Mike Prevatt
Multimedia Producer/ReporterMike has been a producer for State of Nevada since 2019. He produces — and occasionally hosts — segments covering entertainment, gaming and tourism, sports, health, Nevada’s marijuana industry, and other areas of Nevada life.
He’s been a journalist in Las Vegas since moving here in 1998, serving as a music and entertainment editor and writer for alt-weeklies Las Vegas CityLife and Las Vegas Weekly before moving to radio and news journalism. He still flexes his writing muscles for Desert Companion magazine.
A Los Angeles native and UCLA graduate, Mike will talk your ear off about music, film, amusement parks and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Many local bands eventually pack their gear and hit the road. Few, though, get to tour internationally. The plane fare and baggage fees alone would discourage them.And yet, local band Same Sex Mary found a way. -
Some of Las Vegas' best gifts of the season: art, drag performances, poetry, and more -
In September 2020, Area15 opened to enthusiastic crowds tired of pandemic quarantine. Four years and 13 million guests later, its growth has led to a full-blown entertainment district. -
Each year, our city-regional magazine Desert Companion honors the best restaurants, chefs, and restauranteurs in Southern Nevada. -
Recent titles from local authors make excellent gifts, whatever you’re celebrating -
As you know, this radio station is pretty much all-talk, all hours of the day. But some of you may remember that in the 1980s and 1990s, KNPR was renowned for producing a Monday night jazz program. -
Theater, art, music, literature, public revelry — early December's cultural offerings are around the corner -
Ocean’s 11. Mars Attacks. The Hangover. Las Vegas is no stranger to the big screen. Especially when it comes to spectacle movies, broad comedies, and camp films. -
Though locals mostly avoid it, the Las Vegas Strip and businesses that support it employ hundreds of thousands of people and it’s responsible for a big chunk of the state’s tax dollars. -
Jazz up your calendar with these sizzlin' concerts, shows, and book readings
