Allison Duck
Calendar Editor
Allison Duck is a graduate of The University of Virginia where she first fell in love with the local music scene on the East coast. After relocating to Las Vegas in 2005, she immersed herself in the local music scene. She's now lucky to have the chance to write about the musicians she loves in the Las Vegas Weekly and Las Vegas Sun.
Call Allison at 702-948-7815.
Recent Stories (view all stories)
- Same songs, "Different Light" for Everclear
- Band's new album features evolved versions of their classics
- Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
- Where singer songwriters meet hard rock, you'll find Everclear, performing at Hard Rock Cafe Strip.
- Handsome Furs, Afghan Raiders free at Beauty Bar (open bar, too!)
- Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
- You can thank some auto-inclined conventioneers for the free Handsome Furs, No Age and Afghan Raiders show at Beauty Bar and that open bar, too.
- Las Vegas Halloween Guide 2009
- Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
- Break out your fishnets and vampire fangs. Halloween in Las Vegas is a marathon of parties, concerts and costume contests with thousands of dollars on the line. Here's where to celebrate:
- UFC 104 walk-in music begs for blood
- Hard-hitting action prefaced by violent lyrics during walk ins
- Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009
- "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Bleed it Out" and "Burn it to the Ground" accompany UFC fighters on their entrances for UFC 104.
- J. Reid's got jokes
- Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
- Local comedian J. Reid is currently on tour with Bill Bellamy and performing on his tv show Who's Got Jokes?. See him life this week at Sin City Comedy at the V Theater.
- Bite into Las Vegas (plus six questions with Pat Monahan of Train)
- Train will headline the 13th Annual Bite of Las Vegas at Desert Breeze Skate Park
- Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
- It's time to stuff your face and rock out at the annual Bite of Las Vegas one-day food and music festival. Now. Like, right now.
- You go, girls: At music showcase GirlFestival it's all about the ladies
- Welcome to the land of XX-chromosome musicians
- Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
- When the guys in Mötley Crüe wrote “Girls, Girls, Girls,” they probably weren’t thinking about a multi-day, multi-venue, multi-genre estrogen-fest.
- A "Mork and Mindy" childhood and advice from George Wallace
- Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
- Comedian Don Barnhart could have easily ended up in the military, “peeling potatoes and cleaning latrines.” Instead, thanks to a childhood watching Robin Williams and some advice from George Wallace, he spends his days in Las Vegas telling jokes.
- Mona Lisa will make you smile
- Friday, Oct. 9, 2009
- When you're looking for more than a fast food meal after most restaurants have closed their doors, head to Mona Lisa in The Artisan for late night fine dining on the weekends.
- Holy Frijoles! Bean Boy puts art on glass
- Friday, Oct. 2, 2009
- Local artist Frijol Boy has applied his love of artwork to his job as a tattoo artist and a painter. He's taking it to the next level with a First Friday art show at The Gypsy Den.
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Xania's Hot Spots - This Week's Special Events
- Everclear at the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip (Saturday, Nov. 07)
- Shayne Lamas hosts at Coyote Ugly
- Ho'Down Throw Down at McFadden's (Saturday, Nov. 07)
- Starf**kers at the Bluff Magazine party at The Playground (Saturday, Nov. 07)
- Dirty South at Rain for Perfecto (Saturday, Nov. 07)
- The Dreaming with 2012 at Cheyenne Saloon (Saturday, Nov. 07)