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From the U2 concert, the first event at the Sphere, to the stumbling Las Vegas Raiders, to the top-tier Las Vegas Aces and so much more, there’s a lot to talk about in Nevada.
This week, Culinary Union workers voted to authorize a strike. The bartenders union did the same. The teacher’s union contract dispute with the school district is now in the hands of an arbitrator.
LGBTQ rights in Nevada have come a long way since the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. And so have that community’s biggest institutions.
Our annual Fall Culture Guide is back with more events to experience, art to see, music and readings to hear, and festivals to revel in through the rest of the year. Also included in this issue is a guide to the Valley's Top Dentists!
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