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Nevada Ballet Theatre
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O Fortuna! Nevada Ballet to take on Carmina Burana for 50th season finale

May 19, 2022

The music of Carmina Burana has found its way into countless symphonies, movies, television shows and even commercials.

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Fifth Street

April 21, 2022

Apr 21, 2022

Rock-star rock climber Alex Honnold scales new heights | The Wave In festival promises fresh ideas | Lessons I learned from canoeing the Colorado River | Flying high with acrobats and circus acts at VIVA
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Fifth Street

April 7, 2022

Apr 07, 2022

The troubling revelations about Tony Hsieh in Happy at Any Cost | How Correct Merch became a sneakerhead paradise | Cellist Joshua Roman talks music, life, and chain-mail gloves
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Peaches ripen on a branch at Chappell Farms orchard in Kline, S.C. in July 0f 2013.

Here's why most of us love the smell of vanilla and peaches and not sweaty feet

Apr 06, 2022
Researchers found that most people share similar preferences when it comes to smell and has little to do cultural background.
Fifth Street

March 17, 2022

Mar 17, 2022

How off-roader Shelby Hall is charting her own course | These filmmakers are telling the story of local arts and culture | Media Sommelier: Russian propaganda, proudly manufactured in Texas
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Downtown, Las Vegas, Street
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New developments for Downtown Las Vegas are on the horizon, so how will it impact its economy and culture?

Mar 03, 2022

Nevada Public Radio presents its inaugural episode of State of Nevada: After Dark, live from Downtown Las Vegas' Rebar. 

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Fifth Street

March 3, 2022

Mar 03, 2022


This Strip attraction about our fragile earth aims to entertain — and educate | Who knew Barbie was such a cultural barometer? | A coffee shop contest brings out the Downtown dreamers
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Fifth Street

February 17, 2022

Feb 17, 2022
The slacker hangout coffeehouse of yesteryear gets a reboot at Fort Bedlam | Local arts figures achieve a scintillating sainthood | See Hear Do: Art, theater, dance, and more for your cultural calendar
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Desert Companion
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Best of the City: Arts & Entertainment

Jan 27, 2022

Strip headliners, hot local music acts, and movers and shakers in the arts, lit, theater, and more!

Desert Companion
Editor's Note
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Best Wishes

Jan 27, 2022

This past year didn't go quite as anyone had envisioned. But in our "new normal," we still have plenty of reasons to celebrate the city, in all its fracturedness, vanity, and fragility.

Fifth Street

January 27, 2022

Jan 27, 2022

Peaks & Pedals founder Holly Priest is the new conscience of outdoor recreation | Tyler Merritt discusses his anti-racism videos and his Vegas upbringing | Media Sommelier: West Elm Caleb and the witch-hunt machine
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Fifth Street

January 13, 2022

Jan 13, 2022
Ismaele Romano is the champion of sandwiches — literally | Who needs Marvel? Filmmaker Joe Lujan makes his own superhero universe | Media Sommelier: Ooh, who’s on the Insurrection Index?
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Fifth Street

December 30, 2021

Dec 30, 2021
*Our favorite Desert Companion and Fifth Street stories of the year!* Artist and Indigenous activist Jack Malotte | The Frightful Fun of Cineloggia | I Was a Teenage Right-Wing Extremist | Native Water Protectors Pursue ‘River Justice’ | Ready for an Indie Film Renaissance?
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Fifth Street

December 9, 2021

Dec 08, 2021
Seasonal attractions, music, art, dance, and more | Serving up glam in the new supper club boom | A diverse gift-shopping guide to beat the big-box blues
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Desert Companion
Editor's Note
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Eat Some Feelings

Nov 10, 2021

On the surface, this year’s awards may represent a happy return to normal (whatever that means anymore), but our esteem for this year’s honorees is anything but routine.

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Community
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Holiday Events!

Nov 10, 2021

The holidays are upon us, and there’s so much to see, do, and eat! Get in the festive mood with this ultimate list of events.

Desert Companion
All Things
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Bohemian Eulogy

Nov 09, 2021

Pj Perez discusses his recently released film, Parkway of Broken Dreams, about the '90s scene on Maryland Parkway

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All Things
Cover of Far From Respectable by Daniel Oppenheimer
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Made You Look

Nov 09, 2021

A review of Daniel Oppenheimer’s book, Far From Respectable: Dave Hickey and His Art

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All Things
Famous Foods dining court at Resorts World
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Three of a Kind

Nov 09, 2021

Three new casinos embrace modularity and reflect the current moment

Fifth Street

November 4, 2021

Nov 04, 2021
Confessions of a teenage right-wing extremist | Remembering Wendell Broussard, ‘the dean of Red Rock’ | See Hear Do: A feast of fun fall events for all
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Fifth Street

October 21, 2021

Oct 21, 2021
Witch way to the latest escape room | A love letter to Mount Charleston Lodge | Vegas Unstripped takes the crown as reigning local food fest
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Fifth Street

October 14, 2021

Oct 14, 2021
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 up to speed on Spirit Mountain. Indigenous People are ready to help
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Fifth Street

October 7, 2021

Oct 07, 2021
Scary good times: Seasonal family fun and cultural events | Bohemian eulogy: When Maryland Parkway ruled the ’90s | Street Foodie is ‘stew crazy’ over these bomb wet burritos | This guy sounds just like Tim McGraw and now he’s on national TV
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Fifth Street

September 30, 2021

Sep 30, 2021
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 rockin’ for a good cause
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Fifth Street

September 23, 2021

Sep 23, 2021
The Guatemalan government murdered her father. She remembers through art | When life gives you COVID, make a kung fu flick | Media Sommelier: The radical hope of All We Can Save
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