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Thanksgiving dinner, no stove required

Skip the bird and basting and spend Thanksgiving stress-free at one of these local restaurant

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Rather turn to a professional than put baster to bird on Thanksgiving? Read on.

Schooled and sauced at Dos Caminos cooking class

Plus, the recipe for the restaurant's addictive guacamole!

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

From chile tips to tequila trivia, Dos Caminos' cooking class is one tasty lesson.

Jer-ry! Jer-ry!

The many sides of "America’s Got Talent Live" host (and American success story) Jerry Springer

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Gerald Springer was born in a London tube station. The year was 1944...

Tony Hawk stands up for a Las Vegas skatepark

The legendary skateboarder partied to raise funds for Freedom Skatepark in East Las Vegas

Monday, Nov. 9, 2009

Tony Hawk and famous friends raised funds to revamp lackluster Freedom Skatepark in East Las Vegas.

Cirque reveals City Center show will be named "Viva ELVIS"

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

Today Cirque du Soleil revealed that the new show opening in December at Aria Resort & Casino at City Center will be titled Viva ELVIS.

Three Latin Grammy nominees to know now

Tonight's awards will give nods to artists in 50 categories, here are three to remember

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

From Latin hip-hop to pop/rock, these Latin Grammy nominees are worth a listen today.

All hail John Waters, king of filth

Legendary filmmaker is bringing his one-man show to the Palms

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

The filmmaker behind "Pink Flamingos" is bringing his one-man show to Vegas. Watch out.

Costumes go couture for haute Halloween

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

Students at the International Academy of Design and Technology looked to favorite designers for haute Halloween inspiration.

The teaches of Peaches

Before Peaches wore beards and sang about sex, she taught daycare. Who knew?

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Before Peaches wore beards and sang about sex, she taught day care. Who knew?

At Freed's, 50 years of cakes and cookies

Local bakery celebrates its golden anniversary in Las Vegas

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

When Milton and Esther Fried decided to open a bakery in 1959, they knew recipes like the bread pudding had staying power. Their last name, not so much.

Dancing his ass off, and everything else, too

Cirque du Soleil's Ruben Permel found healthy weight and peace of mind on weight loss reality show

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

Last October, Cirque du Soleil Head of Wardrobe Ruben Permel was over 300 pounds and starting to hide behind his desk. Now, thanks to a reality show stint and some serious dancing, he's 90 pounds lighter and enjoying the spotlight.

Simon says: Flee the hoochie-bots!

Fashion arbiter Simon Doonan on the ups and downs of Vegas style

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

Simon Doonan is no puritan, but the creative director of Barneys New York for more than 20 years wants Vegas ladies to ditch the super-tramp style and wear something original. Better yet, dress like Sharon Stone in Casino.

Shop like a Wynn chef

New boutique stocks ingredients, kitchen tools and accessories selected by the chefs of Wynn and Encore

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009

At new culinary boutique Taste of Wynn you can purchase ingredients and tools recommended by the chefs at Wynn and Encore. Putting them to good use is up to you.

The Pied Piper of tattooing brings ink to Las Vegas

Mario Barth's Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth brings 1,000 tattoo artists to the Strip

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009

Celebrity tattoo artist Mario Barth of Starlight Tattoo at Mandalay Bay is bringing nearly 1,000 tattoo artists to the Strip for the Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth.

Not quite "America's Best Dance Crew"

Las Vegans AfroBoriké barely missed out on $100,000, but they're counting their blessings

Monday, Sept. 28, 2009

A little bit Las Vegas, a little bit Latin - AfroBoriké might not have taken home the $100,000 grand prize on America's Best Dance Crew, but they're still celebrating.

Almost famous: "Fame" remake brings young stars to Las Vegas

Friday, Sept. 25, 2009

Before being a celebrity was considered a possible career path, Fame followed high schoolers trying to make it in show business. As they walked the red carpet in Las Vegas, the new cast said they could relate.

Johnny McGuire's: Serving up fatty subs

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009

At the new Town Square sandwich shop the motto is "Health Food Sucks!" and the subs come big and beefy.

