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    January - February 2020

    Desert Companion - Jan/Feb 2020
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    Stories from the January - February 2020 Issue

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    Strip at Dawn
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    People, Places, and Things We Love about Las Vegas: In Praise of the Strip at Dawn

    Jan 01, 2020

    Someone once told me that there’s nothing uglier than Las Vegas Boulevard during the day. I disagree.

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    Alisha Kerlin
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    People, Places, and Things We Love About Las Vegas: In Praise of the Barrick Museum

    Jan 01, 2020

    2019: What a year for the Barrick Museum of Art. Strong out of the gate with Axis Mundo.

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    Ghost Adventures
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    People, Places, and Things We Love About Las Vegas: In Praise of Ghost Adventures

    Jan 01, 2020

    It took me a while to understand why I take such rapt, unalloyed delight in Ghost Adventures. At first, I thought I was liking it ironically or in the mode of camp.

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    Aerosmith
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    People, Places, and Things We Love About Las Vegas: In Praise of Aerosmith's Residency

    Jan 01, 2020

    Aerosmith has played Las Vegas long enough to outlast the city’s first Hard Rock Café.

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    Castaways Resale Store
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    Best of the City 2020: Shops & Services

    Jan 01, 2020

    Our New Year's Resolution is to give you a deep, wide-ranging selection of superlative Las Vegas food, shopping, culture, and community intel.  Done!

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    Park
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    Best of the City 2020: Leisure & Community

    Jan 01, 2020

    What better way to kick off a new decade than by celebrating Las Vegas’ most excellent people, food, places, and experiences? Happy best year!

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    Best of the City 2020: Food & Drink

    Jan 01, 2020

    The best-of Las Vegas food for 2020!

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    Lady Gaga
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    Best of the City 2020: Arts & Entertainment

    Jan 01, 2020

    We’re a bit frozen with awe by the momentousness of it all — the compressed hype packed into the “best” premise, the gravid ta-da of the year 2020.

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    All Things
    Food
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    Food: Tables for Two

    Jan 01, 2020

    How does a couple maintain a relationship when they’re also running a restaurant together? Three case studies.

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    All Things
    Ideas
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    Ideas: The Purpose of the Past

    Jan 01, 2020

    There’s a surprisingly practical reason to learn the city’s history: greater empathy.

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    All Things

    Gaming: The Class of 1960

    Jan 01, 2020

    The first Black Book entrants were a motley crew — and one of the first tests of Nevada’s desire to build a grown-up gaming industry.

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    All Things
    Krista Baker
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    Dance: High Pointe

    Jan 01, 2020

    A dancer’s lifetime of creation pays off for Nevada Ballet Theatre.

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    All Things
    Banksy Exhibition
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    All the Way to the Banksy

    Jan 01, 2020

    The new exhibit at Immersion Vegas is titled BANKSY: Genius or Vandal? If you’re considering spending the $29 to attend, you’ve likely already formed an opinion regarding the famously anonymous guerrilla artist.

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    All Things
    Valentines
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    Food: The Shortest Way to the Heart

    Jan 01, 2020

    ... is still through the stomach — especially if your loved one is a foodie. Here are some flavorful Valentine’s gift ideas that go beyond the standard candy and flowers

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    Rick Sealock
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    Theater: Rich and Tasty

    Jan 01, 2020

    The upper crust winds up under the pie crust in Majestic Repertory’s class-struggle take on Sweeney Todd

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    Editor's Note
    Andrew 2020
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    Best Behavior

    Jan 01, 2020

    I sure hope 2020 embodies at least a fraction of the spirit of cogent, assured optimism suggested by the number.

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    Shifting Lands
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    Shifting Lands

    Jan 01, 2020

    Is the county hiding something in its public lands bill, or are the scientists just paranoid?

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    Jeff Williams, mayor of a tiny town south of Las Vegas, battles economic and medical struggles with the same upbeat vigor
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    In His Blood

    Jan 01, 2020

    Jeff Williams, mayor of a tiny town south of Las Vegas, battles economic and medical struggles with the same upbeat vigor.

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    Sense of Place
    Boulevard Mall
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    The Boulevard Mall

    Jan 01, 2020

    As a confused and despairing broke college dropout in the early ’90s, I found The Vineyard a source of reassurance.

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