modernizing its fleet.
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A&EThese Las Vegas performers traded the stage for viral video—and they’re in no hurry to go back
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 The @wesandalison channel now has more than 68,000 followers, and countless more viewers encounter the stories when they go viral.
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NoiseDozens of millennial emo and pop-punk acts to play Las Vegas’ When We Were Young festival
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022 My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Bring Me the Horizon, A Day to Remember, Avril Lavigne, Bright Eyes, Jimmy Eat World and many more will play the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 22 and 23.
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FeaturesTouring Las Vegas’ Instagram-ready locations
Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 If you’d like to Instagram Las Vegas in a way that truly captures its eccentricity, individuality and beauty, start with these spots.
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TasteFreed’s latest dessert shop adds a tasty accent to Downtown Las Vegas’ Arts District
Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 These cakes, cookies, cupcakes, brownies and rugelach are without peer, and this bright, cozy store is packed with them.
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A&ETheresa Leeds, Las Vegas Academy’s “Snack Shack Lady,” volunteers to keep young creatives fed
Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 “LVA’s total [enrollment] is 1,600—and I’m getting at least half those kids [coming through].”
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A&ELas Vegas’ historic Huntridge Theater taps NYC’s SoHo Playhouse to head up its next phase
Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021 The new Huntridge will consist of one big room—the current auditorium, reconfigured to include a mezzanine level—with a capacity of 1,150 for local and national concerts and 450 for off-Broadway productions.
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NewsDeveloper J Dapper is giving away a Downtown Las Vegas diner
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 He’ll build out the space—providing furniture, fixtures, equipment, branding, signage and even a marketing plan—and hand the keys to a deserving chef or restaurateur.
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NewsElon Musk’s Loop is ambitious, but Las Vegas needs more in the way of public transit
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 The Boring Company proposal only solves a resort corridor problem—a problem that’s already partially addressed by a monorail and several resort-to-resort shuttles.
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FeaturesThe Year in Las Vegas Photos (and the stories behind them)
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 A great-looking yearbook from staff photographers Yasmina Chavez, Christopher DeVargas, Steve Marcus and Wade Vandervort.
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FeaturesCashless Las Vegas: A city built on currency moves toward a future without it
Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 The tech has been ready for a while. What’s changed in recent years—very recent years—is that we’ve acquired an aversion to touching things other people have touched.
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A&EFoo Fighters please old fans, make new ones in two-night Las Vegas visit
Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 It's easy to love the Foo Fighters because the band works hard to earn that love, even after some 25 years on the road.
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A&ECan Las Vegas’ apartment boom keep up with its population growth—and stay affordable?
Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 “We have very lopsided power dynamics between tenants and landlords in Nevada, and we’re not doing enough to make sure there’s more parity there.”
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TasteSavor a döner or two at Las Vegas’ new Berlin street food spot, Wolf Down
Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 Every metalhead knows something’s extra-badass when it requires an umlaut. It’s true of Motörhead and Mötley Crüe, and it’s true of this rib-sticking, gyro-like treat.
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NewsFremont East endures: After a year of lockdowns and grief, the Downtown Las Vegas district is regaining its footing
Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 “We have really strong attendance, but you don’t feel that full [pre-pandemic] energy yet.”
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A&EStarlight on 66 treats the senses at Resorts World Las Vegas
Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 The 66th-floor lounge serves up the city in cinematic fashion, alongside excellent cocktails and small plates.
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FeaturesTouring Main Street, Las Vegas, an ever-evolving hub of dining, nightlife & more
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 Where to eat, drink, shop and view creative works in the 18b Arts District.
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FeaturesA Todd English-branded hotel prepares to join Las Vegas’ Main Street mix
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 The four-story, luxury boutique property will open its doors to a district packed with bars, restaurants and attractions.
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Fine ArtNorth Las Vegas is now home to longtime local Artist Jerry Misko’s largest work
Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 His 5,000-square-foot mural has a lot of story to tell, both about the community and the artist himself.
