Blog Post Archive
- Darker than "Darkness"
- Saturday, June 13, 2009
- An interview with the producer and director of surf pirate documentary Sea of Darkness reveals an even bleaker portrait of a man nose diving into the abyss.
- "Hey, I remember you..." Festival flashbacks on CineVegas opening night
- Thursday, June 11, 2009
- The first night of CineVegas is like a high school reunion, but when the hangover kicks in the festival is just getting started.
- A sight of real Vegas amidst the Hangover credits raunch
- Monday, June 8, 2009
- Much ado has been made about the end credits of Vegas-based comedy The Hangover, but the real gem to look out for is a cameo by Rao's doorman Bubbles.
- Betting the farm at Mario Batali's Palazzo farmer's market
- Thursday, June 4, 2009
- A farmer's market in a casino? Mario Batali says yes. We say yum.
- A second look at First Food & Bar
- Wednesday, June 3, 2009
- First Food & Bar, the Palazzo's new "21/7" eatery, opens this Friday. Take a peak before the crowds descend.
- Meatballs are recession proof
- Wednesday, June 3, 2009
- Lavo's new menu features the greatest hits of Italian-American cuisine. Learn to make its one-pound Kobe beef meatball at home.
- A Taste of the Nation amuse bouche
- Tuesday, June 2, 2009
- I'm hungry for Thursday's Taste of the Nation Las Vegas, and let me tell you why: Rosemary's, Nora's, Sushi Roku, N9NE Steakhouse, B&B, Aureole...
- Under Erykah Badu's voodoo
- Monday, June 1, 2009
- It's not that neo-soul songstress Erykah Badu demanded attention at the House of Blues; it's that when a performer has that much presence you don't want to look away.
- More Maher: Bill talks Barack and burqas at the Orleans
- Saturday, May 30, 2009
- Even with a president in the White House who “eats arugula and speaks in complete sentences,” Bill Maher has plenty to say.
- Bloodless bullfighting: A tradition evolved or just plain bull?
- Friday, May 29, 2009
- Let me say this plainly: I like bullfighting. But when we take the blood out of the equation at the upcoming bullfights in September, will we also steal the spectacle's soul?
- Have an instant mini-screening with CineVegas trailers
- Tuesday, May 26, 2009
- Pop yourself some popcorn and crack a cold one: We've got a sneak peak at a few of CineVegas' 2009 films.
- From David Bowie's nipples to "sugar lumps," it's all material for Flight of the Conchords
- Monday, May 25, 2009
- When the laughter gets so intense you're in actual danger of wetting yourself, you know it's good.
- Hablas Spanglish? Ozomatli brings LA to the Hard Rock
- Saturday, May 23, 2009
- Ozomatli plays a musical stew of hip hop, rock, salsa and funk in Spanish and English. Just try not to dance.
- Two Las Vegas tastes that taste great together
- Friday, May 22, 2009
- Chocolate and peanut butter aren't the only things that taste great in tandem. How about badass b-boys Super Cr3w and locally-designed label Billionaire Mafia?
- Get your flag here (legal drinkers and gamblers only)
- Wednesday, May 20, 2009
- The Hard Rock wants to hook you up with the stars and stripes, but only if you're old enough to play some blackjack on the way out.
- Cher celebrates 63rd birthday on stage at Caesars
- Tuesday, May 19, 2009
- Hold onto your acupuncture needles and age-defying moisturizers, diva extraordinaire and Las Vegas headliner Cher is turning 63 Wednesday.
- Lights, camera, one month until CineVegas action
- Wednesday, May 13, 2009
- If you've ever felt intimidated by crashing a film festival, consider this your engraved invitation – in digital form, of course.
- One saber and many chefs kick off Uncork'd 2009
- Saturday, May 9, 2009
- Uncorking a bottle of Champagne with a saber isn't easy - unless Guy Savoy is doing the honors.
- "Man v. Food" does battle in Las Vegas
- Tuesday, May 5, 2009
- We have a few ideas of what Adam Richman should chow on when he tapes at Hash House A Go Go on Friday.
- Chef Paul Bartolotta wins James Beard Award
- Monday, May 4, 2009
- Chef Paul Bartolotta of Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at Wynn Las Vegas was named the country’s best chef in the Southwest region for 2009.
- Bye-bye, bottles: It's time for keg service
- Monday, May 4, 2009
- At Dixie's Dam Bar $200 will get you 60 beers and a hot girl to tap your keg. Take that, Grey Goose.
- Cirque sets its sights on Manhattan
- Wednesday, April 29, 2009
- "O." "Ka." "Zumanity." "Mystére." "Love." And yes, "Believe." With six of Cirque du Soleil’s 10 resident shows holed up in Las Vegas casinos, there is no better city than Las Vegas to take in Cirque’s over top spectacles replete with well-muscled contortionists and acrobats and lots of custom spandex.
- So You Think You Can Dance dashes hopes in Las Vegas
- Monday, April 27, 2009
- “There’s nothing fun about sitting in a chair and ripping away hopeful people’s dreams,” said So You Think You Can Dance judge Adam Shankman. But someone's got to do it.
- A farmers market grows on Fremont: Vegas eats local at summer markets
- Monday, April 27, 2009
- East Fremont—most famous for its bars and nighttime foot traffic—will trade over-sized cocktails for locally grown produce on Fridays this summer.
- Epicurean 2009 makes for a delicious affair
- Saturday, April 25, 2009
- Over 100 local watering holes and eateries set up tasting booths along the Flamingo’s lush walkways, likely enough caloric content to nourish the entire NFL. For a week.
- Wynn rings dinner bell with discounted menus
- Wednesday, April 22, 2009
- It ain't cheap, but it's cheaper: 10 Wynn and Encore restaurants go the prix fixe route for Taste of Wynn.
