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    December 2017

    Desert Companion December 2017
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    Stories from the December 2017 Issue

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    What it's like
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    What It's Like

    Dec 01, 2017

    Joy. Pain. Fear. Obsession. Triumph. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be bitten by a brown recluse, have a baby at home, beat cancer, battle drug addiction, or escape from a burning car stuck in a tree after you drove off a cliff, these illustrated true-life stories from Las Vegans are your answer.

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    Restaurant Awards
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    Restaurant Awards

    Nov 28, 2017

    Our annual celebration of Las Vegas’ best dining spots, dishes, and chefs

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    My Room
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    My Space: Mercedes M. Yardley

    Nov 28, 2017

    Where the magic happens for this writer of horror and whimsy.

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    JC Hemphill
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    Write Here

    Nov 28, 2017

    Downtown residency brings authors to LV for a month.

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    Water Works
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    Good Deeds: Water Works

    Nov 28, 2017

    A local water-purification company donates units to Puerto Rico.

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    Hello, Hive Mind

    Nov 28, 2017

    There are times you just want to eat without too many expectations. You want something more enjoyable than merely fueling up, but without the heaviness of a dining experience.

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    Curtas
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    Eating Is Thinking

    Nov 28, 2017

    Why dining critics (like me!) are still relevant and important in the age of Instagram and Yelp.

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    Misteltoe
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    Riff, Under the Disgusting Parasitic Plant Thing

    Nov 28, 2017

    A mistletoe story.

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    Evel Has Landed
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    History: Evel Has Landed

    Nov 28, 2017

    ... and, 50 years ago, tumbled into Vegas mythology

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    Crazy town
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    This Crazy Town

    Nov 28, 2017

    A guy hoses down a frozen corpse in a parking lot, trying to thaw it, as the fleshy runoff pools down the street.

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    Pediatric AIDS
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    Community: ‘What Would You Do?’

    Nov 28, 2017

    The angry loved one of a child with HIV fights UNLV’s changes to a life-saving pediatric program.

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    Florentine Garden
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    Lakeside Staycation

    Nov 28, 2017

    Mojave winters get downright chilly. Most hotels, from the Strip to Downtown, close their swimming pools for the season. So what’s a local water-lover to do for a staycation weekend in this shivery season?

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    MacKenzie Pizza
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    Table for Two: Check It

    Nov 28, 2017

    Slamming our way through MacKenzie River Pizza’s menu at the Golden Knights’ practice arena.

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    Barbacoa
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    Street Foodie: Delish Decatur

    Nov 28, 2017

    Variety, handmade quality and value pricing make for one tasty neighborhood

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    Delius and Wes
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    Theater: Welcome to the New Scrooge

    Nov 28, 2017

    This multi-culti Christmas Carol modernizes the holiday classic, but its spirit and message haven’t changed.

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    Kwanzaa
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    Getting Our Own Story

    Nov 28, 2017

    Kwanzaa isn’t “African-American Christmas” — it’s about a people reclaiming and celebrating their narrative.

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    Nancy Good
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    The Hot Seat

    Nov 28, 2017

    Artist Nancy Good is a devoted Burning Man participant, and this year she’s turned the experience into art.

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    Kielbasa roasting on an open fire …

    Nov 28, 2017

    … and other seasonal family eats fondly remembered by local chefs

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    Cocktail
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    Cocktail of the Month: The Whisker Pub

    Nov 28, 2017

    So a bar inside another bar is like grandma’s afghan for your liver. That’s the Laundry Room...

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    Art of gifts
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    Shop: The Gift of Art

    Nov 28, 2017

    Before you blow your Christmas shopping fund on ties, socks, and gift cards galore, consider giving a few special people on your list something different, unique, perhaps even inspiring: work by local artists.

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    Art
    Wendy Kveck
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    Pushing Back

    Nov 27, 2017

    In her art and activism, Wendy Kveck subverts the patriarchy, promotes the city’s arts scene, and gets unabashedly political.

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    Business
    Speedy Beatty
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    Speedy Beatty

    Nov 27, 2017

    A new fiberoptic system that will give this tiny town the fastest internet in the state is just the latest innovation from a unique rural energy co-op.

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    Editor's Note
    Andrew Kiraly
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    Comfort, Food

    Nov 27, 2017

    If there’s one thing I can’t stand about tragedy and death — aside from, of course, its own tragical deathitude — it’s that spirit-sapping side effect of making life’s everyday pleasures feel shallow and dumb.

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    Holidazed
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    Holidazed!

    Nov 28, 2017

    Six kinds of people you meet at Christmas

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