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Weekly Q&A: Sirc Michaels, artistic director for Onyx Theatre & Off-Strip
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
The recent Vegas transplant is out to prove the stage doesn’t have to be stodgy.

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MILF: Some see the term as derogatory, but one mother is celebrating it on a new website
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011
And the acronym takes on a new meaning with the online venture.

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Welcome to the spouse factory
On 11/11/11 in Las Vegas, love actually is all around
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011
For 24 hours last week, Las Vegas’ largest export appeared to be married people.

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Are you ready to be a 'Real World' cast member?
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011
Get yourself to O'Aces on Saturday. And try to look 20 to 24.

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'What Happens Here' ... wins stuff in New York
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011
Our city's most famous slogan has secured a spot on the Advertising Walk of Fame.

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Keep Downtown loud: The debate over entertainment district noise rages
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011
Downtown residents and business owners clash over proposed noise ordinance.

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With Don't Ask, Don't Tell's repeal, gay soldiers come out of the shadows
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011
Current and former servicemen and women open up about hiding their sexuality under Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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Why you should care about the iHeartRadio Music Festival
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011
Get the live broadcast details (and more) here if you didn't score tickets to the sold-out music fest.

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Q&A with Christopher Baughman, Metro detective and author
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011
He’s seen more than his fair share of gritty crime scenes and broken lives, some of which he’s documented in his new book, Off The Street.

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Blush nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas to close Sept. 10
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
A replacement for the four-year-old nightclub has not been announced.

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Is the country's best rumologist from Las Vegas? You get to decide
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011
When it comes to rum, Las Vegas knows—or at least two Las Vegans do.

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New York New York's new ads feature epic Vegas scenes
Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011
The hotel's new advertising campaign hints that "there's a story everywhere."

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Michael Jackson’s birthday celebration continues throughout the rest of the year
Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
The iconic performer would have turned 53 today.

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Concert review: Adele at Cosmo's Chelsea Ballroom
Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
Adele’s strength is in her ability to capture the most human of emotions, like the purgatory stage between being on your knees begging and being so over it. What she offers isn’t simple heartache but pain layered in self-awareness and the teensiest bit of hope.

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Help save Downtown hip-hop dance studio Tunay
Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
The combined dance studio/T-shirt printing business puts on a fundraiser this Friday.

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Deciphering Bond, the Cosmo's less-traveled nightlife venue
Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011
Is it a club—or is it a bar?

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5 thoughts from Adele at Cosmo’s Chelsea Ballroom
Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011
Wiener dogs, Winehouse and weirdos who can't keep their tongues in their own mouths ...

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The badass, bold, powerful, wise women of Las Vegas
Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
Ladies are shaping the city, whether they’re healing its uninsured inhabitants or representing on the field wearing Rebel Red.

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Luvs riffs off our city's tag line in a disturbing diaper commercial
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
See how the diaper company took "what happens here, stays here" too far.

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Thinking about gay Muppets, Michele Bachmann and more
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
Also, a Kiss-themed mini golf course.

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Just add water: Mermaids feel right at home at MerCon
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
This is just role-play for "The Little Mermaid" and "Splash" generations.

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Ignite Vegas offers tech-geeks the chance to inspire others
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
Filling up the backyard at Beauty Bar is not easy, but one group managed to do it last week without breaking a sweat

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Thinking about Dancing Bear parties, gas prices and more
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
Also, Annie Duke ups the ante for her new poker league.

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Wanted: Trailer park housewives for new Las Vegas-set reality show
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
You might want to hold on to dat der plastic patio furniture, y’all, because reality television is fixing to get a whole lot worser.

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Loving Weezer—then and now
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011
It could be all this deep, personal connection I have with the band’s earlier music forces me to forgive them for their subsequent shortcomings. Or not.

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A few ideas to spice up local reality TV
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
'Real Housewives of Downtown Las Vegas,' anyone?

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The Cosmopolitan goes mobile with a big, purple truck
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
Find it in a neighborhood near you for Cosmo giveaways and deals.

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Fashion on four wheels: Haute Chix takes its show on the road
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
First there were sliders. Then there was BBQ. And now...clothes!

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Thinking about TopShop, 'Breaking Bad' and more
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
Also, Rick Lax has a friendly suggestion for Mastro's Ocean Club

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Planking craze plagues Las Vegas—then dies untimely death
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011
The Weekly takes a look at the things bored people with cameras do.

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Yappy Hour: Happy hour isn't just for humans anymore
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011
GTL: gym, tanning, leash?

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Charming Charlie is easy too, at least when it comes to accessories
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Do you want to feel like a Kentucky Derby-attending Southern belle with a big floppy hat? Or do you want the ruffled Bohemian scarf? With most accessories under $25, who’s to say you have to choose?

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Lemurs, ecstasy and cash: A handy drug-bust breakdown
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Ten thousand is a big number. So, how do you put it into perspective?

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Thinking about the DMV, 'Breaking Bad' and more
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Also, the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort's new plans.

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Downtown dad: A Weekly writer takes her father to the Bunkhouse
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Have you taken your dad to the Bunkhouse? The 's April Corbin did. Find out what went down here.

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How the state of Nevada is screwing UNLV, one dollar at a time
Thursday, July 14, 2011
“If the pressure is on institutions to raise their own budgets, there shouldn’t be disincentive within the (higher education funding) formula, and there is.”

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Someone tell North Las Vegas police that safety sells
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Can the NLV police no longer "guarantee your safety?"

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Las Vegas’ version of Ellis Island gets 15 seconds of fame
Friday, July 8, 2011
ABC's "101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow" turned to lesser-known casinos to test (and scare the crap out of) its contestants.

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Thinking about shaved ice, NKOTBSB and more
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Also, a farewell to a Summerlin eatery.

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Combat Con is about bringing the pain, in any century
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Jedi, zombie killers, metalsmiths, ancient Celts, steampunks, horror makeup artists and knights could probably all fall under the category “cool,” but do they belong at the same convention?

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Bring on the zombie apocalypse!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The group is debating the merits of a CostCo warehouse as a post-zombie apocalypse shelter.

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Las Vegans are clipping a trend with extreme couponing
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Who wouldn’t want to own enough Vitamin Water to fill a pool?

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Thinking about broken A.C.s, stolen cars and more
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Also, may we suggest you grab your picnic basket?

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A former emo kid reconnects with Taking Back Sunday
Monday, June 27, 2011
As a fan walking in to see a band you’ve already seen a few times, you’re bound to have expectations. Entering the House of Blues on Saturday night to see Taking Back Sunday, I definitely had mine.

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Notes from my 10-minute interview with Pauly D
Monday, June 27, 2011
The Weekly grills the Jersey Shore cast member important questions, like, "Who has better hair: You or Donald Trump?"

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Can your phone do that? A tour of awesome apps
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
They weren't joking when they said, "There's an app for that." There is an app for everything.

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Thinking about Miss USA, Ryan Dunn and more
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Also, people think The Onion is real?!

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Social media spills out into real life more than you’d think
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
We are what we tweet

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A few thoughts from Bruno Mars/Janelle Monae at the Pearl
Saturday, June 18, 2011
It was all about tightropes and grenades Thursday night.

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'Peanuts' grows up with 'Dog Sees God' at Onyx
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Charlie Brown and his crew never had the chance to grow up. Until now...

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