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    What’s to Love

    Feb 08, 2021

    Three conversations about food, art, and the outdoors in Las Vegas

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    Photo by Heidi Kyser
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    Climate Change: Doing Renewable Right

    Feb 08, 2021

    Covering vast swaths of public land is the easy way to develop renewable energy. But is it the smartest?

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    Pizza Bistro - image courtesy Sabin Orr
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    Dining: Don’t fret. We still have pizza

    Feb 08, 2021

    Amid a year of chaos and dread, pizza remains eternal. And it’s thriving deliciously in the valley.

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    Erica Vital-Lazare
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    Q&A: 'Go Back and Get It'

    Nov 01, 2020

    Local scholar and author Erica Vital-Lazare on her new project to resurface important Black literature.

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    Prof Stephen Benning
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    The One-Question Interview: Your Brain on Zoom

    Nov 01, 2020

    What does your gray matter think of socially distanced human connection?

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    Meals on Wheels
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    Street Foodie: Meals on Wheels

    Nov 01, 2020

    Don’t want to leave your car? Pull up to the second window for some drive-throughs worth stopping for.

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    Growing toward change
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    Open Topic: Growing Toward Change

    Nov 01, 2020

    A just food system has to encompass every step from the soil to your plate.

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    November - December Events
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    November-December Events

    Nov 01, 2020

    What’s up with your new neighbors, the Stephensons? Why are they here, on your porch this Christmas season ... caroling? Welcome to theater — in your front yard.

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    Reid and the Wilderness
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    Eco-politics: Reid and the Rurals

    Nov 01, 2020

    A new documentary about Harry Reid’s environmental work spotlights his relationship to outback Nevada.

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    Peter Radd
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    Profile: Mr. Earworm

    Nov 01, 2020

    Meet the musician behind the jingle that will soon be stuck in your mind — again.

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    Food
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    Business of Food: Eating at You

    Nov 01, 2020

    Some restaurant owners are asking whether food delivery apps are friend or foe.

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    I'm going to die here
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    Book Excerpt: 'I'm Going to Die Here'

    Nov 01, 2020

    A brief encounter in Searchlight at the start of a long journey through Nevada.

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    Justin Favela
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    Harsh Light

    Sep 11, 2020

    Criticized for racial inequities and other workplace issues, the Neon Museum finds itself in an unaccustomed glare.

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    Super Lonely Fan
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    Visual Commentary: Down by Contact

    Sep 11, 2020

    The ballad of the lonely superfan.

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    Henderson Pavillion Hill
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    Open Topic: The Hill Is Gone

    Sep 11, 2020

    The life and unnecessary death of the Henderson Pavilion.

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    City Center
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    Art: What Goes Up

    Sep 11, 2020

    Change is a constant in Las Vegas. Implosions are dramatic and swift. What comes down is memorable. But what goes up?

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    Slow and Low Rock and Rye 84 Proof
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    Drinking: Home is Where the Buzz Is

    Sep 11, 2020

    If you’re on lockdown, might as well have some locktails. Here’s our tip sheet on the art of domestic drinking.

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    Las Vegas Raiders
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    Sports: Special Team

    Sep 08, 2020

    Denied the usual in-person skills camps and outreach programs, the new team in town finds other ways to join the community.

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    Vickie's Diner
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    Eulogy: Patty Melt, I’ll Miss You Most of All

    Sep 03, 2020

    A fond farewell to Vickie’s, the classic Downtown diner.

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    Musicians by Musicians
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    Music: ‘For Musicians, By Musicians’

    Sep 03, 2020

    Live and Direct 702 has elevated local virtual showcases with professionalism and intimacy.

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    Rat Pack
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    Once Upon a Ring-a-Ding-Ding

    Aug 01, 2020

    On the 60th anniversary of Ocean’s 11, the film that introduced Sin City’s fizz to the world, a trip back in time.

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    Desert
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    Winding Down

    Aug 01, 2020

    In Desert Notebooks, author Ben Ehrenreich ponders the future through the lenses of climate change, the desert, mythology, time — and Las Vegas.

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    Ribs
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    Street Foodie: Soul Food and Beyond

    Aug 01, 2020

    African-American cuisine and Black-owned restaurants jazz up the valley’s food scene.

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    Black Lives Matter
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    Annals of Change: Different This Time?

    Aug 01, 2020

    As the movement toward racial justice gathers momentum, there’s a danger of mistaking symbolic change for the real thing.

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    Andrew in the kiddie pool
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    Ode: The Soaker

    Aug 01, 2020

    In praise of the cheapo kiddie pool.

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