Geoff Carter
Senior Editor
Story Archive
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FeaturesSeven local Las Vegas shops to try
Thursday, March 1, 2018 Las Vegas Cyclery, Tea & Whisk, Artisanal Foods and more.
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RetailTake 5: Las Vegas thrift stores you should check out
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 Whether you’re on a budget or on the lookout for rare items, the Las Vegas Valley’s thrift stores never fail to deliver the goods. Here are a few you should visit, and what you’ll find there ...
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NewsWas a Lego set pulled because of the Route 91 shootings?
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 Fans say Lego pulled the set because Mandalay Bay is one of the buildings represented.
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A&E‘Opium’ will soon join ‘Absinthe’ in warping Las Vegas’ entertainment scene
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 Spiegelworld has resumed its stealthy takeover of the city’s fringe theater scene.
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A&ETake 5: Five free Strip and downtown attractions you’ve got to see
Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 Whether you are visiting Las Vegas or live here, the entertainment options are limitless ...
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NewsTrust us: Three local events you'll want to check out
Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 Hear stories from Oct. 1, a lecture on the climate and partake in a conversation about rock climbing.
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IntersectionVegas didn’t get Amazon’s second HQ and probably won’t get Apple’s, either
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 But this time, we’re on the right track.
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A&EFive Vegas podcasts to place in your rotation
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 ‘Latinos Who Lunch,’ ‘Matt and Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social’ and more
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NoiseBlack Rebel Motorcycle Club keeps rocking on ‘Wrong Creatures’
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 It’s not like Ed Sheeran is gonna take us where BRMC can.
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IntersectionDowntown Las Vegas’ smart signs point the way to a connected city
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 They provide real-time bus arrival info, and allow any user to upload their own ads, neighborhood bulletins or original art.
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A&ELas Vegas still needs an art museum—and we can have one if we don’t lose focus
Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 “Everything is going absolutely, positively forward.”
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A&EBeat the Strip’s New Year’s Eve closures by taking, yes, the Monorail
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 It costs just $1 for anyone who presents a valid Nevada ID at the ticket booth (or $5 for out-of-towners).
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IntersectionDoes Las Vegas have enough net, post-neutrality?
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 The broadband marketplace here doesn’t appear big enough for spirited competition.
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A&EClass by class, Vegas Theatre Hub helps our city’s performers develop and grow
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 “I realized that a lot of local performers here were going to LA to take workshops on their days off.”
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NoiseU2 plays it way too safe on ‘Songs of Experience’
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 When you’re making U2 music that’s only as good as Snow Patrol, it’s time to reassess.
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IntersectionThe Arts District prepares to welcome new bar stars
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 Coming soon: Jammyland and Nevada Taste Site.
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FeaturesTim Conder, CEO, Blackbird Logistics
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 These are some of the men and women responsible for cannabis' overwhelmingly successful start in Southern Nevada.
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IntersectionDoes the Strip’s traffic snarl call for drastic measures?
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 “You don’t need trucks and mobile billboards” on the Boulevard.
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IntersectionThere’s more to Las Vegas’ “smart city” technology than self-driving buses
Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 “You shouldn’t realize it’s there; you should only be aware of the benefits that come from it.”
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FeaturesRemember MGM’s 1990s theme park?
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 Some locals think back fondly on MGM Grand Adventures, largely due to its Halloween transformation and its giant swing ride.
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FeaturesA few of the Vegas Valley’s strangest off-Strip sites
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 From Mystic Falls Park at Sam’s Town to Bonnie Spring Ranch.
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IntersectionDownload and delete: Take a moment to de-clutter your digital life
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 Your phone is brimming with junk—old photos, old emails, all kinds of useless data adding unnecessary drag.
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FeaturesJohn Carpenter steps from behind the camera to the front of the stage
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 “Why would I want to make a movie? It’s like going to the proctologist or the dentist.”
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NoiseJohn Maus’ ‘Screen Memories’ plays like a fun homage
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 It’s a portal to the past, not a road to the future.
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IntersectionDowntown’s Kappa Toys celebrates by expanding to the Linq
Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 “We want to grow to the point that we’re able to make toys based on what customers are looking for and can’t find.”
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NoiseHans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch reprogram Vangelis for ‘Blade Runner 2049’s dynamic score
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 That the composers meet this challenge is a relief; that they excel at it is a miracle.
