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10.29.09 · 12:40 PM

Who wants to eat Wayne Newton?

How do you do justice to a Las Vegas icon via a party favor? How about with another Vegas icon? Freed’s Bakery, which just celebrated its 50th anniversary, created a cookie emblazoned with a full body image of The Wayner (in all his tuxedo-clad red pocket handkerchiefed glory) for guests attending his opening night performance. Wayne Newton, also celebrating his 50th year in the business, performed last night at the grand opening of his new show at The Tropicana, Once ... Read more...

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10.24.09 · 9:40 AM

UFC 104: Where to watch

While Los Angeles isn’t too far away, a weekend trip and a UFC 104 admission ticket aren’t in the cards for every MMA fan this weekend. If you’re looking for local viewing options, there are plenty. Select Station Casino locations and sports bars and lounges will be showing the fight and offering food and drink specials. The main event features karate specialist Lyoto Machida in his first title defense after capturing the light heavyweight belt from former champ Rashad Evans. ... Read more...

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10.21.09 · 2:02 PM

Trick or free tickets to Slipknot and Trinity of Terrors

This Halloween, Las Vegas Weekly wants to make sure that you get a treat to go with the eggs thrown at your car or the jack-o-lantern smashed on the front yard. And we’re giving away something way better than a mini-Twix bar. Our Halloween giveaway includes a 3-day pass to the Trinity of Terrors convention, a coffin guitar case and tickets to see Slipknot at The Pearl! Fangoria Entertainment, publishers of the best-selling horror magazine, brings you the Fangoria Trinity ... Read more...

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10.20.09 · 3:35 PM

A little love for the underbirds

Every year the same conventions come to town and set up shop near the Strip, flooding Las Vegas Boulevard with badge-wearing, bag-toting conventioneers. Between the popular porn convention and the comic book titans overtaking the Las Vegas Convention Center, there isn’t much room leftover for the underdogs – or, in this case, underbirds. Throughout the year a few lesser-known conventions manage to stake their claim on Las Vegas via the Henderson Convention Center. Here the runts of the convention scene ... Read more...

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10.16.09 · 11:45 AM

Colin Farrell tastes good (and comes cheap)

I fell in love with Colin Farrell sometime between Minority Report and S.W.A.T. His rugged-yet-charming bad boy charisma won me over, and my appreciation for the Irishman has endured despite movies like Alexander, Daredevil and Miami Vice. (The more-recent In Bruges has helped.) So, when I found out that Murphy’s Law Bar & Grill had unveiled a new breakfast menu featuring items named after famous Irishman, including Colin, I knew I had to taste this delicious man for myself. My ... Read more...

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10.9.09 · 1:25 AM

Trick or Tweet: Caesars offers Halloween treats for guests

Diehard trick-or-treaters know: If your neighborhood only dishes out candy corn, you convince mommy to drive you to the nice neighborhoods where they give out full-sized candy bars and enough Smarties to make your dentist cringe. With that in mind, those seeking treats this Halloween may want to consider hitting up a slightly different neighborhood, Caesars Palace. The resort is offering a Trick or Tweet special for the weekend of October 30 and 31. Caesars Palace Twitter followers and Facebook ... Read more...

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10.8.09 · 12:48 PM

Six good reasons to put Art in the Park on your calendar

Art in the Park comes around this time every year, and if you’ve made it to the annual outdoor art festival that brings over 300 artist booths and more than 25 different food vendors to Boulder City in the past you may have skipped spending the gas money driving all that way for the festival last weekend. Here are a few reasons to mark your calendar and make the effort next season: -If you’ve read any of the How to ... Read more...

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10.6.09 · 4:58 PM

See Chelsea Handler for free!

Las Vegas Weekly and AEG Live are bringing you the chance to win tickets to see the funniest woman in late night comedy, Chelsea Handler! The host of E!’s Chelsea Lately will be performing live at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Saturday, November 14th and you can win tickets before they go on sale! Since her stint on the show Girls Behaving Badly, Handler has proven that she has the comedic chops to stand-up with the big dogs in ... Read more...

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10.6.09 · 11:27 AM

3D porn is coming… at you

I pride myself on my naivety. Not really. Actually, it’s kind of embarrassing. When I heard there was going to be a red carpet premiere party at The Déjà Vu Love Boutique for Tommy Gunn’s new interactive 3D porno, I thought I should at least check it out for educational purposes. I’d consider it a pre-game for coverage of the AVN awards. The film, aptly titled Cummin’ At You, is “the first time in history” that the select-your-own-adventure style has ... Read more...

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10.5.09 · 5:39 PM

Society named one of Best New Restaurants in America by Esquire

Esquire has selected Society Café inside the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas as one of the Best New Restaurants in America for 2009. Chef Kim Canteenwalla’s wealth of upscale American signature dishes, including mac ‘n’ cheese with truffle dipping sauce and lobster roll club with pancetta and avocado, may have had something to do with the selection. Of course, we knew Society was a go-to spot for high end comfort food long before food writer John Mariani published his list. ... Read more...

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10.5.09 · 11:59 AM

Free Dane Cook Tickets!

Put down your sangwich from the BK Lounge or your Christ Chex and delicious pear. Dane Cook is coming back to Vegas and Las Vegas Weekly and AEG Live have your free tickets right here. Reaching almost rock star status in the comedy world, Cook’s growing popularity (and rising ticket prices) may have had you thinking you’d be at home on October 9 and 10 listening to Harmful if Swallowed for the thousandth time. But we want YOU, the super ... Read more...

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10.4.09 · 4:33 PM

From Italy to the Strip, seafood takes a deluxe trip to the desert

In today’s foodie culture people are downright fanatical about eating food farmed right outside their front door. But locavores in Las Vegas face some unique challenges, especially when it comes to fish and seafood. No water, no fish. ‘Nuf said. Just because we live in the desert, however, doesn’t mean that snapper you’re eating has been sitting for days on its way to your plate. Especially not if you’re eating at Wynn Las Vegas’ Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare. This month’s ... Read more...

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10.2.09 · 6:27 PM

Livin’ is easy with locals discounts

Oh, how good it is to be a local in Las Vegas. Not only do we know the back roads to all the local hotspots, once we arrive, we are showered with specials that make out-of-towners wish they hailed from the Silver State. You deserve it, of course. You put up with summers that are ungodly hot and drunken tourists constantly trying to have the night of their life all over your city. It ain’t always easy living in Las ... Read more...

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10.1.09 · 5:53 PM

The ultimate homecoming proposal via YouTube

Ah, high school. We all remember it - those awkward adolescent years that some of us now look back on as our glory days and others look back on and cringe. Regardless of your nostalgic viewpoint, however, there is one thing that all of us pre 2003 graduates can be thankful for: Our personal lives weren’t broadcast via YouTube. Today, things have changed. Exhibit A: The Homecoming Proposal. During homecoming season kiddies across the valley try desperately to dream up ... 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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