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Fifth Street

May 19, 2022

May 19, 2022


*Special Collection: The Heat Is On!* Should You Shave Mr. Fluffles? | Ode to my BFF, the air conditioner | Fifty shades of meh: My attempt at erotica | Green urbanist Steffen Lehmann tackles burning questions | Valencian Gold gives it paella some flamethrower love
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Fifth Street

May 12, 2022

May 12, 2022
That time a failed comedian tried to humiliate me on film lol | YOU get a train! and YOU get a train! and YOU get a train! | Media Sommelier: funding a permanent election season
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Fifth Street

May 5, 2022

May 05, 2022
Matt McNally’s award-winning approach to library services | A taste of the RTC’s rideshare service | The NFL Draft confirms Las Vegas as a true sports town
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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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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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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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Nevada Yesterdays
James J. Corbett and Robert Fitzsimmons before a match circa 1897
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Corbett vs. Fitzsimmons Fight

Feb 19, 2022

Many consider Las Vegas to be the boxing capital, a reputation that began to take form over a century ago.

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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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Fifth Street

February 10, 2022

Feb 10, 2022
A comic takes on the toughest room in the toughest town for standup ... and kills it | World, meet Nevada at the online Dam Short | What the world needs now is empathy, sweet empathy
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Nevada Yesterdays
Photo of Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas building and sign at night
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Flamingo Turns 75

Feb 05, 2022

There was recently a diamond anniversary for one Strip property with an intriguing past. The Flamingo Hotel turned seventy-five. It opened on December 26, 1946.

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Fifth Street

February 3, 2022

Feb 03, 2022

Cultures collide in the sacred Spirit Mountain Wilderness | Raiders cheerleader Jennifer Stehlin on the art of hype and Pam & Tommy | Media Sommelier: The Delightful Madness of Nicolas Cage
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Best of the City: Family & Leisure

Jan 31, 2022

The most family-friendly fun you can have in Las Vegas, from pinball to parks to tyke-friendly hikes

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Best of the City: Food & Drink

Jan 27, 2022

 From spicy wings to sinfully sweet things, these good eats are the best

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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!

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Best of the City: Shops & Services

Jan 27, 2022

Your best bets for retail therapy, from nail salons to vintage shops to game stores

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 20, 2022

Jan 20, 2022
A Latin-Caribbean chef wonders at vegan possibilities | SEE, HEAR, DO: Dance, literature, Black History Month celebrations, and more | Bad fences make bad public lands
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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

January 6, 2022

Jan 06, 2022
The Vegasy vamp of Diamonds Are Forever and Ocean's Eleven | Chris Ruby's untimely death - and his generous gift | The Mob revs its motor in Caesars Palace Grand Prix
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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 16, 2021

Dec 16, 2021
This paella is fire | New Strip bus tour is a joyride for cinephiles | Reality show attorney mocks the system
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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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Nevada Yesterdays
Golden Nugget, Las Vegas circa 1972-1977
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Golden Nugget

Dec 04, 2021

The Golden Nugget in Las Vegas is turning 75. At look back at the early days of the property ahead on Nevada Yesterdays.

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Fifth Street

December 2, 2021

Dec 02, 2021
A gourmet mushroom farm blooms in Vegas | The brain scan that ate my mind | Media Sommelier: Believe Her provokes outrage, but offers hope
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