One of my closest friends, a chef on the East Coast, groans whenever he hears the term “farm-to-table.” “I hate it but I have to use it because diners want things spelled out for them,” he says.

“If you stay in this business long enough, you’ll see it all — from rated-G comedies to NC-17 and beyond.” Jeremy Keenan, events manager, Orleans Arena Desert Companion: When did your fascination with the ice and sports begin? Jeremy Keenan: I’m from Lake Orion, Michigan.

If you want to catch the next big 3-D blockbuster, forget the local cineplex. Instead, you might want to enroll in Nevada State College’s Biology 189 course.

Pop quiz, everyone! True or false: Nevada is known as a bastion of affordable higher education. Okay, it’s a trick question.

February is just around the corner, and that means it’s pruning time. Of all the tools in your garden arsenal, hand pruners are the most important investment.

• Grindley started the Las Vegas Zine Library with 40 zines — his personal collection. Located at The Beat Coffeehouse, around 700 zines are on the shelves now, with an additional 1,500 in the process of being catalogued.

“We can put a policy or procedure in to stop something and it will work for a little while, and the inmates will find the loopholes in it, then it’s like a cat-and-mouse game. Brian Williams, Warden, Southern Desert Correctional Center Desert Companion: How did you get into corrections? Brian Williams: It’s kind of weird.

After losing her Senate bid, a reflective Shelley Berkley speaks her mind on dirty campaigns, a distinguished career in Congress — and her future in politics Shelley Berkley came within a percentage point of becoming Nevada’s junior senator, a fact that she has spent the past two months digesting. She was defeated by Sen.

Outside The Coffee House in Old Town Henderson, owner Don Watkins sits at a table on the sidewalk patio, smoking a cigarette and chatting with a customer. It’s a warm autumn weekday, and on any other downtown Main Street, the sidewalks would likely be filled with people making their way to shops, restaurants and offices.