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George Knapp: Gin and juice
Knappster Comments May 22, 2013 6:05pmThe Mob Museum is about to be overtaken by what might as well be called Oscar-palooza. A three-day promotional blitz is scheduled to coincide with the release of Being Oscar, the new, first-person...
Pop goes the market: Are we headed toward another housing bubble?
News Comments May 22, 2013 6:03pm“Las Vegas seen as most undervalued home market in U.S.”“Survey: Nevada leads U.S. in home price gains”“Report: Las Vegas posts biggest monthly home price rise”“Southern Nevada homeowners starving...
It takes a village: Entrepreneurs ask the community for help in saving the Huntridge
News Comments May 22, 2013 5:56pmThe history of the Huntridge Theater is a lot like that of other post-middle-aged Americans: a short happy rise followed by a slow but accelerating decrepitude.Now a trio of young, entrepreneurial...
Getting better: UNLV law prof explains why Obamacare will be good for the mentally ill
News Comments May 22, 2013 5:52pmMental-health insurance coverage is about to improve nationwide, when the Affordable Care Act goes into effect Jan. 1.The federal law, sometimes referred to as “Obamacare,” will require insurance...
Punk Rock Bowling: The essentials
Music Stories Comments May 22, 2013 5:12pmWHEN: Friday-Monday, May 24-27WHO’S PLAYING: Outdoor festival headliners (May 25-27) include Devo, Bad Religion and FLAG (featuring original Black Flag members Dez Cadena, Chuck Dukowski, Keith...
Review: The best pieces in David Sedaris’ uneven new collection mix some grit with the grins
Books Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 5:17pmDavid Sedaris has spent the last 20 years trying to make his readers laugh in print, on the radio (his work has regularly been featured on This American Life), and in person, Sedaris being that rare...
Trash Fiction Corner: Dan Brown’s ‘The Inferno’
Books Comments May 22, 2013 5:03pmTHE BOOK: Inferno, by Dan Brown, Doubleday, 480 pagesBEST-SELLER STATUS: Since it was released just last week, it wasn’t reflected in the New York Times best-seller list as of press time. But come on...
Downtown locales expand the possibilities of tequila cocktails
Crawl Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 1:30pmThe current cocktail culture has changed much about how and where we drink. Of course there’s the explosion of recipes, ingredients and techniques and the expanded audience. But it’s also affected...
Kings of the Mic Tour
CityLife Picks Comments May 22, 2013 4:42pmWe can argue all day the skills and relevance of today’s rap emcees versus those from the genre’s early years. What’s not up for debate is how the latter paved the way for and influenced the former....
Calendar, 5.23.13
Calendar Comments May 22, 2013 4:36pmThursday5.23Backstage Bar and BillardsKylesa, Demon Lung, Diner Music for the Gods (8p, $16)Boulder Dam Brewing CompanyScott Helmer (8p, free)Boulevard Pool @ CosmopolitanJJAMZ (7p, $15- $25)Hard...
