Alan Hess, Architecture Critic Adam Burke, Independent Producer Dr Robert Fielden, Urban Planner, RAFI Josh Geidel, Preservationist, Huntridge Tom McCormick, Pres, Astoria Homes ... on just how did stucco come to replace the mid-mod in the Las Vegas Valley and why are many hipsters moving to downtown Las Vegas to live in mid-mods.

Tom McCormick, Dr Robert Fielden, and Josh Geidel

• Our guest, Alan Hess, is the author of a recent article in this Summer's Desert Companion on Vegas' legacy of electric hipness called, "Sign of the Times." Pick up a copy at a Whole Foods near you.
• Alan Hess
• Astoria Homes
• Atomic Age
• Lotta Living
• Mid Century Modernist
• Preserve NV
• RAFI
• Very Vintage Vegas
• "Caper At The Coffee House" by Warren Barker Orchestra ("Crime Jazz: Music In The Second Degree")
• "Mr. Ghost Goes To Town" by The John Buzon Orchestra ("Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 11: Organs in Orbit")
• "Route 66" by The Nelson Riddle Orchestra ("Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes")

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Peter Schjeldahl, Head Art Critic, The New Yorker
... on his new book, Let's See: Writings on Art from The New Yorker.

• Peter Schjeldahl will speak at UNLV on May 14, starting at 7 pm. He's in town as part of the UNLV Department of Art Visiting Artist Program.
• iBerkshires: Peter Schjeldahl Awarded 2008 Clark Prize For Excellence In Arts Writing
• Let's See: Writings on Art from The New Yorker
• New Yorker: Peter Schjeldahl
• UNLV
• "Art for Art's Sake" by 10cc ("How Dare You!")
• "After Hours" by Jack McDuff ("Bringin' It Home")

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• LV Sun: Construction Deaths

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