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    February 2019

    Desert  Companion February 2019
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    Stories from the February 2019 Issue

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    Best of the City: Readers’ Poll

    Jan 29, 2019

    What our readers say is the best of the city, not the pretty-goodest of the city, or the premium mediocre of the city.

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    Candlelight wedding chapel
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    Best of the City: Family + Leisure

    Jan 29, 2019

    Find out about the best places to take your family and enjoy the public places in Las Vegas.

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    Tacos
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    Best of the City: Food & Drink

    Jan 28, 2019

    Tacos might simply be hand-held tortillas folded on three sides around fillings, but they come in a plethora of styles, and local taqueria Leticia’s seems to have mastered them all. These tacos and more that are considered the best food of the city!

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    Piff
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    Best of the City: Arts + Entertainment

    Jan 28, 2019

    Love is the Cirque du Soleil you could watch with your eyes closed, hearing The Beatles remixed through 7,000 speakers. This and other entertainment is part of our Best in the City compilation.

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    The Best Dry Cleaners
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    Best of the City: Shops + Services

    Jan 28, 2019

    It's time to jump in to our annual superlative-o-pediatm of the best things in Las Vegas, from hamburgers to hikes - all curated by us, your trusted Desert Companion experts. Let's get besting!

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    Rant: Merge Rage

    Jan 25, 2019

    I was angry. No. Angry wasn’t the word. But, angry, yes. And? I wanted to slam on my horn, to flip on my brights. I wanted everyone to do it my way — the right way.

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    Jason Fierson
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    Legislative Preview 2: Q&A

    Jan 25, 2019

    Talking supermajority, the influence of women, and the Democratic legislative agenda with Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson.

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    Black History Month
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    Open Topic: Black History Month Is for White People

    Jan 25, 2019

    “All I want is equality / For my sister, my brother, my people, and me”

    — Nina Simone, “Mississippi Goddam”

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    Tales of Nuclear Bureaucrazy
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    Tales of Nuclear Bureaucracy!

    Jan 25, 2019

    The title puts you through a bit of a two-step: Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear ... (ooh, sounds intriguing!) ... Regulator (wut?!). A rogue ... bureaucrat? And, indeed, there is plenty of bureaucracy in Gregory B. Jaczko’s account of his time at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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    Tammy Thompson Vanderheiden is very much alive.
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    Not Dead Yet

    Jan 25, 2019

    A case study in the difficulties of being declared dead when, in fact, you’re not.

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    Las Vegas Lights
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    Leggo My Logo!

    Jan 25, 2019

    With UNLV’s much-criticized logo now retired, we asked four experts to weigh in on some of the city’s remaining sports symbols.

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    Research
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    Higher Ed: Research Engine

    Jan 25, 2019

    What does the recent top-tier research designation mean for UNLV and UNR?

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    Hangin' 10
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    Legislative Preview 1: Blue Wave FAQ

    Jan 25, 2019

    With the dramatic Democratic victories in the midterms, it won’t be business as usual in Carson City when the Legislature convenes this month. Here’s a primer.

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    Legislative Preview 3: Bills, Bills, Bills

    Jan 25, 2019

    Just a few of the ideas lawmakers mightponder this time.

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    Film: You Have a Voice

    Jan 29, 2019

    An intense and empowering movie about sexual assault will be just one highlight of one of Southern Nevada’s best film festivals.

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    Housing divided
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    Design: Housing Divided

    Jan 25, 2019

    Can Las Vegas avoid the affordable-housing pitfalls suffered by other prosperous regions? Let’s hear from  some architects!

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    Overcast by Brett Bolton
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    Visual Art: A Wave of Your Hand

    Jan 25, 2019

    That’s all it takes to make the virtual desert bloom in Brett Bolton’s new City Hall art exhibit.

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    Clarice
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    Culture: The Next New Thing

    Jan 25, 2019

    Performance art and immersive theater play to a fresh spirit of adventure and performativity in local arts.

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    Eataly
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    At First Bite: Pasta is Prologue

    Jan 25, 2019

    Eataly, the Strip’s newest import, signals another level in the evolution of the high-concept food market.

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    Come from Away
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    The Hot Seat

    Jan 25, 2019

    On 9/11, America shut down its airspace for several days. In-flight aircraft were diverted elsewhere, 38 of them to a small town on the island of Newfoundland. That’s some 7,000 unexpected visitors.

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    Main Street
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    Main Street 2.0

    Jan 25, 2019

    Or is it Main Street 3.0? Or 4.0? So many new additions to this Arts District arterial!

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    Sweets Raku
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    Dining: Sweet Satisfactions

    Jan 25, 2019

    Sure, love is in the air, but can you eat it? No. That’s why we invented sugary Valentine’s treats like these!

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    Editor's Note
    Andrew Kiraly
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    Best Mode

    Jan 25, 2019

    I often compare Vegas to a Russian nesting doll, but one with neon and video poker instead of those lidless, accusing eyes. You get past the touristy shell, the strip mall shell, the sleepy isolationist suburban shell...

     

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    Big Hat
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    Random Access Memory

    Jan 25, 2019

    Droll, odd, poignant, and awkward moments from the many Februaries of Las Vegas history.

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    Nouvelle Experience
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    Acrobatical Radicals

    Jan 25, 2019

    Before it became a Strip behemoth, Cirque du Soleil was an oddball upstart. A reflection on Cirque’s 25 years of defying expectations — and transforming our city’s idea of spectacle.

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