5 things James Woodbridge is excited for at Neon Reverb

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009

We made the festival co-founder name a few of the bands that have him all worked up this weekend.

A tango with los toros

Bloodless bullfighting

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009

In bloodless bullfighting, does banishing the slaughter kill off the drama?

Building an empire of Hot Tamales

Comic Kiki Melendez puts women in the comedy spotlight

Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

“I hope that my husband never reads this,” says comedienne Kiki Melendez, chuckling as she explains the feeling of finishing a great show, “but it’s better than an orgasm.”

America’s best dance town?

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009

Another season of America’s Best Dance Crew, another booty-shakin’ team from Las Vegas. Latin crew AfroBoriké have their sights set on the season finale and then back on the Vegas Strip.

Mariachis take ... Paris?!

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009

An army of mariachis in sparkling suits and noisy pants will march on Paris Las Vegas for the 19th Annual Las Vegas International Mariachi Festival, a one-night event that brings premier mariachi bands to perform live on one stage.

Lt. Dan rocks out

Gary Sinise brings his band to Las Vegas for a military appreciation concert

Friday, Sept. 4, 2009

Before Gary Sinise was Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump or Detective Mac Taylor on CSI: NY he was just a kid who wanted to be a rock star. Now, his band is playing Las Vegas.

Eating for the hungry

During Las Vegas Restaurant Week you can eat well while doing good

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009

Fighting hunger has never been so delicious. From August 31 through September 6, more than 80 of the Valley’s best restaurants will serve prix fixe menus for Las Vegas Restaurant Week.

Chef’s choice

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

Top Chef’s Las Vegas-set sixth season premieres August 19 on Bravo, and judge Gail Simmons promises that there will be plenty of on-and-off-Strip Vegas on the table.

135,000 cupcakes

Retro Bakery's cupcakes come with classic buttercream in flavors that are anything but traditional

Friday, Aug. 7, 2009

It’s been a year and a half since Retro Bakery opened its doors, but the time can be measured in cupcakes – that's about 135,000 of the shop’s buttercream-crowned cupcakes.

Doing tea to a T

Thursday, July 30, 2009

With a menu of around 100 different teas and shareable snacks or full meals, Tea Station fills the role of flavorful adventure and modern urban hangout without breaking a sweat.

Hip-hop popping

The World Hip-Hop Dance Championships brings internationally grown street dance to Las Vegas

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

They looked like warriors in vinyl trench coats. They danced like a hip-hop SWAT team. The Philippine All Stars have traveled 8,000 miles to defend their title during the World Hip-Hop Dance Championships this week.

Back in time with Blink 182

At the Joint, July 24, 2009

Saturday, July 25, 2009

If you were a Blink-182 fan hoping for a flashback, the band’s deja-vu inducing set probably had you jumping, moshing and screaming for more Friday night at the Joint.

A very early morning in the life of Gabriel Iglesias

Six media appearances in four hours with the fluffy comedian

Thursday, July 23, 2009

America has a weight problem, and we like talking about it. So too does comedian Gabriel Iglesias, but he’s got his own terminology to describe what until this year were the five levels of fatness: big, healthy, husky, fluffy and damn!

Blink is back: Q&A with Mark Hoppus

The naked bassist talks about T-shirts, Travis Barker's crash and the thin line between work and play

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Four years after going on an extended hiatus, Blink 182 had “the talk” outside of their L.A. studio. This week, the result of that talk will sound its first notes inside The Joint at the Hard Rock as the trio kicks off its reunion tour.

Anatomy of a dish: The Fat Elvis

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Food can trigger all sorts of reactions in people—joy, disgust, curiosity, comfort. When RM Seafood Executive Chef Adam Sobel created the bacon, banana, chocolate-filled egg roll called The Fat Elvis he was going for nostalgia.

Food: better with beer

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Walk into nearly any California beer bar worth its hops, and you’ll see a No. 5 beckoning you at the bar. That 5, surrounded by a metal circle, is the tap for Racer 5 IPA, Bear Republic Brewing Company’s award-winning, hops-heavy signature beer.

