Allison Duck

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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.

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Las Vegas Valentine's Day dining guide 2012: Monday, Feb. 13, 2012; Treat your sweetie to something special with menus crafted for the occasion.
UFC 143: Where to watch in Las Vegas: Friday, Feb. 3, 2012; The UFC helps put the “super” in Super Bowl Weekend with an important fight card the day before the football championship.
Big Game guide: Super Bowl watch parties 2012: Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012; Super Sunday could easily be renamed All-You-Can-Eat Sunday as local restaurants and bars pull out all the stops for their Super Bowl party spreads.
Chinese New Year guide: Dining and events: Monday, Jan. 23, 2012; The Year of the Dragon is here. Celebrate with special menus and fire-breathing dragons.
Party like a porn star with our AVN 2012 afterparty guide: Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012; AVN is in town, and that means ... amazing afterparties! Check out our guide
Say it ain’t soa: Boa Steakhouse to close January 27: Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012; Las Vegas is losing another great restaurant in Boa Steakhouse
UFC 142: Where to watch in Las Vegas: Friday, Jan. 13, 2012; The UFC returns to Brazil on Saturday with UFC 142.
UFC 141 walk-in music: not nearly as exciting as the fights: Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012; From Flo Rida to Johnny Cash, with a 'Carmina Burana' detour
UFC 141: Where to watch in Las Vegas: Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011; The UFC closes the year in a big way, a very big way. Don't miss a moment of the action.
Q&A with Arianny Celeste: The UFC ring girl talks Chael Sonnen and New Year's weekend hosting duties; Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011; Arianny Celeste, model and UFC ring girl, returns home to Las Vegas to host at New York New York’s Rok Vegas on December 30 over New Year’s weekend.
Events guide: New Year's Eve 2011: Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011; This New Year’s Weekend you can choose to party with three quarters of the Kardashians, one half of the Black Eyed Peas, or three eights of the Jersey Shore cast.
Comedian Bryan Bruner returns; insert Djibouti joke here: Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011; The formerly local comic talks hecklers, Travel Channel and better boner jokes.
UFC 140: Where to watch guide: Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011; See light heavyweights Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida battle for the belt.
Concerts and cowboys: NFR events guide 2011: Friday, Dec. 2, 2011; When you're not watching the cowboys compete, there are plenty of other country events to keep you entertained.
Chael Sonnen on the octagon Oscars, his nemesis and ring girls: The host of the World Mixed Martial Arts Awards lets us hear it; Friday, Nov. 25, 2011; The host of the World Mixed Martial Arts Awards lets us hear it.
Black Friday guide: Opening hours across the Valley: Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011; Despite online petitions and outcries from some, stores seem to be opening even earlier this Black Friday.
2011 Thanksgiving Guide: Where to dine in Las Vegas: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011; If the hassle of a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal isn’t worth the time and stress, there are options galore at restaurants on and off the Strip.
Thanksgiving guide: where to get meals to go: Monday, Nov. 21, 2011; Find out where to get pre-cooked Thanksgiving meals to bring home from local restaurants.
UFC 139 walk-in music: Tom Lawlor gets 'Physical' ... ('Physical'): Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011; Olivia Newton John as UFC pump-up music? Why not?
UFC 139: Where to watch guide: Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011; Where to catch Rua-Henderson, Silva-Le and more
UFC 137: Where to watch guide: Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011; Want to see BJ Penn face Nick Diaz? Here's where to catch the action.
PBR 2011 fan guide: Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011; Where to meet, greet and party with PBR bullriders and fans this week.
The complete Las Vegas Halloween 2011 party guide: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011; Everywhere you want to be this Halloween.
UFC 136: where to watch: Friday, Oct. 7, 2011; Don't miss the third showdown between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard just because you're not in Houston.
2011 Halloween haunted attractions and events guide: Friday, Oct. 7, 2011; Find out the details on all the scariest haunted attractions and community events this Halloween season.
