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Review: Stir Krazy Mongolian Grill is more interesting, boasts better selections, than most buffet-style spots
Dining Out Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmLooking to try something new but not scary? A restaurant that’s a little novel but still accessible (and affordable)?Then you’ll want to check out Stir Krazy Mongolian Grill, just opened across the...
Cosmopolitan tops gay party spot expansion
Music Stories Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmNightlife promoter Eduardo Cordova has been quiet the past year, waiting for the termination of his noncompete agreement with former partner Light Group, and working on ventures outside of the gay...
Tivoli Village: Tasting better at 2
Dining Out Comments May 15, 2013 3:07pmTivoli Village, which celebrates its second anniversary from Sunday, May 19 to Saturday, May 26, got off to a pretty rough start, particularly with regard to dining options. But over the past year,...
Gay utopia: The Affair is one of several new LGBT party spots coming this summer
Music Stories Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 3:21pmIt’s hard to walk through the doors at 3765 Las Vegas Blvd. South and not feel blasts of nostalgia. This, after all, is the building that served as the home for Club Utopia, the vanguard nightspot...
Review: Namesake character of ‘Billy Elliot the Musical’ steals the show — and your heart
Stage Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 3:12pmThere are three things you’ll immediately notice in the beginning of Billy Elliot, the live musical version of the acclaimed 2000 movie now being staged at The Smith Center. One: The contrast between...
A chat with Sérgio Dias, Las Vegan and frontman of Brazilian rock act Os Mutantes
Music Stories Comments May 08, 2013 7:04pmYou have said that the hard part of music is figuring out what the hell you did on record and re-creating that in concert. With your tour just starting, have you sussed all that out yet, or are you...
Doom Metal 101 with Demon Lung
Music Stories Comments May 08, 2013 6:58pmSince metal rivals electronic music for subgenre count, we decided it was time to get schooled. So with Demon Lung’s first full-length album, The Hundredth Name, coming out next month on Candlelight...
Review: H. Lee Barnes explores the post-traumatic life of an MGM Grand fire survivor in new novel
Books Comments May 08, 2013 6:54pmIt’s 1980, and Jude is a young blackjack dealer at the MGM Grand when a fire breaks out in the hotel. Unlike 85 others, he narrowly escapes the inferno, but emotionally he is deeply scarred by the...
UNLV’s BFA show finds young artists getting ready for what comes next
Art Comments May 08, 2013 6:49pmThe recent BFA artist talks at UNLV were filled with bits of sharp things, wounds, confessions, curiosities and dreams remembered, artistic concepts layered on top like a soothing balm. Deeps words...
Review: Drab service mars a good meal at Pho Mailan
Dining Out Comments May 08, 2013 6:43pmIt wasn’t the best way to start a meal. “What do you recommend?” I asked my waiter — a fairly standard question when checking out a new restaurant. His answer, however, was anything but standard.“...
