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  • In this issue: These plant-based patties will turn you into a burgertarian | Keystone Thrust Trail: A poem by DeAnna Beachley | Finding history and…
  • In this issue: Confessions of a teenage right-wing extremist | Remembering Wendell Broussard, ‘the dean of Red Rock’ | See Hear Do: A feast of fun fall…
  • Editor’s note: This is a terrifying time — deadline for our winter issue of Desert Companion , that is. But also, Halloween! Your favorite time of year,…
  • In this issue: W itch way to the latest escape room | A love letter to Mount Charleston Lodge | V egas Unstripped takes the crown as reigning local food…
  • A local writer delights in Southern Nevada's surprising bird diversity | How cowboy preacher Bo Lowe found his voice | Public lands agencies need to get…
  • In this issue: Scary good times: Seasonal family fun and cultural events | Bohemian eulogy: When Maryland Parkway ruled the ’90s | Street Foodie is ‘stew…
  • A rebooted CSI: Vegas returns to its forensic crime-drama formula — with a few twists | Dave Hickey’s beautiful ideas about beauty | These docs are…
  • The Guatemalan government murdered her father. She remembers through art | When life gives you COVID, make a kung fu flick | Media Sommelier: The radical…
  • In this issue: See Hear Do: Art, literature, festivals, and opera lead the way into October | Can the "new" Vickie's Diner recapture its old community…
  • Editor’s note: Is it just us, or is this week going by fast? Thanks, Labor Day! And thanks to all the housekeepers, magicians, forklift drivers, and other…
  • In this issue: The Adult Lunchable: Our favorite charcuterie spots | Documentary Too Soon on comedy, tragedy, and 9/11 | Getting high (virtually) at the…
  • In this issue: Tupac documentarian: 'There's a pretty good case to be made for who pulled the trigger' | Trio of new casinos reflects 21st-century visitor…