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February 2019

Desert  Companion February 2019
  • On 9/11, America shut down its airspace for several days. In-flight aircraft were diverted elsewhere, 38 of them to a small town on the island of Newfoundland. That’s some 7,000 unexpected visitors.
  • Or is it Main Street 3.0? Or 4.0? So many new additions to this Arts District arterial!
  • Sure, love is in the air, but can you eat it? No. That’s why we invented sugary Valentine’s treats like these!
  • Nashville transplant Megan Rüger finds Las Vegas the ideal place the chase her rock ’n’ roll fantasy.
  • We began 2019 with a look back — 30 years back, to 1989. That seismic year in Las Vegas history was the subject of our January cover story.
  • Before it became a Strip behemoth, Cirque du Soleil was an oddball upstart. A reflection on Cirque’s 25 years of defying expectations — and transforming our city’s idea of spectacle.
  • Droll, odd, poignant, and awkward moments from the many Februaries of Las Vegas history.
  • I often compare Vegas to a Russian nesting doll, but one with neon and video poker instead of those lidless, accusing eyes. You get past the touristy shell, the strip mall shell, the sleepy isolationist suburban shell...
  • I was angry. No. Angry wasn’t the word. But, angry, yes. And? I wanted to slam on my horn, to flip on my brights. I wanted everyone to do it my way — the right way.
  • Talking supermajority, the influence of women, and the Democratic legislative agenda with Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson.