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    Sept 2014

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    Ones to watch: Javier Sanchez

    Sep 01, 2014

    Ones to watch: Perris Aquino | Brittany McKay | Sarah OConnell | Chris Ramirez | Javier Sanchez

    This artist’s hybrid, unorthodox work can’t be summed up in bullet points

    Whoa, kid! Watch your foo … too late. An unattended boy, maybe 11 or 12, so optically unnerved by all the art on the wall that he didn’t see the art on the floor, swung his foot into Javier Sanchez’s piece.

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    Fall fashion: The styled west

    Sep 01, 2014

    View the entire fashion spread here.

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    Let's play Pass the Initiative!

    Sep 01, 2014

    Grab your clipboards, kids, for the zany,complex game of citizen law-making! You’ll probably lose, but boy, will you have fun!

    So, you want to pass an initiative?

    If you’ve reached this point, you’re frustrated. You’ve spotted a problem, and you think you’ve got a solution.

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    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide:Visual Art

    Sep 01, 2014

    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide: Visual Art | Music | Lit and ideas | Family food and festivals | Theater and dance

    So, how's your schedule look next week?  And the week after that?  And the week after that?   Whether you're an art-lover, a dance aficionado, a foodie or a live music fan, our culture guide's got the goods for one very busy fall.  And we mean busy in a good way - this year's calendar is brimming with sights, sounds and tastes to engage, inspire and entertain you.

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    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide: Family food and festivals

    Sep 01, 2014

    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide: Visual Art | Music | Lit and ideas | Family food and festivals | Theater and dance

    So, how's your schedule look next week?  And the week after that?  And the week after that?   Whether you're an art-lover, a dance aficionado, a foodie or a live music fan, our culture guide's got the goods for one very busy fall.  And we mean busy in a good way - this year's calendar is brimming with sights, sounds and tastes to engage, inspire and entertain you.

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    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide: Lit and ideas

    Sep 01, 2014

    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide: Visual Art | Music | Lit and ideas | Family food and festivals | Theater and dance

    So, how's your schedule look next week?  And the week after that?  And the week after that?   Whether you're an art-lover, a dance aficionado, a foodie or a live music fan, our culture guide's got the goods for one very busy fall.  And we mean busy in a good way - this year's calendar is brimming with sights, sounds and tastes to engage, inspire and entertain you.

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    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide: Music

    Sep 01, 2014

    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide: Visual Art | Music | Lit and ideas | Family food and festivals | Theater and dance

    So, how's your schedule look next week?  And the week after that?  And the week after that?   Whether you're an art-lover, a dance aficionado, a foodie or a live music fan, our culture guide's got the goods for one very busy fall.  And we mean busy in a good way - this year's calendar is brimming with sights, sounds and tastes to engage, inspire and entertain you.

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    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide: Theater and dance

    Sep 01, 2014

    The 2014 Fall Culture Guide: Visual Art | Music | Lit and ideas | Family food and festivals | Theater and dance

    So, how's your schedule look next week?  And the week after that?  And the week after that?   Whether you're an art-lover, a dance aficionado, a foodie or a live music fan, our culture guide's got the goods for one very busy fall.  And we mean busy in a good way - this year's calendar is brimming with sights, sounds and tastes to engage, inspire and entertain you.

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    Ones to watch: Perris Aquino

    Sep 01, 2014

    Ones to watch: Perris Aquino | Brittany McKay | Sarah OConnell | Chris Ramirez | Javier Sanchez

    This young dancer pops, locks and breaks his way outside the B-boy box

     

     

    Sitting still, Perris Aquino looks uncomfortable. It’s hard to believe that the slight 18-year-old slumping nervously behind a table in Studio 1 at Nevada Public Radio could, at any moment, stand up and do a back flip.

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    Ones to watch: Brittany McKay

    Sep 01, 2014

    Ones to watch: Perris Aquino | Brittany McKay | Sarah OConnell | Chris Ramirez | Javier Sanchez

    This singer-songwriter backs her soulful alto with a staunch work ethic

    Dressed in a simple black dress and red platform heels, 18-year-old Brittany McKay marches across the stage toward Frankie Moreno during his show at the Stratosphere. He points out where to stand and she darts there, drumming the sides of her thighs as Moreno exits left and her guitar accompanist, John Lloyd, enters right.

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    Ones to watch: Sarah OConnell

    Sep 01, 2014

    Ones to watch: Perris Aquino | Brittany McKay | Sarah OConnell | Chris Ramirez | Javier Sanchez

    For Asylum Theater’s artistic director, the play — preferably new and daring — really is the thing

    Sarah O’Connell? Artistic director of Asylum Theatre and a 2014 One to Watch, that Sarah O’Connell? Okay! Here’s what I have learned:

    She loves the spicy ketchup that comes with the fries at Bar + Bistro, where me meet.

