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Race against extinction
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Draw, eat and run for the Earth

Apr 21, 2016

Happy Earth Day to you!

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JuiceBox's juice box
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Saving the sun: Battery manufacturer makes a play for disgruntled solar customers

Mar 15, 2016

What a solar storage battery would — and would not — mean to your rooftop solar situation

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Tumbleweed
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Taking a tumble: Chris Bauder at the government center rotunda

Mar 14, 2016

Imagine a riot of these guys above, 40 or 50 of ’em, bunched artfully into the vast rotunda gallery of the Clark County Government Center.

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A bowlful of goodness

Mar 11, 2016

Feed yourself while helping to feed others — and get a handmade bowl in the process

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International Women's Day, Vegas-style

Mar 08, 2016

So there weren't any specific celebrations here for International Women's Day. There are still plenty of ways to recognize the women's accomplishments and issues

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Eyes on the ArtPrize

Feb 08, 2016

If you dial up artprize.org, the home screen will inform you — under the rubric “Plan your visit” — that there will be “more than 1,500 works of art” at some 160 venues “across three square miles of Grand Rapids, Michigan” for a few weeks in Septe

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Outdoor Nevada 2.0 invites viewers to the state escape

Jan 20, 2016
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Blackbird Studios to close soon, plans farewell party

Jan 07, 2016

How fluent in the films of Wes Anderson must you be to appreciate the Wes Anderson-themed exhibit at Blackbird Studios? Pretty darn fluent.

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Mystic Falls
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Opting Out of Black Friday

Nov 25, 2015

Leave behind the annual shopping thunderdome with these alternative post-Thanksgiving good times

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Things to do in Vegas to honor vets

Nov 09, 2015
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Downtown and the h-word

Nov 05, 2015

When I say “downtown resident,” who pops to mind? A bearded hipster, a fresh-faced Zapponista, a manic pixie dream barista? But maybe the iconic downtown denizen is a man huddled in a blanket in a dead storefront’s doorway. A homeless man ...

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3Q with Launce Rake about Cuba, travel and stories he can't tell

Sep 04, 2015

Frequent Desert Companion contributor Launce Rake is more than just a writer, raconteur, boulevardier and member of the intelligentsia. He’s also a seasoned traveler.

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Gallery visit: Spencer Olsen hangs his show at Blackbird Studios

Sep 03, 2015

We dropped by Blackbird Studios earlier this week as artist Spencer Olsen was hanging his show, which opens tonight for Preview Thursday and tomorrow for First Friday

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Bloomin' Vegas: How to get your Ulysses on for Bloomsday

Jun 12, 2015
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Women on film: Femme-focused festival debuts this weekend

Mar 10, 2015

A still from the film Electrick Children

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Mary Sojourner to read from urgent new novel at CSN

Oct 13, 2014

Southwestern writer Mary Sojourner’s new novel, 29, has a topical urgency. “One of the central themes is the Chemehuevi tribe organizing to stop an industrial solar-power plant from going in near their sacred Salt Song Trail,” she says.

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Norm Schilling's fall planting tips

Sep 16, 2014

“Desert Bloom” host Norm Schilling will irrigate your gardening knowledge this Saturday, at 9:30 a.m.

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NAACP invites Las Vegas to Mandalay Bay

Jul 18, 2014

NAACP national chair Roslyn M. Brock (second from left), and Cornel William Brooks, president and CEO (to her left), surrounded by convention organizers.

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Kids help kids get jobs, stock up for school

Jul 03, 2014

Score one for the good guys! Several dozen Clark County interns have banded together to help their fellow youth gain independence and security. They’re collecting both professional attire for teens to wear to job interviews and back-to-school clothes and equipment for younger kids.

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As planet warms, national security concerns heat up

Jun 09, 2014

Here’s a side of climate change that you might have missed: national security. It’s a complex issue, but it makes sense on a basic level.

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Trail fix

Jun 06, 2014

Saturday is National Trails Day, as determined by the American Hiking Society, which appears to be a society of hikers in America. Now that we've finally shaken off the brrr of our 50-degree winter, it's time to get out and enjoy the triple digits with a nice walk.

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Yes, Las Vegas, there is a Fringe Festival

Jun 04, 2014

Two words you don't normally associate with local theater: "splash zone." Then again, we're talking about the heady combination of Troy Heard, the venturesome artist named Best Director in Desert Companion’s Best of the Valley issue (February), and the equally venturesome Vegas Fringe Festival —

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A book event you don't want to miss tonight

Jun 03, 2014

Late notice but still: If you love books and are free this evening, scoot over the the Barnes & Noble at 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd.

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Your eyes have it

May 30, 2014

If you missed last night’s Desert Companion “Focus on Nevada” photo contest awards-a-ganza shindigabration at Trifecta Gallery in the Arts Factory, er, sorry, we drank all the wine — but there’s still plenty of eye candy left over.

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Go outside and play

May 29, 2014

Whip out your maps and summer schedules; there are only four weeks left to make your plans for the Great American Backyard Campout! Okay, okay — it might seem like the folks in charge of the National Wildlife Federation, who came up with the faux-liday three years ago, are aiming low.

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