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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    All Things
    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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    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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    All Things
    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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    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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    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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    All Things
    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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    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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