Weekly Q&A

Lead Photo A conversation with the founders of the Vegas StrEATS festival

Erin Ryan | Wed, Mar 6, 2013 (noon)

The two-year-old monthly food truck and music event at El Cortez is getting tastier with age.

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Lead Photo ‘Pin Up’ girl: Chatting with Playmate of the Year and new Strip star Claire Sinclair

John Katsilometes | Wed, Feb 27, 2013 (2:31 p.m.)

21-year-old Claire Sinclair is the star of a sexy new show at the Stratosphere.

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Lead Photo ‘America’s Matchmaker’ Patti Novak gives Vegas some tough love

Erin Ryan | Fri, Feb 22, 2013 (10:14 a.m.)

First date tips, 'intestinal fortitude' and more.

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Lead Photo Architect David M. Schwarz on the Linq project, Smith Center critics and Las Vegas history

Kristen Peterson | Wed, Feb 13, 2013 (8 p.m.)

The architect also is known for working on Lake Las Vegas and the upcoming Linq project on the Strip.

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Lead Photo Chef Eric Ripert on staying grounded, having fun and cooking with Roger Waters

Brock Radke | Wed, Feb 6, 2013 (8 p.m.)

Ripert teams up with pal Anthony Bourdain for "Good vs. Evil" event at the Pearl on February 9.

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Lead Photo Local drag queen Coco Montrese on competing on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

Mark Adams | Wed, Jan 30, 2013 (8 p.m.)

The Divas Las Vegas star talks her competition, reality TV drama and more.

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Lead Photo ‘Neon Reverb Radio’ DJ Donald Hickey on returning to the airwaves and local music

Leslie Ventura | Wed, Jan 23, 2013 (3:54 p.m.)

“No white-dude-with-a-guitar-and-a-latte adult contemporary. F*ck that sh*t.”

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Lead Photo Local author Daria Snadowsky on sex and the state of writing in Las Vegas

Rick Lax | Wed, Jan 16, 2013 (3:21 p.m.)

Snadowsky lives in Las Vegas, practices law and writes young-adult novels for Random House

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Lead Photo UFC’s Frankie Edgar talks rivalries, awards and taking last-minute fights

Case Keefer | Wed, Jan 9, 2013 (6 p.m.)

New Jersey fighter will miss upcoming MMA Awards to prep for his February 2 bout with Jose Aldo.

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Lead Photo Fifth Street Gaming’s Seth Schorr looks into the crystal ball

Brock Radke | Wed, Dec 26, 2012 (noon)

Working in Vegas casinos is in his blood, and he's ready to bring something new to Downtown.

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Lead Photo Cirque performer Erica Linz moves from stage to screen in ‘Worlds Away’

Josh Bell | Wed, Dec 19, 2012 (5:05 p.m.)

The star of the James Cameron-produced 3D Cirque du Soleil film chats with the Weekly.

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Lead Photo Las Vegas artist Brent Sommerhauser on using homes as subject matter and medium

Kristen Peterson | Wed, Dec 12, 2012 (5 p.m.)

Artist Brent Sommerhauser has had a career of making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.

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Lead Photo Town Square’s Santa answers our burning questions

Rick Lax | Wed, Dec 5, 2012 (1:41 p.m.)

St. Nick takes time out of his busy holiday schedule to chat with the Weekly.

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Lead Photo Vaha Esikia talks rugby in Las Vegas

Ken Miller | Wed, Nov 28, 2012 (2:56 p.m.)

This year, he was appointed director of Las Vegas Rugby Associations.

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Lead Photo Meet Mandalay Bay’s Sarah Johnson, the first female cicerone in Nevada

Andrea Domanick | Wed, Nov 14, 2012 (3:59 p.m.)

Sommeliers and mixologists may come a dime-a-dozen at Strip eateries, but a cicerone—a certified beer expert—is a lot harder to find. Mandalay Bay’s Director of Food and Beverage Sarah Johnson recently earned the title after a grueling three-hour exam, making her Nevada’s only female certified cicerone and one of just 611 certified cicerones in the world.

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A&E

EDMbiz: More than shop talk, the coolest panels and why you should …
EDMbiz is back! The second annual electronic dance music conference is returning to the Cosmopolitan June 18-20, part of Insomniac’s EDC Week series of events leading up to Electric Daisy Carnival this weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
‘Priscilla’ and 500 drag queen costumes bus across the desert for nine-week …
The journey on Interstate 15 across the desert from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for the “Priscilla” musical touring company is as incredible an undertaking as the Australian outback drag-queen scripted adventure itself. The big, glitzy, colorful theatrical production complete with an on-stage cutaway bus takes nine trucks to transport …
Strip Scribbles: MGM to open its walls on the Strip so tourists …
The front façade from the famous gold lion to the north end by M&M’s World is coming down.

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Cocktail of the Week Jun 12, 2013
by Sabrina Chapman

The Lion’s Tail cocktail at Embers is a spicy classic reimagined for summer

Refreshing, peppery and adventurous; those are the words that instantly come to mind upon first sip of the Lion’s Tail ($9) at Embers Grille & Spirits. This vintage cocktail, which ...
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