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    September 2020

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    Stories from the September 2020 Issue

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    Chairman’s Letter

    Sep 11, 2020

    Imagine surviving a 10.0 earthquake, only to be hit by the tsunami trailing behind it. In many ways, this is how the last year or so has felt for Nevada Public Radio.

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    Shinoid Painting
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    2020 Fall Culture Guide

    Sep 11, 2020

    How’s your new normal coming along? *Listens and nods in glum sympathy* Well, good news: It’s just been enlivened by a roster of safe, sane, and socially distanced fall happenings..

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    Ones to Watch
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    Ones to Watch

    Sep 09, 2020

    In a moment when the culture is bunkered down, these six creatives are using new methods — or stubbornly rehabbing old ones — to provoke, connect, and inspire.

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    All Things
    Justin Favela
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    Harsh Light

    Sep 11, 2020

    Criticized for racial inequities and other workplace issues, the Neon Museum finds itself in an unaccustomed glare.

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    All Things
    Super Lonely Fan
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    Visual Commentary: Down by Contact

    Sep 11, 2020

    The ballad of the lonely superfan.

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    All Things
    Henderson Pavillion Hill
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    Open Topic: The Hill Is Gone

    Sep 11, 2020

    The life and unnecessary death of the Henderson Pavilion.

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    City Center
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    Art: What Goes Up

    Sep 11, 2020

    Change is a constant in Las Vegas. Implosions are dramatic and swift. What comes down is memorable. But what goes up?

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    Slow and Low Rock and Rye 84 Proof
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    Drinking: Home is Where the Buzz Is

    Sep 11, 2020

    If you’re on lockdown, might as well have some locktails. Here’s our tip sheet on the art of domestic drinking.

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    Las Vegas Raiders
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    Sports: Special Team

    Sep 08, 2020

    Denied the usual in-person skills camps and outreach programs, the new team in town finds other ways to join the community.

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    Vickie's Diner
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    Eulogy: Patty Melt, I’ll Miss You Most of All

    Sep 03, 2020

    A fond farewell to Vickie’s, the classic Downtown diner.

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    Musicians by Musicians
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    Music: ‘For Musicians, By Musicians’

    Sep 03, 2020

    Live and Direct 702 has elevated local virtual showcases with professionalism and intimacy.

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    All things to all people
    Matthew O'Brien
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    Book: Up from Below

    Sep 03, 2020

    A new book follows people attempting to escape life in LV’s storm drains.

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    Le Reve
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    Critic’s Notebook: The Dream Is Over

    Sep 03, 2020

    Parting thoughts on the end of the ever-changing Le Rêve.

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    Editor's Note
    Andrew Kiraly
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    The Better Truth

    Sep 11, 2020

    Do you remember, in the first weeks of the spring shutdown, all those silver linings we scrounged up from our strange new lives at home?

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    Airport shuttle bus
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    The Gilded Age

    Sep 03, 2020

    The things you can learn — about yourself, about others, about America — on an airport shuttle bus.

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    R.J. Owens
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    Living Less Large

    Sep 03, 2020

    Being big was RJ Owens’ calling card onstage and in life. What will happen when there’s not so much of him?

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    Sense of Place
    Seven Magic Mountains
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    Seven Magic Mountains

    Sep 08, 2020

    Stacks of joy in a heavily used landscape.

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