Off-Strip with Stratta

Alex’s world-class chef loves to get away from the Strip and sample the Valley’s Mexican food

Thursday, July 16, 2009

The multilingual, James Beard Award-winning chef of Alex and Stratta has a thing for cheap Mexican. As long as it's made just right.

Pretty as a pin-up

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Come a modern woman with flat hair and bare legs, leave a 1950s goddess fit to be painted on the side of a B-52 bomber. Pretty Things Productions’ traveling pin-up class will spend the afternoon transforming local ladies into Bettie Page beauties.

Salsa by the numbers

Las Vegas Salsa Congress’ Nate Strager breaks down three days of workshops and performances

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Las Vegas Salsa Congress’ Nate Strager breaks down three days of workshops and performances.

Bidders take home a piece of the King of Pop

Friday, June 26, 2009

At an impeccably-timed live auction at Planet Hollywood, everything from Elvis' nasal douche to a thong worn in Playboy was for sale. But the items that really flew were memorabilia from the recently departed Michael Jackson.

Travel Issue: Tijuana charming

Going to see La Mona in the city beyond the clichés.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

My first steps into Tijuana are met by a consumer Candyland. I can buy a taco, a poncho and a miniature guitar the color of blue Flav-R-Ice within 30 feet.

The cook's cook gets back in the kitchen

Catching up with "Top Chef's" Gene Villiatora from his new Summerlin home

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

If you know anything about chef Gene Villiatora, know this: He’s a cook’s cook – creative, resourceful and perfectly comfortable doing whatever it takes to feed people, whether that’s frying up an order of calamari or McGyver-ing a hibachi grill out of next to nothing.

"Mickey" to Bette Midler: Toni Basil comes back to Las Vegas

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Twenty-seven years after Toni Basil’s chant-song “Mickey” reached #1 on the Billboard charts, the homegrown Las Vegan still has the Las Vegas High cheerleader’s uniform that she wore in the iconic music video.

That's a wrap: CineVegas announces its 2009 jury winners

Sunday, June 14, 2009

And the $10,000 check goes to...

Top Chef Master Hubert Keller talks shop

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Fleur de Lys and Burger Bar's Hubert Keller talks about the evolution of Las Vegas as a restaurant city, intrusive cameras and competing like an Olympian on Top Chef Masters.

Doin’ the pasty hop

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Somewhere between dance move, workout and wardrobe (mal)function is the pasty hop—the bouncing, jiggling movement that causes the tassels on a pair of pasties to spin in mesmerizing circles.

Dogs come out at night

Thursday, June 4, 2009

It’s 3 a.m., you’ve been singing karaoke and swigging beers for hours, and now you need meat, preferably a New York-style hot dog with all the trimmings.

The Flight of the Conchords show at the Joint on May 23 was so hard rock that …

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie began the show wearing boxes on their heads and mini-disco balls on their crotches—for lighting purposes only, of course.

Larger than Lav

TJ Lavin knows he can’t be a BMX champion forever, and hopes that his latest crazy stunt—music—pays off

Thursday, May 28, 2009

TJ Lavin walks across the cement foundation in his sprawling back yard with arms raised and palms facing out, like a mime pushing against the walls of an invisible box.

Beer: the new water

Thursday, May 28, 2009

The third annual Lee’s Beer Experience will bring more than 300 international beers to the Las Vegas Hilton. As you taste your 37th ale of the day, offer a toast to good hydration.

An open letter to Tom Colicchio

Seven ideas for making Top Chef Las Vegas the best season yet

Thursday, May 14, 2009

On behalf of locals across the city, I’d like to thank you for bringing Top Chef to a town that revels in its gluttonous love for both the finest of dining and the simplest of grub.

A feast for the senses

Thursday, May 7, 2009

You could eat your way through San Gennaro Feast; just do so after you take a turn on the tilt-a-whirl.

Your money’s no good here

From rubber ducks to leather belts, it’s amazing what people will barter for

Thursday, April 23, 2009

From rubber ducks to leather belts, it’s amazing what people will barter for.