- The epicurean life: Las Vegas restaurants team up to celebrate all things delicious
- Tuesday, April 21, 2009
- For Rao's Frankie Jr. and Carla Pellegrino, Epicurean isn't just this Thursday's culinary extravaganza at the Flamingo; it's a way of life.
- Pulitzer Prize goes to Las Vegas Sun
- Monday, April 20, 2009
- Glasses of Champagne aloft, the Las Vegas Sun newsroom toasted the paper’s first Pulitzer Prize today, awarded for public service for revealing “the high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip.”
- Las Vegas chef launches tasty iPhone app
- Monday, April 20, 2009
- Ago's James Beard-recognized chef, Marco Porceddu, wants to come home and cook you dinner ... virtually, of course.
- He's Super Crazy: Fake stunts and real pain in lucha libre
- Friday, April 17, 2009
- "People say it’s fake," says wrestler Super Crazy, "but when they put you in a submission hold the truth is you have to give up or you’ll break something."
- Via Brazil swarmed by drunken accountants!
- Wednesday, April 15, 2009
- Maybe we’re getting ahead of ourselves, but that’s what could happen when exhausted CPAs hear the news.
- Drunken tiki and pin-ups: Frankie's gets to work on 2010 calendar
- Monday, April 13, 2009
- A hot girl with a mai tai is about to get hit on by a drunk, slobbering tiki statue, and that's just the beginning at Frankie's Tiki Room's 2010 calendar photo shoot.
- 6 reasons to see The Hold Steady tonight at Beauty Bar
- Monday, April 13, 2009
- If musicians are ultimately storytellers setting their tales to music, Brooklyn-based, Minnesota-bred quintet The Hold Steady deserve a Pulitzer.
- Shhhh. CineVegas passes go on secret sale
- Friday, April 10, 2009
- As far as regular folks are concerned, passes and packages for the 11th CineVegas Film Festival go on sale Wednesday, April 15. Good thing you're not regular.
- So You Think You Can Dance to hold callbacks in Las Vegas
- Thursday, April 9, 2009
- Forget celebs with two left feet. Real dancers are heading to Las Vegas for their chance in the limelight.
- What Las Vegas needs is a pillow fight
- Wednesday, April 8, 2009
- Last Saturday over a thousand New Yorkers gathered on Wall Street to let feathers fly for World Pillow Fight Day.
- Life is just a cabaret
- Monday, April 6, 2009
- Cabaret is not some girl in fringe singing Irving Berlin, Lina Koutrakos will tell you. It's a girl in whatever she wants singing Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Springsteen and Irving Berlin.
- Calling all lovers, it's date night in Las Vegas
- Friday, April 3, 2009
- The discounted Date Nite menus at some of the Venetian and Palazzo's finest restaurants might be just the thing to convince you to strike up a little romance and renounce your celibacy vow.
- From a small town to the big time with 3 Doors Down
- Thursday, April 2, 2009
- Todd Harrell, bassist for southern rock band 3 Doors Down, took a few minutes to talk to the Weekly about writing the band's most definitive album and playing gospel music before their April 3 show at Green Valley Ranch.
- Florida makes a move to become Las Vegas-ish
- Tuesday, March 31, 2009
- New bills in the Florida House and Senate could turn Florida into a “mini-Las Vegas,” though it's hard to imagine why at this particular moment they would call that a good thing.
- After a long drought, Metallica to play Las Vegas
- Sunday, March 29, 2009
- With another platinum-selling, Grammy-winning album to their name, Metallica will bring the World Magnetic Tour to Mandalay Bay.
- Shoulder shimmy is a death shake for Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce
- Saturday, March 28, 2009
- Say goodbye to the shoulders shaking into a seductive frenzy, to the tassels, the live band and that fabulous wall of pearl beads that miraculously took the place of a stripper pole every night.
- Gun play and cocktails with the happiest mayor in the universe
- Friday, March 27, 2009
- It takes a lot of star power to upstage Frank Sinatra, Liberace and The Divine Miss M, but last night at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas, Mayor Oscar Goodman had more than enough.
- CineVegas announces world premieres for 2009 film festival
- Tuesday, March 24, 2009
- Back for its 11th year, the annual CineVegas Film Festival announced its opening night selection today along with eight other films that will have their world premieres at the festival held June 10 – 15 at the Palms Casino Resort and Brenden Theatres.
- The writing is on the (bathroom) wall
- Monday, March 23, 2009
- A collection of quotes from the bathroom walls of San Diego bars to the Sharpie-deprived minds of Las Vegas.
- The Day After... kicks off SXSW
- Thursday, March 19, 2009
- pic music festival South by Southwest (SXSW) kicked off its four-day run last night in Austin, Texas with a performance from a group near and dear to Las Vegas' heart: The Day After...
- Paris Hilton on the hunt for a BFFN - best friend for now
- Tuesday, March 17, 2009
- Last time I checked, the letters “BFF” stood for best friend forever. So why is Paris Hilton about to embark on a second season of her alternate universe reality show Paris Hilton’s My New BFF?
- So-Cal after bedtime
- Sunday, March 15, 2009
- “This song’s a real bitch, too,” said lead singer Matt Molarius introducing encore selection “White Horse” as the clocked tick towards 3 a.m.
- Baptism by Dusty
- Sunday, March 15, 2009
- The Bunkhouse goes to church with Dusty Rhodes and the River Band.
- Moses approves
- Friday, March 13, 2009
- Animals that are “awww, cute” in life seem to take on a sort glass-eyed wisdom in taxidermied death. So, let’s call the dead, holy, Bunkhouse stage-idol Moses.
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