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    ‘Vegas Is Always Home’

    Aug 24, 2018

    As she leaves Las Vegas, Michele Quinn — gallerist, curator, consultant — reflects on her impact, local audiences and collectors, and the state of the arts in her hometown.

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    Simon Gottschalk
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    Not OK Computer

    Mar 26, 2018

    In an era of fake news, email overload, and cyber-bullying, a UNLV prof’s timely book asks us to resist the techno-flood.

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    Not OK computer

    Mar 13, 2018

    In an era of fake news, Russian bots, and cyber-bullying, a UNLV prof’s timely book asks us to resist the information flow

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    Don Logan
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    Rounding Third

    Feb 22, 2018

    The valley’s longest-tenured pro sports team is finally getting a new home. What will it mean for the 51s and the community? We ask the team’s boss, Don Logan.

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    Gov. Brian Sandoval
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    Practically Speaking

    Aug 28, 2017

    Governor Brian Sandoval opens up about partisanship in the internet age, his practical philosophy of governing, and how cleaning sheep pens can prepare you for a political career.

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    Recession State of Mind
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    Recession state of mind

    Jul 01, 2017

    Kate Marshall and Elliott Parker discuss their new book about Nevada in the downturn and (hopefully) beyond.

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    Amazing Jonathan
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    Alive and joking

    Apr 01, 2017

    He’s supposed to be dead by now, but comedy magician The Amazing Johnathan has defied the doctors — with a little help from a friend of a friend — to take the stage again.

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    Bruno goes to Washington: Nevada’s Veteran of the Month sets his sights on national issues

    Jul 12, 2016

    I’ve kept up with Bruno Moya since 2013, when I wrote about him and some of the other Marines of Las Vegas-based Fox Company that had been part of the Baghdad invasion 10 years earlier ...

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    Joshua Shenk
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    Lit up

    Sep 24, 2015

    New Black Mountain Institute Executive Director Joshua Wolf Shenk plots the future of the literary center.

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    Yes, he just went there

    Sep 01, 2014

    A conversation with acerbic comedian Doug Stanhope as he returns to where he began 

    Straight from the American id, it’s Doug Stanhope — trampler of pieties, smasher of taboos, peddler of dangerous ideas (such as, it’s okay to stop caring about 9/11). Also, crucially: a comedian.

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    Unfiltered

    Mar 01, 2014

    New water chief John Entsminger on lakes, lawns and how he plans to keep the taps flowing in Southern Nevada (hint: It’s not all about the rural pipeline plan anymore)

    What do you get for $260,000 a year? We get John Entsminger, the new general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. For his part, Entsminger gets a big, fat dehydration headache: A region of 2.

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    This is my last big hurrah

    Apr 01, 2013

    Former grand dame of gaming Elaine Wynn now sets her sights on a new venture: fixing the state’s education system

    For those accustomed to seeing Elaine Wynn in glamorous Vogue photo spreads or as the elegant, one-time grand dame of the Bellagio or Wynn resorts, it may be a little discombobulating to discover she’s actually a hardcore policy wonk.

    Yet it came as little surprise to anyone in the education world when she accepted Gov.

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    Meet in the middle

    Oct 01, 2011

    NPR’s Linda Wertheimer on Tea Parties, missing Tip O’Neill and why we can’t all just get along

    NPR senior national correspondent Linda Wertheimer discusses political polarization and civility in political dialogue in her talk “Cooling the Partisan Fires,” 1 p.m.

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    Gateway to optimism: An interview with Dennis Oppenheim

    Sep 01, 2010

    Dennis Oppenheim on a Las Vegas aesthetic, the mystique of art-making and those giant paintbrushes

    Dennis Oppenheim's Paintbrush Gateway is slated for completion this fall: two 45-foot tall steel paintbrushes have already been planted along the sidewalk on East Charleston Boulevard. One brush rises from in front of a dilapidated Siegel Suites franchise at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard, while a second brush sits four hundred feet west in front of the Brett Wesley Gallery and across from the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC).

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