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    April 2017

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    Stories from the April 2017 Issue

    Desert Companion
    Feature
    Blue Heron Design Build
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    Inside out

    Apr 01, 2017

    Desert vistas, spring weather and Las Vegas’ active lifestyle have given us homes that embrace — and sometimes merge — both interior and exterior.

    Desert Companion
    Feature
    Tory Burch dress
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    Spring forward

    Apr 01, 2017

    This season's looks are simple, fresh, floral and fun.

    Desert Companion
    All things to all people
    Water drop
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    The coolest month

    Apr 01, 2017

    Since this is Poetry Month, we asked local poets to write about some of April’s other observances.

    Desert Companion
    All things to all people
    Where the water goes
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    Environment: Going with the flow

    Apr 01, 2017

    A new book on water in the Southwest flounders from the author’s uncritical embrace of the official story.

    Desert Companion
    All things to all people
    Courtney Bentley
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    Wellness: Head, heart and body

    Apr 01, 2017

    Courtney Bentley connected her emotions to her workouts — and that infused her with a new sense of purpose.

    Desert Companion
    All things to all people
    Steve Springer
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    Profile: Steve Springer, The Dinosaur Man

    Apr 01, 2017

    From brontosaurus gas station mascots to vintage fiberglass triceratops replicas in post-World War II motel courts, the roadside dinosaur is classic American kitsch.

    Desert Companion
    All things to all people
    I don't like where this is going
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    Books: The candid assessment

    Apr 01, 2017

    Genre: Crime fiction. Plot: Outraged by the coverup of a prostitute’s death in Luxor, therapist Wylie Melville and his oddball posse investigate a ring of powerful sex-traffickers and their brutal enforcer.

    Desert Companion
    All things to all people
    Forecloses
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    Can we talk?

    Apr 01, 2017

    The foreclosure crisis has slowed, but many Las Vegans still face losing their homes — even as the state mulls the future of a mediation program that could help them.

    Desert Companion
    All things to all people
    Pollen
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    Zeit bites: Random facts about counting pollen

    Apr 01, 2017

    From Tanvi Patel, Director of UNLV's Pollen Monitoring Program

    Desert Companion
    All things to all people
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    Zeit bites: One weekend, two festivals

    Apr 01, 2017

    Vegas book lovers have a tough decision in April: Stay in town for the big, new litstravaganza? Or go to L.A. for the traditional bookapalooza?

    Desert Companion
    Dining
    Cinnamon buns
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    Eat this now: Cinnamon buns at Cinnaholic

    Apr 01, 2017

    To hell with swimsuit season — hand me a cinnamon bun.

    Desert Companion
    Dining
    Vegan burger and Vege-Way
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    The dish: Imitation game

    Apr 01, 2017

    Chef Kenny Chye is on a mission to make the world vegan, one “meaty” burger at a time.

    Desert Companion
    Dining
    Cocktail of the month
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    Cocktail of the month: The Penicillin at The Dorsey

    Apr 01, 2017

    Usually, Scotch makes me think of the following in a sort of randomized blurry associative mental whirlwind: country clubs, ascots, self-satisfied chortling, jodhpurs, stubborn institutional white privilege.

    Desert Companion
    Dining
    Smothered Katsu chicken
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    At first bite: Umami bomb

    Apr 01, 2017

    At Momofuku, too much of a good thing is just … too much.

    Desert Companion
    Editor's Note
    Andrew Kiraly
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    Tatooine chic

    Apr 01, 2017

    I enjoy a good sci-fi flick as much as the next closet nerd in denial, but I’ve found that I’m much more into the aesthetics than the explosions.

    Desert Companion
    End Note
    HGTV
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    Realty TV

    Apr 01, 2017

    They may be full of shiplap, but I can’t stop watching HGTV’s home fantasy shows.

    Desert Companion
    The look back

    How do you come up with your ideas?

    Apr 01, 2017

    Dateline: mid-March 2017. Scene: a Desert Companion brainstorming meeting. Six people cluster around a table in a small, windowless conference room colloquially known as “Guantanamo.”

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    Desert Companion
    Open topic
    Think Tank
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    Society: Think, Inc.

    Apr 01, 2017

    So Harry Reid, John Boehner and MGM walk into a university …

    Desert Companion
    Q + A
    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.

    Desert Companion
    Society
    Cake
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    Wholesome hate

    Apr 01, 2017

    Fifteen years ago, a campaign to ban same-sex marriage in Nevada revealed the ugliness that results when fundamentalist faith, money and politics converge.

    Desert Companion
    Take 5
    Kveck work
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    Your arts + entertainment calendar for April

    Apr 01, 2017

    Some stuff you can do this month, whatevz.

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