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NoiseBeck’s ‘Colors’ lacks layers beneath its beats
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 It plays out as the most perfunctory, least personal disco to which he has ever put his name.
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IntersectionA phone app makes navigating Project Neon easier
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 Fun fact: the work is 48 percent completed.
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ScreenHaven’t seen the original ‘Blade Runner’? We’ll catch you up
Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 We first meet retired cop Rick Deckard in a fictionalized 2019, living a lonely existence on the streets of an overpopulated LA wracked by climate change.
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IntersectionPublic figures react to Las Vegas' horrific mass shooting
Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 Hangover star Ed Helms: "Las Vegas, you're always close to my heart—today more than ever."
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IntersectionHot fuss: Sorting through Las Vegas’ summertime facts and myths
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 Summer 2017 wasn’t the worst we’ve seen in Las Vegas—but it did follow the decades-long trend of our Valley heating up.
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A&EFive places to scare up a Halloween costume in Las Vegas
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 Star, Spirit and, of course, Savers.
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IntersectionCornish Pasty and Filthy Little Hands conquer a new space
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 The local arts collective is creating a giant, playful mural to give the room character
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IntersectionChow down, but not out
Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 Chef Natalie Young's "Chinese and chicken joint" is closing its doors, but its kitchen is staying busy.
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A&EThe square gallery: Meet three Vegas artists using Instagram as an online Arts District
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 It’s not an ideal platform—the service flatly rejects vertical works—but it is an easy gallery to browse, one that never closes.
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IntersectionLas Vegas won’t get Amazon’s second corporate headquarters—and that’s not a tragedy
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 The eventual arrival of an Amazon-sized, non-gaming employer is inevitable, so will we fortify our schools, our infrastructure and our transit?
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IntersectionDowntown shutdown: The city’s core braces for a season of street closures—again
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 Stretches of Fremont and Fourth Streets will close more than a half-dozen times between now and mid-November.
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IntersectionLas Vegas’ life-saving flood control system doubles as a work of art
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 From September 29 through November 10, UNLV’s Donna Beam Gallery will present an exhibit reimagining aboveground flood channels as land art.
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FeaturesWomen of Intrigue: Mali Gabay
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 When visitors walk into Bonanza Gifts, they’re looking for authentic bits of Vegas to take home, and the store's manager sees to it that they find them.
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FeaturesWomen of Intrigue: Desiree Reed-Francois
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 It’s a good sign that UNLV’s recently appointed Director of Athletics is so keen to talk up Southern Nevada’s natural charms and the trails that wind through them.
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NoiseLCD Soundsystem’s ‘American Dream’ delivers the sonic punch to drown out the chaos around us
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 As with LCD’s previous works, it might take a few years to unpack everything that’s good here.
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IntersectionThe RTC’s U-Pass offers college students discounted fares
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 Faculty and staff are also eligible for the rates, marked down as much as 60 percent.
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IntersectionAmazon’s Vegas presence is increasing by the day
Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 In a way, this is as big a retail happening as IKEA’s entry into our market last year.
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A&EFive cool hideouts from August’s heat
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 From an aquarium to the Atomic Testing Museum.
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NoiseFive thoughts: Postmodern Jukebox at Cabaret Jazz (August 14)
Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 PMJ has become a legit jazz supergroup and a genuine pop culture phenomenon, thanks to viewers like you.
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NoiseAlbums we’ve liked in 2017: Austra’s ‘Future Politics’
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 Austra is Katie Stelmanis, a Toronto-based singer-songwriter with a knack for writing and arranging gloomy synth-pop.
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A&EWhy not turn the Excalibur into a’ Game of Thrones’-themed resort?
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 Enthusiasm for the HBO show is high, and Disney/Lucasfilm just announced plans to create an immersive Star Wars-themed resort in Orlando.
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IntersectionThe arc of Fremont Street is long, but it bends toward tourism
Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017 Fremont East was never different from regular Fremont. It was never meant exclusively for locals; we only had those bars to ourselves because tourists wouldn’t walk down that far.
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IntersectionUsed bookstore the Amber Unicorn struggles post-Trader Joe’s
Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017 A storewide 25 percent-off sale has been “a godsend,” but the situation remains dire.
