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Night of 1000 Lucias
CityLife Picks Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pm[OPERA] FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 17-18Human expectation and the descent into madness are themes behind this modern opera, which depicts a literal stroll through a park. The original story combines many...
Review: Former Gov. Bob Miller waxes about being the ‘Son of a Gambling Man’
Books Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmFORMER GOV. BOB MILLER was never shy about his father: Ross Miller Sr. was a mob-connected, rough bar owner and bookmaker in Chicago who came to Las Vegas to work in the then-new casino industry,...
Review: Matthew Specktor’s new novel brilliantly dissects Hollywood
Books Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmThe title of Matthew Specktor’s sprawling, ambitious second novel, American Dream Machine, refers to the name of a Hollywood talent agency that’s at the core of the book, but it also refers to the...
Music institutions survival update
Music Stories Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmSLOW TO SURFACE: We had it pegged to survive the apocalypse. Sadly, the local rock warhorse called it a day on May 14.The quintet, which last released music in 2012, transitioned from its Product...
Neo-Romance
CityLife Picks Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pm[ART] ONGOINGAs terrific as her collages are, J.K. Russ goes them one better in this installation by adding video elements to still images of burlesque performers in downtown settings. The works are...
Reviews: Daft Punk serves up real robot rock; Vampire Weekend matures and diversifies
Music Stories Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 2:19pmDaft PunkRandom Access Memories (Columbia)Oh, to have been a fly on the wall of any given college dormitory on May 13, when Daft Punk’s obscenely anticipated fourth studio album was leaked online (...
Our FYF Fest spillover wishlist
Music Stories Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmVenue bookers and promoters: Take note of these acts playing FYF in late August, most of which have never played Vegas:My Bloody ValentineMGMTDeerhunterSolangeDeath GripsPionalWashed OutHoly Ghost!
Broadway Meets Hollywood
CityLife Picks Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pm[STAGE] FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 17-18Even people who hate musicals make an exception for Super Summer Theatre, which allows for eating and boozing under the stars at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park....
Calendar, 5.16.13
Calendar Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmCONCERTSThursday5.16Beauty BarLiquid Den: Apxi, Mj Rockit, Kain, others (10p, no cover)Boulevard Pool @ CosmopolitanYellowcard (8p, $20)Double DownThee Swank Bastards, Death Ray (10p, free)House of...
CraftHaus Brewery needs beer money
Crawl Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmIf wishes were horses, beggars would ride. And beer drinkers would have a fancy new micro-brewpub in Henderson.That, anyway, is the thought behind CraftHaus Brewery’s would-be founders, Wyndee and...
