12.30.09 · 7:01 PM

Nightlife Podcast: Team Hangover wraps up 2009

Las Vegas Weekly nightlife writers and Team Hangover members Xania Woodman, Jack Colton and Deanna Rilling wrap up 2009 with their views on the Vegas club scene over the past year. Also discussed are New Year’s Eve parties, brand spankin’ new clubs and predictions for nightlife in 2010 (Hint: It’s all about taking care of the locals). Click here for the free MP3 download of the nightlife podcast. Read more...

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12.29.09 · 2:56 PM

The makin’ of a mixologist

Cocktail snobs, insert foot in mouth… now. Debunked is the notion that an exceptional bartender must hone his or her skills at the swankiest mixology bars in the country or attend a fancy-schmancy cocktail-creation school. Granted, while out of Vegas for the holidays and attempting to find the best bartender in Macon, Georgia, one try failed when the official titleholder didn’t know what was in a negroni — (a test Team Hangover uses as a standard judge of bartending proficiency). ... Read more...

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12.29.09 · 12:55 PM

Four for the price of none: Win NYE passes at the Palms

The only thing better than bidding farewell to 2009 at one of Las Vegas’ most extravagant parties is saying hello to 2010 at four of the city’s hotspots – for free. N9NE Group and Las Vegas Weekly have teamed up to give one lucky reader two New Year’s Eve party-hopper passes. Valued at $350 each, the tickets grant access to four promising Palms parties at Rain, Moon, Ghostbar and Playboy Club. So, whether you choose to welcome a new decade ... Read more...

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12.23.09 · 11:30 AM

Nightlife Podcast: Nadia Ali and Starkillers

The hectic holiday season can’t stand in the way of the creative process. At least, not for singer/songwriter Nadia Ali, who battled seasonal travelers to get from New York to Las Vegas and the studios of Nick Terranova, aka Starkillers. Though Terranova has remixed multiple tracks for Ali and her previous project, iiO, this Tuesday marks the first day they were able to collaborate on new material in person. Ali and Terranova stopped by the Las Vegas Weekly office Tuesday ... Read more...

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12.22.09 · 6:42 PM

Spend New Year’s Eve with Nicole Richie

Kick off 2010 the right way: with a celebrity-studded bash full of free booze and attractive people. The Weekly is giving away a pair of tickets to celebrate NYE 2010 at LAVO with celebrity host Nicole Richie with a special DJ set by Joel Madden The Pair of tickets are valued at $300, and the fun starts at 9 p.m. Your tickets include passed hor d’oeurves, open bar from 9 p.m-11 p.m. and a Champagne toast at midnight. To enter, ... Read more...

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12.18.09 · 6:40 PM

Gettin’ Down & Derby in the club

Spandex? Tight. Knee socks? Riding high. Roller skates? Five hundred pairs of lace-up, four-wheeled goodness. The Down & Derby disco roller party skated into Rain on Thursday night, and we survived the bash without wiping out or unintentionally sending anyone skidding. (Thanks roller gods!) Initially at the Beauty Bar, the retro roller skating party fit into its new home as snugly as a pair of American Apparel lamé leggings on a skate bunny. Rain already has a large circular wooden ... Read more...

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12.17.09 · 12 PM

Nightlife Podcast: House Society in the… house?

Using financial aid money to buy his first set of turntables, DJ Keith Evan earned a bachelor’s in sociology while honing an ear for house music and following the iconic Doc Martin from show to show along the California Coast. For the first Las Vegas Weekly nightlife podcast, Evan, the 2009 Weekly staff pick for Vegas’ best resident DJ, joins Deanna Rilling in studio. Evan chats about what’s in store for the House Society Crew, plans for Winter Music Conference ... Read more...

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12.15.09 · 10:25 AM

You win some, you lose some

Michael Coates, from Hawthorne, NJ, was the big winner in the Macanudo Millionaire sweepstakes. Alas, luck was no lady when he took his big spin at the Playboy Club Saturday night, laying his money on 19. When the ball dropped, it was on 24. But that doesn’t mean Coates went home empty-handed. He and three guests did get an all-expenses paid, three-day, two-night stay at the Palms plus the VIP treatment at the Playboy Club and the chance to spin the roulette ... Read more...

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12.11.09 · 3:28 PM

Ring in the New Year early with the Peas and Matt Goss

You don’t have to wait until December 31 to celebrate New Year’s Eve! You can “Auld Lang Syne” all this weekend when SKG and Dick Clark Productions tape performances by the Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland, Colbie Caillat, Selena Gomez, Robin Thicke and guitarist Orianthe Saturday and Sunday in the Aria Ballroom to air New Year’s Eve on ABC. Film crews already descended upon Jet and the Bank nightclubs Thursday to capture attractive, high-energy crowd shots and shout-outs to the performers. ... Read more...

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12.4.09 · 11:45 AM

Between Hef and a hard place: My “Playboy” rejection

I have a love/hate relationship with Playboy models. I love/hate them because they’re beautiful (mostly). I love/hate them for their ability to capture a guy’s undivided attention (and I definitely hate to imagine which guys are drooling over them and sticking the pages together). Yet, I’m still frustratingly, unavoidably jealous. In what appears to be a never-ending quest to find ways to embarrass myself, I signed up for scrutiny last Sunday at the Playboy Club at the Palms. Unlike C. ... Read more...

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Cocktail of the Week May 15, 2013
by Sabrina Chapman

The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS

This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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