    She is bouncy, animated, funny and erudite when in the throes of theater evangelism — not once in the 55 minutes and 57 seconds of our conversation is she at a loss for words.

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    Ones to watch: Chris Ramirez

    Sep 01, 2014

    Ones to watch: Perris Aquino | Brittany McKay | Sarah OConnell | Chris Ramirez | Javier Sanchez

    This accidental cinephile is building a homegrown film industry, one frame at a time

    The Motel Life is set in Northern Nevada. Based on the novel by Willy Vlautin, it’s a film about two orphan brothers fleeing Reno after a tragic hit-and-run accident.

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    All things to all people
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    Books: Bad ol' boy

    Sep 01, 2014

    A terrific new bio of Benny Binion tells the whole, unvarnished story

    Somehow, Doug Swanson, in his new biography of Benny Binion, successfully conveys two seemingly discordant messages: (1) that Binion was a gangster as cold-blooded as a Mafia hitman; and (2) that he was one of the nicest fellas who ever walked the planet.

    In other words, Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Invented Vegas Poker (Viking, 310 pages) aims to tell the whole story of Benny Binion, because, indeed, he was both an organized crime kingpin and a community treasure.

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    Education: Fishing for teachers

    Sep 01, 2014

    The school district is facing another teacher shortage. How do we recruit fresh talent for the long term? Step 1: Change everything

    According to school district officials, the 2014-2015 school year will have started last week with a shortage of about 400 teachers.

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    Open Topic: Paint it lack

    Sep 01, 2014

    Every great city deserves a museum, right? Maybe not. Maybe Las Vegas is a post-museum city

    “What will happen to the Strip when the tastemakers take over?” This is a question Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour asked in their seminal 1972 book, Learning From Las Vegas.

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    Profile: Paul Graham

    Sep 01, 2014

    Vegan blogger, author, entrepreneur

    Las Vegas has become a land of farmers markets and artisanal vegan cheeses seemingly overnight, and it now has one of the most active and connected vegan communities in the country. At the center of it all is Paul Graham and his popular blog Eating Vegan in Vegas
    (eatingveganinvegas.

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    Streetwise: South Central

    Sep 01, 2014

    Global cuisine and scented (!) bowling balls

    Sprinkled among the detail shops and flooring outlets of South Decatur is a buffet of surprising cultural treasures — from a natural park to a Mexican restaurant, a bowling supply to an international supermarket

    1. CHARLIE FRIAS PARK

    With its drought-tolerant design, remnants of the corner’s natural topography and hangout perks such as a dog park, this 32-acre spot feels like a collaboration between Mother Nature, Save Our Streams and the local kids who rode their bikes here in the ’70s.

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    Style

    Sep 01, 2014

    Trendsetters: Ashley Grondel and Kristen Laidlaw, Publishers of The Allure Avenue style and fashion blog

     

    Your personal style?
    Kristen: A little bit of everything, I would say.
    Ashley: A blend between classic and trendy.

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    Zeit Bites

    Sep 01, 2014

    Looking at art with artists

    Christopher Tsouras walks you through one of his Drone Series images

    1. THE BLUR While the print color and tonality are created in postproduction digital processing, the blurred effects were made in-camera.

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    Eat this now: Wings and shrooms

    Sep 01, 2014

    General Tso’s chicken wings at F.A.

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    At first bite: More than a pretty name

    Sep 01, 2014

    Daytime cooking show queen Giada De Laurentiis has a lot to prove with her first restaurant. She does just that — with surprising flair and flavor 

    Unless you’re a diehard fan of Food Network personality Giada De Laurentiis, it would be difficult to visit GIADA — her new namesake restaurant — without a critical eye.

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    The Dish: Where the night owls nosh

    Sep 01, 2014

    Whether you’re a graveyard worker or a weekend warrior, these late-night dining spots are an upgrade from your nearest drive-thru  

    There’s a popular theory that eating after a certain time of the day is bad for you. Perhaps it’s true — which is exactly why you should make each late-night meal worth the damage.

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    On the plate: Upcoming foodie events you dont want to miss

    Sep 01, 2014

    Mexican Independence Day tequila dinner

    Sept. 16

    Border Grill is celebrating Mexican Independence Day with a special south-of-the-border-inspired tequila dinner, featuring world-renowned premium Sauza Tequila.

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    Where have you been all our lives

    Sep 01, 2014

    As First Friday achieved rumbling liftoff in 2002, the art, music and spontaneous street scene beguiled me, but something else bemused. It was who showed up.

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    Fall culture guide, 2045 A.D.

    Sep 01, 2014

    Julugust 1-65

    “Print ready”

    Artistic algorithm XQ44T-7000.exe’s exhibit of 3-D-printed 3-D printers printing 3-D printers.

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