UFC 135 walk-in music: Doctors, souljas and Eminem: Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011; Fighters stuck to the basics with tunes that were mostly confident and aggressive.
UFC 135: Where to watch guide: Friday, Sept. 23, 2011; Not heading to Denver? Watch Jones vs. Jackson at these Vegas bars.
'Leverage' Actor Christian Kane shows his country side: Friday, Sept. 16, 2011; When he's not kicking ass on TV, Kane can be found crooning.
How Las Vegas will remember September 11: A decade after the Towers fell, local businesses and organizations remember the dead; Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011; A decade after the Towers fell, local businesses and organizations remember the dead.
Events guide: Labor Day Weekend 2011: Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011; Enjoy the full spectrum of entertainment options this LDW with dozens of DJs, concerts, comedians and the obligatory Jersey Shore club hosts.
UFC 134: where to watch: Friday, Aug. 26, 2011; The UFC returns to Brazil this weekend but if a South American vacation isn’t in your plans, don’t worry, plenty of local bars will be showing the fights.
Las Vegas MMA trainer Shawn Tompkins dies in Canada: Monday, Aug. 15, 2011; Tompkins was in Canada working with fighter Chris Horodecki.
UFC 133 walk-in music: oddities and tributes to 'Rocky': Monday, Aug. 8, 2011; Songs from Rocky, Police Academy and even some Lady Antebellum highlighted an odd walk-in music playlist at UFC 133.
UFC 133: where to watch: Friday, Aug. 5, 2011; If you’re not Philly-bound this weekend, don’t fret. Several local sports bars and casino venues will be showing the fight.
Thinking about Zion, McDonalds and more: Wednesday, July 27, 2011; Also, the Weekly's Allison Duck has a warning for people holding yard sales
Comedian Billy Gardell hits 'Halftime': Catch him this weekend at The Mirage; Wednesday, July 6, 2011; After performing at various comedy clubs around town, comedian Billy Gardell is moving up to the majors, headlining Mirage’s Aces of Comedy Series at the Terry Fator Theatre.
UFC 132 walk-in music proved Tito Ortiz was 'Not Afraid': Sunday, July 3, 2011; In a night of possible career-ending and career-saving fights, the music fighters chose at UFC 132 seemed of extra importance as many came singing and dancing out of the tunnel at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
UFC 132: where to watch, fighter appearances and afterparties: Friday, July 1, 2011; This weekend fireworks won’t just be in the air; they will be in the octagon as well. Find out where to watch UFC 132 locally.
Events Guide: Fourth of July Weekend: Wednesday, June 29, 2011; This Fourth of July Weekend, expect all of the usual amazing DJ lineups, concerts and comedians plus the added excitement of UFC 132 and its requisite fighter afterparties plus fireworks on and off the Strip.
Events guide: Father's Day 2011: Monday, June 13, 2011; This Father’s Day (June 19), check the many manly brunch options, spa “man”-icures and freebies for dads.
Larry Mir is “no spectator” as Tuff-N-Uff makes the move to Cox Pavilion: Friday, May 27, 2011; On the eve of UFC 130, Tuff-N-Uff is serving up a 12-bout fight card for what should be its biggest audience ever.
UFC 130: where to watch, fighter appearances: Friday, May 27, 2011; Even if the main event between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard got scrapped due to injury, there’s still plenty of action to see at UFC 130.
Events Guide: 2011 Memorial Day Weekend: Tuesday, May 24, 2011; The unofficial start of summer is here. Find out where to party.
Guides: Military appreciation discounts: Tuesday, May 24, 2011; Various Vegas properties are remembering the real meaning of Memorial Day this weekend with discounts and events specifically for members of the armed forces.
The Weekly blacks out ... and writes poems: Wednesday, May 11, 2011; The Weekly staff takes inspiration from Austin Kleon’s Newspaper Blackout.
Events guide: Mother's Day 2011: Thursday, May 5, 2011; From tea parties to T-bone steaks, Las Vegas restaurants have you covered on Mother’s Day.
Events Guide: Cinco de Mayo 2011: Monday, May 2, 2011; It’s time to pretend we’re south of the border!
A few questions with Sebastian Maniscalco: On standup comedy, flip-flops and wearing Dodger jerseys to church; Monday, May 2, 2011; Sebastian Maniscalco, style correspondent for The Tonight show with Jay Leno and performer on Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show, heads to the Playboy Comedy Club.
UFC 129 walk-in music: Confidence is the name of the game: Monday, May 2, 2011; Find out what songs your favorite UFC fighters came down the tunnel to at UFC 129 in Ontario, Canada.
UFC 129: where to watch: Saturday, April 30, 2011; UFC is going to Toronto for the first time, but if a trip North isn’t in the cards for you, no worries.

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