A complicated figure among the deceased in Strip shootout
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 days agoAt the root of a Thursday morning shootout that ended in three deaths, a shutdown Strip intersection and a ton of scrap metal was an Oaklander named Kenneth Cherry Jr.
Going by his rap...
Jennifer Kleven to close her art gallery
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 5 days agoCall it beginner’s luck — or a stroke of genius. Either way, it took only a year after completing her BFA at UNLV for artist/photographer Jennifer Kleven to open her own gallery — and in the...
On Valentine's day, dine here -- or don't
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 1 week agoSlacking on your Valentine's plans? Facebook has complied a list of the Top 10 restaurants people checked into last V-Day in Vegas. Frenchy favorite Mon Ami Gabi tops the list, and steaks, sushi...
Sand Dollar Lounge to get 'Bar Rescue' treatment
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 1 week agoEarlier today, trucks (huge ones!) were spotted off Spring Mountain Road. They’re from Spike TV’s Bar Rescue, set to renovate and rehabilitate the living hell out of the visibly long-standing...
Vegas hardcore band Scream the Lie gets signed
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 1 week agoVegas hardcore quintet Scream the Lie just announced signing with small shop, New York-based Negative Progression Records, the same label as local act Ministry of Love.
“We’re insanely...
It's Time: Imagine Dragons, Feb. 9, The Joint
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 weeks agoHanging by a rope dropped from The Joint's rafters, Dan Reynolds, like a tall, limby 5-year-old, swung himself over a hysterical audience while singing the chorus to "On Top of the World." This is...
Teenage wasteland: The Who, Feb. 8, The Joint
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 weeks agoI've got mixed feelings about the album-performance concert. On its face, it feels like a cynical ploy by insecure (and usually aging) acts to attract concertgoers demanding more for their $100....
Picks of the Week we didn't print
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 weeks agoSometimes there's so many noteworthy cultural events to take in, we don't have room to highlight them all. So, to complement our usual Picks of the Week, we offer some alternative choices for the...
'War Horse,' 'Once,' 'Mormon' highlight 2013-2014 Broadway series at Smith Center
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 weeks agoThe Smith Center will expand upon its first full Broadway Las Vegas Series by two productions for the 2013-2014 season, climaxing with a four-week run of the previously announced big-get, The Book...
The Cosmopolitan goes on Coachella booking spree
Culture Alert Comments Permalink 3 months 2 weeks agoThe Cosmopolitan has gone on a booking tear and scheduled many of the acts playing the two April weekends of Coachella — many of which have never played Las Vegas before.
Reuniting...
