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    A Fan's Dilemma

    Sep 25, 2020

    I want to cheer for the Raiders, but there's just one small problem

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    Mr. Earworm

    Sep 15, 2020

    If you’ve had Glen Lerner’s phone number stuck in your head, you can thank Pete Radd. The master of jingles produced the tune more than a decade ago. 

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    The Dream Is Over

    Aug 20, 2020

    Parting thoughts on the end of the ever-changing Le Rêve

     
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    A Farewell to Vickie's Diner

    Aug 18, 2020

    The small-town culinary heart of Old Vegas finally gives way to a gentrifying Downtown

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    The Story, Not the Drama

    Jul 29, 2020

    Two months later, BLM protests may have moved off the front page, but activists are still out there peacefully demanding justice. On the scene at Saturday's march

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    A Glittering Anchor

    Jul 22, 2020

    Remembering Gipsy, where the queer community “could be themselves at night”

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    Window Pains

    Jul 14, 2020

    A Downtown art installation urges us to see everyone's common humanity

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    Waking the Giant: The Strip Reopens

    Jun 08, 2020

    Scenes and stories from the day the Strip started up again

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    It Took a Fire to Change Us

    Jun 02, 2020

    Could the Strip become a model of safety in a post-pandemic world? The response to the 1980 MGM fire might offer some lessons

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    Solitary Angel

    May 26, 2020

    Artist Victoria Hogan transforms the Downtown icon into a ‘beacon of social distancing’

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    Confessions of an Amateur Birdwatcher

    May 05, 2020

    Notes on a pastime that's oddly perfect for the pandemic age.

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    Creativity During Quarantine

    Apr 30, 2020

    A two-part look at how some local artists and writers have responded to the current situation

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    Memories of the Strip

    Apr 16, 2020

    We asked, "When was the last time you were on the Strip before the shutdown? Recall as vividly as you can." Here's what readers said.

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    On Your Face

    Apr 15, 2020

    For some kids, face masks aren’t about health, they’re about cool

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    The Road to the 19th Amendment

    Mar 10, 2020

    Honoring the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage

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    Remembering Alex Huerta

    Jan 22, 2020

    The Downtown arts scene loses one of its pillars

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    Kondo Developments

    Apr 26, 2019

    The tidying craze can spark a lot of joy for savvy thrifters

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    Game On!

    Mar 14, 2019

    Notes from the board game convention

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    In Memory of Susanne Forestieri

    Feb 28, 2019

    Remembering a beloved, quietly accomplished, beauty-seeking, life-affirming Las Vegas artist

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    Images of Community

    Feb 15, 2019

    The exhibit Neon & Obsidian dispels the notion that Las Vegas lacks community by capturing vivid images of African-Americans who have created it

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    Three Cases

    Dec 07, 2018

    A meditation on time, memory, and meaning, 10 years in the making

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    2018 Was the Year ...

    Nov 30, 2018

    ... that we wrote these short pieces about what 2018 was the year of — from big-city realities to shifts in fine dining to (gulp) politics, and more

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    Ren Fair Walkabout

    Oct 26, 2018

    Scenes from another time

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    A Magical Gathering

    Jun 26, 2018

    It was game on at a recent Magic: The Gathering mega-event in Las Vegas

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    A Small Step

    May 25, 2018

    By bailing out a jailed mother on Mother's Day, activists hope they're beginning the long trek toward reforming Nevada's bail system

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