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    March 2019

    Desert Companion March 2019
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    Stories from the March 2019 Issue

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    Feature
    Hockey
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    More Than Child’s Play

    Mar 01, 2019

    As professional sports take the valley by storm, youth programs are teaching grit and good  sportsmanship — and creating tomorrow’s stars.

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    Vassili Mourzine
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    For the Love of the Game

    Mar 01, 2019

    These coaches, mentors, and role models inspire kids to excel in more than sports.

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    Feature

    Concussions: When In Doubt, Stay Out

    Mar 01, 2019

    Parents must be their child-athlete’s staunchest advocates when it comes to recognizing and treating head injuries on Southern Nevada’s fields, courts, and rinks.

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    All in
    Cutting Gaming Cord
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    Dealer’s Choice

    Mar 01, 2019

    Here’s why Nevada should worry about the Justice Department’s recent opinion about internet gambling.

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    Right in the Head
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    Right in the Head

    Mar 01, 2019

    Lou Ruvo Center expands work on athletes’ brain health.

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    Book Story

    Mar 01, 2019

    As the Writer’s Block prepares to open later this month, we look back at an earlier chapter of the valley’s indie book-seller story.

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    Bonnie Springs Eternal

    Mar 01, 2019

    The closure of the quirky petting zoo suggests a new era for Red Rock: from recreation area to suburban enclave.

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    Timeline: Aiming for Safety

    Mar 01, 2019

    It’s been a year since the Parkland shooting raised awareness about school safety nationwide, including in Nevada. What’s happened since then?

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    All in
    Peyton Sterling
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    Top of Their Game

    Mar 01, 2019

    Las Vegas girls are grappling their way to excellence in wrestling.

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    Honey
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    Gold Standards

    Mar 01, 2019

    The latest buzz on the sweet world of honey in the desert.

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    Wee!
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    Weeeee!

    Mar 01, 2019

    It’s spring, and if your thoughts turn to the reckless fun of careening along a wire way above ground, well, Las Vegas has some ziplines for you.

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    All out
    Sush Machida
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    Visual Art: Old Meets New Meets Wow!

    Mar 01, 2019

    A two-decade retrospective of Sush Machida’s artwork vividly illustrates the evolving ways he has remixed the traditional and the modern.

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    Street food
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    Street Foodie: The World in a Block

    Mar 01, 2019

    Globetrotting flavors spice up Flamingo Road near Decatur Boulevard.

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    Stitches, Please

    Mar 01, 2019

    A fabric-based public art project aims to bring UNLV’s art department closer to the community.

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    Iberico pork
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    Dining: Wonderful, Magical Iberico Pork

    Mar 01, 2019

    You might recall the episode of The Simpsons where Lisa explains to Homer that ham, bacon, and pork chops all come from the same creature. “Right, Lisa — some wonderful, magical animal."

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    Adam Szymkowicz
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    Edgy and Far Out but Not Unsafe

    Mar 01, 2019

    A talk with visiting playwright Adam Szymkowicz.

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    Dvorak
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    The Hot Seat

    Mar 01, 2019

    Music, lectures, literature and theater to keep you entertained and educated!

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    Catch
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    That’s Eatertainment

    Mar 01, 2019

    Spectacles to savor are on the menu at these new Strip restaurants.

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    Editor's Note
    Andrew Kiraly
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    Field Notes

    Mar 01, 2019

    I do wonder whether this era of immersive digitalia is creating a generational wave of drooly and glaze-eyed slothchildren. I’m happy to see my dystopian pessimism challenged by this month’s feature, “More Than Child’s Play,” by Matt Jacob.

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    End Note

    Random Access Memory

    Mar 01, 2019

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

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    Entertainment
    Gus Langley
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    Laugh Pack

    Mar 01, 2019

    For aspiring comedians, breaking in means open-mic nights, small audiences, and jokes that don’t work — but at least you’re not alone.

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    History
    Jessie Fremont
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    ‘A Presidentess Among Us’

    Mar 01, 2019

    An adventurer, author, and savvy political strategist, Jessie Frémont is an unsung Western icon.

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