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November - December 2020

November - December 2020
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Stories from the November - December 2020 Issue

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Holiday Cactus
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Go: Holiday Events

Nov 01, 2020

Even with a pandemic, there’s still holiday cheer to be found. Ho, ho, ho! (But with a mask.)

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Lovebox
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2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts You’ll Love to Give

Nov 01, 2020

Mistletoe kisses may not be on the menu this season, but these gifts bridge any kind of social distance — and support local businesses.

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Face Masks
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Never the Same Again

Nov 01, 2020

It took 30 years for Vegas to become a global dining destination. COVID wiped it out. What do we do now?

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Hard 9
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The Hard 9

Nov 01, 2020

A cookbook group canceled by COVID becomes a tight-knit community of kitchen activists, using cookbooks to feed the community

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Our Menu Options Have Changed
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Our Menu Options Have Changed

Nov 01, 2020

High-tech hygiene, cooking classes, and take-home kits are just a few ways local restaurants are adapting to how we eat now.

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Tacotarian
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And Away We Go

Nov 01, 2020

Takeout, to-go, curbside, pick-up — whatever you call it, these 25 local gems do it right

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Sleigh
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Give: Charitable Opportunities

Nov 01, 2020

There are several ways you can give to others this holiday season. The following organizations are seeking donations, volunteers, and other support.

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Growing toward change
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Open Topic: Growing Toward Change

Nov 01, 2020

A just food system has to encompass every step from the soil to your plate.

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Meals on Wheels
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Street Foodie: Meals on Wheels

Nov 01, 2020

Don’t want to leave your car? Pull up to the second window for some drive-throughs worth stopping for.

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Prof Stephen Benning
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The One-Question Interview: Your Brain on Zoom

Nov 01, 2020

What does your gray matter think of socially distanced human connection?

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Erica Vital-Lazare
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Q&A: 'Go Back and Get It'

Nov 01, 2020

Local scholar and author Erica Vital-Lazare on her new project to resurface important Black literature.

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I'm going to die here
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Book Excerpt: 'I'm Going to Die Here'

Nov 01, 2020

A brief encounter in Searchlight at the start of a long journey through Nevada.

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Food
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Business of Food: Eating at You

Nov 01, 2020

Some restaurant owners are asking whether food delivery apps are friend or foe.

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All Things
Peter Radd
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Profile: Mr. Earworm

Nov 01, 2020

Meet the musician behind the jingle that will soon be stuck in your mind — again.

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Reid and the Wilderness
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Eco-politics: Reid and the Rurals

Nov 01, 2020

A new documentary about Harry Reid’s environmental work spotlights his relationship to outback Nevada.

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November - December Events
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November-December Events

Nov 01, 2020

What’s up with your new neighbors, the Stephensons? Why are they here, on your porch this Christmas season ... caroling? Welcome to theater — in your front yard.

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Editor's Note
Andrew Kiraly Getting Take-Out
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Dine and Dash

Nov 01, 2020

One of the things that bums me out most about how the pandemic has pushed the mute button on so many facets of our lives.

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Left of Center
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Left of Center

Nov 01, 2020

A new Nevada environmental coalition echoes Green New Deal values — and challenges the political establishment.

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Chris Preston
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Profile: No Easy Answers

Nov 01, 2020

The struggles of one cook provide a deep look at an industry — and maybe a society — in crisis

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Sense of Place

Cresco-Resco

Nov 01, 2020

I’m no great cook. So why am I addicted to this shop’s kitchen gadgets?

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