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October 2016

October 2016
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Stories from the October 2016 Issue

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Scotch Olives
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A bite at the bar

Sep 29, 2016

Now that the Mojave Desert weather is getting a bit crisp in the evenings, it’s the perfect season for something warm and filling at the bar.

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Whiskey Attic
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Lift your spirits

Sep 27, 2016

A simple drinking guide for complicated times. Sure, organic artisanal beaker concoctions with 27 ingredients are fun, but sometimes you want to keep your drinking simple, with a classic cocktail, fine wine or hearty beer.

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Feature
Harry Reid
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Harry

Sep 23, 2016

From a hardscrabble childhood in Searchlight to the pinnacle of American power, Harry Reid has lived an epic American life.

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All things to all people
Trail
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Zeit bites: Sense of place: Trail and tribulations

Sep 27, 2016

An occasional series in which writers seek meaning in specific locations around Southern Nevada.

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Sonny Liston
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Zeit bites: Reading: Partly Sonny

Sep 27, 2016

Boxer Liston appears occasionally in new bio — but Vegas looms large.

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Cigars
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Shop: It’s just a cigar

Sep 27, 2016

Except at Don Vicente Cigars, where they share the old Cuban wisdom of matching fine, hand-rolled tobacco to the perfect occasion

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George Racz
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Profile: George Racz, Owner, Las Vegas Distillery

Sep 27, 2016

For all the hooch thrown back daily in Sin City, until fairly recently no whiskeys or other heady spirits had been produced here legally since Prohibition was repealed in 1933. This changed five years ago, thanks to George Racz.

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Lamborghini
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All the pretty horses

Sep 27, 2016

Six-hundred of them, howling under the hood of the beautiful Lamborghini that I’m driving scary fast

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Stadium
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Business: Sudden death

Sep 27, 2016

As the Adelson-NFL stadium proposal moves rapidly forward, is Las Vegas getting a raw deal — or an honest discussion of the project’s pros and cons?

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Dining
Shrimp
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The dish: Friend request

Sep 23, 2016

A chef and a cocktail artist team up to launch Libertine Social, a high-concept gastropub with a focus on down-to-earth fun.

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Dining
Whatever floats your bowl: Chubby Cattle offers many styles of hot pot, from the "house original" to the "house hellishly spicy."
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At first bite: Will work for food

Sep 23, 2016

You build your own bowl at Vegas’ first “conveyor-belt” restaurant Chubby Cattle — but it’s certainly a labor of love.

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Editor's Note

We’ll drink to that

Sep 27, 2016

You know, living in a white-hot international supernova disco ball of hedonism and spectacle has its perks.

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End Note
Hockey illustration by Chris Morris
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The puck starts here

Sep 23, 2016

You have a year to become a real hockey fan. Here’s how.

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Society
Trafficking
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Off track

Sep 23, 2016

The fight against juvenile sex trafficking is ignored, stigmatized and underfunded, but a small army of victim advocates is determined to change that.

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Take 5
Jethro Tull
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Your arts + entertainment calendar for October

Sep 27, 2016

Oodles of culture!

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